Just Doing Wondrous Tails In FF14

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was different than it has been as of late, because we dedicated the night to doing the Wondrous Tails, which basically just assigns a list of various Dungeons, Raids, Trials and PVP stuff to do try and complete lines on a 4X4 grid. We actually lucked out and got one line, which is very tough to do. Granted I could have re-rolled to try and get more lines, but 99% of the time just getting one is all one wants.

That said, I did discover I can use the Wondrous Tails to level boost other Disciple of Magic / War skill sets, which will make bringing them up a lot easier than I would have anticipated. In fact I already know next Thursdays FF14 stream will lead off with the Level 45 Dragoon job quest called 'Double Dragoon'.

Also did some fishing and finally acquired some Purple Script, which means eventually it will be possible to get the best possible gathering gear, but it will take a while to acquire. We closed out the night with some random PVP, and actually one a match where I lead the team in getting kills... as opposed to getting killed... HA!

Huge thanks to Coleyrado for a huge raid during the stream. They were doing a Just Chatting stream over at twitch.tv/coleyrado! They also have play things like New Pokemon Snap, Fortnite and Stray!

Twitch Clips

• That 'nearly' hurt
• You know what... F It! 
• Three For Me! None For You! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/YrGamerBunni! Other items they have featured games like Magic: The Gathering and Halo Infinite!

Work was a total drag yesterday... stuck on one assignment that basically went no where, while folks on another assignment were cleaning up complete all afternoon. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for a duration of 34 minutes.

I made sure to check out the intro for MLB's Field of Dreams game which featured Ken Griffey Jr having a catch with his dad Ken Sr. Knowing Ken Jr.'s animosity towards the Yankees for how his dad was treated, it's pretty awesome that this years game featured the Reds, a team both of them played for during their careers. 

What kind of tea is hardest to swallow? Reality.

Why did the golfer need new pants? Because he got a hole in one.

Song of the Day: Chocolate by The 1975

Started work on the latest commission request for a WWE story based around the aftermath of the 2016 brand split, and I think the client will like the intro.

Got in some work on Mass Effect 3's multiplayer achievement and knocked out the Gunsmith one fairly easily. Rather pleased with the progress I've made in my goal of just looking to get 1000 gamer score on it, and I'm I'm to 885. Based just on sticking to the story, knocking out the last couple of N7 missions and doing the story plus part of the Citadel DLC... I should gain 385 gamer score. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Gunsmith: Upgrade any weapon to level 10.

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For tonight's stream, we're hooking up the PlayStation 4 to play My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure. Will this be a hidden gem like DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power was last year? We can only hope!

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Back to Fallout 76

Good morning everyone,

Well last night's stream of Fallout 76 was interesting as I progressed a big part of the Foundation side of the build towards the big Vault break in to kind of have it even with where the Crater side is. I enjoy some of the back and forth in finding what I needed to access various areas, as it really seems like things were well thought out.

Also, since I'm tackling the Brotherhood of Steel stuff as well, I knocked out the back end of the dealing with the Crater and getting Foundation into a 'trade agreement' of sorts. Since this is supposed to be done long after the prior mentioned quest line, it just makes things more jumbled. On the plus side, I am curious who sold the weapons to Foundation.. and if one of the Knights turned traitor. Looking forward to seeing how that shakes out.

Big shout out to Iceman for not only the resub, but also for being apart of the action to help with the Scoreboard challenges. Always glad to have co-op action on a game like this. We also discovered the Monster Mash event is really... REALLY... awful and a waste of time.

On a side note regarding the screenshot... you'll see why I picked that one for this blog by clicking on it and seeing that on top of the entrance it says 'Bite my rusty metal ass', which is a reference to Bender from Futurama who would say 'Bite my shiny metal ass.' 

Also I became aware that there was no game audio during the stream after the fact... I do not know why other than the fact there was a Windows Update that probably screwed up a whole bunch of stuff, as I had to reassign by mic and headphones in OBS. I hope to have this addressed by tonight's stream.

Twitch Clips

• It did a flip!
• Well... Sh!t 
• Dude...
  

For the raid we dropped in on Cammi_316 while they were playing Fortnite over at twitch.tv/cammi_316!

Yesterday work just fucking dragged man... hopefully today will feel quicker, but I see the assignment I'm on means I'm going to get a big fat goose egg for the day. Damn it...

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hip Shape Focus Combo, Intermediate Combo #2 and Straight Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

In regards to last night's stream issues that were traced back to Xfinity, there were 5 in total. Was able to successful document once instance where the Upstream Power Level was well over 51. 

The Phillies are surging as of late, but they can't keep up this momentum for long as they have a series with the Mets this weekend.

Jumped into Mass Effect 3's multiplayer and managed to knock out the Overload related achievement, and also got my Engineer character up to Level 20 as well. The next one to shoot for is to get a weapon to Rank 10, but that is pretty grindy because of how the Recruit packs are randomized.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Overload Specialist: Overload the shields of 100 enemies.

What do you call Samsung's security team? The Guardians of the Galaxy!

Song of the Day: Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

I sold my vacuum yesterday. It was just collecting dust.

Overwatch is getting rid of the Loot box system, and I have mixed feeling about it because I always knew whenever new seasonal rewards came out I could grab a bundle of them, get the rewards and stock up on gold to unlock other things down the road.

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For tonight's stream, Final Fantasy XIV is on deck, as the goal is mostly just casual playing, finding loose side quests and other stuff.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Leviathan and Omega In One Night

Good morning everyone

Last night's stream of Mass Effect 3 was certainly DLC heavy as we tackled both the Leviathan and Omega story arcs.

Leviathan is certainly great in terms of all the extra lore that gets added in terms of who or what created the Reapers, not to mention the reason why behind their creation. There are a few great character moments, not to mention how some things can be addressed or handled that could make Shepard seem obsessive... most notably when Ann Brynson is linked to the Leviathan with the goal of tracking it down. I never take the option of breaking the connection, because I don't feel it fits Shepard's character. On a side note, With the added systems included with the Leviathan DLC, some have extra items that make getting the Shepard lives ending if one is not doing the multiplayer or galaxy at war options.

That said, I do prefer the Omega DLC overall, because it's shorter and self contained that allows the player to get to influence (or encourage) Aria in the liberating of Omega. Nyreen Kandros is a great character that helps flesh our Aria's past a bit, and I do find General Oleg Petrovsky to be a likeable villain. I was lucky that the in story side quests were not glitched on this play through, resulting in getting a ll the achievements for it. Of course the final part where we have to free Aria while running around and avoiding enemies that can pounce on you and get 'shields' if the pylons ar active can fuck right off.

At this point, the next time we play Mass Effect 3, it'll be the Quarian / Geth story arc taking center stage... and if I remember right, I screwed up badly in my Mass Effect 2 play through so that means Legion will end up getting killed. Once that's done, Santuary would be next... and then the Citadel DLC, which will be epic for all the right reasons.

On a side note, after the stream I did more multiplayer stuff in Mass Effect 3, playing as an Engineer to try and grind out the Overloads needed for its corresponding achievement. This lead to the Explorer achievement being unlocked. 

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Conspiracy Theorist: Use clues to pinpoint the exact location of an objective.
• No Stone Unturned: Investigate a sinister conspiracy.
• Family Matters: Rescue a civilian from Reaper forces.
• Under Pressure: Uncover an ancient secret.
• Talon: Find the Talon leader.
• Meticulous: Complete all the Command Center side-missions on Omega.
• Savior: Free Omega from Cerberus Occupation.
• Explorer: Complete three multiplayer matches or five N7 missions.
  

Twitch Clips

• How did you guys get in there?!
• They don't like it when they have to face something bigger than them! 
  
• We delivered the mail... right into the slot! 

For the raid we dropped in on Joliet4 who was doing a music stream over at twitch.tv/joliet4! 

For the record we had one instance of a break in the stream, where the Upstream Power Level did break pass 51. I did notice a few random instances during the day, with the Upstream Power Level being at 49.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 stream featured Beginner Combo #2, Advanced Combo #1 and Sway Back Combo for 34 minutes.

Why do seagulls fly over the sea? Because if they flew over the bay, they'd be called bagels.

What did the animals tell Simba when he walked too slow? Mufasa!

Song of the Day: Basket Case by Green Day

YrGamerBunni has started doing more morning streams so that they can have more time to work on original created content in the evenings. You can follow them at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni!  

The Double Standard of the GOP when it comes to Hilary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump taking an obscene amount of documents to hide his wrong doing is hilarious. And with how so many Trump supporters are calling for a Civil War over this, that is basically proof that each and every one of them are traitors and should be treated as such.

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For tonight's stream, we're going back to Fallout 76 to continue the awful continuity of events I've started. We might be joined by Iceman at some point as well!

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

As Usual We Cure The Genophage!

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Mass Effect 3 saw a couple of issues with Xfinity, and a few old fashion frame drops, but it was mostly stable.

We did cover a lot of major stuff, and not so major stuff with the game in terms of side quests. The big thing was we cured the Genophage, because there is no way in hell I would ever pick the Salarians over the Krogan, mostly because for every one cool Salarian there are bunch of assholes. We also took care of the secondary missions involving helping Samara and Jacob, and I did try to make party selections make sense to get extra dialog. I did take Javik with Liara for the Samara mission, just to have them snipping at each other.

Of course, anyone who has seen my play the Mass Effect trilogy before knows how important I view Thane's death scene when it comes to Shepard's character, because Thane is the only love interest in the trilogy that can die in a major moment that is not a decision. Plus, when we get to the Citadel DLC, Thane's memorial service is a lot more impactful because Shepard cries during it.

In terms of the side-side quests, the ones that involve exploring, we covered a good portion of all things that are associated with every system that opens up after Priority: Tuchanka, and that meant a lot of running around the Citadel to get some deliveries made. In terms of these, I just have the stuff that open up after Priorty: Geth Dreadnought, Priorty: Rannoch and Priority: THessia to deal with.

But before we even do that, the DLC quests called Omega and Leviathan will be my next priority and will be featured on tonight's stream. We'll probably open with Leviathan because that is long as hell to deal with, and when that is done, if there is time we'll tackle Omega.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Eye of the Hurricane: Kill a brute while it's charging you.
• Bruiser: Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks.
• Pathfinder: Explore a lost city.
• Master and Commander: Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict.
• Arbiter: Win a political stand-off.
• Paramour: Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship.
• Problem Solver: Evacuate a scientific facility.
• Fact Finder: Discover an enemy's monstrous origin.

Twitch Clips

• Achievement: Eye of the Hurricane
• I'm trapped! 
• Shepard is always interested 
  

For the raid we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Crusader Kings III over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni!  

Today's FItness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #1, Uppercut Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo for 31 minutes.

Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resident got raided by the FBI...too bad he wasn't there because the footage of him kicking and screaming would have been hilarious!

Asked the supervisor at my job what are the chances that I won't get stuck on the current big assignment every day, because it just handcuffs the hell out of how productive I can be. I'm someone who like to hit certain marks, and more often than not I do feel some assignments are meant to just make sure I don't reach my own goals.

We're expecting a big thunderstorm or at least a lot of rain on Wednesday afternoon and evening, hopefully work and streaming will not be effected. 

What do you call a canine magician? A labracadabrador.

The rotation of the earth really makes my day.

Song of the Day: Misery Business by Paramore

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So as we established earlier, tonight we'll be playing Mass Effect 3, so on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Overwatch... The Way To Star The Week

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch started a little earlier than normal, and we ended up doing a lot more than one would expected. Sure we played standard Quick Play Role Queue, but we also messed around with Mystery Heroes, Capture the Flag and Quick Play Classic Big shout out to PandaSweet who was apart of a lot of the matches,

In terms of who I used, D.va, Wrecking Ball, Moira, Ana, Lucio, Sigma, Widowmaker Doomfist, & Tracer were among the various characters I used. Also picked up two plays of the Game as D.va, so that was cool.

Now of course the next Overwatch Remix event will be starting this week, so we're looking forward to seeing the new attires. Of course Reaper is almost guaranteed to get one. Of course I'm looking forward to probably being able to get into even brawls like Junkenstein's Revenge, or things like the lore missions.

Twitch Clips

• Got Two!
• Got a Double Kill Off of That! 
• Double Kill and Taking Down The Turrent
  

For the raid we dropped in on TracyDoll who was playing Friday the 13th: The Game over at twitch.tv/tracydoll!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Straight Combo #1 for 28 minutes.

I was expecting an Xfinity tech yesterday afternoon, but they never showed. So did they try to skirt the scheduled with the unexpected Saturday morning visit which I was barely awake for? Now I did get a call from the Executive Customer Relations team this morning to tell me they don't know why the tech visit was push to a day earlier.

For the record we had two upstream issues last night that effect the streaming but I was not quick enough to get into the Gateway to document what the Upstream Power level was.But i have seen the Upstream Power Levels have been pushing 48 / 49, so that means it may have briefly exceeded 51.

Managed to finished the one commission fic request for a WWE/Fox Sports cross over... and then got another one for a WWE fic set in the year 2016 post brand split draft.

I'd tell you the joke about perforated paper, but it's tear-able.

What do you call someone else's cheese? Nacho cheese!

Song of the Ride: Riptide by Vance Joy

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For tonight's stream, we shall resume Mass Effect 3, and we'll try to keep things balance in terms of doing side quests and main story stuff! That said I did knock off a lot of achievements via the online multiplayer mode last night, managing to get in on some super hard missions, which allowed me to level up quickly. Plus doing that allowed me to get the maximum readiness which was I was gunning for via the N7HQ 'Galaxy at War' site. IT did take about 2 hours and 45 minutes to that, but hell, it was worth it.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements

• Almost There: Reach level 15 in multiplayer or level 50 in single-player.
• Combined Arms: Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts.
• Peak Condition: Reach level 20 in multiplayer or level 60 in single-player.
• Defender: Attain the highest level of readiness in each theater of war.
• Battle Scarred: Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War or import an ME3 character.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks Is Actually... Good?!

 Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream had some minor instances of frame drops and a couple of brief interruptions, but with Xfinity doing repairs to the lines and stuff, it makes it harder to access the gateway to see what the upstream power levels were. 

Anyway, we started the stream with Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks for the PlayStation 2... and outside of some questionable cut scenes where Liu Kang had different hair styles, and some really bad voice acting... it's actually a good game. I was impressed with how responsive the controls were and how as a brawler things just worked. We actually advanced fairly deep, going all the way up through the Kitana/Jade/Mileena boss fight. 

Now I did have some trouble mostly with puzzles and figuring out what to do and where to go, so some sort of map indicator, way pointer or a decent in-game map would really made things progress a lot further than things did. There are of course some continuity issues as well, such as when Jade is killed in the original Mortal Kombat timeline, but these are just nitpicks.

We did switch over to MultiVersus, and I think I figured out Arya Stark and Jake the Dog in terms of how to play them. I do struggle with trying to time using abilities to save my self from getting knocked off the sides, but hey happy to say there are things I'm figuring out.!

Twitch Clips

• That's a Big Dude...
• Mulitality doesn't work on the Sorcerers? 
• 1 versus 2
• Haha! 
• Ho! Ho! Ho!
• Victory! 
  

For the raid, we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over on twitch.tv/Kalenal last night! 

As of last night I got the Galaxy at War up to over 80% in all five areas so hopefully I will continue to make progress with that to get it's related achievement in Mass Effect 3 sooner rather than later.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #1, Body Hook Combo and Double Hook Combo #2

Have not finished writing the latest Commission request yet, in fact I basically scrapped what I originally had for the intro yesterday afternoon.

What kind of music do windmills like? They're metal fans.

What do you call a fish with two knees? A tunee fish.

Song of the Day: Somebody That I used to Know by Gotye (Featuring Kimbra) 

Star of a new week means we get to take a look back at all the games we featured over the previous seven days which included: Overwatch, Mass Effect 3, Smite, Fall Guys, Final Fantasy XIV, Stray, Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks & MultiVersus!

 

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For tonight's stream, Overwatch is on deck and we're going to hope it'll be incident free with little to no issues with my Xfinity service.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Stray was awesome... Yes I cried a little

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night we played Stray... and unfortunately, the stream got split into two parts, but we did play the entire game in one night. And I'll admit right at the start, I cried at the end because I was reading every line of dialog out loud, so the last few lines broke me. I do have a clip where you can hear my voice wavering.

In terms of the actual game, I loved it... our nameless cat certainly had one hell of a bad day... and not because of the 9+ times I got killed. I did enjoy a lot of the early puzzles and exploration that was involved. I know for sure I missed a lot of stuff, and made some choices that made some achievements unobtainable. I did find some of the later enemies (The Sentinels ) tough to deal in terms of getting past them, because I was kind of powering through when I should've been looking for patterns

The funny thing is about the plot with it basically being trapped in a walled city or vault is that one could consider this is what Fallout would be if there were no humans and mostly robots who evolved into having human qualities to some degree. I'm probably reaching with that statement, but oh well. Does give me a reason to go back and play it again as part of next year's line up.

Would I recommend Stray for folks to play, yes, wholeheartedly yes!

Big thanks to the viewers for kicking in 300 Bits during the stream, ya'll are awesome! And also thanks to the new followers as well in the form of EvacArts_Guila and Pipermarch99!

Stray (PS4) Trophies

• Missed Jump: Fall inside the city.
• A Little Chatty: Meow 100 times.
• Not Alone: Meet B-12.
• Cat Got Your Tongue?: Have B-12 translate a robot.
• Curiosity Killed the Cat: Wear the paper bag.
• Cat-a-Pult: Jump 500 times.
• Meowlody: Bring all the music sheets to Morusque.
• Boom Chat Kalaka: Dunk the basketball.
• Cat-a-strophe: Try to play mahjong with the robots.
• Cat's best friend: Nuzzle up against 5 robots.
• Catwalk: Reach Midtown.
• Scratch: Scratch the vinyl in the club.
• Al-Cat-Raz: Go to jail.
• No More Lives: Die 9 times.
• Eye Opener: Complete the game and open the city.

Twitch Clips

• Aww.... tip-tap-tip-tap.... 
• Panda! Boom-Chat-Kalaka!
• Sup Dude! 
• You Can Tell Stray Broke Me...
  

For the raid we dropped in on MommyBee who was playing Persona 5 over at twitch.tv/mommybee!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #1, Hook Combo #2 and Left-Right Step Combo for 28 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Stats For 7/31-8/6/22

• Punches Thrown: 8539
  
• Estimate Calories Burned:3491.37 kcal
  
• Laura's Champion Progress: 66% (33 out of 50 Hours)
  
• King EX Fight Progress: 95%
  

So an update Xfinity, I was called yesterday saying they did quite a bit of work in the area on Thursday, so they want to come out tomorrow to check the lines to see if things are where they are supposed to be. Now there was someone out this morning checking on upstream signals, and they saw the history that the power levels were at 50 or above going back to July 17. I was also told RF lines (?) were being replaced in the area to help resolve a lot of issues.

What's even better than Ted Danson? Ted singing and Danson.

Why did the invisible man turn down a job offer? He couldn't see himself doing it.

In regards to Mass Effect 3, I have been putting in time over on the N7 HQ site to build up the Galactic Readiness. With luck I'll be able to get the in-game achievement for that by mid-week. We'll see. if I'm right with that prediction.

Song of the Day: Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones

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For tonight's stream, we're hooking up the PlayStation 2 to check out Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, and more than likely we'll mess around with other thing. I did consider numerous other things, but I figure this would be a game most people wouldn't even consider checking out in 2022.

So we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!