Ginal's Weekly Mix #5

Ginal's Weekly Mix #3

Happy Tuesday, Pathfinders, and Merry Christmas!  Ginal here with a bigger, badder, holiday edition of the Weekly Mix!  

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Mithrie Menethil

Having trouble figuring out crafting macros or need ideas on how to make money?  Mithrie's channel is filled to the brim with guides on making money, gathering, and crafting that can have you out and raking in the gil in no time!

He's also got a lot of let's play videos up of various games, if you're a fan of that kind of content.

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Limit Break Radio

Honestly, I've got mixed feelings about these guys.  On the one hand, they do discuss topics important to the community as honestly and openly as they can, and they invite people to call in and join the conversation.  This can lead to some great idea exchanges.  On the other hand, the guys who host the show can get really hostile with each other, and they cuss a lot, which can distract from the quality of the conversation.  Still, these guys can be worth listening to, so look them up.

Random Sweetness: Space Hamster

A friend of PeanutButter Gamer, and fairly similar to the same style, Space hamster is wonderfully awkward and a seriously funny guy.

Random Sweetness: SF Debris

A sarcastic and snarky science fiction reviewer, on the internet?  How unusual!

Seriously though, I love this guy's work.  He's as honest as he can be that his videos are only his opinion and never fact, which is a great plus, and he also tries to dig up as much behind the scenes information as he can to contextualize the shows he's commenting on.

My favorite of his videos are his Star Trek reviews, and in particular his commentaries on the Voyager series.  The Psycho Janeway character parody has me rolling every time.

Where Did That Come From?

Just a reminder that the trivia here is NOT being copy/pasted right from some wikia.  I'm describing only what I know, the way I remember it when I played these games.  If I turn out to be inaccurate somehow, feel free to remind me and I'll fix it in the following post.

Doma, where Lady Yugiri and her ninjas come from, originates in FF6.  In FF6, Doma is a small nation-state of samurai tradition, which valiantly survived many Imperial invasions until their water supply was poisoned, killing most of the citizens of their nation.

The right side is the original Doma Castle map, the left is a recreation within Minecraft.



The Baron earrings and Baron circlet given to players as pre-order bonuses for buying Heavensward comes form FF4.  These were worn by Cecil Harvey after he ascends to a Paladin.

The letter that Square sent to players with these items, referring to "when two was four and four was two" is a joking reference to how FF4 was originally re-titled as FF2 on the first American release.  This was because at the time, the original and real FF2 and FF3 had not been released in the states, and Square was a afraid that western players would be confused by a sudden leap from FF1 to FF4.

Special Cinematic Collection:

Final Fanasy 8 Opening

Final Fantasy 4 Opening (Remake version)

Final Fantasy 13: Serah and Snow Fireworks Scene

Final Fatnasy X-2: 1000 Words Scene (that strangely endearing, weird-ass musical scene)

Scheduled Event 32

Pathfinders Holiday Party 

It's that time of year again!  Where we gather together as a family and party our pants off.  This years festivities will be....Random snowball fights, random dance parties, and a secret santa party!  To participate in the randomness...just be online and respond to the call!  To participate in the Party, you MUST sign up beforehand with Ely.  She will assign you a giftee and a gifter.

This event will take place all day long on Wednesday, December 23rd. Party takes place at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET in the Path Home. 

Oh!  And don't forget to wear your holiday duds!  Really get into the spirit of things.  Happy Holidays guys!  

<3

Ely

Ginal's Weekly Mix #4

Ginal's Weekly Mix #3

Happy Tuesday, Pathfinders!  Ginal here with another Weekly Mix of FFXIV content creators, trivia and random goodies!

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Ethys Asher

If you have even the slightest interest in FFXIV lore and stories, then you owe it to yourself to check out Ethys' channel.  Ethys has several different playlists to check out:

ARR Abridged: A multi part series detailing the Realm Reborn story without side quest filler.

Eorzea Armoire: Examinations of real world mytholgy behind FFXIV's legendary weapons

Ethys also has some amazing videos the detail the stories behind the Coils of Bahamut and FFXIV version 1, for those who want to know.

Random Sweetness: PeanutbutterGamer

Watch his stuff.  Any of it.  Seriously.

Where Did That Come From?

Just a reminder that the trivia here is NOT being copy/pasted right from some wikia.  I'm describing only what I know, the way I remember it when I played these games.  If I turn out to be inaccurate somehow, feel free to remind me and I'll fix it in the following post.

The name of the Imperial flagship, the Agrias (that crashed ship you're on in Keeper of the Lake) is named after Agrias Oaks of Final Fantasy Tactics.

Agrias was a no-nonsense Holy Knight, and zealous bodyguard of the princess heir to the throne.  Her powers as a Holy Knight allowed her to attack her enemies from long distances, deal heavy damage, and inflict status ailments like immobilize and stop.

Weekly Track: Final Fantasy XIII--Blinded by Light (extended version)

Weekly Cinematic: Final Fantasy VIII--The Dance

Ginal's Weekly Mix #3

Ginal's Weekly Mix #3

Happy Tuesday, Pathfinders!  Ginal here with another Weekly Mix of FFXIV content creators, trivia and random goodies!

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Soric Reisa

I'm not just featuring him because he came to show our home off to the world!  Soric and his lady Theia run this up and coming channel that most certainly deserves our attention.

The bread and butter of Soric's channel is his XIV Cribs, which is a really awesome show to binge on and get ideas for our own homes and rooms.

Wild Hunt is a new series Soric is trying out where he's playing a "Crocodile Hunter" type of character running around and checking out the Eorzean wildlife.

XIV Universe is the show that brought me to his channel, where Soric highlights community events, FC achievements and fan art.  Unfortunately, this show doesn't seem to have taken off very well, so do me a favor and hop over to his channel to give him some encouragement on continuing this series.

Random Sweetness: Jillian Aversa

It's amazing the things you'll stumble upon while browsing YouTube.  This member of the OverClocked ReMix community has her own side project on YouTube producing music videos of themes from games and some other sources.

Jillian herself writes the orchestral arrangements of the music along with handling the amazing vocals.  The costuming, makeup and props on display are also top notch.  I'm not the type to encourage things like Patreon support lightly, but this gal definitely deserves your consideration.

Where Did That Come From?

Just a reminder that the trivia here is NOT being copy/pasted right from some wikia.  I'm describing only what I know, the way I remember it when I played these games.  If I turn out to be inaccurate somehow, feel free to remind me and I'll fix it in the following post.

The Gambler's Outfit reward from the Manderville Gold Saucer is an homage to Setzer Gabiani of FFVI.

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano

Setzer was the world's wealthiest and most notorious professional gambler, and the only man in the world to have a privately owned airship, the Blackjack.  Though initially a bit of a narcissist, Setzer eventually becomes an invaluable member of the party, using things like magicked dice and playing cards to bring the pain to his enemies.

Important People of Final Fantasy: Nobuo Uematsu

Let me make this as clear as I can: Nobuo Uematsu is the most gifted and accomplished writer, producer and composer of music in video games the entire world has, and likely ever will know.  This man is responsible for some of the most iconic music we've ever heard, and I defy you to listen to his compositions and come away unmoved.

Alright, I'll stop gushing.

Seriously though, Uematsu is an amazing musical talent, and his career has been beyond prolific.  He personally wrote the entire soundtrack for the first nine Final Fantasy titles, co-wrote FFX and Chrono Trigger, formed his metal band The Black Mages, and has since been responsible for some truly remarkable Final Fantasy themes in recent games.

These days, Uematsu no longer works as a Square Employee, now operating his own studio Smile Please, where he composes for Mistwalker Studios, and contracts out to Square Enix.

To this day, there are more live orchestral concerts celebrating the music of Final Fantasy than there are concerts dedicated to other video games combined, and Uematsu himself makes occasional appearances as a performer or guest conductor.

Links to some of his most noteworthy pieces:

Answers: FFXIV

Dragonsong: FFXIV

One Winged Angel: FFVII  (as performed by the Prima Vista Philharmonic Orchestra and the Black Mages--the keyboardist/organist is Uematsu)

Rydia: FFIV (from the FFIV Celtic Moon special rearranged album)

Victory Fanfare: FFX

Weekly Track: Besaid Island-- FFX

Weekly Cinematic: FFVI Opening--Playstation rerelease version

Scheduled event 31

To-Gather-Thon 

Lately I've been feeling like this FC is a little bit disjointed.  We don't really seem to come together like I would love to have us do.  The Pathfinders are a family, and families need to spend time together to recharge and to connect.  This event will hopefully bring us closer together, so that we can start feeling like family again.

In this event we will be getting into groups to gather specific items for the FC.  It will cover all the gathering classes AS WELL AS dungeons!  That's right people!  Dungeoners will be heading into the fray for the good of the company.  I'm emphasizing party gathering, so no going out on your own unless you're the only one online!  Grab a buddy and get to getting!

This event will take place on Friday, December 4th at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET until Sunday, December 13th at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET.

That's right folks!  This is going to be a nice, long event.  I hope you enjoy!

The Items List 

Dungeon:

• Manor Varnish- Haukke Manor(Hard)
• Peacock Ore-(Brayflox(Hard), Halatali(Hard),Stone Vigil(Hard), Tam-Tara(Hard),Hullbreaker Isle, Lost City of Amdapor
•  Petrified Log-Amdapor Keep(Hard), Sastasha(Hard), Qarn(Hard), Wanderer's Palace(Hard), Snowcloak, Keeper of the Lake
• Emery-Amdapor Keep(Hard), Sastasha(Hard), Qarn(Hard), Wanderer's Palace(Hard), Snowcloak, Keeper of the Lake
• Potash-Brayflox(Hard), Halatali(Hard), Stone Vigil(Hard), Tam-Tara(Hard), Hullbreaker Isle, Lost City of Amdapor
• Carnivorous Seedling-Aurum Vale

 Miner:

• Darksteel Ore-unspoiled
• Dark Matter Clusters-unspoiled
• Any Grade soils-normal, unspoiled
•  Any Grade Carbonized Matter-normal, unspoiled
• Shards, Crystals, Clusters-normal, unspoiled 
• Effervescent Water-normal

 Botanist:

• Spruce Log-unspoiled
• Old World Fig-unspoiled
• Dark Matter Clusters-unspoiled
• Silk Worm Cocoon- unspoiled
• Shards, Crystals, Clusters-normal, unspoiled
• Humus-normal

Fisher:

• Mahi Mahi-timed
• Fullmoon Sardine-timed
• Ninja Betta-timed
• Red Coral-normal
• White Coral-normal
• Tiger Cod-normal

Ginal's Weekly Mix #2

Ginal's Weekly Mix #1

Happy Tuesday, Pathfinders!  (And sorry for the late post >.> )  Ginal here with another Weekly Mix of FFXIV content creators, trivia and random goodies!

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Very Merri

Looking for some laughs as you crawl those dungeons?  Very Merri's up and coming channel has some definite laugh out loud videos, including:

Merri's Shorts:  Short videos that are half in character and half not, depicting the trials and tribulations of life in Eorzea.

Man Mode:  Merri and his friends form all warrior parties, hit the dungeons, and yammer on in giberish to each other.

Random Sweetness: Gaming Wildlife

The Gaming Wildlife Foundation is pretty much what it sounds like: What happens when you cross National Geographic with gaming?  The result is ridiculously funny channel that examines the different types of gamers in the natural environments.  I'm a Lore Whore (shocking, I know) what kind of gamer are you?

They also feature a series called If They Were 100% Honest, in which the Gaming Wildlife crew speak plain and brutal truths about our favorite, or most hated, game developers and publishers.

Where Did That Come From?

Just a reminder that the trivia here is NOT being copy/pasted right from some wikia.  I'm describing only what I know, the way I remember it when I played these games.  If I turn out to be inaccurate somehow, feel free to remind me and I'll fix it in the following post.

The Holy Lance, purchasable from the Revenant's Toll Poetics vendors, comes from Final Fantasy IV.  In its original context, it was one of several legendary weapons that had been sealed away, and could be obtained after defeating a difficult optional boss monster.  Equipped by dragoon Kain Highwind, not only did the Holy Lance deliver solid damage with each strike, but it could also be used to cast a base-damage version of the spell Holy.  While this version of the spell wouldn't use any attributes to modify its damage, it could still land a decent hit if the monster was weak again holy elemental magic. 

FFXIV Cribs!

FFXIV Cribs Filming 

As you all know we submitted our lovely home to be featured on FFXIV Cribs and they responded.  We had the interview, and we just got a response back from them about when they will be filming the episode.  If you want to be in the video please make sure you're there at the time stated, and behave!  We want to make a good impression, so put your best foot forward and lets show the world how awesome our FC is!

Filming will take place on Friday, November 20th at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET. 

I hope to see you all there!

<3

Ely 

Ginal's Weekly Mix #1

Ginal's Weekly Mix #1

Happy Tuesday, Pathfinders!  Ginal here with a new weekly post I'll be trying out.  In my Weekly Mix I'll be highlighting Final Fantasy XIV content creators, explaining FF series references found in FFXIV, and maybe even pointing you all toward something cool I've found.

Weekly FFXIV Content Creator Highlight: Mizztek

If you find yourself struggling with any given Primal, dungeon, raid or other major duty, Mizztek's MTQCapture channel is probably the best spot to turn to.  She understands what each tank, healer and damage player need to focus on at any given moment, doesn't stray from what's relevant to the video, and usually has a few silly puns to introduce you to the fight.  (And for you fellas, her voice is very easy on the ears) With Mizztek as your party leader, you'll never be without those sweet tomestones again!

Random Sweetness: OverClocked ReMix

Founded in 1999, the wonderful folks of OCRemix have been on a mission to preserve and promote the often under appreciated music of our favorite video games by banding together to produce some absolutely amazing rerecordings and remixes.  Their home site has thousands of tracks from games of all eras and genres, and even over 30 full, professional quality albums.  And I'm not kidding when I say that some of these people's remixes have turned out even better than the original music we love so much.

Their YouTube channel is already linked in the subheading.  You can find their home site right here.

Where Did That Come From?

Just a little clarification, the trivia here is NOT being copy/pasted right from some wikia.  I'm describing only what I know, the way I remember it when I played these games.  If I turn out to be inaccurate somehow, feel free to remind me and I'll fix it in the following post.

Materia comes from Final Fantasy VII.  In its original form, it not only offered attribute bonuses, but was also the source of all character magic and abilities.  From FFVII's lore, Materia was knowledge and memories of the ancient Cetra race crystalized inside Lifestream energy, creating small orbs that were easily set into weapons and armor.

Mansion Fundraiser

Announcing the Pathfinders Mansion Fundraiser!

With patch 3.1 upon us comes a list of new features added to housing, among being a system to reclaim plots unused by their owners.  This is the perfect time for our company to pool our money and purchase ourselves a large house, and we're asking you, our members, to help us.

Why would we need a large house?  Is it really worth the trouble?  There are multiple reasons for us to upgrade, among them:

All Crafting Benches: We have most of these already, it's true, but our current home doesn't allow for all crafting benches.  I know many of us love to level our crafting classes, and future members will too.  With all crafting benches at our disposal, everyone will be able to benefit from them for any crafting class they want to level.

More Garden Plots: Gardening gives us fruit to dye chocobos, along with rare minions and crafting materials.  We can keep these for our own uses or sell them for a tidy profit.  Either way, more space for more gardening means more for all of us to benefit from.

More Vendor NPCs: A large house will also let us set additional vendor NPCs, letting us have all the various mendors and vendors available for our needs all day, every day.

More Room for Role Paying and Events: Part of the dream we had when founding this FC was to have a group more unusual than most.  Instead of just grinding dungeons all day, we also wanted to be a company that promoted role playing and various other events.  More space in our company house will give us more room to fully achieve these goals.  A bigger and better bar, or maybe a stage for fashion contests.  These are the things possible with more space.

A Prestigious Image: Let's face it, no matter how awesome our group is (and it is, because of all of you!) the bigger the house, the better we look to the world.  We already have the best damn people you could meet in our company.  Each and every one of you who have stuck with us have proven that it was never a mistake to invite you in, and you deserve to be represented to the rest of Eorzea with the best house possible.

Group Achievement: Beyond building airships and aetherial wheel stands together, raising the money necessary to buy a large plot is no small task.  We're not the most hardcore players.  We don't have our server's market economy dominated.  Building up this much gil will be an uphill fight, which is exactly why we should do it.  If we can pull this off, then we will have really done something as a group that we can be proud of.

You Do Not Have to Donate!

It's important to let you all know that you do not need to donate.  You will not be harassed into it.  You will not be excluded from any future events or activities.  You will not be treated badly.  We understand that not everyone has the time to make large amounts of gil, or that some players are saving up for their own goals.  You do not have to worry about having a place with the Pathfinders if you don't donate.

How Much Do We Need?

Housing plots are priced based off size, availability, and for how long they are empty before purchase.  With the high demand for housing already insane, and large houses starting high, we're estimating that we'll need 60 million gil.  If this turns out to be too much, the remaining money will be spent on furnishings, gear and materials for FC members, and supplies for gardening.  This money will not be kept for any individual's personal gain, and that is a promise to our members.

We're currently sitting at 17 million.  Let's hit the markets and make this happen!

Scheduled Event 30

All Hallows Weekend! 

It's that time of year that the spooks come out to play, and the kiddos gorge themselves on sweets!  So in the spirit of things I thought The Pathfinders would enjoy a bit of a treat as well.

This will be a three part event: There will be prizes!

Friday, October 30th starting at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET: All Hallows Eve Party 

 This party will take place at "The Solid Ground" (our upstairs bar), you can RP if you want to.  There will also be a Costume contest, So come up with a great idea and show it off.  Doesn't have to be scary just use your imagination!  We'll end the evening with Bedroom Hide and Seek, So decorate your rooms up nice, and we'll have a nice lighthearted game of hide and seek in the Path Home.

Saturday, October 31st all day: Tricks and Treats 

Throughout the day we'll party up and , while dressed in our costumes, hand out sweets to anyone who stops to watch our dancing.  So anyone who stops to talk, dance, or just stare at us will get a holiday surprise!  Ely and Lena will be providing said treats.  So put on your smiles, and your dancey pants, and lets have fun!

Sunday, November 1st: Photoshoot...Reborn? 

This is just a redo of our previous photoshoot that I slept through.  I was ill then but I am not now so we shouldn't have a repeat of that.  This will take place throughout the day so we can get as many people as possible into our photos.  I'd like to get a nice big photo of everyone possible so lets try to all be on at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET.     

I hope you will all decide to participate, and that you find this fun.

<3

Ely 

Updates, and a Moment of Your Time

Updates and More!

Noobie Appreciation:

This didn't go quite as I had hoped.  Participation was a little low and the response was even worse.  However, I do want to try this again in the future.  Next time we try this event, let's all get out there and show Eorzea how welcoming the Pathfinders can be!

Pending Event: Class of 2015

Among the many things coming in patch 3.1 (Seriously, it's going to be huge) is that the old level 50 Realm Reborn dungeons will now yield experience points.  This is the perfect time to not only revisit the old stomping ground, but to do it creatively! 

What we'll be doing is running these dungeons with our classes instead of our jobs.  Why?  Because Final Fantasy 14 is the only game in the series that uses classes, alongside the specialized jobs that are iconic to the series.  Classes are more versatile, allowing for much more variety of cross-class skill than jobs.  And since level 50 is where you stop gaining cross-class slots, it's the perfect level to sync to and show how classy we can be.

I'm telling you about this now so that you can start looking over your hotbars ahead of time and figure out what you want to do.  This event will happen within the first or second week of patch 3.1 going live, so we have two or three weeks to get ready!

The Bar

People are beginning to respond to the advertisements for our role playing hangout, the restraunt/bar we call the Solid Ground.  Since there are some stretches where I can't be online to host and monitor this, I need to ask that anyone, officer or not, who has even a small interest in role playing to please help me by setting aside small bits of your time to check on things in the bar.  If we have guests, try to play host for a bit.  

If you feel like you need a hand with role playing etiquette, creating a character, or anything else, don't forget to whisper me in the game or send me an email.  

A Moment of Your Time...

I wanted to take a moment to address something with all of you.  Holiday season is right around the corner, and that means trips, parties, and a ton of new high profile games.  I understand that many of us will be gone for extended periods over the next two or three months for various reasons, so Ely and I would like to ask all of you to do a few things for us...

1: Let us know ahead of time if you know you're going to be gone.

2: If you're still have gaming time available, please try to log in once a week.

3: If you just really want to take a break from FFXIV for a while, then please keep in touch with us through emails or Hangouts.

We ask this for a few reasons, but the two primary ones are so that we don't end up kicking you for inactivity, AND, because more than anything, we want to continue to play alongside and keep up with you, our friends.  When any of you go silent for periods longer than a few days, we do worry, because we care about all of you.  

Have a wonderful end of the year, enjoy your vacations and new games, and BE SAFE!  Ely and I expect to see each and every one of you whole and hale by the end of the holidays!

Update and Event 29

Site update:

The In Search Of page has been updated with currently needed items.  Please check it out and help us collect what's needed!

Event 29: Newbie Appreciation

New adventurers continue to arrive on Eorzea's shores daily, and what better way to welcome them than by meeting them with open arms, and open ears!

We will scouring the capital cities and lowbie zones looking for any player character with the green leaf symbol over their heads.  We will offer these new players information and advice, cheap meals and potions to give them that initial edge, and pets to keep them company on their travels.  Along the way, we might even pick up a few new recruits to join us, so come with your best big brother/big sister attitude!

This will take place all day Friday the 23rd, until the end of Sunday the 25th!

Scheduled Event 28

Greystar Wedding 2.0 

After being abandoned by her husband, Elysande Greystar found love again.  Now she is inviting you to witness her bonding with the Lady Love of her life, Lena Rhea.

  

This Event will take place on Saturday, October 17th at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET.  The festivities will start at the church.  After the wedding there will be a reception at the Path Home (Goblet, Ward 3, Plot 12) followed by Fireworks on the beach.  So remember to bring your swimwear and sunscreen!  We plan to party the night away and hope you'll join us for this joyous occasion!

This is to be a classy wedding.  Please keep it that way!  Please be advised that this is a serious roleplay event, be ready to be in character and play along with us.

You can go nuts at the after party (that is what they are for anyway!)

Scheduled event 27

Photo Shoot! 

Let's all put on our best duds and get some new pictures taken for the website.  I know how much you all like to show off and this is the best way to do so!  We'll meet up to get our pictures taken at several different locations, and there will be wardrobe changes!!  While out and about we will also participate in fates, and hunts so don't forget your gear!

This event will take place on Sunday, October 4th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET and will continue until we feel we've gotten the best pictures possible. 

So while you're out and about in Eorzea, take a look around and see where it looks most scenic.  Write down the <pos> and we'll snaps some photos there!

Scheduled event 26

Ultima Party 

We're getting together a group of people to go in and kick Ultima's ass!  So lets all log on ready to go fight the good fight.  If anyone has any questions you should direct them to Luna Eternal.  

The event will take place on Saturday, October 3rd at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET and will continue until everyone who wants to defeat him has. 

I hope you see you all there and raring to go!

Officer Meeting!

Officer Meeting Scheduled! 

Since so many of our officers are MIA currently, I thought it best if I listed the upcoming officer meeting on the website so they might pop in for it.  Hopefully, nothing bad has happened and we'll be seeing their beautiful faces soon!

The officer meeting will take place on Friday, October 2nd at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET.  It will continue until all pertinent items have been discussed.  If you have something you want to address with the company, please come prepared. 

Scheduled Event 25

Dungeon Marathon 

Who doesn't love a good old-fashioned dungeon run?  Let's take this opportunity to run all the dungeons we can stand so we can learn how best to play our classes.  Just log on ready to go and we'll group up and hit the dungeons.

This event will start on Friday, September 25th at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET and will End on Sunday, September 27th at 6pm PT/8pm CT/9pm ET. 

 

Scheduled Event 24

Crisis In Eorzea 

There are riots in Ul'dah. Everything is a mess, falling apart at the seams, and it's up to the Grand Companies to handle the crisis as it continues to spiral out of control. Our job, as the Pathfinders, is to help fill in the role of peacekeepers while the matters in Ul'dah are addressed.

We'll separate into different squads, rotating as needed, to take on various tasks. For instance, one squad will address Hunts/FATEs... various things threatening the general populace in Eorzea. Another squad would tackle dungeons. Both squads would gather things like meat, wool, and other such things to supply refugees from the riots. Depending on the size of groups, we will have more than two squads, and we will rotate so that no one is doing just one task or another.

The big thing about dungeons is that these are more directly involved with the events in Ul'dah. The riots were orchestrated by the ascians, through various unsavory people and creatures. When we charge into dungeons, we are actually diving into combat with one of the forces that triggered the riots.

At the end of the night, if we have enough people, both squads will come together to storm the Steps of Faith!

This Event is brought to you by Ilyas Novak.  Any questions you might have should be directed to him.  It will Take Place on Saturday, September 12th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET and will continue until Sunday, September 13th at 7pm PT/9pm CT/10pm ET.

 

Vote!

New Crest! 

I thought it might be nice to get a new crest on our company!  So I decided we would hold a vote on the 3 choices I've made.  If you don't like them we can just leave the crest as it is.

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Cast your votes in the comments below so we can get them all tallied.  I'd like to have this decided by the time I return from vacation.  Let the voting begin!!

  

Special Picture Commission!

I had a special commission made for Ely, and I think it turned out pretty well!  

+Rei Murcia is the artist, and she's currently open for commissions.

Scheduled Event 23

Dungeon Crawl 

This event is all about running dungeons and gathering loot!  We're gonna party up, and then party down until we get the drops we want...or we drop from exhaustion.  Whichever comes first! 

This event starts on Friday, September 4th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET (right after the raffle drawing) and ends on Sunday, September 6th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET.

No need to sign up, just show up and be ready to dungeon!  Contact Samaria Battleborn with any questions you might have, and let the dungeon masters know you're ready and willing to head into the fray!

 

Minion Raffle!

Bring on the Minions! 

It's that time yet again!  Ely is auctioning off some cute, and loveable minions.  The rules are the same as before, and there will TWO winners yet again.

• 100 gil gets you a ticket, anything over that is considered a donation to the company.
• Only one ticket may be purchased, we gotta keep this fair!
• Send the money to Ely through moogle mail, with the words Minion Raffle in the text.

The drawing for this raffle will take place on Friday, September 4th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET.   

Good luck to you all! 

Scheduled Event 22

Off to the Races! 

Who doesn't enjoy the heart pounding excitement of a race?  Who doesn't enjoy fancy barding for their birds?  No one that's who!  So this event will allow you all to show off your pretty birds, race against your fellow FC mates, AND win a handmade barding.  

This event will take place on Saturday, August 29th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET. It ends once we have a winner!

We need to gather at Camp Drybone before the starting time so we can go over the race track.  Ely has already decided on where the race will take place, but she wants this to be as fair as possible for everyone so you'll learn the track with everyone else.  There will be a bracket, so please sign up ahead of time so Ely knows where to place you on the bracket. 

• To sign up for the race, send Ely a moogle mail with the word RACE in the body, along with an entry fee of 500 gil. You can donate more money if you like but it wont get you anything else.  It will just be a donation to your company. 

Good Luck everyone, see you at the race!

Scheduled Event 21

Go for the Gold! 

For this event you will all be crafting away with your goldsmiths.  If you haven't picked up this useful crafting class yet, go ahead and do so in Ul'dah.  In this event you're going to need a partner, who can assist you with gathering your materials!  So grab a buddy and get to gathering and crafting.

This event will take place all weekend long starting on Friday, August 21st at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET and ending Sunday, August 23rd at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET.  Make sure you have turned in all of your items by that time!

Da Rules:  you will get points based on how many groups of items you turn in, as well as for difficulty.  The lower level items aren't worth as much as the upper level items.  Please make sure you state who your partner is in the mail that you send in your entries so they can get credit as well.  Winners will receive food, and materia!

The Items Requested 

Level 5: 2 Copper Wristlets (HQ)-Copper Ore (MNR) 1point

Level 10: 2 Ramhorn Claws (HQ)-Ramhorn, Animal Sinew (Combat) 1 point

Level 15: 2 Brass wristlets (HQ)- Copper Ore, Zinc Ore (MNR) 1.5 points

Level 20: 2 Brass Ring **for fingers** (HQ)-Copper Ore, Zinc Ore, Mudstone (MNR) 1.5 points

Level 25: 2 Silver Gorget (HQ)-Silver Ore (MNR), Aldgoat Leather(LTW) 2 points

Level 30: 2 Malachite ring (HQ)-Raw Malachite, Silver Ore (MNR) 2 points

Level 35: 2 Mythril Wristlets of Crafting (HQ)-Mythril Ore (MNR) 2.5 points

Level 40: 2 Heliodor Ring (HQ)- Raw Heliodor, Electrum Ore (MNR) 2.5 points

Level 45: 2 Amber Choker (HQ)- Raw Amber, Electrum Ore (MNR) 3 points

Level 50: 2 Spinel Earrings (HQ)- Raw Spinel, Electrum Ore (MNR) 3 points

Heavensward Crafters 

 Level 55: 1 Hardsilver Bangle of Fending (HQ)-Hardsilver Sand, Silver Ore, Raw Star Sapphire, Raw Star Ruby, Grade 1 Vitality dissolvent 3.5 points

Level 60: 1 Chrysolite (HQ)- Raw Chrysolite, Cloud Mica 4 points

Once you have crafted all that you can craft turn them into Ely for points.  She will be placing these items for sale, proceeds to go into the company coffers.

Scheduled Event 20

You Bunch of Hookers 

In this event you'll get to wiggle your worms!  If you haven't picked up Fishing yet, get your bums to Limsa Lominsa and pick it up!  

This event will take place all weekend long from  August 14th  to August 17th.  There is no start or stop time, just fishing time!  See how many levels, you can get.  See how many fish you can catch.  Ask a Culinarian what type of fish they need, and go gather for them!  The skies (and seas) are the limit.  I hope that this taste of fishing starts a fever amongst you, and that you'll appreciate the serenity of rod and reel.

If you have questions about fishing we have MANY fishing gurus.  So ask away!

Finally!!

New FC Header 

 

I know that you all wanted to use the new photos from the photo shoot, but Gin and I were having trouble figuring out how to shrink them down.  So I decided to spend some time today messing with it.  Turns out it's really easy and we're both just derpy.  So enjoy your new header guys!  You look great!

<3

 

Ely

Dear Pathfinders

A Letter from the Headmistress 

I'm going to be gone for an undetermined amount of time.  I hope you all have fun doing whatever it is you all want to do.  I'm unsure when I'll come back.  It might be tomorrow, or next week.  As of right now, you will have to rely on Kraio and your other officers.

I'm sure by now you've all heard what has happened.  I have no answers other than, I need time to myself.  I'm no longer having fun with the game and that is the whole point of a game.  I'm tired of the drama, I'm just plain tired.  I know you've all seen a change in me.  This is why.  

I still love you all. I hope to see you all soon.  

<3

Ely

Scheduled Event 19

Friday Night Fisting! 

Get your minds out of the gutter!  In this event you will be playing as Puglist/Monk.  Go out there and punch all the things! Feel the monk love, and spread it around.  

I've always felt that Puglist/Monk is underappreciated.  I'd like for all of you to try it out and see if you like it.  I will be available to give any hints and tips you might need.  We can run dungeons together and just have a great time learning a new set of skills.

This event will take place on Friday, August 7th.  It'll start at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET and will go on until midnight.  Hop on and off as you wish, and remember to have fun with it and ask for help if you need it! 


Ilyas Novak will be heading this event.  Speak with him with any questions you might have.

Minion Raffle!

It's that time again!  We're going to raffle off some loveable minions, and raise some money for the FC too.  The rules are the same as before, but I'll post a short version here for you newbies!

Da Rules: 

  

• 100 Gil gets you a ticket.  Anything over that is considered a donation.
• Only one ticket may be purchased.  We gotta keep this fair!
• Send the money to Ely through Moogle Mail, with the word "minion" in the body.
• There will be TWO winners on this raffle!  

The drawing for this raffle will take place on Friday, July 31st at 5pm PT/7pm CT/8Pm ET. 

Good Luck everyone, and remember to donate to our cause!

 

Dancing Maiden Revived!

As you all know, our original Dancing Maiden was destroyed.  We completed work on our replacement airship and she is a beauty.  Better yet it was created by many hands within the company, which makes her all the more special.  She's been sent out on her maiden voyage, and returned to us unscathed.  I wanted to share with you all her majestic beauty.  Enjoy!

Special Event!

Ely's Little Workshop 

As I'm sure you've all heard, an ex-member decided to throw a tantrum as he left us and he destroyed our airship.  We're all upset by this, as is our right.  So I have decided to call on you all for a special event that will take place all week!

In this event we will all be gathering, crafting, and working our way to a new, and better airship!  Later today the officers of the Pathfinders will gather together to decide what type of ship we want to create and we'll post on here letting you all know the decision and what materials we'll be needing!

Anyone who is interested in helping us out should let an officer know so we can call on you when the time comes for the actual assembly.  I hope you are all as excited as I am!  We'll start from scratch and it will be a great way to get together as a company.


The officers have spoken! 

We'll be building an Enterprise!  I hope you all are as excited as I am!  Let the crafting begin!!

Materials needed: 

Hull:

Phase 1

• 24 Oak Lumber
• 24 Spruce Lumber
• 24 Steel Nails
• 9 Garlond Steel

 

Phase 2 

 

• 24 Ancient Lumber
• 24 Iron Rivets
• 24 Steel Plates
• 24 Electrum Ingots

 

Phase 3 

 

• 24 Cobalt Rivets
• 24 Cobalt Ingots
• 24 Ureaus Leather
• 9 Farreach Canvas
• 18 Varnish
• 9 Void Glue

 

Once we have the Hull completed I will add another post for the next piece!  

 

    

Scheduled Event 18

A Call To Arms! 

Your free company officials have called on you!  There's unrest all across the land, from wild animals, all the way to Primals!  There is a meeting at the Tavern called The Thousand Needles on Saturday, July 11th at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET. 

We expect you see you there with your gear, ready to head into the field!  Before we run into the fray, you will be evaluated to make sure you will be able to serve Eorzea to the fullest. (This means you better come ready to tell us why you deserve to serve in the Pathfinders army, and be able to fill us in on your backstory). 

Questions to consider: 

• Why should you be included in battle?
• Where are you from?  What family/clan?
• What was the reasoning behind your occupation?
• What did you do before the Calamity? 

* There will be other questions asked as well.*

After the interviews are conducted, the Commanders will group you up as they see fit, and send you out on missions!

Come prepared!! 

Scheduled Event 17

Kommander-San Wedding! 

Listen to all these wedding bells!  Another Pathfinders wedding is upcoming and you're all invited!  An hour before the big shindig we'll be hosting a party to get together and have a good time.  We'll head over to the chapel as a group once the time comes.

This Wedding takes place on Friday, July 3rd at 12pm PT/2pm CT/3pm ET.   

Hope to see you all there!! 

The Kiss!

Riding off into the sunset

Blushing Bride, Kuro San

Fearsome Groom, Tenk Kommander

This was a lovely wedding!  Thanks for all who attended and made this day what it was!

We love you Tenk and Kuro!  Best wishes from us all! 

Vote!

Vote for the name of our Airship! 

We're the proud owners of an airship now and we need to name it!  It has a temporary name now but I thought it would be nice if we all had a chance to put forth some options.

Lets try to come up with some interesting names that reflect the spirit of both the game, and our freecompany.  We don't want to be one of the crowd with the same boring names as all the other FCs!!

To put forth an idea, moogle mail Ely your name. 

In the letter, let me know what the name is, and why you think it's a good name.  Once we have a good selection to choose from I'll make another post with the best ones and we can hold our vote.   

Airship name ideas 

• Wayfinder
• Super Galaxy
• Deathtrap
• Dancing Maiden
• Infinite Paths
• Sky Hopper
• Naughty Goblin
• Everheart

 

Moogle mail/comment below with your vote.  The ship will be renamed on Saturday, July 4th.  If no votes are put forth then Ely and Ginal will make the call for the name out of this list provided.  

Scheduled Event 16

Hide and Seek! 

Join us in a lighthearted game of hide and seek! 



The Rules 

1. Let Ely know beforehand that you want to participate so she can get you into teams
2. We will be shutting off the names of NPCs and PCs that way this game will be fair and be a challenge. You will get a chance to see what the opposing team looks like before they hide (no changing clothes after that time)!
3. There is a time limit!  20 minutes and then you're done.  Find as many of the opposing team as possible.  
4. The team with the most finds is the winner. 

This event will take place in the city state of Gridania on Saturday, June 13th at 4pm PT/6pm CT/7pm ET. We will meet up at the Carline Canopy at that time.  Ely will have her timer ready and will send off the first team to hide.  You will be allowed 10 minutes to find the perfect hiding place and the seekers will get 20 minutes to find you.

The Prizes 

Ely Knows you love prizes, who doesn't?  So the prize for this game, beyond the glory of being top seeker, is materia and foods!


We need at least 8 people to make this event happen.  Lets pull together and have some fun!! 

Scheduled Event 15

They finally tied the knot!

Glorious Greywind Wedding  2.0

Roric and Samaria would like to invite you to their upcoming wedding!  Before the main event they want to ask all of the attendees to join in the festivities at the Pathfinders house 1 hour before the wedding.  So We hope to see you all there on Sunday, June 7th at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET.

We'll gather for dancing and partying in general and then when the time comes we'll make our way to the chapel as a group.

Group photo!

Look at all the happy well wishers!

The Greywinds, off to their honeymoon and the start of their lives together!

Congratulations from all of your Pathfinder friends and family!  We love you!!!

Minion Raffle 2

Mad for Minions! 

Who doesn't love a cute, cuddly minion?  Well now you have the chance to get your hands on a shiny new pet!  

The rules are the same as before.  100 Gil purchases your ticket.  Anything over that is considered a donation and will be put to good use for the company! So open up your purses and cross your fingers for luck! 

Send your entrance fee to Ely with the words "minion raffle" in the body of the letter.  She'll assign your ticket number and will be sending out the minions to the winners....That's right!  Winners. This time around there will be 2 lucky winners.

This drawing will take place on Saturday, May 30th at 5pm PT/7pm CT/ 8pm ET.

Recruitment Picnic 1

One of US!! 

We're going to be hosting a clothing optional picnic in Stillglade Fane.  This is to try to get some healers interested in joining our company.  So put on your best smiles and friendliest demeanor and lets have fun!

 Ely will provide the food, you just bring the fun.  We'll speak with anyone who doesn't have a current FC, and anyone who expresses interest in us.  Lets direct them to our site so they can see what we're all about and hopefully we can get some new healers up in here!

This event will take place on Saturday, May 9th.  It will go all day long so anyone in the company who is on and not busy should participate.  Ely will hand out food to anyone who wants to help out that way we can all be good hosts and give out all the tasty foods to interested parties! 

Ely understands that you all have things you want to do but we really do need to get some fresh heals in our company so lets band together and try to make that happen! 



Update!!

The Recruitment picnic was a great success!  We have Lost night to thank for that, so Thank you Soooooo much Lost!  I snagged some screenshots of our naked dancing at the Drowning Wench in Limsa Lominsa and I thought I'd share them with you. Enjoy!!

 

 

Scheduled Event 12

Gathering the Gil 

This is an event to try to raise money for the FC.  We're wanting to save money to try upgrade to a mansion in the near future and we're counting on you to make that happen!

This event will take place ALL weekend!  It will start Friday, May 15th at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET and it will end Sunday, May 17th at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET.

To participate in this event you MUST Sign up first.  You will be assigned a team member that you should work closely with to ensure you win the loot!

***We need at least 6 people to sign up for this event or it will be cancelled.  Please encourage your fellow FC mates to sign up and participate with you!***

Individual Prizes are as follows: 1st-250k, 2nd-100k, 3rd-50k
Team Prizes are as follows: Cordials and High End Gathering/Perception foods 

Important Info

*there will be a small bonus for level 1-20 characters since they will be at a disadvantage*
Every 10 items gets 1 extra bonus point
 
**Side Missions are for a small bonus and not required to win**
The prize for side missions are gathering/perception Materia

Miners: 
Shards, Crystals, Clusters (sets of 10) are worth 5 pts
Ores, and other useful items (sets of 10) are worth 3 pts
Other useless or cheap items are worth 1 pt 
**Soils/Unaspected Crystals/Gregarious worms**

 Botanists:

Shards, Crystals, Clusters (sets of 10) are worth 5 pts
Seeds, woods, and other useful items (sets of 10) are worth 3 pts
Other useless or cheap items are worth 1 pt
**Waterfowl feathers/prickly pineapples/mazlaya greens**

Fishermen:
Lower level area fish (sets of 3) are worth 5 pts
Midlevel area fish (sets of 3) are worth 3 pts
High level area fish(sets of 3) are worth 1 pts 
**Mahi Mahi/ Silver sharks/Mazlaya Marlins**

Important information on the fishing: 

 You will need to check in where you are fishing.  If you move to a higher tier please turn in all your lower level fish through moogle mail with the area you were fishing in the body of the text.  We're counting on you to be honest about where you have been fishing.  Please don't cheat.

Lower Level areas:
Lower La Noscea, Middle La Noscea, Limsa Lominsa Lower/upper, Western Thanalan, Central Thanalan, New/Old Gridania, Central Shroud

Midlevel areas:
Eastern La Noscea, Upper La Noscea, Eastern Thanalan, Southern Thanalan, Eastern Shroud, Southern Shroud, Northern Shroud

High Level areas:
Northern Thanalan, Central Coerthas, Mor Dhona, Outer La Noscea

Please sign up either by commenting here OR by letting Ely or Tahla know through moogle mail.

****Make sure you turn in all your gathered items BEFORE the end time on Sunday.  You can moogle mail it to either Tahla or Ely and they will make sure you get credit.****