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Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastThe Hundredth OneIt's our one hundredth episode! Only eleven left to be eleventy-one! We're all hyped up about patch 6.2, with lots to talk about in this big ol' content patch. There's island sanctuaries, unreal foibles, broken computers (Pan's), and some grumbling about saltiness in the party finder. Almost no story spoilers contained (unless you care about the name of the new trial). We went extra long for our first three digit episode, so kick back with us on your own island sanctuary, and enjoy!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/354
Hosts:Chip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter...
2022-09-081h 27Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast99 Red Patch BalloonsIt's our fourth anniversary and that means we get linens, or appliances, or both. Thanks internet. We recorded the night of patch 6.2 maintenance so we mostly speculated on, you know, the patch we're all doing. But we've got some reflections on our road to 6.2 too. Also moonfire faire chat. And so many moogle tomestones. Too many, probably.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/34r
Hosts:Chip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
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2022-08-251h 04Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastThe Gang Learns How to Play Final Fantasy XIV OnlineAs we wait for the pre-6.2 live letter with all the juiciest gossip we've found time to discover and discuss the rampant ... let's not say cheating, but tool-assisted running of the game. Yep, this discussion again! TL;DR: don't stream your ToS violations, kids! We also watched some of the new "learn to play FFXIV!" videos that Square Enix just dropped and we have some thoughts about character models and content.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/34f
Hosts:Chip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen...
2022-08-111h 01Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastMoogle Tomestones of SummerAs we wait for patch 6.2 and island sanctuaries and all that good stuff, we're back to farming moogle tomestones for... stuff! Things! They're new tomestones and more-or-less new things, with some decent rewards tucked in, and we mustered what we feel is the right level of enthusiasm. There's also a brief interlude where we, shockingly, talk about games that aren't Final Fantasy XIV, because we play those too sometimes. We're down a host this episode as COVID continues to be over, but we're making the best of it!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/346
Hosts:Christina Zammarrelli
2022-07-2751 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastThe Ballad of Billboard BagginsDatacenter travel is upon us! It doesn't work very well! It's okay though, because all anyone was talking about were the billboards. So, naturallky, we will also talk about the billboards. Fear not, however, as we spend the vast majority of the episode talking about non-advertising things, like the latest live letter, our personal in-game wins, why Roman numerals are just the worst, and whether you can catch shiny Pokemon on your new island sanctuaries.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/33s
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen...
2022-07-141h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastThe Changing of the (PvP) SeasonsWe're awaiting both another live letter and the release of patch 6.18, just like you all. While we waited we figured we'd speculate on the live letter, talk about miscellaneous game stuff, and maybe lightly complain about 24 hour maintenance. Oh, also, new-and-actually-good PvP season 1 is over, so we reflect a little on that.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/33g
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2022-06-291h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastWe're Live for Patch 6.15After a bit of an unplanned break we have returned! Just in time for a new small patch, even. Although, this patch isn't very small. We've got discussions on the new tribal quests (formerly 'beast tribes'), Hildibrand's adventures, deliveries to everyone's favorite elf Mom, and more. Oh, and yeah, we talk about housing some. It's right at the end though, and there's a timer.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/334
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2022-06-161h 02Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastMostly 6.1 ThingsWe're back after a bit of an unplanned break! We never talked about the pretty good story content in 6.1, so we're going to spend a lot of this episode on the main scenario. Spoilers, of course, abound. We've also got some discourse on everybody's favorite topic: third party tools! Plus a bit of PvP chat and Reaper discussion to round things out.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/32g
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip Locke
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2022-05-181h 04Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPvPatch 6.1We're (pvp) super (PvP) excited (PVP) to discuss (PVP!!!!!) patch 6.1 with y'all! It's got new PvP and some other stuff, we suppose, but it's mostly PvP (PVP!@!#%). Okay, not really, we're going to talk about the new Extreme and Unreal trials, story, the Alliance Raid, the excellent addition of Adventurer Plates and Portraits, and a tiny, minuscule, amount of housing. Did we mention PvP?
Episode URL: mtb.gg/31u
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2022-04-221h 15Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Deep Dive (pt. 6)This is it, we're at the end of our walk through the Endwalker expansion story. Sorry. But we're done! This episode covers the events from level 89/90 main scenario quests, so obviously it's a big time spoiler party. We've got a lot of feelings about birds, our wannabe nemesis, and emotions overall. We made it to the end of the story just in time for there to be new story ready to go in a week! While you're waiting for that, though, give us a listen.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/31e
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter...
2022-04-061h 28Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Deep Dive (Pt. 5)After a pair of juicy and delicious live letters, we've returned to our Endwalker story recap / break down / deep dive / what have you! This is our second to last one, and we'll be covering the story from levels 88 and 89. We're gonna hang out with not one, but TWO moms, do some fetch quests, and journey to the center of the planet. Seriously. A lot happens. Beware spoilers, of course.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/30y
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
2022-03-251h 20Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter LXIX Was NiceWe're delaying our story recap/breakdown another episode because we got another big live letter and wanted to discuss. This was the long-awaited live letter 69, so we've got the obligatory jokes, and also there was a lot of good info for us to discuss in between memeing. We chat about all the new combat content, exciting news for glamour folks, and so much more 6.1 goodness.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/30l
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip Locke
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2022-03-091h 08Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter 68 (LVIII)We're taking a break from our Endwalker story recap to talk about the live letter that just dropped! There was a lot of exciting news, from the graphics update, to new dungeons, housing, and so much more. We've got good news about housing, questions about Y'shtola's selective blindness, and excitement for deep dungeons! We had a lot to go through on a dense Live Letter, and hope you enjoy our discussion!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/307
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
2022-02-231h 16Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Deep Dive (pt. 4)Hoo boy, we're back with part four of our deep (and still very spoiler-y) walk through... Endwalker. In this episode we're covering the goings on from about levels 85 to 87 in the story, and there's a heck of a lot to cover. We've got dog takes, Ascian takes, and thoughts on which parts of the story were more or less impactful after some fetch quests.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2zm
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
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2022-02-141h 31Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Deep Dive (Pt. 3)It's part three of what looks likely to be a six(!) part deep dive into the Endwalker story. As with the previous two episodes this will be very spoiler laden, this time with discussions of the story from late level 83 through to the beginning of level 85. Listen along as we discuss rabbits, sealing rituals, #ThanUri discourse and general thirst, and so much more! Also there's a dog that someone thinks kinda looks like Minfilia so, really, what are you waiting for?
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2yy
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
2022-01-261h 22Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Deep Dive Part 2Happy New Year! We're back with more story discussion and oodles of spoilers. In this episode we're diving in to the story for levels 82 and 83. We're focusing on the third zone since there's a lot of wild stuff that happens in there. This one's a long one, since we have a lot to discuss!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2yi
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2022-01-141h 31Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker Story Review (Pt. 1)It's been 84 ... well, episodes, not years. Our last episode of 2021 focuses on the beginning of the Endwalker story. Spoilers abound for the questline from levels 80 to about the end of 82. We cover all the details we could remember (there were a lot) and talk about the pre-nerf grape model, too!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2xu
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip Locke
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2021-12-291h 24Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalkin' to the Back of the QueueThe wait is over! ... or is it? We've been enjoying what time we could with Endwalker and we've got some initial reactions! This is a spoiler-free episode, we'll save story deep dives for later. Instead, we discuss the leveling speed, other basic impressions, the Game Awards .. awards? We guess? Oh, and yes, the queues.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2xh
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2021-12-151h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastTwo Week Wait? EW!We said our last episode was the penultimate episode before Endwalker, which did end up being true as we all had our own delays to deal with. This is our final pre-Endwalker episode and we've got a lot going on, actually. There's some live letter bits to discuss and we've all been pretty busy both in and out of game. It's the end of an era for us, and we're really looking forward to ringing in the new expansion as we say goodbye to Shadowbringers.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2x7
Hosts:Chip Locke...
2021-12-011h 17Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastTerms of Salt UpdateIt's our penultimate episode of the Shadowbringers era! With just two episodes to go until Endwalker we were fed a juicy discussion nugget in the form of Square's Terms of Service updates, and subsequent response to community concern. There's some discussion of Wheaton's Law, the last time this same thing happened, and a totally unrelated discussion of what happens when you drill into a pipe in your apartment.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2wo
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
2021-11-031h 00Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIs it Endwalker Yet?We're so close to Endwalker release! We talk about the media tour, what we are and are not spoiling, and to be honest there's a lot of discussion of housing again. Except this time most of the housing talk is relating to real life home shopping and buying, and there's not so much of Pan complaining. We all consumed different bits of the great media tour interviews and videos and we have a lot of thoughts about them. Maybe next time we'll even get invited?
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2wc
Hosts:Chip Locke...
2021-10-261h 02Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPre-Endwalker Squad GoalsThis isn't actually a Squad Goals crossover episode, but our XIV squad does have goals before the release of Endwalker and we're here to discuss! With just about six weeks left before release (well, Early Access) there's not actually a lot of time to wait, so we're just crossing off odds and ends of stuff we'd like settled before 6.0 lands. We'd say this episode is goofier than most but at this point that's probably not true.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2vv
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter...
2021-10-071h 05Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter LXVI (66)Hey there, we've got a marathon episode for you covering all things Live Letter 66! We've got lots to talk about with job changes, game changes, delays to data center travel, and much more. There's also a lot of non-live letter banter sandwiched in various places to keep you entertained. And almost no discussion of belts, thankfully. We tried to keep this as concise as possible, but there was a lot to discuss. Please hang with us as we cover this huge information drop!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2vi
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
2021-09-221h 31Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastTopic ShoppingOnce again we're a little light on "new news" from the FFXIV realm so we do a fair bit of wandering through different topics this episode. We've got The Rising event, Pan goes shopping on the cash shop (our annual event), and there's some housing chat -- but this time it's mostly about real life houses! We also discuss the upcoming Live Letter and have some (not super exciting) predictions for what we'll see and hear there.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2v9
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter...
2021-09-081h 07Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastOur Crystal AnniversaryWe failed to answer this on the show, but the traditional gift for a third anniversary is apparently crystal. So that's pretty thematically on point, huh? We don't have a lot of new news about the game to share this episode, so we're just chatting it up and talking about what we've been up to. Dragon farms, PC builds, and oh also we found out mid-record that our entire datacenter is full and nobody can make new characters with us anymore. We'd say this is a weird episode but really... it's not.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2ux
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2021-08-261h 04Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastGone Fishin'Pan's in Minnesota but still managed to record from an attic secluded in the woods (seriously). We don't have a lot of official game news to go over this episode, but we've all been pretty busy in game anyway. There's much discussion of the most extreme primals, achivement hunting, and of course fishing! Plus we're under 100 days until Endwalker early access and that caught us all by surprise. Settle in for a fun and silly episode as we enter the home stretch of waiting for 6.0!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2ug
Hosts:Chip Locke...
2021-08-111h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastSprout StoriesHello to all our new players (and maybe new listeners)! This week we bring to you our tales of delight from interacting with all the fresh faces in the game. There's a little bit to discuss with the 5.58 patch, but mostly we just wanted to talk about how excited we are to see all the new players and how good it's all going. Really, that's a fifth sarcasm at most. We're delighted to have you all!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2u2
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip LockeKristen...
2021-07-281h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter 63: Halloween in NovemberPan's back and we've got a new live letter to break down! With the wait for Endwalker we expected slow times but we've had a huge influx of players, thanks to Asmongold, and a steady stream of news from the development team on top. We talk about Zadnor some more, the strange timing of upcoming events, and thoughts on the game's surge in popularity and the necessary halt in digital sales as Square Enix catches up with demand.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2tp
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip Locke
2021-07-151h 11Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastSad Times at Bozja HighIt's girls night again, but we have an extra host! Hello and welcome to our (not so new) special guest, Ae'ra. Buckle up and get ready for the salt fueled episode of the Bozjan field notes drops (or lack thereof) sprinkled throughout and our super failed Heaven on High run. We talk a bit about our most recent patch, 5.57, and our upcoming patch, 5.58.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2t9
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2021-07-011h 06Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA Lode of Things We’ve Done (5.55 Wrap Up)We are down one host this week, but there is just as much excitement! We have some almost failed PotD runs, dragon fights, and exciting achievement updates. A riveting finale to the relic story with (apparently) different choices at the end. Shadowbringers is officially over and we give our highlights of this patch and our feelings on the expansion as a whole.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2sz
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
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2021-06-171h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFanfest 2021: Bunnies on the MoonSo a whole lot of Fanfest happened. We're still processing all the fun and news (and fun) from the 2021 Fan Festival. We've got a roving band of brides, plenty of bunny boy chat, and our thoughts on getting outplayed again by Yoshi-P on the second new job. Plus a whole lot of other reactions and thoughts on a jam-packed weekend of XIV fun!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2s3
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2021-05-191h 18Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFan Festival and 5.5 StoryIt's nice to be back with you all for our sixty-ninth episode. We've got a wide variety of topics this week! From that hot new fad sweeping Eorzea, collecting Triple Triad cards (seriously???) to mount prices in the cash shop to the actual story of 5.5! Plenty of spoilers for the story are tucked in the last quarter of the episode, and Pan didn't do it and so he got spoiled live, but the rest is spoiler-free and honestly goofier than usual. Also, we're doing a giveaway to celebrate fan fest! Listen up for how to enter and get your very...
2021-05-051h 04Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPatch 5.5 ImpressionsWe've spent a week with the latest patch, 5.5, and have done quite a lot in it. We've got impressions of the NieR raid, the new Diamond Weapon fights (regular and extreme), Leviathan and, most important of all, ocean fishing! We won't discuss the main storyline in this episode, but beware spoilers for both the weapon questline and the NieR quests (here's a spoiler: we didn't like the dwarves very much.)
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2r5
Hosts:Chip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
2021-04-211h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastBig Fish EnergyIn our latest episode we spend more time than you'd expecting talking about fishing since two thirds of the screw have spent more than you'd expect actually ... fishing? We also cover the latest Live Letter in fairly chaotic order, touching on the new fights, new story content coming, and all that good stuff. We also managed to miss the news that there will, in fact, be a spring event which we figured would normally be an Easter event but Easter already happened, so just know that we know and we're sorry we missed this.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2qn
2021-04-071h 12Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastAlliance Raid Tips + Great SerpentsWe're eagerly awaiting the arrival of Patch 5.5, but while we wait we've come up with a fun variety basket of topics for you. Questionable Square Enix Store merch! Poorly applied makeup! Big alliance raiding tips! We've got something for everyone in this episode!
Episode URL: mtb.gg/2q6
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
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2021-03-251h 02Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEsoteric Tomestones ChatAfter a long feast of news and game content we're slowing down a bit until patch 5.5 comes out. However, there are new Moogle tomestones with new rewards coming soon and we're more excited than usual about that! We also discuss the merits of tending to sick children vs. hanging out with pop bands, as well as whether a giant $230 Fat Cat cushion is a responsible use of money.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2pm
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartChip Locke
2021-03-1048 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter 62 (LXII)In our 64th episode we discuss the 62nd episode of the FFXIV Letter From the Producer series! This live letter was the second half of the mega event from the beginning of the month, covering patch 5.5. We cover all the details (minus the lengthy discussion on how software development works) including new trials, the process of moving from Shadowbringers to Endwalker, and all the new content we get to look forward to.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2p6
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter...
2021-02-241h 00Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEndwalker!It's happening! We spend this episode talking about the announcement of the Endwalker expansion! New jobs! New zones! No more belts! We gathered together all our impressions of the announcements and what we are most (and least) excited for. This episode only covers the 6.0/Endwalker information, we'll discuss the Live Letter and 5.5 in a separate episode.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2or
Hosts:Chip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_aka
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2021-02-101h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIshgard RetrospectiveThis episode we're celebrating the end of Ishgard restoration season! None of us actually did much to help this go around, but some people did and now it's done and Ishgard is restored! As it turns out the Ishgard on our server isn't restored (which you'll hear us being very confused about) but hey, maybe by the time this episode lands? There's also an exciting slate of announcements coming on February 5th so we spent the rest of the episode speculating on what's being announced, and when.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2oa
Hosts:Kristen Allison
2021-01-2750 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFuture SpeculationHappy New Year and welcome to 2021! We're spending time in this episode speculating about what 2021 will look like for Final Fantasy XIV. Since we're all waiting on the virtual Fan Festival in February the concrete details are still unclear, but we do our best to speculate on what's in store based on historical game changes. Of course, with COVID, we've seen a lot of scheduling changes but at its core the development cycle of the game is reasonably predictable. There's also a lot of goofing off this episode because, honestly, we needed a little break. You deserve a break too...
2021-01-1453 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast5.4 Story ChatWe did it everyone! We made it to our last episode of this no good, rotten, very bad year! In this episode we focus on a discussion of the story contents of 5.4. Two-thirds of us weren't super impressed this go around and we talk through what did and did not work for us in this patch. It turns out each of us missed some things in our individual trips through so we ended up having a lot to discuss. Come ring in the new year with us!
Episode URL: tb.gg/2n8
Hosts:Christina Zammarrelli
2020-12-311h 08Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPatch 5.4As we get ready to put a pin in 2020 we've got one last big content patch for FFXIV. In this episode we cover pretty much all the new content, from the raids and Emerald Weapon to the dungeon Explorer Mode. We talk a little bit about the raid story line so beware of mild spoilers there, but we're saving the main scenario story discussion for our next episode. Please enjoy this early holiday bonanza of content with us!
Episode URL: tb.gg/2m7
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip Locke
2020-12-161h 01Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter LXI (61)Hello and welcome to the final month of 2020! Settle in by a cozy fire as we discuss the final live letter (LXI or 61 for you non-Romans) before patch 5.4 lands next week. There's a lot of stuff coming and we've got some strong opinions (or 'hot takes' as the kids say) about most of it. From the new story beats to all of the new high end combat content to things some of us are less excited about (dungeon explorer mode, anyone?) we've got it all for you here in our latest episode.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2ll
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2020-12-021h 13Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIn Da ClubWith two thirds of the hosts on vacation for a week we had a little bit of time to kill. So we decided to go clubbing! We actually intended to do some real investigations and bring you some serious reporting on these clubs but, well, we failed. Instead we took a look at the many options for night life in FFXIV and managed to be awkward through most of them. So instead of a detailed report on the indentured servitude of courtesans we're mostly going to crack jokes about being three awkward weirdos too scared to role play. Enjoy!
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2020-11-1858 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter LX (60)Join us for our candy-fueled post-Halloween episode where we cover the live letter from... oh no, three weeks ago?? We're a little late on this one but we do go in depth through all the upcoming changes. There's some excitement, some contentious debate around re-purchasing the game for new consoles, and lots of talk about our favorite candy which definitely won't get eaten on air in a form of sonic punishment for our listeners. Grab a Snickers and settle in!
Episode URL: tb.gg/2ku
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen...
2020-11-051h 10Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPatch 5.35: Bojack HousemanWarning: we've filled a dump truck with salt and we're going to dump it all out in this episode. We've dedicated most of this episode to a discussion of hot takes that will surely irritate some folks, and a discussion of housing over top of all. Since the latest expansion of housing went about as well as you'd expect in a pandemic boosted game with extremely limited supply we didn't come away super impressed with it. However, we do spare some time for the other big addition in 5.35: Bozja Southern Front! That receives a much warmer reception, so please enjoy...
2020-10-221h 05Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastMostly Patch Chat, Some Light GenshinSomehow two weeks went by in the blink of an eye and we got everyone to take a break from Genshin Impact to chat about Final Fantasy 14 a bit! As usual our episode timing means we're missing a live letter by about three days but did we let that stop us from baseless speculation about patch contents? Heck no! We've got some housing chat, some patch predictions, and guesses at the announcements in the upcoming live letter. And yes, we do also talk a little bit about Genshin Impact. Pull up a chair, get comfy, and give us a listen.
2020-10-0851 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastOur First Farewell
Lilli is back to close the door on the 5.3 story. This episode is NOT spoiler free, so only listen to the first part of it if you don't want to be... spoiled?
Although the crew has been spending time in other games they have still found some time to do other content leading up to this episode. Will Pan finish his raids? Will Lilli ever get her jobs to 80? Will Kristen get all of the Yo-Kai items?
After sharing our super exciting weeks we finally talk about that story in 5.3, and it was...
2020-09-241h 02Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastMemories of Vana'dielLilith has this episode so Kristen and Pan decided to just sit back and chat about their experiences playing Final Fantasy XI. We have extremely fond memories of what, in all honesty, was a pretty unfriendly and grindy game. The game seemingly wore us down and remade us to cherish it's difficult moments and obtuse systems and we spend the majority of our the episode just reflecting back on them. There's a lot of common elements between XIV and XI too, and we touch on several those, and all the ways XIV has both grown from XI and really changed...
2020-09-0942 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast5.3 Chat (omg my melons)It's our two year podcast anniversary and we're here to bring you a lengthy discussion of all the great new content in patch 5.3! We're not dipping in to the story yet, so there won't be any spoilers (except light NieR raid spoilers that are easily skipped). There's a heck of a lot of new content in this patch and the associated events and we go through all of it! The Gundam fight, the new extreme, the melons! Oh also there's some really irresponsible cash shop spending and an announcement for our second giveaway!
Episode URL: tb.gg/2id
2020-08-261h 14Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast50 on 5.3Come join us in our celebration of our 50th episode and this glorious new wave of content! After a long wait patch 5.3 is upon us, and we waited to record until after we dipped our toes in so we could share our impressions. We've got our initial impressions of the 5.3 patch, offered up free of story spoilers. Also, we're doing a giveaway of a Kingly Peacock mount to one lucky listener. We've placed entry details strategically within the episode, and we'll be taking entries until August 21st, 2020.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2hv
Hosts:Christina Zammarrelli
2020-08-1255 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastNews We Could UseWe did it everybody! We trekked across the content desert and staved off the drought of news to make it to a cool, shady oasis of STUFF TO DO really soon! We've got an episode packed with discussion of the latest Live Letter (LIX) and all the juicy details it brought. We've got an extended trailer reaction and some discussion about where we think the story is going to go, so beware of spoilers if you're not all the way caught up with the story. In addition to that we have some amusing tales of woe from the dungeons and...
2020-07-301h 30Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastMacros PlusWe're back with another "content drought" episode to give your ears something to do while waiting for that sweet, sweet patch 5.3. We got an update on our hosts' relative predictive abilities and unfortunately the worst prediction for a release date was the right one. We're really sorry about being right, and we definitely didn't make more awful predictions we don't want to come true. Okay, well, maybe just a few.
Oh, also we talk about in-game macros and their various uses and merits. From genuinely valuable things to questionable to downright obnoxious we cover all the ways you...
2020-07-1953 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA Year of Bringing ShadowsIt's been a whole year since Shadowbringers came out! Yes, just that one year, actually. So we spent most of the episode reflecting on the release and how it's been. There is plenty of story spoiler in here, so beware if you haven't finished the expansion for whatever reason. We're also still finding extra things to do in the game while we eagerly await the 5.3 patch and we discuss our various progresses (spoiler: Pan did finish mentor roulette) and also make some predictions for the 5.3 release date that range from hopeful to quite pessimistic.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2h4
2020-07-0255 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastCatching Up With HuntsWe've got good news and bad news for you in this episode. The good news is ... that we have another fun episode for you to dive in to that gets oddly metaphysical for a couple of minutes and then fun again. The bad news is that we have to talk about the cancellation of the North American Fan Festival for 2020. Come process your grief with us, and once that's settled, settle in as we discuss the merits of the hunt trains. Are trains good? Bad? Inherently neutral, as are all machines used for locomotion? Give us a listen and then...
2020-06-1758 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastNon-SequitursAnother fort night (no, not that one) has passed so we're here for another episode! It's a very quiet time in the game so we took a pretty loose format for this episode as there honestly isn't much new game content to discuss. We spent the majority of the episode just discussing what we're doing in the game. Pan's on the mentor roulette grind, and the rest of the crew has updates on max leveling all their jobs. We also finally get around to those extremely, remarkably thirsty pictures from Square Enix of your favorite in-game characters living their best...
2020-06-031h 08Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA Return to Moogle TomesAs our collective staycations go on we've seen many new players and people coming back to the game after a long break so we decided to take time time to share our "do"s and "do not do"s for all of you new and returning players. Somehow we managed to be pretty nice about the whole thing, and conjure up a bevy of helpful tips if you're feeling nervous about diving back in. We sandwiched this rare bit of helpful information between two salty slices of bread as Poptart gets very upset about that one time she had a...
2020-05-201h 02Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastAll Things 5.3 (Final Fantasy XIV Patch Discussion)
The time to set long goals and achieve that thing you’ve always wanted to do is NOW! While we wait up to an extra month to get the 5.3 update, the content is going to be massive, so make sure you get all your fate achievements and mentor roulettes out of the way while you still have time. Shout outs to all the translators out there who allow us to get live letter info as it happens, not to mention even more details than the digests can provide.
Join us as we discuss all the co...
2020-05-061h 14Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLions, Tigers, and RelicsIt’s time for another mentor roulette! Wait, that can’t be right. While Pan talks about mentor roulette for most of the episode, the rest of the crew is talking about bigger and better things, relics! The first relic stage is easy, so easy that some members of the free company already obtained every single one (yes, that also means the Skysteel tools). In addition to the new relic weapon there was also new relic gear that was locked behind an ex trial, which all of the hosts actually did together. To wrap the episode up the discussion moved to t...
2020-04-2155 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIshgard Housing: We All Know It's ComingSalutations from the bunker. We’re all maintaining our appropriate social distance (of at least 300 miles, in our case) to bring you this latest episode! Turns out that, perhaps given other circumstances, we have next-to-no details about patch 5.25 in spite of Square’s usual practice of Live Letters and content dumps, so we do our best to talk around that and speculate on what exactly it will look like. Of course we’ll all have access to 5.25 by the time this episode reaches your electronic device of choice, so maybe give us a listen while you get on that initial relic...
2020-04-0758 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEden’s Verse: The Tsundere ChroniclesHello again! We’re back for another totally normal episode in which nothing out of the ordinary occurs to go along with our totally normal day to day life in which … yeah forget it. We’re really here to distract you from the outside world with wondrous tales (GET IT?) of our time in Final Fantasy XIV over the last two weeks! We’re talking about what we can remember from the Eden’s Verse: The Tsundere Chronicles storyline (not the official name) and lots about the new Ishgard restoration that was bestowed upon us two weeks ago. Also, 75% of us did Rub...
2020-03-2458 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPatch 5.2 Story DiscussionOur missing host is back (... oh boy) and our 2-3 week spoiler hiatus is over, which means we’re going to chomp into that gooey 5.2 candy bar! Before we do that, though, there is a somewhat extended airing of grievances. We each have something to grumble about, from freestyle tanks to orchestrion madness and on. After the ritual spreading of salt we move on to the actual intended topic of the episode: the new story details! We all enjoyed this chapter of post-Shadowbringers quite a lot, and we get into the fun juxtaposition between what the story reveals to the pl...
2020-03-101h 25Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPatch 5.2 Duty BluesWe may be down a host but it’s time for the post patch raid rant, which Lilli takes on full force throughout the whole episode. We cover some unfortunate news about PAX East, but the community has been nothing but supportive. We once again try to stay spoiler-free as we discuss the highs and lows of the new patch, which some of had more lows than others. Although not everyone was able to finish all the new content there is plenty to experience, from failed raid mechanics to a wonderful fishing extravaganza, we have it all!
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2020-02-251h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastYoshi Dad Says Mods Are BadIf you’re looking for a new Internet Dad then we’ve got just the show for you! Don’t worry, it isn’t Pan, it’s everyone’s favorite Yoshi-P who brought lots of dad moments to the latest Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter. Oh, by the way, we’ve focused this episode entirely on this latest live letter which drops the final set of details on the upcoming patch 5.2. Our new e-father Yoshida gave us a lot to discuss, from exciting new story content and relic weapons to a surprisingly contentious new item by way of umbrellas. We also embark on...
2020-02-111h 17Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastBe my Valentione #bert2020
We’re finally done our two-part year review so it’s back to business as usual. We catch up with what we’ve all been doing for the past month or so and it’s been a bit slow waiting for the next patch.
2020 has had a dry spell when it comes to news and content, but we do have the Valentione’s Day event coming up! They’re doing something a bit different this year, and even though Christy is a bit confused it seems pretty interesting. Don’t forget to vote #bert2020, we can’t let ass...
2020-01-281h 01Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast2019 Retrospective - Part 2
Part two of our 2019 retrospective is here! We start off with the mighty 5.0 expansion, Shadowbringers. We don’t dive into the details of the story because, let’s be honest, we all know what’s happening.
We spend the majority of this episode discussing the ups and downs (honestly mostly ups) about the initial 5.0 patch. With all the job adjustments and great content that was added we forget that it’s only been about 6 months since launch. The episode is capped off with the rest of the 5.X update thus far.
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2020-01-1453 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast2019 Retrospective - Part 1
Hello 2020 and goodbye to 2019, you were here for way too long. In the first of our two part retrospective we examine the first half of 2019, starting with the series of 4.5 patches, Requiem for Heroes. While it feels like the 4.X series ended years ago, 2019 gave us some juicy story that gets even better after you finish Shadowbringers (SB2).
After we talk about ships crashing into walls like birds to a window, we soar into our favorite 4.5 changes and wonder how long 2019 really was because none of us remember it starting. We reflect on the split...
2020-01-0845 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastLive Letter LVI: Butt Slider Special
It's the most wonderful time of the year, mostly because we have lots of news to spread the Starlight cheer!
After we share our IRL experiences we dive into the best details of the new Live Letter which we were able to experience live thanks to our Discord pal, MogMog.
5.18 will be out with this episode with fixed (or broken?) 2B butts for all. We spend maybe a little bit too much time talking about butts (Yoshida did it first) then dissect the new live letter to pull out our favorite parts. 5.2 is...
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201X: Best Games of the DecadeBest Games of 20112011 was on the back half of the previous hardware generation, and saw lots of sequels and the game that keeps coming back: Skyrim. It was a tough year to narrow down, but Jarret, Christina, and Mikey sit down and get it down.
Episode URL: tb.gg/2b1
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartMikey KenneyJarret Reddingtwitter.com/jaastradamus
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2019-12-121h 28Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA New Carnivale of Meh
It's an exciting week in the Final Fantasy XIV community; we get 5.15 and a new Live Letter talking about 5.2!
Before we get to all of the exciting news, we throw an update on what we have (or haven't) been doing, which involves plenty of leveling and mount farming.
We share our excitement for the contents of 5.15, which is not a lot, and share even more excitement for what's to come. The next Live Letter is right around the corner and we speculate what could be in it.
To round off the...
2019-12-101h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIshgard BluesWe finally jump into the sweet 5.1 story spoiler territory, and man do we all forget what happened already. Grand Cosmos? Still not in space. The long awaited 5.11 patch with the Ishgard Restoration is here; aaaaaaand it’s gone. Some of us are only a little mad that this long-awaited content was finished in only 4 days. The Super Ultimate Alexander Extra Extreme fight also came out (which is 100% the name of the fight) and has been cleared! GGs to all! We (mostly Aera) wrap up this episode with some exciting PVP chat and what 5.15 may have to offer.
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2019-11-2653 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA Patchy EpisodeIt feels like only yesterday we were unwrapping the gifts of the 5.0 launch but we’re back again to break down a really jam-packed .1 patch. This one is spoiler-free too, in no small part because one quarter of our hosts are very bad at keeping up with the main story. With a bevy of quality-of-life changes and new content we end up with lots to discuss. From the new alliance raid (it’s great) to the housing crisis (less great) and on to the pixielands we break down all the goodies we got over the last two weeks.
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2019-11-121h 06Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast5.FunThe gang is back with an extra member on the cast, so stop on by and say hi! Squeenix finally dropped their 5.1 notes and boy is this a massive patch. We talk about the possible pros and cons of many major changes, including the extensive update with gathering and crafting, New Game +, and the new best tribe.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/29t
Hosts:Chip LockeKristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaDeanna HuberChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2019-10-291h 10Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastThe End is NieR (for 5.0)HieR we go again! We don’t quite have a NieR story deep-dive for you but we do hit the highlights. Bullet hell! Saving your save files! True endings! Some rampant speculation about all the mech battles they’ll have in the raids! We also fall into the black hole of Fortnite discussion for a bit before escaping to discuss the slow trickle of 5.1 patch news. When is it coming out? Is it delayed? Will there be relic weapon quests? Is Square enjoying another flood of WoW refugees from the Blizzard / Hong Kong debacle? Why were the live letter notes so s...
2019-10-1557 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIrregular Episode of PhilosophyWe’re honking our way to your ears with perhaps our least focused episode ever! It’s been another couple of quiet weeks in the world of FFXIV, but we get into the relative merits of these moogley tomestones and rehashing the same old content over and over (and over… and over…). We also got our tardiest host to finally start playing NieR (spoiler alert: it’s super good) which provides us a continued tangent to focus on, and some ad-hoc future episode planning right in the current episode. So meta! To cap off a seriously off-topic week our hosts also get d...
2019-10-0251 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIt’s NieRly HieR
Here's some news to get you out of that post-patch lull. After we discuss our not-so-active in game weeks, we jump full force into the most recent Live Letter after we discuss some scary scam news.
There's plenty of new content coming in 5.1, and we discuss our favorite parts! From crafting to BLU, and old stories that feel new (game plus), we are excited to see The Copied City view.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/28v
Hosts:Christina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptartKristen Allison...
2019-09-171h 15Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastPaper Anniversary EditionHappy Anniversery, and thank you to everyone who has been on this ride thus far! We start this episode on what we have (or haven't) done in these past two weeks. Lilli finally hit one of her goals (but which one?), and we stress that 5.1 is getting close and we all need to finish, or start, Nier Automata.
The Mog Station sale has us all hooked, one of us even purchased their beginning sale items throughout the episode. We have some tips to not burn out, and something about Kristen Wiig and Jeff Bridges?
Episode URL: mtb...
2019-09-0358 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community Podcast#TwinningEven though we closed out MSQ in the last episode there is plenty to talk about this week! We talk about leveling some side jobs, some very successful Byakko runs, and some... swimming pools? that may or may not be filling our whole FC yard?
We take you through a wonderful journey through Rapture (aka the EX dungeons) and end up in The Empty for a glorious trip down memory lane. Eden has better, longer unskippable cutscene than the sniper boy in Orbonne.
Please don't forget your free fantasia and your swimming pools!
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2019-08-201h 05Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastUnder the SeaIt’s the last episode of our Shadowbringers main scenario synopsis. We think we’ve saved the best for last as we discuss the final events of Shadowbringers’ inaugural release. As with the last two episodes we’ll encourage listeners to hold off on this episode if you haven’t finished the main scenario quests yet.
If you have, get set for a quite lengthy discussion (with a handful of tangents) as we cover the events from levels 79 and 80. It was a wild ride for us and there’s lots of amazing story beats, so we hope you enjoy them a...
2019-08-061h 28Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastWelcome to the JungleWe’re back for another roundtable chat about Shadowbringers! In this episode we spend a little time talking about what we’re all actually doing now that we’ve finished playing through the story (it turns out we’ve got fun, AND games), and then dive very deep into the actual story quests starting from level 74 and going to the end of 78. It’s heavy spoiler territory, so if you haven’t made it that far you might want to hold off on listening (and go play the story instead, it’s really good!).
We take a whirlwind tour from the...
2019-07-231h 19Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastA Fairy Good Episode
We’re back to our normal triumvirate of hosts this episode as we start really digging into the new Shadowbringers expansion. Be warned that we will be discussing story through the first 4 levels (70-73), so if you’re taking your time in Shadowbringers, put us on your podcast backlog for a bit! We take a trip through the story from 70 to the end of 73, and discuss our favorite and least favorite aspects. There’s discussion of the dungeons, instances, and trials, the characters we meet again or for the first time; and all the wonderful music the game h...
2019-07-091h 01Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastShadowbringers Launch SpecialWe finally made it, no more waiting! We’re here on an off-week to really just gush about how great Shadowbringers is. We mean tremendous. Just phenomenal. This is a spoiler-free episode (the worst thing we do is name zones that were already in the live letters) so you don’t need to worry about plot details being inadvertently revealed. We discuss our impressions of the story, the music, and first feelings about job changes and just our general feelings a few days in.
We know not everyone can play as much as they want right now, so we’r...
2019-07-0251 minWondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastIn MemoriamAs we hit the home stretch for the Shadow.. Blood.. whatever… expansion we take some time to look back on our experience with Storm..Stormy...SB1. Like a gentle restaurant manager trying to tell you that ratty jeans are not appropriate attire for a server we approach some final constructive feedback for 4.x with a hearty helping of compliment sandwiches for the expansion we hardly knew. From story beats that landed (and that didn’t) to #JusticeForFordola to our favorite game design changes we give the expansion a rousing sendoff.
There’s also a bit of chat on party...
2019-06-261h 11Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastSabo-tender MomentsThis week we are joined by a special chipmunk guest! We’re in the final stretch before 5.0, but stuck in that side quest, sightseeing, mount collecting lull. With all these new announcements and job videos, we speak lightly on healer changes but want to stay pretty spoiler free until Shadowbringers comes out. We broke immersion to speculate if Squeenix will reveal new content at E3. We also may have talked crap on a very loved game in the Final Fantasy franchise.
There’s a couple of events to jump on to grind out while we wait. We also give...
2019-06-121h 10Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastTechnical DifficultiesWe got a huge dump of news and reveals for Shadowbringers, though we had to wade through a pretty rough stream to get there. We break down our favorite changes from the massive list of announcements and speculate on what we think we’ll see that was announced yet. We talk a lot about job and role changes, new quest formats, and several other exciting tidbits from the latest producer live letter.
We have some shared emotions with the FFXIV production crew, who are all exhausted in the lead-up to the game, while some (one) of us is ju...
2019-05-291h 13Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastNo Kids AllowedAll three hosts are here this week and we are ready to give you the hottest news from the most recent Letter from the Producer, but first (After? Both?), we share what we’ve been doing for the past couple weeks. There’s been a lot of birds recently.
Once we fully jump into the Letter, we question how glasses really work in the game. Is it magic? What are they hanging on? We also discuss what they could do for the upcoming rework for job skills and wonder how merging the MP/TP bars will change the game...
2019-05-141h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastNow What?We seem to be down a host this week, but Kristen and Lilli have your back! We jump into our weekly update (spoiler, we did it all together), which they also lightly touch on the Final Fantasy XV quest and some issues the cross-world visit system.
If you’ve been wondering what to do in game, don’t worry, you’re not alone. We’ve been scouring Eorzea to bring you the hottest time-passers to get you through until ShadowBringers -- or you can use this time to play other games, but that’s boring. Have you finished all your s...
2019-04-301h 13Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastByemungGoodbye Balmung, and hello to our new NA data center, Crystal! We find out that duty finder is the new tinder, and Hildibrand shares his best dance moves.
We thought we had nothing to say about 4.56, and we were correct! However we do spend a very long time discussing the lack of in game set up for SB2, and our predictions as to what may happen next! We should all write for Squeenix.
If you’re already done with your SB2 catch up and preparations, there are plenty of tips on what to do this month, in...
2019-04-151h 28Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastAre We There Yet?The final fanfest is here, and all our questions are not answered, but at least we had an interesting keynote that was not at all late! We share our thoughts on the gender exclusive races (not Ronso and Viera), and hope to see plenty of super custom Lion-O’s running around! Get your dancing shoes ready for our next ranged DPS, dancer (duh)! We debate as to why there was no healer announced and wonder if it’s even worth it to add another one in.
4.56 is here, and gone. Seriously, story is like two minutes long. We also...
2019-04-021h 12Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastREPORTEDSome vacation time and IRL hanging put a delay on this episode, but we’re back! Please don’t report us for being late! Recently there’s been a lot of stuff to be angry about, but should you be? Squeenix updated their TOS with some very vague wording, but we’re here to help! Duty finder has also been on the fritz, but don’t panic, I’m sure it’ll be fixed soon (please???)!
Hydatos is finally here, and it brought some open world dungeons and some tree houses! There’s some even more exciting items; we get some litt...
2019-03-061h 22Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFanfest 2: Electric BoogalooThe second Fanfest happened, and all our dreams came true! We discuss what other things we would like for Fanfest 3, and catch up on what we (and others) are catching up on before SB2.
Episode URL: mtb.gg/24k
Hosts:Kristen Allisontwitter.com/kristen_akaChip LockeChristina Zammarrellitwitter.com/SmorezPoptart
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2019-02-131h 11Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastBLU's CluesThe hot topic this week is everything BLU. We have beginnings, grindings, buggings (thanks, Ifrit), and so much more! This week we are super profesh and nail the intro, as we always do. It’s not just about BLU though, we are past our grace period for spoilers and finally talk about story! Somewhat questionable decisions were made.
There is a lot going on in the Gold Saucer lately because of the new cactuar mount. Please stop taking your piggy dressed and overly large outfit wearing Roe into Leap of Faith, we can’t see anything gdi. Pan dive...
2019-01-301h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastSnake on MeEveryone’s finally doing things again! Patch 4.5 added plenty of new things for us to do, from story to Bacon Bread, a new Gate and Mahjong, we’ve done it all… Mostly! We teach you what it means to go left (PLEASE GO LEFT), and what to expect in 4.5 in this almost spoiler free episode. Kristen and Lilli spend patch day doing story and content together, while Pan continues crafting.
After our discussion on the new raids and primal, we share what our goals are before the new expansion, and some of us may be a bit too ambiti...
2019-01-141h 08Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastEnd of Year Round UpAnother year in the books. We saw three eventful patches in Final Fantasy XIV this year and we go through each of them in turn, helping each other remember what we actually did this year. We somehow remind ourselves of things that happened less than 12 months ago, spoilers abound for content you almost certainly finished ages ago, bad jokes are told, and we reminisce about how bad this game was just one calendar year ago! Kidding, the game was still good, but wow it got better this year, and we will tell you how in excruciating detail. We also look...
2018-12-311h 23Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFanfest EditionJoin us for a long trip down to Panfest! One of us was able to make it down to Vegas for the 2018 edition of Fanfest, and boy was it Pantastic (can you guess which one of us went?). Visualize the venue with Pan’s in-depth vocal walkthrough. Wow, it’s almost like you’re there! We give our honest opinion one Blue Mage, and speculate what other jobs may enter the arena. What do male Viera look like? Please don’t google it. We’ll (maybe) find out soon! And as for new housing? Yeah, we got that too. You can also v...
2018-11-261h 20Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastBurning Inquiry (No Doctor Needed)This episode is coming in hot! Don’t miss our super interesting conversation about our super slick intro with an up-and-coming professional voice actress, and what ruined our Map Mondays. Watch out for dead bunnies as you slide on through Pyros, the new relic stage we are peripherally aware of. Also, please enjoy our in-depth guide to Raubahn Extreme, possibly the hardest combat trial we’ve ever encountered.
We also talked about crafting… again… but we swear it’s the last time! Probably. Maybe? It’s the last time for at least a month. Honest. In this crafter’s corner firsi...
2018-11-121h 00Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastAll Saints DDoSIt’s our spooptacular Halloween special! Which is to say our regularly scheduled fifth episode that happened to occur around the holiday. We talk about the haunting effects of the ongoing DDoS against Final Fantasy XIV which have been causing monstrous lag spikes and killing connections. In case these puns are scaring you away, fear not! We didn’t really make any Halloween jokes in the show. They’re all here instead for your booing pleasure.
Also we talk more about crafting and gathering (surprise!) and how scrips work as you approach endgame. There’s the common airiing of griev...
2018-10-291h 09Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastWedding of the CenturyWe escaped from the hellmouth of a wedding filled with Eldritch horrors too grotesque to describe so we could bring you this episode. Just kidding, we’re definitely going to go into detail about the weird and wonderful wedding of the century between two of our very own hosts where nobody got swallowed whole by a horrid human/chocobo hybrid! We also get into a pretty deep discussion about parsing peoples’ in-game performance and the toxic behavior that can enable in less civil players, along with some common sense advice on how not to be terrible to other people.
2018-10-151h 04Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastFour Point FourwardTime to enjoy 4.4 as we move Four Point Fourward (seriously guys, enough with these puns)! Christy and Chip got a late start to the update, but Kristen stepped up with lots to share about the story and the new raid tier!
We talk about what we experienced in the past couple weeks, business trips and all. Chip is super salty about... Lighthouse? Pretty much everything, actually. Speaking of salt, the community still seems a bit displeased with the companion app, so we discuss what improvements the app could use to be seen in a better light.
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2018-10-051h 03Wondrous Tails – A Final Fantasy XIV Community PodcastBeFour Point FourCome join us for our second episode, BeFour Point Four! In this episode we talk about some awesome quality of life changes to the inventory and new search options, and the rumor about the new job coming out in 4.4 (Blue Mage, whaaaaat?). We also touch on some speculations about the next expansion.
Everyone had a pretty salty week. Christy has absolutely no luck in drops, Chip is having issues with his crafters, and Kristen does not do well with roulettes.
We highlight some of the things other players are doing like Pagos and raids (mostly just...
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