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Valerian Raithewall
@raithewall.bsky.social
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I play games. Sometimes FFXI. Also it's Valerian. Maybe. Potentially? Yeah.

But yeah, mental health stuff, games. Possibly Taco Bell. Likes FFXI, ffxiv, wow, rpgs in general, strategy games
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Valerian Raithewall @raithewall.bsky.social · 4d
Hi, all. I'm Valerian, I mostly just talk about games and whatever random thing crosses my mind. I'm mainly into RPGs and strategy games, like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Baldur's Gate 1-3, Disco Elysium, Star Control II, Vicky, Stellaris, etc.

I do talk politics sometimes, so be warned.
raithewall.bsky.social
me every time i check the news
Pokemon Leaf green screenshot showing me in the team rocket base at a computer saying "It's all complicated words and numbers that make no sense..."
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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cultofjenova.bsky.social
I need some of this in my life again
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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barleybap.bsky.social
Top four game genres are:

- Lovely Pop Action RPG
- Muchi (Whip) Action Game
- RPG of Learning Why One Exists
- The Ooze
Screenshot of an IGN article on Napple Tale. It includes the text: "Until this officially labeled 'Lovely Pop Action RPG' (that's the actual genre)" A screenshot of the back of the box for Lament of Innocence. It lists the genre as "Muchi Action Game". A screenshot of a list of the characteristic genres of Tales games. The one for Tales of the Abyss is "RPG of Learning Why One Exists". A screenshot of the box art for The Ooze on Sega Genesis.
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Top One Best Restaurants are:
- Taco Bell
barleybap.bsky.social Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 6h
Top four game genres are:

- Lovely Pop Action RPG
- Muchi (Whip) Action Game
- RPG of Learning Why One Exists
- The Ooze
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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helexzura.bsky.social
I really enjoy this time of year for video games. A lot of people talk about their personal GOTY and games they enjoyed this year.

My predictions for this years nominees:
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
I'm stoned and listening to madonna and eating nutella out of a jar with a spoon because i have a surprise day off even if there is apparently some sort of hog or hogs outside i have to be careful about
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Good morning!
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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rhymeswithk.bsky.social
going live now, pls repost etc twitch.tv/keiiplays
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
i'm still sad that barkley shut up and jam gaiden 2 never happened (i am not googling the whole title)
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
Audrey is correct a beef jerky faucet makes the most sense and the fact the government or a space government has not provided one for me and every citizen of the galaxy is a crime and i will not stand for it
bluedymoos.bsky.social Audrey @bluedymoos.bsky.social · 1d
A beef jerky faucet!
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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bluedymoos.bsky.social
A beef jerky faucet!
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
I wish i had beef jerky but in a way that didn't require me to either go out and buy it or go kill a cow and make it myself. like some sort of beef jerky genie or wand?
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
YAY I did it!
Pokemon Leaf Green screenshot showing a Gyarados i just evolved with the text "Congratulations! Your MAGIKARP evolved into GYARADOS!" on the screen.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
I hate internet problems lol. At least mine works again!
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
MY favorite thing about waking and baking is forgetting to make the coffee first and now I have to remember how my coffee maker works while stoned while also listening to ragnarok from ffxi
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Good morning, folks!
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
Every time I think of my friends' then-three-year-old pretending to be evil by going 'HO! HO! HO! I AM A BAD GUY!' and stomping around while making crashing noises, i laugh.
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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casuallyars.bsky.social
As a newer player, I don't know half of the things people talk about in FFXI, especially what a DD is and what DT means when setting up my gear.
So I thought I'd make a small graphic for just a few terms I felt were important/used often enough for new people like me to use as reference!
BCNM - Burning Circle Notorious Monster "A burning circle, here?!" - Alxaal In FFXIV terms, these would be most similar to your trial fights. It places you and your party members into an instanced zone to fight an enemy; buffs will typically wear on entry, but some can be outliers. HTMB - High-Tier Mission Battlefield If BCNMs are your trial fights, these are your Extreme versions. These use a KI to get in, which can be bought for varying amounts of Merits. Most of the gear has been outstripped these days, but it's still neat to get some for lockstyle or the experience! These come in varying difficulties that will be explained later here. If you clear on the highest difficulty, you can get a title specific to that boss! Occasionally, events will run where you're able to get special items from these (looking at all of you, people that joined from San d'Oria The Second Walk). The POL website will announce these. ilvl - Item Level Like in FFXIV, there's a level for your gear to denote how strong it is. Since FFXI stopped player progression past level 99, it's the gear that strengthens people beyond the threshold. If gear has <119> in the lower right corner of the box, it's considered 'ilvl gear' and is 'current', as in 'added in the last five years'. Often contested as a term because some gear will rocket players past the 119 mark, even when not written. DIFFICULTY LEVELS This applies to content like Ambuscade and HTMBs, and uses item levelto show how much trouble the fight ahead will be. (Note that these are NOT indicative of damage because some will push your shit in even on VE, looking at you in particular Kammy.) VE - Very Easy - 113 E - Easy - 116 N - Normal - 119 D - Difficult - 119+ VD - Very Difficult - 119+ KI - Key Item Exactly as it says on the tin. There's a special inventory just for these, so they won't take up space in your main bags thankfully. There's temporary key items that will be consumed on use, often items used to get into specific battles. Some of these have humorous descriptions, so don't be afraid to take your time and read through them if you get the chance! AH - Auction House If you're familiar with FFXIV, this is the market board. It works a bit differently though, where you put up how much you'd pay for an item, and if someone listed it for that amount or less, you buy it! You can lowball something and occasionally get LUCKY. Could also mean 'FFXIAH', a website where you can check player bazaars across the server you're on as well as what an item recently sold for. LP - Limit Points Points accumulated after you hit level 75, or whatever your level cap would be. Rather than EXP, you begin gaining Limit Points. If you gain 10,000 Limit Points, you get a single Merit Point! Merits - Merit Points These can be used to strengthen your character further, with your first cap being 45. This can ALSO be raised, up to holding 75 merit points that can be used on battlefield orbs! CP - Capacity Points The next level after you get to 99. You begin to accumulate CP as you kill monsters around your level. When you hit 30,000 CP, you gain a Job Point. JP - Job Points Every 30,000 CP you get a JP, which is the pinnacle of strengthening your job's specific qualities. These are gained per-job, unlike Limit Points that can be obtained across all your jobs. As you use JP for attribute increases, you gain Gifts that will overall improve things like your damage, how many CP you earn, and other more job-specific things like wyvern stats. When you hit 2,100 JP, you become a job master and can get those little stars above your head! DT - Damage Taken If you hear someone talk about 'DT sets' or 'DT gear', they're talking about gear that keeps you alive! There's PDT (physical damage taken) and MDT (magical damage taken). This doesn't include MTDT (mental damage taken from yell chat). (Jokingly) DD - Damage Dealer While 'tank' and 'healer' are still the main terms used in FFXI for those specific jobs, rather than calling something like a Dragoon a DPS, they're called a DD. 2HR - Two Hour Ability In FFXI, all jobs have an ability specific to them that has a crispy full 2 hour cooldown in real life. Be careful on misclicking it; it's not something to worry about when you're going through for story, but it can mean life or death in a particularly hard fight sometimes. LB - Limit Break quests A set of quests starting at level 75 that will allow your character to get to level 99. Happens every 5 levels; get used to saying hi to Maat and the moogle! TP - Tactical Points 1,000 of these and you can execute a Weapon Skill! WS - Weapon Skill In the early game, it's best to think of these as a Limit Break from the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole. As you level up and gain new abilities, you're be able to use these MUCH faster. SC - Skillchain When two Weapon Skills used in succession are appropriate and used at the right time, a Skillchain is activated. This can go MUCH further in-depth, but there's online charts dedicated to telling you how to make specific SCs depending on your WS you have available. Or you could just not bother with these and spam Savage Blade, which is not very advisable. Fudo - Tachi: Fudo A Great Katana weapon skill. Used for cheese. Naegling Weapon used to make cheese out of Savage Blade. Savage Blade Also used for cheese. Mostly memes with these last few, but you'll see people talking about them sometimes so I thought it'd be good to add them! Lockstyle If you're familiar with XIV, this is your glamour system! Rather than having a glamour chest and plates, you have up to 200 sets! These share slots with gear sets though, so balance is key when you begin to make gear sets for playing the game (which I'll admit is terrifying). Which means, technically, you have 200 glamour plates with no restrictions on use in any zone AND no restriction on the type of gear you can use for your appearance!. My own lockstyle is a mashup of both melee, ranged, and caster gear because I think it looks cool all together! As long as you have a job leveled that can equip it, it can be used as lockstyle/glamour on any other gear piece! The major snag for lockstyle is weapon types; you can't lock some types of weapon over others. If you want a sword on a spear, for instance, it'll flag an error at you. Just something to keep an eye on! Also known as the TRUE end game of FFXI. Go forth and make your mark on the fashion world!
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Please play Live a Live. It's great, and maybe if we're lucky the other square-enix games stuck on the SNES might get translated! hah aaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
professorfessor.bsky.social Professor Fessor 🎮 SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions @professorfessor.bsky.social · 2d
It is amazing to me that there are so many JRPGs out there and yet I can’t think of one that I’d describe as being like Live A Live. It really is its own thing. If you’ve never played it you really should. 8 bite sized miniRPGs that hit such a wide array of moods and emotions.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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professorfessor.bsky.social
It is amazing to me that there are so many JRPGs out there and yet I can’t think of one that I’d describe as being like Live A Live. It really is its own thing. If you’ve never played it you really should. 8 bite sized miniRPGs that hit such a wide array of moods and emotions.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
I got my cool flight stick stuff quasi-working. I think I have to boot into windows to get them properly set up but they were registered and such at least when I fired up elite dangerous to see if they would at least do stuff. SO YAY
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Time for some more pokemon leaf green on this rainy day, then maybe some morrowind!
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
I am glad today is saturday because i am awakened and abakened
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
raithewall.bsky.social
Good morning everyone!!!!!!!!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
raithewall.bsky.social
I got really high and listened to a bunch of songs covered in classical latin and now 9900000000% of my algorithm is that
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM