u/Get_Schwifty111

I've been slicing and hacking my way through roughly 15 ingame days now and it has been a very mixed experience. The story I love, I like the world exploration, I dig the urgency (I'm kinda falling behind but I guess that is part of the thrill here). I initially also liked the combat system and went like "DAMN! This is so much better than TW3! This is gonna be great!" .... but sadly ... it gets old - like VERY fast.

This topic is not saying anything about the difficulty (I get some K.O.s but that's mainly when I fight enemies way above me). There sure is some real jank here during groupfights when the clunky character movement (slow like Gerald) and the lock-on camera do the whole system a disservice and the enemy variety also leaves something to be desired .... but no, I'm more talking about the length of general encounters. I have (what I think) is some pretty decent gear but still there are some fights that draaaaag on and it's always the same. In human form I use that whirlwind/weapon special move and a hex and otherwise I always perfect guard and retaliate and well vampire form is faster because mine has craptons of speed+ and crit+ BUT the fights still drag because enemies like boars and wolves and most common soldiers have WAY too much HP. I'm really getting pissed at fighting 4 soldiers on the road (while fighting with the target-camera) and then more often than not 4+ boars with no sense of self-preservation show up and add themselves to the enemy group numbers.

I really wished games would make auto-scaling optional again (TW3 did that finally) because it's so bizzare being this high level vampire at the end of the game and still hacking at small animals like a trapped peasent. It feels as if I had made no progress in character strength from beginning to end because the enemies still look the same and take roughly the same amount of hits.

I know it shouldn't, I know it's childish but it is what it is and I really need to voice this or I'll implode: The Nintendo fanbase (here on reddit, on other websites and forums) is triggering me to no end.

I like some Nintendo series still, the company and its games have been a companion of sorts since I was 6 years old. I actually own a NS2 (I got with a good deal), I like some of the games on there (Bananza is cool) and I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem .. which is why reddit and such are showing me news and "discussions" on this still.

Something that really gets on my nerves however -and it sadly only grows - is how "inapt" most of the more aggressive fanbase reacts and makes me question my sanity. There are so many red flags with modern Nintendo and not only do these people not say "No thanks" (I can accept people buying stuff that is overpriced with their money) BUT actually defend it with the most insane menatal gymanstics I have every witnessed while screwing themselves.

New games (like my FE game) now start to cost 80 (which is a 33% jump from their last generation)? - "Games tended to be more expensive!"

Game Key Cards mean you don't own your games anymore in the long run? - "I only want digital anyways!"

1st party game release with more and more mediocre quality (Prime4, Mario Tennis a.s.o.) and sometimes get "patch cycles" that see you buy an incomplete game? "I loved them anyways, all gaming journalists are just haters!"

Nintendo still has the most awful Online service that is still peer2peer and asks money from you? - "It works so well for me! Be grateful that you get all those amazing old classics on top!"

There are less and less new games and more and more "Remasters" and "Remakes"? - "I can finally play this Zelda game that was re-released like 3 times for the 4th time now!"

And the list goes on and on ...

I don't hate that people defend the product they invested their money in (that's basic human psychology 1o1) but the fact that these "fans" have somehow managed to develope some sort of weird "Stockholm"-like syndrom, completely ignore EVERYTHING else and drag everyone down with them. It feels as if I'll be paying more in the future for the games from N. I like because those ... "fans" can't help themselves but defend everything that has the brand's name on it. Is it that simple? No, probably not - but it feels like that and as I said I needed to vent.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk lol 😃

I used to become very depressed whenever had diarrhea just a few years back. My day was basically over at that point and I'd become anxious and whiney.

It really really helped me to build a short routine around toilet visits when diarrhea strikes at home. It makes me more comfortable and my abdominal muscles are way more relaxed after (if they cramp, it's basically game over for the next days).

So when I feel it coming, I take my bluetoothspeaker with me and play classical music and "conduct on the seat (not kidding, I move my hands with closed eyes as if I was the conductor). Then after it is over, I roll myself in a blanket (no matter how warm it is because I have shivers afterwards) and sit on a comfy bench in front of my TV and watch some drama/thriller series while trying to let go of/relax the muscles in my rectum further (read how you can mimmick "fartig" which helps de-cramp down there).

How about you? :-) What do you do?

Edit2: My problems were solved by controlling which hotbars are cycled through with hotbar-cycling/a sheathe/non-combat hotbar differentiation! Thanks a lot you all <3

Edit: Can someone who downvoted this topic tell me why? Did I ask this in the wrong section? I heard the FF14 community is supposed to be very open-minded and I'm hoping this isn't because a casual with chronic finger inflammation asks for help and ideas from people who spent years perfecting their hotbars?!

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Hey there! :-)

Maybe you can help me, I'm looking for a comfortable controller setup. I'm relatively new (played once until Endwalker, then stopped for 2 years and now I'm replaying it with a new character because I'm here for the story and casual dungeon content). I'm mainly playing BM (and some WM but BM is more important - it's the class I play the game for bc. of the power fantasy).

At the end of Endwalker I had to stop because I was binging the game and my hands hurt + I think my controller setup could have been more ideal.

Something I didn't utilize was the "Mixed" setting for the hotbars. During dungeons in small burts holding the triggers L1/R1 to access hotbars is practical - if I'd do that constantly even during "normal battles" (only specifically one enemy or a group on screen as I divide hotbar sides between singletarget and aoe) it'd put some needless strain on my fingers.

Only issue: The mixed setting (or "Toggle") don't go together with the hotbars you can bring up by doubletapping R1 or L1. You can however still use the ones you get by pressing L1->R1 or R1->L1 which is great. I'd like to keep both combinations on the same hotbar as this would mean I can just press them together (R1+L1) and always get the same hotbar (the system can't read the input wrong).

This leaves me with 3 easily accessable hotbars (L1 / R2 / L1+R2) which results in 24 slots. That sounds great but we all know how many buttons you need even at the end of Endwalker (+ one slot needs to be running/ 1 slot is mount / maybe one teleport or whatever).

I also found out this nifty trick of adding another hotbar I don't need above my hotbars only too see the skills on cooldown (I love that so much).

So is there another clever way to get me maybe 1-2 more hotbars somehow? Best I came up with was holding R2 and switching between specific hotbar sets for skills on very long cooldowns!? I'd be an idea to switch between just 2 sets (so I only have 2 sets of hotbars BUT because I use my "cooldown-hotbar" to see cooldowns I can't add any to those or they'd show on that cooldown hotbar. Leaving them seperate would mean R2 pushes needed to switch between 3 sets of hotbars however which is less ideal again.

Sry for this rambling :-D FF14 is amazing but such a long adventure that I'd like to implement a finger-friendly system right from the start which gets me through the game in a comfortable way with minimal strain.

Maybe you have some other ideas?

Thanks a lot <3

Hey there! I could use some advice/tips/ideas from anyone who was in a similar situation on what might have helped them imrpove (even just a little) because I'm at my wit's end here and I'm grateful for any idea.

Quick rundown:

- have been loosing safe foods for years now (currently on basically white rice, chicken and carrots) so I'm malnutrioned and have vitamin deficiencies BUT can't take any oral vitamins (stomach throws them all out)

- last testing they found chronic mild gastritis/patches of "mild" inflammation in my small and large intestines which they labeled as Crohns BUT nothing they tried really helped (cortison dampened the inflammation, made me dead-tired but I couldn't eat anything more after the course/biologics I had to quit Entiviyo and Inflixi after 1 dose each because they gave me severe adverse reaction/Budeno. didn't do anything)

- currently I have had diarrhea 4 out of 5 days and because I'm malnutrioned I can feel my body slowly giving up (now feeling lightheaded before I get dirrhea and exhausted most of the time). It feels as if my rectum is slightly swollen and cramped (of course that's just what I think I feel)

- currently have my blood tested for missing DAO-enzyme (histamine intolerance)/having a big coloconoscopy next month (feels too far away) where they will take samples again (and I demand they send samples in to test for mast cell activity)

- there's a high chance that my dysbiosis is partly to blame for this (not SIBO, just f'd up bacterial composition) because Rifaximin helped me thrice (fourth time failed) and probiotics helped for years until they stopped helping at all.

Why I'm asking:

My problem is that my body feels as if I don't have another month (yeah yeah, drama and theatrics but that's how I feel currently) so I was thinking about going to a nearby clinic ... well to do what exactly? What can they do in the short run that doesn't mess up my dysbiosis even more?

Any ideas on how to get more nutrition? Could they put me on a drip for something? Is there a good vitamin combination that can be given via syringe?

I also thought about asking for tests like bacterial infection/fungus/parasites via stool samples just in case?

I want to make it to my colo in June because that doctor is really good (he's just currently touring the world giving speeches or something) but my malnutrition is preventing my body from healing itself in the meantime - I'm just missing too many important vitamins such as C or folate.

Hey there! :-)

Quick question because I'm currently dealing with an annoying new development despite eating slowly/not too much/safe foods and I wonder if this is still considered something that could be considered "normal" in terms of flare-up symptoms:

For the second time in two weeks I now have the following: Sharp pain in my lower abdomen (hypogastritic region) and a little to my left side of it that last for a few seconds/comes in waves and then I have 3-4 visits to the loo in more or less rapid succession until my bowls "feel" empty and it all calms down. The first few times is rather solid digestion and in the end it's (of course) watery diarrhea. There are - thank god - no signs of blood (not even mucous). It all just tends to have this yellowish look (it always has for me for the past few years).

The first time 2 weeks ago I thought it was a small bacterial infection or I ate something wrong (a little bit too much olive oil or something) but this time this simply can't be the case so my guess is this is my new "symptom" (my problems tend to evolve and change a little from time to time - I think you can relate?).

So: Is this within the perimeters of something we could call "normal" with IBD/IBS? (stabbing pain lower abdomen/rapid visits to the toilet until diarrhea and then it all calms down)

Would help me a lot not to worry too much.

And yes, I have a doctor and I actually have my next colo. booked for 1 month from now. I just need to know what your experience is - that might already calm me down a little.

Currently I'm on my last legs fighting my chronical illness like a madman every day (not meant as a sob story, it's just what it is) loosing weight every day without doctors here really having any idea what to do about it.

And all I'm thinking is: I swear to god, if I die before FW comes out, I'm gonna turn into the Nintendo execs. office poltergeist and personally haunt the everliving **** out of them! >:/ Horror movies will have nothing on me, wait and see! They'll always come back from the loo, look in the mirror above the sink and there will be blood writing every time: "WHERE WAS THE GENEOLOGY REMAKE???" or "WHY NO SACRED STONES REMAKE THO?" And I'll do this to the benfit of you all so thank me later.

Damn, I need this game so bad, it's the (sad) goal I'm currently fighting for. My NS2 is ready, my mind is ready, Nintendo just has to release this ASAP!