Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 24 - FanFest - The Third

 

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

 

 

 

Æble Kage progress:

Unlocked a few Alliance Raids to test the new DC feature.

Did more decorating in the new house.

Better gardening in the house garden, since we have two patches in the medium house garden. 


No Man’s Sky




Email

Good day all, hope you are all well? 

So all my time has been spent playing WoW.. Hallow’s End started and I have been flying around collecting the Candy Buckets.. jeez, it takes ages!! But it is great seeing all the old places again! Finally the new Headless Horseman’s Mount dropped! Which is a very nice looking Mount! 

I have been managing to do some higher tier Delves (I changed Valleera to the Tank role and it’s been a game changer!). Although I do still prefer Brann as a Delve companion. 

I enjoyed watching the 100k WoW forever Duel Tournament. It was great to watch some high end PVPers! 

I am really looking forward to the release of WoW Forever, 8 days to go! 
Today is naming day, where you can reserve three characters names, first come, first serve.. hopefully I will get the names I want! 

I think Season 16 is rapidly approaching on Diablo 4.. I really need to think about getting stuck into it again before season 15 ends as I still have a few more rewards to collect.. 

I have also been watching quite a bit of GTA 6 hype! The game looks insane! I’m just not sure paying £600+ to play it would be worth it?? 

Anyway.. 
Take care all 
Kep 

 _______

 

Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus and Big G!

Attached is my audio week with a bit of halloween flare. Below is just a selfie of me wondering who's idea was it that I dress up in pink? And a graveyard I passed recently waiting for my car to be fixed.



Cheers,

Rigarmorty 



Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 23 - A New Traveling Experience

 

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

Aeble Kage progress:


We won the lottery for a house on Ramuh / JP. We finally have a medium house.
 
 
Explaining new server setup.
Explaining new travel system.
 




Email

Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus & Big G!




Hope you're all doing well. Currently playing pick up sticks with spider legs waiting for FFXIV patch to complete :)


Attached is my audio for this week with a little bit of a different intro now that we're in my favourite month. Also, below a couple of selfie screenshots.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty



Email from Kep Kep

Good day all! 

Hope you are all well? 


So over the last week or two I’ve been doing a lot of the Mists of Pandaria Timewalking 

dungeons, invasions, delves and general questing. I have had some nice gear drops along 

the way and collected some cool looking transmog items and mounts! 


The new patch has landed today in the EU.. some interesting changes and a new (very 

expensive) Mount! (5 million, but 7 million with the extra vendors). I can afford it, 

but do I really want to spend that much gold when I already have mounts that can do the 

same things.. 


The Brewfest event came to an end, it was good fun while it lasted! I’m looking forward 

to Hallows End starting very soon! I am hoping the new Headless Horseman’s Mount 

will drop for me this year? The new model looks great! 


Anyway.. all the best! 


Kep - FOR the MONKS!

 


Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 22 - We Are Falling Again Guys

 


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


 

 

Honning Kage progress:

Honning is on a quest to relive her time in HW.

This quest is well worth doing for everyone. It gives you a little more, you could call it BTS of how the characters you met felt and how they have felt after the changes you and yours brought to their world. 
And you get a really great reward at the end of it.
You need to have finished MSQ patch 3.3 to accept the quest and go to Fortemps mansion to get it. It's a normal white quest, so no MSQ or blue quest.

Honning going fishing

 

No Man’s Sky

Didn't get a Salvaged Frigate Module when claiming my first freighter, can't continue, again. But i just, as i write this, realize that i might be able to get fuel for the frigates, the goal of getting the frigate module so i can make fuel, from cargo pods by destroying them. Rep is secondary.


Emails:

Good day all.. 


I have only been playing WoW for he last couple of weeks.. I have definitely got “the WoW bug”

again.. it’s been fun! 

Sadly though the ‘Mysterious Timeways’ event finished last week.. I feel like I definitely made

use of the extra boosts. Also coupling that with the Timewalking Cataclysm Dungeons, it was 

definitely a faster pace of levelling! 


I ended up levelling (mostly from 80 to 90, the old to the new max level cap), 2 Paladins, 

2 Shamans, 2 Mages, 2 Monks and a Warrior. I figured out a good levelling route, which works 

nicely! 


It’s that time of year for Brewfest, which has been fun. I managed to collect all the new 

transmog items from the ‘Brewfest Banquet’ Event. I have also been running Coren Direbrew 

on quite a few characters for the XP and a bit of loot. 

I popped over to Booty Bay for Pirates day and got myself a new eye patch transmog! 


All the WoW Forever talk is getting me looking forward to playing it. Although I am still a bit 

undecided how I am going to start? 


Anyway.. all the best! 


Kep.. FOR The Dwarfs, For The Goblins and for the Bunnies!  

 

 

 

Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus and Big G!


Attached is a bit of a nonsensical ramble audio. I've not really been in any game much this 

past couple of weeks. Part of it was indecision but other things I didn't mention in the audio, 

Like having a windows issue and had to roll back to a 2 month old backup and that plus 

updating took me some 6 hours including doing a fresh backup.


Anyway, hit a wall gaming wise but creeping back in and I've got time off coming up so I'm 

sure I'll be back in the swing of things before long.


P.S. I had originally exported as .wav by mistake and then had to export that as .mp3 so 

hopefully it'll turn out okay.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty

 

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 21 - Same-Region Player Matching Is On The Horizon

 

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


 

 

Rolling Out Same-region Player Matching for the Japan Data Center!

As announced at Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin, starting Tuesday, 13 October 2026, following the 24 hour maintenance period on Monday, 12 October, same-region player matching will be available for the Japan data center.

Matchmaking and party recruitment have thus far been limited to players on the same logical data center. However, with the introduction of same-region player matching, the scope will expand to cover all those on the same physical data center (physical data center, in this case, is the entire region of data centers). This means that all players within the same physical data center will be eligible for matchmaking and party recruitment, regardless of their current world.

Once same-region player matching has been confirmed to operate stably on the Japan data center, it will be rolled out in turn to other data centers.

This announcement will outline the purpose and impact of same-region player matching.

Read on for details.

My thoughts on this:

It will be a great thing for off peak times, but some issues will be made worse, namely the lack of roles to fill groups. Overall, though i'm very glad this finally happened, i'm seeing more advantages than drawbacks. 

Honning Kage progress:

She is so cute, i love what they did with the facial expressions 

in the game. 


No Man’s Sky

Two space stations claimed.

Preparing to build a proper own space station in outer space.

Excited for the new expedition.

Some nice Twitch drops.

Built a designated salvaging corvette.

Looking to get designated multi-tools for salvaging and 

scanning. Also, i want to get my weapons optimized on my 

normal multi-tool.

 

 Email

 

Good day all.. 




So like the beginning of every month I have been playing WoW to complete the Trading post Travelers Log. However, due to it being BlizzCon month they reintroduced past trading post items and I bought some really nice new transmog gear and some nice mounts.


I then found myself enjoying playing WoW again, so I decided to carry on and complete the Midnight campaign, unlocking the ‘Haranir’ (the new Allied race) on the way. Which is what naturally happens as you quest through the campaign.


Then I realised they launched the ‘Winds of Mysterious Fortune’ event (bonus XP boost and gear drops to help you level faster). This was too tempting, so I carried on playing..

So far I have levelled a Paladin, Monk, Mage and Shaman to max level (90). I have also been running some World Events and Delves to unlock gear upgrades from the ‘Great Vault’.


I have also been doing some PVP along the way, but sadly the queue times seem quite long.. maybe there isn’t as many people PVPing at the moment? I know they do a lot of PVP on the Classic TBC realm, so maybe people are enjoying that more?


BlizzCon was awesome this year! A Diablo Netflix animated series which is currently being developed. Diablo 5 was announced (which looks very interesting and crazy!). WoW Forever (the new “classic” hybrid), Wrath of the Lich King Remix and the new StarCraft trailer was awesome!


I was quite surprised that they went with Wrath Remix. Don’t get me wrong, it was my favourite expansion ever, but -to me- just sort of seems like a bit of an odd choice?? Either way, I cannot wait for this to start! I loved the last Remix event!


I think WoW Forever will pull a lot of people in and could be fun? They also announced a new race, the Skyborn (basically they look like blue Blood Elves) which I can see being a popular choice?


I was hoping for Gnome and/or Undead Paladins ..or even better Pally Goblins..

I was partially right. We got Undead Paladins in Warcraft III and WoW Forever ..furthermore, they announced Forsaken, Troll and Night Elf Paladins in retail WoW.. but sadly no Gnome or Goblins!

I personally think Gnome Paladins would have been a very successful race/class combination. I am still hoping that they introduce Gnome Paladins at a later date.


Later today (which might be after you read this?) Season 15 of Diablo goes live! It looks very interesting! I am definitely starting with Barbarian again! Hell is calling! Time to crack some skulls!


Anyway.. hope you are all well and enjoying the games!

Take care 

Kep - Argent Dawn, EU - FOR THE HORDE! 

 

 

 

Greetings AprilPVD, Grand Nagus and welcome back Big G!


Attached is my audio for this week and a couple of beautiful screenshots.

 

Cheers
 Rigarmorty 

  
 


 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 20 - Island Sanctuaries And Patch 7.56

 

 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

Yo-Kai Colab is back from Aug. 4 to Oct.5

 

Island Sanctuaries:

I'm working on multiple Island Sanctuaries atm.

I want to get to the point where i can buy things with the currency there that i would otherwise have to spend other currencies for, that i might need for other things, Cordials (a gathering consumable to restore GP) among them, as well as dyes of the second tier.

As with so much else, it takes some time to set up, but it's worth it in the long run, if nothing else, i can sell stuff i can get there on the MB. 

Honning Kage just reached Rank 12 and got access to the cave on the island.

M'kolon Kage is at Rank 5 closing in on Rank 6

Aeble Kage is getting close to Rank 10

Both M'kolon Celah and Jaffa Cake have finished leveling their sanctuaries and are gaining currency to get the items, just the way i want to.

 

Submersible Voyages:

We are starting to make money on the first sub. Not a lot, but profit for now.


We are running "O J" missions atm, each destination on any map has a letter designation, in order of the list that is set up for each dive map. So the first is "A" the second destination is "B" and so forth. They will also have a rising Rank requirement to get to, so the first might have Rank 1, or Rank 50, or Rank 70, depending on what Rank is required to explore any new map, but each first destination on any map will be designation "A". 

That way you know that, say "Sea of Ash A"  is the first destination of the "Sea of Ash" map. And the fact that "Sea of Ash" is the second map in the progression, and requires a sub to be at least Rank 50 to go to, you can see when you can go there with your sub. 

The "O J" voyage our sub is running is a basic first map route that gives us a chance of getting special loot that we can sell as is for gil.

Just before i started writing the show notes, i debriefed another O J voyage that brought us 85k worth of loot. We did have up to 380k gil on an earlier voyage, but that is RNG, like i explained in an earlier episode, the double dipping RNG, along with the standard RNG for bonus loot.

The previous voyage didn't have any bonus loot at all, yes, that happens too.

One O J voyage, currently, takes 22h and change. But as the sub ranks up, it will get better speed stats, among the other stats, and that will shorten the voyage's duration. 

 

We lost another lottery! Another one of those insane lotteries with 260+ bids. I have to say, though, it is a really, really nice plot. I would say it's my favorite MEDIUM plot in Limsa Lominsa's Mist housing ward. 





Email

 

Good day all 

So on D4 the ‘The Grandfather’ (a 2-handed sword) finally dropped for my Barbarian. I also reconfigured some of my gear and got a new pair of Mythic gloves with more applicable stats. I was clearing Pit 90 (Torment 11) quite easily. So I thought I’d give it a try to run the Pit on Torment 12… and I smashed it! 

I also jumped back onto my Rogue and got him to Torment 12 up from T6! 

I rolled a new Paladin, got him up to level 70 pretty quickly! I was not really enjoying levelling around the 50’s mark, so I changed a few things on a “Zeal” build and he suddenly became a lot of fun to play, cutting through enemies like a hot knife through butter! So far I took him from ‘normal’ to Torment 7 within an hour or so.. I just need to sort some of his gear out, get a few nice drops and I think he will be hitting torment 10, easily! 

I am really looking forward to hearing all the news that will be coming out of Blizcon (the 12th of September). 

Anyway.. 
Hope you are all well 

Take care 
Kep 

~~~~


Greetings AprilPVD and Grand Nagus,


Attached is my audio for this week. As usual, been in FFXIV and now in the current expansion 

Dawntrail. To preserve no spoilers, sadly no screenshots but maybe I'll get some selfies in for 

next time.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty

 

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 19 - Square Enix At GamesCom

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


Yo-Kai Colab is back from Aug. 4 to Oct.5

 

 

When

Wednesday, 26 August 2026 to Sunday, 30 August 2026

Where

Hall 8, Booth A-21
Koelnmesse
Messeplatz 1
50679 Cologne
Germany

Fan Gathering

Come join us for an intimate, special Fan Gathering at the booth!

Date and Time

Thursday, 27 August 2026 from 20:00 to 23:55 (CEST)

Location

Hall 8, Booth A-21
Koelnmesse
Messeplatz 1
50679 Cologne
Germany

 

How to Participate

We have 80 spots available for this Fan Gathering. Tickets will be available from Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 20:00 (CEST) via Eventbrite and on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be limited to 1 per person and you will require a valid gamescom ticket to be able to enter the venue and access the booth.

To redeem your ticket following pre-registration, visit us in Hall 8, Booth A-21 before 16:00 (CEST) on Thursday, 27 August 2026 and show your Eventbrite reference to a member of staff, who will issue you with your Fan Gathering ticket!

We're aware of the high demand for German Fan Gatherings and are actively looking into hosting additional in-person events throughout the year. We'll be sharing more information on the Lodestone in the future.

You must be over 18 years of age in order to attend this Fan Gathering and must present a valid photo ID in order to gain entry to the event (driving licence, passport, national ID card etc.).

We can't wait for gamescom 2026 to start and are looking forward to welcoming you at the Square Enix booth. Get ready for an unforgettable time!




 

Honning Kage (NA Goblin/Crystal) progress:

Leveled crafter jobs to 20+, CUL to 33, so i can start desynthing 

fish i caught. Desynth is a spell you learn at lvl 30 as a crafter.

It's basically the same thing as disassemble or disenchanting.

Her Island Sanctuary has reached Rank 10 earlier today, giving players

on the island the ability to fly on the island.

The max rank of Island Sanctuary is Rank 20, so i'm half way done.

I finished unlocking the three stages of the croplands and of the pasture.

Also i finished setting up my optimal loadout of animals in the pasture. 

Housing decoration is proceeding well.

Subs are being leveled.

Lotteries are being lost. 

 


Email

 

So I ran a few more Dungeons on WoW (with my Goblin Monk, dressed like a cowboy) and got enough Timewarped Badges to get the ‘Black-furred Bakar’ a recolour of the Bakar Mount, which looks pretty cool! I have also collected badges for the ‘Nightfall Skyreaver’s Reins’ when the Warlords of Draenor Timewalking event comes back around. 

I also did the “free T-shirt event” and added some shirts to my transmog collection. 

On Diablo 4 I have been trying to get the ‘Grandfather’ a 2-Handed Sword for my Barbarian! But RNG has not been very kind so far! I have tried to craft it and ran lots of Bosses to get it to drop.. but no luck so far! Having said this, I have had some brilliant luck with RNG when it comes to tempering and affixes on my gear.. which I may have caused me to “geek out” a little! 
My Barbarian’s gear is starting to look good, I am still adjusting some of his gear and Affixes and he is doing pretty good! It can be very expensive to do certain things, so that can become a bit of an issue.. 

My goal this season was to hit Torment 10, but I have managed to hit Torment 11! I know people have got a lot further, but I’m still learning and taking my time. Season 13 and 14 have been a great learning curve and I have learned a lot on the way! It’s been tons of fun and things are really starting to click into place! I am currently Paragon 237. 

I think I am going to take advantage of the “Rebirth” function in Season 15 (where your character gets setback to level 1 with no gear etc). I think I am going to rebirth my original Rogue to start with, then maybe Paladin and Necromancer.. 

Hope you’re all enjoying your games? 

All the best and have fun! 
Kep 
 
~~~
Greetings AprilPVD & Grand Nagus, Attached is my audio for this week. Below is just a beautiful duty I was in where your path appears as you beat groups of mobs :

 
 Cheers, Rigarmorty
 

Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 24 - FanFest - The Third

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