Hello! We're back on our "Dawntrail story recap" grind, well, we were for about 25 minutes of our approximately 73 minute runtime, anyway. We're also talking about the drama with the new Ultimate (red dots for all), sharing some pretty absurd takes on candy, and just chatting about that fun XIV game life for quite a while. It's just a cozy lil' episode as we window down 2024, beware of spoilers for the Dawntrail quests, but you probably already knew that.

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

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We promise to have more than seven and one-tenth thoughts for this rather chonky episode. The extra runtime is because the XIV mobile announcement hit as we were recording, so enjoy our live reaction to that several days later! We also talk about the new FFXI alliance raid, some other 7.1 initial reactions, and a smattering of other discussion. No spoilers in this episode, and we'll return to our very slow stroll through the Dawntrail story next episode, unless something else crazy happens.

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One more live letter before patch 7.1 comes out! This was a pretty interesting live letter so we ended up with a lot to talk about again. If you were following along with our story recap, and still not done with Dawntrail, there's a ton of spoilers in here. We're mostly sorting out the information dropped at the live letter, but do discuss in-game activities (or lack thereof, shame on Pan mostly), and also more general Gaming Things.

Timestamps

00:02:43 Sharing Pan
00:05:20 Lilli
00:13:30 Kristen
00:23:54 Live Letter 84 Echos of Vana'diel
00:33:19 LL Amount of content
00:44:25 LL Chaotic Raid
00:52:05 LL PvP
00:59:38 LL Chat bubbles and other QoL
01:10:20 LL Glamour Contest Gear
01:13:56 LL Final items
01:19:33 Final thoughts

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3kt

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

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We're back on the story beat! Also we talk a bit about the Korean fan festival news, and get up to our usual rambling shenanigans. Mostly story though! It wasn't really our plan to be doing Dawntrail story recap about 4 months after it released, but here we are. Spoilers ahead for the story up to just before the first trial, and some accidental light spoilers for future story. Which we're also sure you're done with, but just so you know. There's also some really deep thoughts about whether Eorzeans are familiar with the germ theory of disease for ... some reason? Enjoy!

Timestamps

00:04:22 Sharing Time
00:18:35 Korean Fan Fest
00:26:23 7.1 date + Live Letter
00:31:03 Story: Meeting the Yok Huy
00:44:37 Story: Yok Huy History
00:55:31 Story: Worqor Zormor
01:07:56 Story: Post Dungeon
01:15:10 Story: Valigarmanda

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3kl

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

Kristen Allison
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We're finally back! It's been a long time in the "mostly not REAL internet" desert for Lili, but she has das fiber and we can record again. We're taking a break from story recap (which, yikes, yeah we know!) to talk about our reactions to the 7.1 live letter (the first one, anyway). Lots of good news, including some housing relief, and exciting new opportunities to wipe together with 7 to 23 of your best friends. Also there's some off-color jokes in here, so on that tip, we haven't missed a beat.

Timestamps

00:01:52 Sharing - Kristen
00:03:56 Sharing - Lilli
00:09:59 Sharing - Pan
00:18:21 Game Population and DDoS
00:23:09 Community Drama
00:35:57 New raid
00:40:58 Hall of Novice
00:48:54 Chaotic Alliance Raid
00:52:05 FRU
00:55:56 Misc. Sidequests
01:00:21 Unreal
01:04:26 Allied Society Quests
01:06:05 Custom Deliveries, Housing, and More
01:15:50 Halloween
01:17:37 Outro

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3ka

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

Kristen Allison
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We're taking our sweet time breaking down the Dawntrail story, so this week we've got another spoiler-filled episode covering what we're calling the level 93 quests. Koana develops a sudden personality, Wuk Lamat somehow gets lost on a fifty foot walk, and we think you shouldn't name towns after, you know, things that destroy them. Like fire. So Many Fires.

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Timestamps

02:12 Sharing Time
07:30 Job Balances
15:52 Events
21:13 MSQ Level 93 Story
57:47 Final thoughts

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3jv

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Christina Zammarrelli
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More Dawntrail story time! Beware of spoilers up to somewhere in the level 92 range of the main story quests. We're talking just a tiny bit about what we're up to in the game, but not spending too much time on the new raids or savage at this time. We're pretty focused on making some headway through the story as we climb to various places in unorthodox ways, and we do return to the Wuking sands more than once. It gets a little weird at the end, but stay for the finale, the episode title will really come into focus if you do.

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3jo

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

Kristen Allison
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We're starting out on our journey through the Dawntrail story (MSQ). We'll have plenty of spoilers for the initial city quests, and one of the starter zones here. We've also got stories to tell about the "limited supply" of infinitely reproducible digital items (another Square collaboration with question results). It looks like we're going to be unpacking this story for quite a while over the next few episodes, so buckle up!

Timestamps

01:45 Sharing Time
05:52 Promo Items
13:48 Dawntrail Start - Intro to Tural
21:46 Landing in Tuliyollal
45:09 Story Split - Kozama’uka

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The wait is finally over! This is a no-spoilers episode, we're still unpacking our entry into Dawntrail after the early access period and first launch day. There's a bunch to discuss and unpack, from graphics to glamours to the (relatiely) smooth launch. Some discussion about story structure and presentation, but reall, no spoilers! Pan is overly critical with an arbitrary rating and sings and/or hums very badly somewhere in here. Please look forward to it, as it were.

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3iz

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Chip Locke

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We're back! Dawntrail is so close! Kristen went to Japan, Lili has been streaming, and Pan doesn't understand what a horse girl is, on multiple levels. We've got the last few updates of our Endwalk, discussion about preparing for the new expansion, and thoughts about how the mog coin to kupo nut exchange rate in the Companion app. Okay, not so much that last part. We're all just very excited for a new expansion, and we're looking forward to sharing our journey with you.

Episode URL: mtb.gg/3is

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Christina Zammarrelli
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Kristen Allison
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