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The story of Final Fantasy XIV’s renegade do-gooders
Anna Clemens, who has been developing Final Fantasy XIV plugins for three years, is an outlier among the FFXIV modders I’ve talked with. She publishes under the name ‘ascclemens,’ and she doesn’t make any effort to hide her full name and contact information. She’s also the only one of the MMORPG‘s modders that I spoke with who agreed to have her name published in this piece.
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Final Fantasy XIV’s January update will bring more player housing
Final Fantasy XIV‘s patch 6.3 will land in January 2023, with a new one of everything. A new 8-player trial, a new unreal trial, a new ultimate raid, a new dungeon, a new 24-player Alliance Raid, plus new main scenario and side story quests. Among all of the newness are new housing wards within existing districts, allowing more players to purchase their own in-game home.
Final Fantasy XIV’s new Island Sanctuary is more Tom Nook sim than peaceful paradise, but it works
There were high expectations going into Buried Memory, patch 6.2 for Final Fantasy XIV – new raids, new story, and, most importantly, a new mode called Island Sanctuary to fulfil all of your farming dreams. There were Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing memes aplenty in the run up to release, with players hungry to customise their own cosy piece of Hydaelyn.
Meant as a casual mode to relax away from dungeons and grinding levels, Island Sanctuary has no Job level limitations and can be enjoyed by anyone. Even though you can craft your own buildings and gather materials, you don’t need to have played any gathering or crafting classes. With a base to customise, crops to tend to and a pasture full of animals to pet, it’s easy to see why comparisons were drawn to other farming games such as Stardew Valley.