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  1. Data storage cost could be a problem. A...

    Data storage cost could be a problem.

    A worse problem would be this: The data is saved server side, and any time you want to access the data, the entire table has to be read in from the server....
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    Nonono. Emet Selch is Emo. Think...

    Nonono. Emet Selch is Emo.

    Think "skinny jeans and sneakers" and the multicolored hairstyle.
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    I am amused. I haven't read this style of...

    I am amused.

    I haven't read this style of rhetoric since the Goth vs Punk wars of the late 70s/early 80s. Goth had higher heels and darker clothing, Punk was grittier.
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    The pre-order bonus "weapon" is for...

    The pre-order bonus "weapon" is for glamour only, and it's generally for one single job released in that expansion.

    So yeah, that wonderful chocobo paint brush has zero stats, but if you like the...
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    Today's announcements were all geared to...

    Today's announcements were all geared to "release date", "what's in the collector's edition box", "specs to play the expansion (both PC/Mac)" and "yeah, there's going to be something like...
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    Or the wise consumer will compare specs announced...

    Or the wise consumer will compare specs announced at Pax East today and make an informed decision.

    The 'benchmark' is a marketing tool, not an analytics engine. It is also something that most...
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    Or just use the Blade & Soul "All your...

    Or just use the Blade & Soul "All your stats come off accessories" and relegate armor to "it looks pretty" <except for Gloves and Belt, for some odd reason>
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  8. Your image appears in a Reddit entry marked...

    Your image appears in a Reddit entry marked 'April Fools' from a few years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/tthsge/statue_emotes_are_finally_here

    Diamond Dust emote is real. It's tied...
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  9. Thread: Instanced Housing

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    Just wanted to disabuse the notion that almost no...

    Just wanted to disabuse the notion that almost no players "use apartments" (or their predecessors ... FC rooms).

    There are more apartments "in use" than there are actual houses in-game. It's easy...
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    Shall we go back to what you said? Sure. ...

    Shall we go back to what you said? Sure.

    Answer: they don't begin RP in this game. That was the answer you "apparently" can't figure out.

    I could be considered an RP vet, as I have been...
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    Did you ever play a Table-Top RPG game? It...

    Did you ever play a Table-Top RPG game? It doesn't seem like it. Role Playing games have existed for at least 50 years now. I know players who were teens even back then (the 1970s, in case you can't...
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    At the current rate of job expansion, and using a...

    At the current rate of job expansion, and using a 2-year expansion release, they'll certainly hit 50 ... in 2054.

    I mostly agree with your assessment of current generation gaming. Not sure about...
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    Oddly enough, I hardly ever notice /shout except...

    Oddly enough, I hardly ever notice /shout except for those few times I hang out in Ul'dah while playing on Balmung. And then it's the rough equivalent of Barrens Chat from World of Warcraft back in...
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    Exactly when were you voiced in the MSQ? Or...

    Exactly when were you voiced in the MSQ?

    Or do you actually mean "Know what I wish were there but isn't?". Be precise with your words.

    Because, no, I don't miss what I don't remember ever...
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  15. Thread: Sprout FAQs

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    My riff's on this poster's list. Note this is...

    My riff's on this poster's list. Note this is not a tit-for-tat response, please.

    There have been multiple videos on "how to play <pick a job> at endgame" over the last ten years. Most are...
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    And, of course, that /shout text you see in...

    And, of course, that /shout text you see in "general" chat can be redirected to a separate chat channel or removed/blocked entirely. The same goes for the /tell text. Take control of your chat box.
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    Minfilia: Does absolutely nothing Warrior of...

    Minfilia: Does absolutely nothing

    Warrior of Light: Does absolutely nothing, since there is no administrator of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, and an entire expansion is spent randomly doing...
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  18. Purchasing crafting loot from gems gained during...

    Purchasing crafting loot from gems gained during SB and EW Fates is already a thing. So, there's one reason to continue, along with the other items one can purchase from the gem vendors.

    The...
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    Scale, probably. And robed figures wearing masks....

    Scale, probably. And robed figures wearing masks.

    Or not. If it was "Ancient Central" you'd have expected the Ascians to have spent more time there than in that ugly temple in ARR.
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  20. Ilberd wasn't depressed. Psychotic, perhaps. ...

    Ilberd wasn't depressed. Psychotic, perhaps.

    Such villains seem to show up at least once every expansion.

    < yeah, I deliberately ignored the rest of the post ... >
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    Pffft. What you assume and what the reality...

    Pffft. What you assume and what the reality actually was are two different things.

    Even a simple search would provide you with "Also in 1968. Nearly 200 million households now own television sets,...
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    I'm pretty sure folks born between 1946 and 1964...

    I'm pretty sure folks born between 1946 and 1964 were in their preteens through early 40s when the microcomputer arrived in the 1970s. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (founders of Apple) were born in...
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  23. Rift had a gimmick, one that started to fall flat...

    Rift had a gimmick, one that started to fall flat for me about 2 years into the game. It was overshadowed by the release of competing MMORPGs, including World of Warcraft expansions.

    It was never...
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    Pfttt. Many boomers spent their 20's with PCs...

    Pfttt. Many boomers spent their 20's with PCs and consoles, or invented them. It was their parents (aka those born in the 1930s and early 1940s) who spent their formative years without technology...
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  25. Hello, Kitty. < Shudders >

    Hello, Kitty.

    < Shudders >
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