Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 10 - Busy Few Weeks Ahead

 Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 10 - Busy Few Weeks Ahead



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

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Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV






We only have one full week until FanFest NA takes place in Anaheim, CA.

We will have PLL 92 on April 17, and Patch 7.5 will be released on April 28.

So, the rest of the month of April is going to be busy this year.




Get ready, Warriors of Light! FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Anaheim is on the horizon, and we are excited to share a stage schedule packed with big announcements, special guests, and unforgettable moments for fans joining in person or watching from home!

Sale Period



Wednesday, 8 April 2026 at 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST) / 18:00 (AEST) until maintenance begins for the release of Patch 7.5








We’re gonna have the next PLL this coming Friday.

I hope to see a closer look at the 7.5 content, including the housing changes. Sorry, but I'm just that kind of guy. I love housing in this game.

One of the things I will be looking for is a statement about the previously mentioned Housing UI Upgrade. What I hope to see from that is free placement of items, like WoW has, scaling of items, again, like WoW has, and implementation of dual dyes to housing items.

Another thing I look forward to is the release time of Beastmaster. We all think it’s not gonna come with the 7.5 patch, but if it’s coming with 7.51, 7.55 or 7.56 will be the issue.

Personally, I can see them launching it sometime in Q3 or Q4 of 2026, so sometime between the EU and JP FanFests. That would put it at about 7.55.



I was lucky enough to get a 100 score on the Fashion Report challenge. It doesn’t give you more MGP, but you get the achievement. So once you did it once, you can stick with getting to a 80 score from there on out.


We are almost done with the final component for the second submersible of our FC.

The first one is currently Rank 41 and is upgraded to the point where it is good to go until Rank 85, before any more upgrades are needed.

The final component I’m crafting is a Shark-Class stern.


Our JP FC also started gardening. Since we only have one gardening plot slot on a small house, it takes a little longer, but I went the route of the cheapest possible production.

Krakka Root Seeds are the only seed that you can only get from a vendor, and it’s really expensive. So I cut the use of that seed in half, at the cost of one additional cross-breeding cycle. But we can get the topsoil from the retainers or mining, so it’s not a monetary element.






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Greetings April, Grand Nagus and Big G,


Hope you are all doing well. I'm finally on my 2 weeks off and while not much gaming content, it's been good to just spend a few days recuperating. I haven't taken any screenshots this time, just a short audio but once I get a few boring things settled here, I will dive back into the games even more. Oh and thanks to Grand Nagus for highlighting NieR: Automata in the last episode. I'll likely miss it this sale but look forward to probably getting it next time :D


Attached is another audio for this episode. I'm now in Patch 3.5 content on my main and spending what time I can levelling my Japan Data Centre character. Below are just a couple of upgraded gear screenshots.

Attached is another update from me and a couple of FFXIV screenshots.

Cheers,

Rigarmorty























Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 9 - Going To FanFest

 Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 9 - Going To FanFest

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV:


News from the PLL:


7.5 will go LIVE on April 28th, the Tuesday after the NA FanFest in Anaheim.


We will also get an update to storage. Armoire will be able to store all job-specific gear. And all dungeon gear included in 7.X will get the same treatment.

That will save a lot of glamour dresser space.

JP FC progress:



Mounts  1/2/4/8 looking forward to finding out what the FanFest goodies will be this time.

Continuing with the Stormblood MSQ and i came across this quest:


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Greetings April, Grand Nagus & Big G!


Attached is my audio for this week. Not as much content as I'd planned but I've got some time off coming up soon. A big thanks to Grand Nagus for stuff in the game this week. So much fun hanging out at the new house!


Cheers,

Rigarmorty



Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 8 - It Is Such A Lovely Plot

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 8 - It Is Such A Lovely Plot

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV:

JP FC progress:


We got a house!

Sent out the first Submarine mission, and after it returned the sub levelled up to Rank 3 and unlocked two new destinations. Those will only be available to dive to at Rank 4, but that’s ok.


Got my character’s squadron ranked up, successfully finishing the level 40 flag mission required for the rank up.

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Greetings April, Grand Nagus and Big G is he's there :D


Attached is a very short audio, been a lot of IRL work "nonsense" going on so only got a minute to record when I got home just now.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty


Greetings, April, Grand Nagus and Big G!


Been a mixture of NMS and FFXIV this past week. I spent a chunk of time in both games though I didn't get much time on my JP alt but I hope to get more time on her in the coming days.


Below is a screenshots are of the Living Ship the amazing April gifted to me which has sparked my eagerness to play more NMS, a selfie of me and AprilPVD and an image of what I think will be my new character look will be. The last screenshot is just me trying out Lancer as a job on my main toon this past weekend.

Cheers,

Rigarmorty


 






















Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 7 - Another Week Another Lottery



Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 7 - Another Week Another Lottery

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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


Final Fantasy XIV

We're celebrating the Patch 7.4 Glamour Update with a screenshot sweepstakes!

Mix and match job and role gear on your Warrior of Light and show it off using the Portrait Format feature in the in-game Group Pose mode. Post your screenshot on social media and share it with us through our entry submission page for a chance to win an in-game prize!

Read the official rules for full terms and conditions to find out how you can enter and submit your entry.
Entry Period

From Thursday, 19 February 2026 at 16:00 (GMT) / Friday, 20 February at 3:00 (AEDT) to Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 16:00 (GMT) / Friday, 27 February at 3:00 (AEDT)
Prize Options

The FFXIV Community team will randomly select 1,500 total winners from qualifying entries from the North American and European regions combined, who will each receive one in-game item of their choice from the following items:

  • Bluebird Earring
  • Modern Aesthetics – Strife
  • Mandragora Choker
  • Noble Barding

JP FC progress:


Sadly we didn’t win the lottery, so we are still homeless.

There are seven potential plots to bid on in the ongoing lottery, that ends on the 27th, and we have our eye on a few of them.

I’m gathering materials for the repair kits we need to support the submarine and airship missions, as well as topsoil for planting in the garden.

We transferred some funds over to JP to have enough money for a few eventualities, so we don’t face the dilemma of not being able to bid, just because we don’t have money.



I went and put together a new glam using the skirt we got from the Valentine's Day event. It is cute, though you have to use boots, if you don’t want the socks to show.

Hopefully i’ll be able to report better lottery news next week.

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Greetings April, Grand Nagus and any other guest hosts,


Attached is my audio for this week. Below are just a couple of screenshots from this week's gaming.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty





















Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 6 - A Ticket Lottery And House Hunting Frenzy

 Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 6 - A Ticket Lottery And House Hunting Frenzy

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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

Grand Nagus:

 

Final Fantasy XIV

The bids are in, now we wait. In this case, we wait for SE to tell us who’s won the lottery for the Berlin FanFest tickets.


Jaffa Cake progress:


Jaffa got her event quest done, and got the event attire, along with the other housing stuff and music rolls you could get from the event.


Candy Shop progress:

 Got the event quest done on Æble. She is going to provide the base housing items if we should be lucky enough to win the lottery for the house!

I’ve been hunting for a plot for multiple days. Last cycle I saw a medium plot that had about eighty bidders trying to get it.

I’m not going to talk about the plot I bid on at all, you never know who might listen!!

All I'm gonna say is that I'm in love with the location of it.



Received my first NieR Automata CD.



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Greetings April & Grand Nagus and Big G in case he's made another appearance.


It's been a better week gaming wise. Below are some FFXIV screens and just one from NMS.


Cheers,

Rigarmorty


 
















Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 5 - Ready For Housing

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 5 - Ready For Housing


AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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

Grand Nagus:

Final Fantasy XIV



Level 60+ sticker game on a bi-weekly basis.

The goal is to do 9 tasks, as you can see on the right side, 9/9 completed.



Each completed task will grant you a sticker. If you complete one line, two lines or three lines is totally RNG, but you can use the SECOND CHANCEs to repeat one task as often as you have second chances to spend (max of 9 second chances can be held at any time).



Chocobos can eat buff foods. If you train them on one feed, they will have it as their favorite, or preferred food, and it will give them a bonus of an additional 5% to the buff of 10% standard. But you can feed them any of the buff foods, for the normal 10% buff at any time. The buff will last until the Chocobo retreats from battle, aka after the 30 / 60 mins of presence you get from calling them and not extending it, or until you log out.

So you only need to apply one feed item, if you remember to reapply the summoning duration before it expires.

Candy Shop progress:




We qualify for land purchase now, as the technical term is called.


So I've been scouting for a few nice available plots already
We need to prepare for the housing phase of the FC.

Getting the money to buy the plot, getting the items, leveling the jobs on the characters to be able to craft housing items, so there is plenty to do.

Continuing Stormblood MSQ on the JP DC.



Jaffa Cake progress:


Big G

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Greetings April and Grand Nagus,

Attached is my audio for this week. Not a lot of content game wise but getting back into it. Just IRL stuff got in the way recently. So cool to have Big G on the show last week!

Photos next time.


Cheers,


Rigarmorty








Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 4 - Storm Of Blood

Ctrl Alt WoW FF14 Episode 4 - Storm Of Blood

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky and Virtual Reality. Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

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

Grand Nagus:



Final Fantasy XIV

Candy Shop progress:


I unlocked the Moogle Allied Society faction in Heavensward.

Unlocked the Firmament in Ishgard.

Finished Heavensward MSQ and started on Stormblood.

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Ctrl Alt WoW FFXIV Episode 18 - FanFest Recap And The Steam Machine

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