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This past week I went to a chef pop-up with my dear friend, Peyton. The pop-up, known as "Tongdak Party", is held once in a blue moon by chef Kyungbin and his wonderful and incredible partner, Jasmine. And this event is known amongst its loyal fans for having featured plentiful drinks and delicious and different takes on Korean cuisine. The "Tongdak" in the event title refers to a traditional…
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In my previous article I detailed the various ways that the White Mage (WHM) job in FFXIV struggles to compete with its main competitor, the Astrologian. The crux of the issue came down to a few things: the White Mage has fewer mitigations, less impactful tools, and a job resource system that pales in comparison to what the Astrologian (AST) brings. In this follow up, I would like to note some…
One really great thing about my day job is that this environment is just chock full of nerds. We might all not being working in our ideal careers, but we're surviving and we're passionate about our interests. The world is so turbulent and many people have lost their jobs. I just feel grateful that we've managed to pay our bills and to work without losing our sparks. A friend of mine through work…
The particular dominance of two healers within the healing role in Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) at higher levels of player has been apparent for quite some time now, the two healers being: Astrologian and Scholar. And it turns out, there are a few reasons as to why they’ve been having their eternal time in the sun. In the past expansion, Endwalker, the healing role was split into two distinct…
To those who tuned into the release of Futures Rewritten Ultimate, the first Ultimate level raid of the Dawntrail Expansion for Final Fantasy XIV (FF14), it was easy to register the buzz and excitement in the air as the highest caliber of players and their teams made progress throughout the game’s newest content, developing strategies on the fly for one of the most difficult fights in the game.…
For those of us who have been around since the beginning, we’ve seen Luocha fall from his once held crown as the preeminent sustain unit. At the time of his release, most sustain units were either 4-stars units such as Natasha or 5-star units like Bailu that hadn’t reached the power levels of more contemporary sustain units. Luocha’s design focused largely on pumping out large heals to the entire…