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Duck Duck Blue

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2024/09/25

Good Morning Friends. This morning’s post is going to be a bit meandering, but stick with me and I promise I will wrap things up into a point. One of the things that I have long lamented was the closing of Toys R Us. Sure it generally offered the highest possible price point you could ... Read more The post Duck Duck Blue appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Cactuar Landed Gentry Again

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2024/09/06

Good Morning Folks! Today was a rather fortuitous day… that quite honestly I was not expecting. At the beginning of this year, I lost my first home in Final Fantasy XIV. I got busy with Christmas and the New Year and just was not logging into the game… and apparently completely missed the email warning ... Read moreThe post Cactuar Landed Gentry Again appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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First Apothecary

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2024/09/05

Good Morning Folks. I did not end up blogging at all yesterday because I am feeling like a truck run over me. I had been fighting what felt like generic crud, but Tuesday night the bottom dropped out on me. I had scheduled an appointment with the doctor and shortly after I took one of ... Read more The post First Apothecary appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Celestial Spearbender

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2024/09/03

Good Morning Folks! Happy first day back from a long holiday weekend for my fellow United States friends. I took Friday off so as a result… today is going to be rough to get through. I am also still fighting whatever generic crud my wife brought home to me, and neither of us is in ... Read more The post Celestial Spearbender appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Blaugust 2024 In Review

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2024/09/02

Good Morning Folks! Because of the quirks of the calendar, the day that was normally “Tabulation Day” aka September 1st took place on a Sunday. It just so happened that I was rather sick yesterday, and today is a Holiday here in the United States. As a result of both of these things, I pushed ... Read more The post Blaugust 2024 In Review appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #492 – Obtuse Unlocks

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2024/09/01

Hey Folks! We are down a handful of folks but continue pushing forward. We start off with talking about a world where Arcades did not die out… aka Japan and what the 2020 Covid crisis did to them. This leads to a discussion about playing DDR and similar rhythm games at home. From there Bel ... Read moreThe post AggroChat #492 – Obtuse Unlocks appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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The Defense of Leveling

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2024/08/31

There is a thread that sprung up on the AggroChat slack that has been largely demonizing the process of leveling in MMORPGs. The consensus seems to be, that games should allow you to immediately drop into content with your friends without any requirement to push through levels and push through gearing. On one level I ... Read more The post The Defense of Leveling appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Catmander Magic

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2024/08/30

Good Morning Folks. Last night I spent most of the evening chipping away at my Griffon mount quest. This is the only mount that I had not unlocked, and given that I did not have other pressing matters I figured it was time to quit stalling and knock it out. I was on the step ... Read more The post Catmander Magic appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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ANet Customer Service Is Awesome

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2024/08/29

Good Morning Folks! Sometimes you have weird little regrets that nag at you over the years. For over a decade, the defacto guild that I started in new games was House Stalwart, aka the one that I founded back in World of Warcraft. At some point the group of friends in the orbit of the ... Read more The post ANet Customer Service Is Awesome appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Frickin Finally

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2024/08/28

Good Morning Folks. Lately, I have been spending quite a bit of time visiting Living World Season Three and Four zones and cashing in Unbound and Volatile Magic. Essentially I am working towards crafting another Gift of Magic and Gift of Might which requires 250 of each rare trophy. Buying these outright off the market ... Read more The post Frickin Finally appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Live Service Gold Farm Over?

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2024/08/27

Hey Folks. There has been a lot of discussion over the last week about the release of Concord and how poorly it is doing. Right now it has a 24-hour peak user count on Steam Charts of around 260 players with an all-time peak since the launch of 660. Granted this only represents numbers on ... Read more The post Live Service Gold Farm Over? appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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The Sword of Midnight

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2024/08/26

I would love to give you all the customary “Good Morning Folks” greeting, but today has been straight in the shitter since I got up to my office. As a result, I am getting started on this post significantly later than normal. I’ve finally hit a lull and I am going to take this opportunity ... Read more The post The Sword of Midnight appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #491 – The Spearhead Format

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2024/08/25

Hey Folks! We actually finally get around to having the Age of Sigmar discussion, and more specifically talk at length about Warhammer Fantasy and the new Spearhead game mode which feels a bit like a Magic the Gathering Format. From there Kodra talks about his recent experience attending the Dragonflight Convention in the Seattle Area ... Read more The post AggroChat #491 – The Spearhead Format appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Janthir Was Pretty Great

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2024/08/23

Good Morning Folks! Last night I wrapped the Janthir Wilds main story and this morning I am going to talk about some of my impressions. Some of this discussion will probably get into spoilers, so I am giving you all a proper warning now. So once I got past some of my early complaints about ... Read moreThe post Janthir Was Pretty Great appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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A Better Garrison

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2024/08/22

Good Morning Folks! I’ve been a bit frustrated the last few days, but that is only because I was trying to rush ahead to unlock my Homestead in Guild Wars 2. Out of all of the features coming with Janthir Wilds, that was the one that I cared the most about. Unfortunately, it is behind ... Read more The post A Better Garrison appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Boisterous Bear Buds

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2024/08/21

Yesterday was a rather rough day, and I never actually got around to writing a blog post. So this morning you get a bit of what I would have written about yesterday and a bit about what I would have normally written about today. So on Monday, I spent a lot of that post talking ... Read more The post Boisterous Bear Buds appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Wrong Porridge Weekend

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2024/08/19

Friends… I had a weekend where nothing was quite right. It was one of those weekends akin to wandering into your kitchen and knowing you want something… but you cannot figure out what it is. I was all over the freaking place. For example, I played some Last Epoch and got to Empowered Monoliths on ... Read more The post Wrong Porridge Weekend appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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AggroChat #490 – Dawntrail Spoiler Show – Part Two

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2024/08/18

Hey Folks! After taking a week off from it, we are returning to our Dawntrail full spoiler show. This week we say hi to Tam and Kodra… before they boop out of the show given that neither has actually played FFXIV recently. We pick up where we left off with the coronation of the new ... Read more The post AggroChat #490 – Dawntrail Spoiler Show – Part Two appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Jack Attack

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2024/08/16

Hey Folks! I am running very low on spoons this week but wanted to get a post out this morning since I already missed one on Tuesday. Basically last night I kept my head down and pushed through the campaign on my Bleed Gladiator. Right before taking out Kitava for the second time, I made ... Read more The post Jack Attack appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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Belghast Bleed Bro

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2024/08/15

Good Morning Everyone! Yesterday I was off from work, and wound up starting a character that I had been meaning to start. During the Settlers of Kalguur league, they completely reworked the Gladiator Ascendency along with a number of changes that improved melee. As a result, Bleed Gladiator is really freaking good and I’ve been ... Read more The post Belghast Bleed Bro appeared first on Tales of the Aggronaut.

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