Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 14 - Where Do We Want To Live

Recording Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 14 - Where Do We Want To Live

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play.

Discord: https://discord.gg/5dtHtHCu

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV

M'kolon progress:

M'kolon reached patch 7.4 MSQ progress, only two more patches to go.
She had to reach this stage of the MSQ to unlock the newest Custom Delivery content.
So far only OCE Jaffa Cake has finsihed the current MSQ, but M'kolon is well on her way to catch up.
On retainer news, M'kolon got a very nice iLvl 750 WHM staff, making the WHM job the highest weapon equipped job she has.
The house is coming along great. I finally found out what i wanted to put in the upper floor promenade. I knew i wanted something there, but, as with many things before the increase of item slot numbers, it couldn't be realized. Now that i can do so, this is what i came up with, a little study area away from the busy library down below.

JP FC:

We lost yet another housing lottery bid, but i'm sure we'll get a win eventually. Our Submersibles are
doing just great. The first one is close to reaching 75. Once it's at 85 is when we can upgrade the
individual components to a better quality, Modified-XXX is what they will be called after that upgrade.
We finished the basement Tea Party floor, and now we are starting work on the main floor. Since we
still only have a small house, we only have two floors.
We added the wall scroll and the two shelves along with the plant on the floor. Then we chose a color
for the new floor, since it was too dark, and we chose a light, white/grey pattern floor. Then we chose to
dye a bunch of the furnishings to match the different shades of grey in the floor, without dyeing them
all the same color. That was an advantage of choosing a floor with different shades of a color.
Then we put carpets down in a T shape, kind of guiding the visitor to the areas that lead to different parts
of the house, namely the doors to the Workshop and the lower floor:

Here is a picture of the first updated corner
next to the door into the Workshop and private rooms:

On the other wall, next to the main entrance door, we added one double shelf, the plant on the floor
and the picture of the Admiral of Limsa Lominsa. On the shelf we placed a few job stones.

Email

Good day Ctrl Alt Multiple Games Crew..

Diablo, Diablo, Diablo! I am completely hooked and enjoying it very much. I was a bit surprised to learn Season 13 was coming to an end at the end of June.. I am not sure yet when Season 14 starts, but I assume very shortly after?

I feel like I have only scratched the surface and still have a lot to learn about the various mechanics of the game. With this in mind, I have decided to treat S13 as an experimental season, level characters to see which classes I prefer, trying/adapting different levelling builds that suit my play style, side quests, crafting and generally figuring things out..

So far I have max level Barbarian, Rogue, Necromancer and Paladin (Paragon 61). I am also working on my Druid and Spiritborn. I still might try levelling a Sorcerer and/or Warlock before the end of the season?

Take care and all the best,

Kep

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Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus and Big G!

Attached is my quick audio for this episode. I have been progressing through the FFXIV story MSQs and even a little bit of a dabble back in to GW2 following the announcement of the Guild Wars 3 due to hit beta in the autumn next year.

I did take a few screenshots but they've disappeared but below is an odd gear set I was wearing for a bit and an recent photo of my GW2 main, a Asuran Holosmith Engineer :D

My GW2 Main

Cheers,

Rigarmorty

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 13 - Every House Needs A Pantry

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play.

Discord: https://discord.gg/5dtHtHCu

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV

M'kolon:

I started to expand my house. Finally got that spark that i needed to know what
I wanted to do. I saw a pantry at a house of a friend a few weeks ago, and I
just couldn't wrap my head around how to realize one in my own house.
Well, finally i figured it out, after i started remodeling the kitchen a bit.

I'm not finished with moving all the items into it, but once I've done that, I'll
post the pictures.
I won the 2nd prize in the wheel of fortune spinny thing in one of the zones
and i got tinted glasses facewear.
I've started doing content that is called Cosmic Exploration, and you can use
among other things, to level your gatherers and crafters.
I love crafting so much in this game.

Also i found a new glam, made mostly of tank gear

I found a new White Mage staff glam.

JP FC progress:

There is not much to report this week, we lost another housing lottery, and this week, there isn't a plot

available that we can bid on. But next cycle there are two, though the one of them, a Large, isn't in a
good location, no view at all.

NA FC progress:

The founder of my NA FC has returned to the game, and somehow he brought back
a bunch of people and new life into the FC. I'm really glad he's back, and that the FC
has gotten a fresh start. I'll be reporting much more on it in the future.

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Good day all.. hope you are all well?

So for the last two weeks or so it’s ALL been about Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred! What a game!! Some of the questing was fantastic! I especially enjoyed the quest line where you had to unlock the Horadric Cube, it was fantastic!! The way it started by going up an erupting mountain, building tension, suspense and a feeling of knowing you were building up to something BIG was very enjoyable and done so well!

I then went on to finish the main storyline and campaign.. There were a few WTF shock moments!! I must say absolutely fantastic job by Blizzard *clap* I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!

I reached level 70 with my Barbarian and I am now currently levelling my Paragon levels (which is quite fast, but there are 300 of them) and hopefully grinding some decent gear.

I have also started a Paladin, which has been fun so far.. there is something cool about how they use ‘faith’ as a resource, very holy!

After some Necromancer talk on the Discord group, I decided started one. I am currently running round slashing my foe with a 2-handed scythe and my small army of skeletons causing havoc!

I really like how the Necromancer can use 2-handed weapons, swords, flails and shields. It’s been fun so far!

With all the Diablo action over the last few weeks, a lot of people are talking about ‘Path of Exiles 2’ (patch 0.5) being release on the 29th of May. Again, after watching some ‘Bhajeera’ streams it made me interested in checking it out as it looks like a lot of fun! I have downloaded the game, but have not started anything yet.. I’m sure the urge to play will build over the next few days! I like the look of the Warrior class, also the Monk and Mercenary look good too!

Anyway.. take care all and have fun!

Kep

Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus and Big G,

Apologies for the lack of an audio this week, just been a bit manic at work today and IRL interruptions meant I didn't get a chance to record and edit something.

I've primarily been playing FFXIV and I'm in the middle of Shadowbringers expansion. My main is level 79 and only a handful of quests from dinging 80 though I'm in level 74-75 content in the expansion. Shadowbringers is really fun and engaging! I've spent hours in game this past weekend playing through the story and doing all of the side quests. In Shadowbringers you have Role Quests instead of Job/Class quests and I've done most of that but I need to hit 80 before the next bit is unlocked. The areas are so beautiful in game! Below is a screenshot of me swimming along next to some partially submerged old buildings having dived down to find some random things for a fetch quest. I can't wait until next weekend when I get more time to play.

A big thanks to Big G for getting Block Story for me which was on my wishlist. It's a lot like Minecraft but with Quest and Dragons so I look forward to checking that out!

Apologies again for lack of an audio and a short email. Wish you all the best!

Cheers,

Rigarmorty

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 12 - All Lottery Tickets

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play.

Discord: https://discord.gg/5dtHtHCu

Grand Nagus:

We reached Allied standing with our GC, that is max level.

And that was 2 days into the lottery. Total bids at the end were 179, and we didn’t win.

Rules for bidding:

You need to be able to get a house, so lvl 50 one one combat job and 2nd Lt. with your GC.

Your character needs to be 30 days old and hold the rights in the FC to bid.

We have started working on the FC house again, now that we got 100 additional slots.

It’s fascinating what you can come up with, just because you have the chance to decorate more. The basics are fine, and we really liked our house with the 200 item limit, but now that we can have 100 additional items, you can do more detailed decorating.

Here are a few screenshots from the FC house:

Jaffa Cake:

Finished the MSQ for now.

M’kolon on JP:

Reached level 50+ with all non combat jobs.

Got done with the Ixali rep grind.

I normally use white glams for my healer jobs. This time I wanted to do something differently. I’ve chosen a weapon I like for a job and then I dye the attire to match the color of the weapon.

With the Scholar job I chose this weapon, a fire weapon with orange flames. That is why I've chosen to dye the attire Pumpkin Orange.

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Greeting April, Grand Nagus and Big G!

A little bit of glamour below for my Red Mage job on my main in FFXIV below. Slow progress on my Japanese Data Centre character but some mandatory raids ahead when I get more time and I did do 15 or so levels of fishing :)

Cheers,

Rigarmorty

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 11 - Will It Ever Get Cold In FFXIV

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play.

Discord: https://discord.gg/5dtHtHCu

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV

FREE TRIAL EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SHADOWBRINGERS!!! As off 7.5, so today!

A new battle system is being introduced.

Introduction of Main tank and Off tank roles within the new battle system.

Reborn Mode and Evolved Mode.

Improved Character Creation:

Two new jobs, one Tank (Fending), one Physical Ranged DPS ( Aiming).

YoshiP’s t-shirt hinted at a dual wield shield tank, and I personally think we might get a crossbow / boltcaster Physical Ranged DPS. I’m hoping for dual wield crossbows, much like the Diablo III Demon Hunter class. I was never a fan of it in that game, but in FFXIV, I can see myself playing it. It's past, much like the DNC is, and, as you might know, the DNC is my main job in FFXIV.

I believe YoshiP talked a little too much about the new job in his Q&A, and that’s where I got the idea from, that it might be a crossbow. Other options they mentioned were, among others, hammer, but hammer is a close combat weapon, not a ranged one.

Duty Support Update:

The new Alliance Raid for 8.0 is EVANGELION:

Jaffa Cake progress:

Jaffa has caught up with the MSQ before FanFest happened, so she’s all ready for 7.5!

I’ll continue with the MSQ tomorrow, i had to get all the housing stuff sorted out first!

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Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus & Big G!

Attached is my audio this week.I got to watch some of the FFXIV FanFest 2026 at the weekend though just the first day stream. Quite cute seeing the developer posing with a Moogle https://www.youtube.com/live/_aCGzxWczCM?si=WDe4jJndGCdUxfhN&t=1789

Anyway, I sort of rambled on a bit but with any luck, I will be on the JP Char more this week and finish Stormblood this coming weekend :)

Cheers,

Rigarmorty

Ctrl Alt WoW Final Fantasy XIV

Wednesday, June 10, 2026