I spent pretty much all day playing Final Fantasy XIV today. I haven't done that for a long time, and I had a thoroughly lovely time. Basically when I got up this morning I considered agonising over what I "should" do, with all the options basically conflicting with a burning desire to play FFXIV — so rather than agonising further I simply indulged that desire and played FFXIV. I do not regret the time spent, even if it could have been spent more "productively" — sometimes you just gotta do something for yourself.
Anyway, I'm making good progress through the "postgame" Stormblood stuff, though there's a lot more of it than I thought there was! Over the last few days I've been doing the Hildibrand quest, which culminates in an excellent Trial, and finally advancing the main story.
The main story in particular has been very impressive; there's an absolutely superb single-player instanced battle towards the end of one of the main 4.x narrative threads that I can only describe as a "Missile Command" boss fight. It really is fascinating to see how inventive and adventurous they get with the game's base mechanics as you get deeper into the various expansions; this is far from being a game where you stand still and press 1, 2, 3 with perfect timing.
I've also reached a point in the main story where I can do the "Four Lords" storyline. I've only done the Byakko fight from that so far, but that was also absolutely excellent; I very much appreciated the "bullet hell" influences seen in that one, though those fearful of twitch gaming need not worry — the pace is much slower than an actual shoot 'em up!
Needless to say, for whatever reason, FFXIV is exciting and inspiring me again. I know that I need not to let it take over everything — I have things to do for work and I have things I want to do for myself — but I am definitely very much enjoying my time with it so far. And I haven't even started Shadowbringers yet.
Anyway, I've called it a night for now, but that's what I've been up to today. Tomorrow is about videos, so I better get some sleep! Ta-ta.
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