At long last, Final Fantasy IX is available on PC! Until April 20th, you can save 20% on the price, $16.79 (regular price $20.99) Make sure to pick it up and relive the adventures with Zidane, Vivi, Dagger, and the whole crew.
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@NelCelestine hosting charity stream for @KidsHelpPhone
Our friend and fellow streamer Nel Celestine (@NelCelestine) will be hosting a charity stream to raise funds for the charity Kids Help Phone, a Canadian help line for kids and teens who need help with almost anything from bullies, to home issues, to general life questions. She will be streaming Final Fantasy Mystic Quest from start to finish May 7th, starting at 8 PM ET on her Twitch channel. Mark the date on your calendars and go support an awesome streamer helping a worthy charity! Tell her Phoenix Down Radio sent ya! 🙂
Episode 16 airs this weekend on Twitch!
If you’ve been suffering from Phoenix Down Radio withdrawal, the cure is close at hand*! We will be returning to our bi-weekly streaming schedule starting this Saturday, April 16th. What do we have in store for our triumphant return? Tune in and see, we have some fun things to talk about and announce. The show airs at 9:30 PM ET/ 6:30 PM PT at our Twitch channel, twitch.tv/phoenixdownradio.
*Disclaimer: Phoenix Down Radio does not claim to be a cure for anything aside from boredom, and even that is up for debate. This statement has not been endorsed by the FDA, the NSA, the FBI, the NRA, or any other type of alphabet soup organization. Results are not guaranteed, prices and participation may vary.
Phoenix Down Radio goes to Anime Detour!
Anime Detour is just around the corner! If you have your tickets and will be in the Twin Cities on April 22 – 24, make sure to look for Klauss and Luna there. Let us know in the comments or via email if you’ll be there, we would love to meet up with our listeners and hang out!
Duty Commenced Episode 11 airs April 8th
The NA Community team will be going live with the next episode of Duty Commenced on Friday, April 8th, at 6PM ET / 3PM PT at their Twitch channel. They will be discussing Producer Live Letter 28, an all new Lore Lowdown, and will have a bunch of giveaways. Be sure to tune in!
FFXIV goes eco-friendly with new ChocoGo ride-share services!
I love April Fool’s Day, but I really want a chocobo dammit!
Patch 3.25 is live!
Patch 3.25 is now live and ready for download, and patch notes are available on the Lodestone. A few of the additions and changes:
The next stage of the Anima weapon is unlocked.
Updates to Chocobo racing have been added
Chocobo Challenge races, reduced training manual costs, new abilities, increased MGP and EXP
A number of updates and changes to The Feast have been made
Additional Echo has been added to Gordias Savage
Episode 15 – Garuda Boobies!
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If you missed catching Episode 15 live, fear not! It is now available in podcast form!
We enter Spoiler territory, discussing the 3.2 Main Story Questline in depth this week. We also go over the news from the Producer Live Letter 28, and end up discussing organic condiments??
Official PLL 28 Translated thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/287361-Letter-from-the-Producer-LIVE-Part-XXVIII-Q-A-Update-Thread
All Worlds Maintenance for Patch 3.25:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/ca7874c6c3624791909183a2f2d4d89adef44138
All Worlds Maintenance for 3.25 scheduled for Monday, March 28th
Get ready everyone, Patch 3.25 is on its way, bringing with it new quests, the next step in the Anima weapon series, and 2 weeks later, Season 1 of The Feast.
From the Lodestone:
In order to accompany Patch 3.25, we will be performing maintenance on all Worlds at the time below. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable.
* The World Transfer Service will be suspended 15 minutes before the maintenance, and will be unavailable until maintenance has ended.
* Reservations for Ceremonies of Eternal Bonding cannot be made from the time maintenance ends until Apr. 1, 2016 2:00 a.m. (PDT).
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
[Date & Time]
Mar. 28, 2016 8:00 p.m. to Mar. 29, 2016 3:00 a.m. (PDT)
* Completion time is subject to change.
[Affected Worlds]
All Worlds
FFXIV Player account bans
A number of players have turned to Reddit to try and find out why their user accounts have been banned by SE for “Cheating and Botting” but have not done anything. (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3) SE also just posted a notice about activation issues with software purchased through unauthorized 3rd party sellers, specifically purchasing the Steam version through any retailer other than Steam/Valve. Is it possible that these two issues are related somehow, and they linked a number of RMT accounts with purchases of software from other sources? Hopefully very few innocent players were caught up in this dragnet and this issue can be resolved without much problem.