On today’s show, Rubicon and Frei are out, Calaera is hosting, and she’s stuck all alone with Orophen. A triple whammy! We start things off by talking about the New, New World Merger plan by Yoshida. Second time’s a charm? Food and medicine get revamps, while we get more details about Private Player Residences. Love is in the air with the Valentione’s Day Love Letter Contest and we wrap it all up with a bit of Dev Tacking.

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Yelta Sumasu joins us today as a guest. Be kind to her because she’s a great gal. She even put up with all of our crazy shenanigans. We tried to have a talk about Gamer Safety Week. Yoshida decides we need more jewels and rings. And crafters get a revamped HQ item system so they can craft more HQ items while they craft their HQ items with their HQ items. Then we start feeling a bit slighted about the upcoming world mergers. Then we get weird with horses and voice chat on Dev Tracking.

Note: Although we complain about the world merger here, Yoshida actually changed his mind hours after we recorded this episode. Don’t worry, it’s all explained here.

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Orophen is the host this time and @ShouriElemente returns as a guest. Calaera starts off the podcast close to death. And things get a bit crazy this time around, the first time in a while that we’ve gotten this loose. Don’t worry, we’ll be on our best behavior next episode. We promise.

The Big Story

We’ve got a double dose of Letters from the Producer. The first letter, XIII is surprisingly news-less. Just a lot of new year’s shenanigans. Letter XXIV is all about the upcoming Patch 1.21. Yoshida himself is touting that “Patch 1.21 is going to be the biggest patch yet since the launch of FFXIV service.”

The Other Big Story

Direct payments from our credit cards to SE. Finally.

Other News

1.20c Patch Notes, chocolate, and lore about a cult called the Lambs of Dalamud kidnapping people off the streets. But what does it mean?

We finish things off with a bit of Dev Tracking and Aetheryte Camp too.

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We talk about Patch 1.20b, new Grand Company items and the announcement of chocobo armor! We also have Dev Tracking and Aetheryte Camp today, finally getting to your responses about what you want for 2012. Also, Starbucks for chocobos, lalafell bellies, and Orophen doesn’t want you listening. It’s a show this time. And yeah, no real album/banner art this time, but you’ll be fine. Trust us.

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Not much going on this week. We continue the ritual beating of the dead horse known as the FFXIV billing system. Heavensturn is coming to a close, creepy Goobbue snowman and all. Calaera drools over the new male Miqo’te in game renders that surfaced last week, and condemns Rubicon for having a hairy chest. And our boy Yoshida decides that moving while casting spells is so 2011 during Dev Tracking. Enjoy the show!

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In this episode, we have a special guest! ShouriElemente joins us to talk about various things. We only hope he doesn’t regret it in the end. We talk about Patch 1.20a and the current Heavensturn event. We discuss a lazy tax for the lazy, and the discussion gets a bit heated up when we start talking about New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately we never got to any resolutions. We even get into a little Dev Tracking this time. It’s the Year of the Dragon! Check out the show below!

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Today’s episode, Orophen reveals he’s part Time Lord. The dev team throws more auction house features into the market ward system, Gamer Escape comes down the chimney with the surprise Yoshida interview questions, and there’s a new Letter From the Producer to poke at. In the letter, Yoshida gives us a screenshot of all the upcoming jobs in their respective race specific armors, so we have a time analyzing that thing. Also, we throw in a little dash of Dev Tracking. Merry Christmas ya crazies! Enjoy the show!

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Orophen is back this week, and we talk about Patch 1.20. It’s a big’un. But is it the patch that will finally get some coin into SE’s coffers? We’d tell you to listen and find out for yourself, but we’re too busy squawking about the Good King Moggle Mog XII Cometh primal battle. In addition, Yoshida and his pals are tossing out Game of Thrones references for the Starlight Celebration event this year and we want a Snow Goobbue battle. Now. We also get down and dirty with some Aetheryte Camp. Keep those Snow Goobbue warm and toasty in your pants and enjoy the show.

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It’s just Calaera, Rubicon, and Frei today. Orophen was swallowed whole by a motherless cow. In the meantime, we talk about the billing situation in FFXIV. Is the price right? Or is the dev team barking up the wrong money tree? We talk about achievements, why they suck, and why they’re great. Player search and the new market features are the big thing at the end of the year. Is it enough to make FFXIV worth paying for? We also have a healthy dose of Dev Tracking. Don’t worry. We don’t go over the recommended dosage. Hold onto your boot straps. Things are going to get a little pessimistic.

Also, we did note on twitter that we would be reading your Aetheryte Camp responses in this episode. We’ve decided to wait until next episode, so you still have time to discuss the latest Aetheryte Camp topic with us! Head on over and let us know what you think.

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