Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

and now, here's what it looks like when @eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz 's character goes on a mountain hiking vacation in south america

me: oh maybe my fingernails are long enough to have this temperature-sensitive color-changing nail polish work!!!

me: ......

me: ok not really,

@impishgnoll i can't believe that i actually have something fucking relevant to respond to this with

have a fake start-of-a-poster for some ffxiv worldbuilding about bawdy shows that happen in the pirate town, feat. catgirl dressed as Marlboro: Now With Titties

OH and i gotta put https://youfeellikeshit.com/ like, first point, since it's back

notes to myself at this point... perhaps include

-'slow tv', youtube channels with how it's made/etc. - put candy making videos here, also some aquarium livestreams

-guided videos about grounding techniques/meditation?

-look at some apps maybe to also rec? like https://www.dbtselfhelp.com/html/instant_access_dbt.html , https://www.thinkpacifica.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-app/ , https://anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/ and so on? (do wonder if those outside canada can use the last one tho)

@burgin but, crucially, how many pairs of driving gloves and sunglasses do you have to accessorize with the scarves*? THAT'S the real potential gap in your wardrobe

*or to accessorize the underwear, which would be a different but still very powerful look honestly

i should really update https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qToh9xO7qDHzFymPiQEdFPeOjnnn_RCGm6Qf31eXJ94/edit?usp=sharing soon

this is mainly a relaxation list which i started on tumblr as my like... "hey here's tricks to pull out when you feel a panic attack inc to get out of that spiral", but if folks have some stuff that would go well with this, please let me know! i'd be glad to expand with more links to #mentalhealth resources and such

i remembered the pharmacopoeia talk i gave in #ffxiv so

here it is if you want to roleplay your characters having a bad time because humoral medicine is not accurate! hooray! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YF3noFbO-ZX4D5U1unju5pS_jr9OmrUuu0AVGFpova4/edit?usp=sharing

also this is just sort of like. HI NEW GUILDMATES. I AM HARP. THIS IS MY BULLSHIT. I AM BACK ON IT ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

so what is the rest of mch like? the 'cold' phase is just... really annoying to me.

it's all proc-based, and you really need those procs because otherwise the rotation is not worth carrying through. so, get used to going 1, 1, 1, 1, 1...

you get some guaranteed procs from ammo but those you need for your hot phase.

it's just... fiddly and no-fun

and i like smn gdi!!!!!

the hot phase for mch is frustrating because:

-the reliance on wildfire means that if you flub up your hot phase, you're fucked.

-the hot phase means you have to do a LOT to maximize it

-getting to the hot phase can take a variable amount of time (since attacks rely on rng)

-and what's worse is that you need to manage TWO hot phases, and coordinate them to happen at the same time, when overheat is much more finicky to manage and also has a punishment for a few secs after it ends

honestly, it's like...

i sort of think of my other classes (rdm, smn) as having 'hot' and 'cold' phases. cold is where you are building up to your big burst of damage, or waiting to do it again.

like standing there spamming ruin - cold. popping dreadwyrm trance or then demi-bahamut - hot. building up mana as a rdm - cold. melee attacks then verholy/verflare - hot.

you switch back and forth between hot and cold, right? i think that's a nice rhythm for battle. but...

well i've now played enough mch to remember why i disliked playing mch

i really really hope a retooling of mch happens in shadowbringers. i know it's somewhat unlikely but i can hope.

mch right now is too much like sitting at a frustrating slots machine, and if you don't line things up EXACTLY, your dps just takes too much of a toll, so the pressure is to line things up PERFECTLY, which is incredibly tiresome when dealing with random procs.

things that the steroid shots into my shoulder was supposed to do:

-decrease pain

things that they've actually done:

-really spectacular acne breakout

-moments every so often where i swear my brain does the like printer-out-the-window vine "oh i thought you meant anxiety" "WHY WOULD I SAY TOSS ME ANXIETY"

"OK I'M HERE I GOT MY GUN" "janine it's ANNIE get your gun, not -" "GOT IT ANYWAY" "but janine, it's -" "I PUT A FLAMETHROWER ON THE END OF IT" "....janine..." "IT'S GREAT"

also i can't fucking remember mch rotation for s h i t #ffxiv

the toad who lives just outside the door came out enough to be photographed for his Official Portrait (which is a bit blurry bc camera autofocus oh well)

i saw a wild catboy player in ffxiv, inspected him bc i'm still trying to figure out the who's who of guilds on a new server, and his profile blurb ended with "Tainted/Gay" and some deep part of my brain is desperately trying to make a 'tainted love' song parody

@monorail "ode to joye" is actually the worst pun out of all of them, because one of the main npcs in the machinist storyline is https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Joye

and i am delighted every time i switch to mch