CG Midlander

[Anonymoose]

About bloody time. I've been waiting a year for this. Got some questions:

o.o;
[/adjusts his necktie]

Do we all get access, or is it just for Legacy?
Anyone who can view the wiki can view Loremonger, which means that not only are non-legacy members welcome, but so is anyone who has the internet or even just a friend with a printer! Loremonger has been set up in the Guides area of the Final Fantasy XIV wiki domain, both to keep the main area canon-exclusive and to give me some control over the content. This means that most content will be written just like a wiki article. This is great news for those who only have the internet sometimes, such as while at a Starbucks cafe or borrowing their nephew's iPad "for just a second."

Can you make sure the UI is the same as FFXI's wiki pages?
It depends on what you mean! For instance, if you're referring to the FFXI wiki domain of GamerEscape, it will look very similar, but attuned more to the format of the FFXIV domain for reasons that I hope are apparent. However, I realize that there's also the chance that you're referring to FFXIclopedia - because it turns out that a surprising number of people have absolutely no idea that GamerEscape's XI domain is run by the very same team that brought you XIclopedia, which they haven't touched since November, 2010 due to Wikia's ... less than delicate ... handling of some major issues, particularly UI. In that case, the answer is no.

Do you really need an AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 to run it?
That would be quite the overkill, indeed! Loremonger will be viewable on anything capable of processing HTML. In a first for Final Fantasy fans, Loremonger will also be available on Apple products, because unlike actual computer programs that require adjustments with every operating system update to remain functional (a problem solved by Microsoft with intense effort and by Apple with their revolutionary "F@%# it, we just won't support it anymore" approach), Loremonger automatically adjusts to any browser on any operating system. "What if I only have a 2006 MacBook that my parents bought me for college?!" I hear you asking, panicked. "NO PROBLEM," says the me, smugly.

Have you a PS3 browser-optimised version going live simultaneously?
Now, using the word "optimized" in the same sentence as the noun "PS3 Browser" might be controversial, but I'm willing to take the risk and say, "You're damn right, it is."

Is it new content, or just the text of this thread rearranged and extended into a narrative?
The first installment? BOTH. Future installments will be all-new information unless you memorized and understood the quest perfectly the first time, in which case it will still be a brisk and refreshing walk through nostalgiaville, overwhich I am currently mayor. Unfortunately, all-new content will probably not be making its way to Loremonger, as I received a rather decisive (and imaginary) Cease and Desist order from Square Enix on the subject of creating my own quests for their games. They've told me in no uncertain terms that even their respective item rewards are off the table, curbing the release of the long-awaited Chocobo-feathered Subligar and matching wrist cuffs.

As a Legacy member, will Gamerescape be releasing an exclusive wiki skin for me to use with the page?
Unfortunately, until the Legacy Member Authentication Protocol has been installed on all major browsers, we cannot offer this feature. The risk that non-Legacy members would use it in a self-aggrandizing effort to appear undeservingly dedicated to the Final Fantasy XIV community is just too high. In the meantime, I invite you to use this userbox on your GamerEscape userpage. Use of this box I can and will monitor, ensuring that any non-Legacy member caught using it will be subjected to a strict comeuppance (likely involving coal tar and snurble tufts).

Is it still a better love story than Twilight?
A better love story than Fifty Shades of Grey, even, with the added benefit of requiring no eye bleach.

Bacon.
And also with you, my son.

[NoloeTazier]

grats Anonymoose, looking forward to it and future projects

[Mjollnir]

Everything I hoped for and more.

Here's a snap of me browsing the Loregasmer from my bed, through my PS3 on my TV in 1080p. The wife was a little annoyed at me interrupting her viewing of Once Upon A Time, but that's the modern age for you; everything on your TV from your bed (or so my old nan used to say).



(btw Loregasm is a much better term than Lore-bomb, imo)

[Catapult]

Needless to say, this is a HUGE undertaking, so chances are I'll have to start building a team in the future that can operate to the same standards and rules as I.

You can count me in, my friend. I will be more than happy to pick apart the Gridanian quests for you, especially since I already have the transcripts for the original main scenario quests.

o.o;
[/adjusts his necktie]

/snortlaugh
Well done, Moose. XD

(btw Loregasm is a much better term than Lore-bomb, imo)

I have it on good authority that a loregasm is what is experienced following the dropping of a lore bomb.

[Vilhem]

Sign me up too o_o

[Catapult]

I take it Vil will keep to the Ul'dah quests? We are aware of your love of all things Thancred.

Also, a few pointers for you, Moose:
- It is "morbol", not "marbol".
- I would not be noting use of blizarra by the conjurer as a cross-class skill, since it is now a class-restricted spell for THM/BLM. It would be better to make a footnote reference to Ferne's comment of "these animations simply to not exist" and explain how the video was created well before the new combat system was conceived, much like how you've explained the racial trait issues. Build this in with an explanation of the use of dome-protect in CG scenes being out of place and you're set.

[Vilhem]

I could do Uldah, sure, but I'm also quite familiar with all the Gridania quests since my main was from Grid and was in Twin Adder.

I also have majority of the cutscenes recorded and can take screencaps or pull text as needed. I don't have a lot of the crafting quests though :|

[Catapult]

I could do Uldah, sure, but I'm also quite familiar with all the Gridania quests since my main was from Grid and was in Twin Adder.

I also have majority of the cutscenes recorded and can take screencaps or pull text as needed. I don't have a lot of the crafting quests though :|

I find that... slightly amusing. You rave about Thancred and then don't run with the Imortal Flames. :P

My main character is actually Ul'dah > Twin Adder, although I ran through the Gridanian starter quests in reasonable detail multiple times using an alt, meaning I've delved much further into them than the Ul'dah quests. Go figure.

I've started a write-up for Sundered Skies.

[Vilhem]

I find that... slightly amusing. You rave about Thancred and then don't run with the Imortal Flames. :P

My main character is actually Ul'dah > Twin Adder, although I ran through the Gridanian starter quests in reasonable detail multiple times using an alt, meaning I've delved much further into them than the Ul'dah quests. Go figure.

I've started a write-up for Sundered Skies.

Yeah see when I started my character 2 yrs ago I wasn't aware of who Thancred was >_> I started an alt in Limsa but by the time I really noticed Than it was too late to make another char to run through the Ul'dah storylines :/

Won't be making that mistake again in 2.0, especially since we get free characters with Legacy

I did play a friend's chara through the first 4 Ul'dah storylines and recorded them, watched them over and over so I have a pretty good idea about how they run. I guess you can say I took a "fresh" look to it, so it's still pretty clear in my memory how the events unfold.

With the Grand Companies, the quests don't differ all that much from each other, except the initial ones (which some require you to do before you can commit to one GC). I'd done the one with Than for Immortal Flames, but it'd been so long I didn't remember it at all (the one where he and Urianger train you or something).

Little Easter eggs I found doing the different storylines: in the fight against Gaius van Baelsar, your nation Circle member deflects his first attack after he knocks out your Path companion, i.e. Yda protected me because I was from Grid, Than protected my friend's chara because he was from Ul'dah etc.

The last CS in To Kill a Raven, where you approach the three GC leaders, your corresponding GC desk officer will salute you as you walk by, and your GC leader will step up to talk to you when you kneel :3

[Anonymoose]

The wife was a little annoyed at me interrupting her viewing of Once Upon A Time

What a coincidence; I interrupted my girlfriend's Netflix binge of Once Upon a Time to take the screenshots!

It is "morbol", not "marbol ... I would not be noting use of blizarra by the conjurer as a cross-class skill, since it is now a class-restricted spell for THM/BLM. ... Build this in with an explanation of the use of dome-protect in CG scenes being out of place and you're set.

Good points; I'll fix those.

I'm still trying to think of the best place to have these discussions. People who know how wikicode works (or are interested in learning the bare essentials for talk pages) can always use the individual discussion pages, but ideally I'd like a forum backing of some kind. Still not sure whether to wait for SE to confirm or deny the Lore Forum, in which case I could just make a thread for each episode as I go, or maybe lobby for one at GE? Dunno!

You can count me in, my friend.

Sign me up too o_o

Thank you! /bow

If you guys aren't familiar with wiki markup, I can copyedit/format. I'll have to make some kind of, like, contributor guide for building a uniform style at some point. The hardest part of this is that The Unending Journey only tells you some of the story. Finding who said what is sometimes just as hard as making sure you have all the dialogue from instanced NPCs and optional discussions. Again, eventually finding a home forum will come in handy for this.

I now have FRAPS, though, so at least I can record my ARR quests in complete form and stash 'em until we get caught up to those episodes.

Also, I'm about done with the prototype of a main-story interactive quest (Shapeless Melody). So far the only differences are that the Raw Transcript page is a lot longer and harder to confirm, and there aren't many opportunities to use the smaller image frames, both minor issues that don't pose larger problems, so we're lookin' good.