Raidlog: FFXIV Raid Zine Project

Thank you everyone who sent in an artist application. We have reached out to those that we have decided to take on. Others may not be directly notified - please see the image.

All tanks had some other form of knockback cancel or immunity. On the other hand, Prange were a bit out of luck if all the ghost walls were destroyed, especially if you didn't have a nice PLD to Cover you.

Looking forward to Doomtrain!

Art today provided by @ violchan on instagram.

#FFXIV train boss fact: o5s features a ghost that attempts to push players off the train, and Tanks and Pranges did not have Arm's Length at the time. Players without KB cancels could use stage barriers to catch their fall... but these walls could be destroyed by other members in the party. 🙂

Today's pic provided by @weenyweeny.bsky.social, a mod on the zine.

Our fun fact today is... the way to dodge Devour is to just avoid the orange floor AOEs. (Sorry, toxic. We will go back to our normal fun facts soon.)

[LFM][ZINE PROJECT] IRL pictomancers who are also #FFXIV RAIDERS needed. Check our pinned post...

Last calls on our artist applications! Our hard cutoff is 9pm Pacific on October 31st (04:00 am UTC, Nov 1). Artists who applied should hear back within the next day or so following.

A fun fact for another time!

To add: Enemies can still crit players in dungeons and are still in-tact in older raids.

Art today provided by @kierlia.bsky.social, a mod on the zine! Make sure to apply before 9pm PDT on Oct 31 if you are an interested artist (check our pinned post)!

2 fun facts today!
1st: Tanks used to have access to Awareness, which would nullify critical hits against them. After its removal in 5.0, raid bosses implemented afterwards would not have the ability to crit players.
2nd: Artist apps for our #FFXIV raid zine close in 3 days! Don't miss out!

The first post should say 2nd Coils (T5-T9), not T2!* Apologies for the typo.

Screenshot taken from J. Linebeck's P8S clear POV. FFXIV raid history enjoyers, be sure to check us and our upcoming zine out for more raid documentation!

The World First clear of TEA utilized a 3rd party waymark swapping plugin. YoshiP addressed this in PLL LVII, announcing waymark system changes in response. In turn, patch 5.2 added waymarks 3 & 4, disabled waymark movement in combat outside of PVP, and introduced waymark presets as they are now.

Can you imagine raiding in #FFXIV without waymarks? Waymarks A, B, and C were first added in 2.16 shortly before Coils T2 were released, and D, 1, 2 came along in 4.0 Stormblood. Players were allowed to move waymarks mid-combat, until controversy caused its removal... (1/2)

Original screenshot courtesy of @tksnim.bsky.social, who is our friend and a guest artist on our FFXIV raid zine! We are taking artist applicants, so be sure to check us out if you like art and FFXIV raiding!

Interestingly, during the reveal of The Navel (Unreal) for patch 5.4 (in live letter LXI), Yoshi-P stated Titan did not feel like Titan if they allowed revives after falling.

Reasoning behind the 6.1 change was not elaborated on by the dev team.

#FFXIV raid history: Certain duties, such as The Navel and Thok ast Thok, used to prevent players from being revived if they fell off. Fallen bodies would not respawn on the stage mid-fight, making them inaccessible to their party for aid.

This feature was removed in 6.1.

Traumatized... or perhaps enlightened past the need for it? 🤔

Ahh... apologies for the phys range erasure in my post... (not intentional I swear..)

@kuplokopp.bsky.social, a mod on our FFXIV raid zine, provided the drawing! (We have artists applications open. If you're an artist who likes FFXIV raids, we want you to apply!!!)

#FFXIV Fun Raid Fact: Sprint used to lock melees jobs out of their weaponskills by draining TP (Tactical Points) completely.

Sprint stopped using TP at the start of Stormblood, and the TP system was removed entirely with the release of Shadowbringers.

October 31st is the last day to apply. We will start reaching out to applicants on Nov 1.

The 7.3 changes pushed many of the 15y tools to 20y. Perhaps the dev team is trying to standardize?

Left image taken from Dworim's A12s clear pov. If you like ffxiv raid history, make sure to check out our upcoming zine. (We are taking artist applications currently!)

Astrologian's Earthly Star's growth was much more abrupt. Starting at 8y at its release, patch 6.0 (Endwalker) increased its radius to the 20y it currently is today.

Every healer's kit has been affected by this, and changes like these affects both game flow & balance. Do YOU like these changes?

#FFXIV raid history: Healing abilities have grown over the years. Literally! WHM's Asylum started off at a 6y radius. It was slowly adjusted to 8y, 10y, and now sits at 15y.

Healers nowadays may ask you to "come in for heals", but "STACK for heals" was a lot more common before! And they meant it!

Technically savage, but higher level in game experience is by no means necessary to apply!

Image courtesy of BG's World First Turn 5 clear video. I'll be posting some #FFXIV raid history fun facts here, but you can expect to find some in our upcoming zine as well!

(We are accepting artist applications for said zine. If you're an FFXIV artist, send an application over!)

Did you know #FFXIV:
The stage in Binding Coil Turn 5 used to feature drastic elevation differences, but the stage was flattened in Patch 2.2 in order to address an issue involving attack ranges. However, the dip in the stage which many groups use to resolve Twintania's divebomb was preserved.

Info doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Application: forms.gle/U8bBoNFK4LAK...

In particular, we really need full page illustrators!

Calling all #FFXIV artists!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "RAIDLOG" is a for-profit zine focused on FFXIV raids and battle content. If you like doing FFXIV art, we'd love for you to apply! Details posted below