Another Thread of Adventure

Welcome to Rubi's Corner! I wanted a place to consolidate my thoughts, at least my adventures in Eorzea and in other Final Fantasy or Square Enix titles. I also wanted a place to use as spillover for expanded thoughts I have on podcast discussions, like if I need to clarify a point or some news comes out just after we've hit the record button. This is not my first blog, but like many of us I have scattered writings and photos of my life and adventures spread across a multitude of media. This blog gives me a medium to further express myself.

Alexander 9 Savage complete!

Let's start the new year and blog with Final Fantasy XIV. Stormblood is ever closer and I'm excited for more speculation until we get some fuller reveals soon. I still don't know what to think about Spidey but I'm tentatively going with BLU. I like the idea of Red vs Blue, the newest Yoshida prophecy mentions Crimson/Azure, and the Eighteenth Floor event had Red/Blue so... But no matter what, I won't be disappointed because RDM is here to stay. :)

I plan to cover my 2017 resolutions for Rubi (and for the podcast) in Gather Together's first episode of 2017. One resolution I can say is that melee DPS is a must for me going forward if I want to understand the half of RDMs rotation. Honestly, I just want to be more proficient in all my jobs.

Rubi and Cinna's new house in the Mist! Beach party soon?

And although I am again focused into XIV, I cannot forget two other games that took over my life in the past month: Final Fantasy XV and Dragon Quest VII. 

I'm still deep into XV. After completing it I've been doing hunts and looking for more weapons. The car is now Type-F and I'm finding dungeons that make my motion sickness so bad I vomit... but it's OK! I actually REALLY like XV. It reminds me of FFVIII so much but without Squall's attitude problem and Rinoa being a bit too fanciful. The characters are like-able and I can easily make head canon out of the story's fuzzy bits so I'm A-OK. Also, with all the DLC coming, I feel like XV will have a year of life in it before it's starts collecting dust. That's more than I can say for previous numbered Final Fantasy titles, right FFXIII?

Dragon Quest will be a big deal in 2017 (along with Final Fantasy since they are both going into their respective 30th anniversaries) and each new trailer and news article will remind me to play DQ7, the longest title in the series. I'm at Alltrades Abbey and I think I just beat the boss there so now I can unlock jobs. Hooray I'm halfway through the game? Maybe? Ugh. But still, it's grindy fun and it's the only numbered DQ I haven't beaten except for X... which don't get me started I'm still pissed I can't play it in English.

New adventures coming soon!

This will be a year full of games, I honestly believe that. I think 2017 will be a year of growth for Cinna and I. Personally I'm hoping for some job development and movement, same for her, and us living this family life. It feeds into our motivation to do more in-game as well like working on Savage harder and doing for with the FC. It's also doing more for the podcast like giving you guys a way to show your appreciation to us. I'm feeling refreshed and motivated for 2017.

Just around the corner,