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Clairene
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FFXIV since 2024.05 ✅7.4
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Clairene @clairenelngrn.bsky.social · Nov 29
Claire's glam throughout the expansions ✨

these are the ones that feel the most iconic!
clairenelngrn.bsky.social
went into Anemos to exchange as much of my crystals as I can for the AST weapon → 1 hour of grinding later "because I'm already here", I get enough to exchange for Pazuzu feathers lol
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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uroko.bsky.social
お気に入りサンクレッド再掲

#uroko_FF14
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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costco.amaurot.social
raiding is just progslop
January 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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tksnim.bsky.social
we call this Detroit style pepperoni pizza
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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mugikosuta.bsky.social
🍿 #FF14 #FFXIVART
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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aetherflow.bsky.social
it's only been a week into 2026 and i'm already feeling like
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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notgodzilla.bsky.social
i can't take this raid seriously man #notgodzillaraids
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
important message to all bluesky users
cillian Murphy in peaky blinders show pointing in young men's faces in smoky industrial kitchen (guessing room from background details I'm not sure) yelling originally no fighting no fucking fighting, edited caption says no posting that you can go to jail over, no fucking posting that you can go to jail over.
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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halvedhekate.bsky.social
Hermetica

☽ #halvedhekateart ☾
January 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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notgodzilla.bsky.social
what I learned from this tier so far is ↪️ Piercing Talon ↩️ ↪️ Do you have it? ↩️
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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tiredparasite.bsky.social
#ffxiv everyone is here ! 💥
January 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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llen-ramuh.bsky.social
#FFXIV #FFXIVArt #FF14
Gaia
Portrait of FF14 character Gaia in a dress
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
clairenelngrn.bsky.social
Don't take this as me defending a multi-billion dollar corporation, but as a Corporate Office Worker, I have an inkling that the servers they're using is telling them the DDOSes aren't their fault, "they'll look into it", and other excuses to not do or to put off work.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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demoniofleurs.bsky.social
I stumbled upon a thread on the FFXIV subreddit that I encourage everyone who is frustrated with the DDoS’ to read, as it goes over why this is a complicated issue with no real easy solution

www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comm...
Title: Irrational Attackers and you: A (potential) explanation for why you keep getting 90k'd Is this actually a DDOS? Or does SE just have bad servers? There is no reason to believe it is anything other than a ddos attack In the last few weeks FFXIV has been kicking people off NA servers with 90k errors, this is confined to NA, and even if there have been some on EU/OCE/JP, it is orders of magnitude less common. There is no logical reason to assume the server software is different in each region, and since it it possible for both JP and NA to visit OCE, that is vanishingly unlikely. Earlier today, when world first racers were getting 90k's they tried to data center travel to Materia to raid. The 90k errors then stopped on NA, and started on OCE. Once they gave up and returned to NA, so did the 90k's. This is as close to evidence of a ddos attack as anyone who doesnt work for square enix can get. That also means it is provider agnostic, as NTT America does not operate in Australia. So that's the "how", now for the "why" In threat modeling, there are two kinds of attackers, rational, and irrational. Rational attackers are great (well, in terms of prevention), they are easy to understand, and can even be worked with at times, they are typically limited to actual hacking/unauthorized access attacks, but a rational attacker ddos could be "im ddosing you, pay me 3 million in bitcoin and I will stop" This isnt very likely, as typically those demands are public to put pressure on the target company, but it is possible if they just sent SE the ransom directly... but again, unlikely. An irrational attacker is FAR more likely, this doesnt mean somebody who is completely insane and has no reason, but someone who cannot be negotiated with, they just want to break things. If a rational attacker is a burglar breaking into your home, an irrational one is a drunk teenager trying to throw a rock through your attic window. In this case, I think its pretty clear whats going on. It is someone (or a group) that does not care about money, with no public ransom, and enough resources to repeatedly crash isp nodes (often multiple at a time) they are burning money to bring servers down for no gain. They are also willing to risk felony cybercrime charges (which this definitely counts as). Now the big question, how do you stop an irrational attacker? You dont. You hope they get bored or lose interest. There are some over very high profile mmo ddos incidents, with the most recent famous one being the WoW hardcore classic streamer guild "OnlyFangs" Whenever they pulled a raid boss, the wow servers went down, it was 100% predictable, there were no exceptions. This wasnt because their guild was specifically cursed and making the servers crash, there was just.... a guy(s) who wanted their characters dead. This only stopped after the streamers decided to stop playing hardcore, because it was hurting the game for everyone. Possible culprits Literally anyone with money, I suspect based on timing its someone who really wants NA to lose the world race? but it could also just be someone who wants to hurt FFXIV's reputation, and messing up the world race is the easiest way to do it But why is it only ffxiv? It isnt, its just that taking down any game costs a lot of money, so its very rare, even if you are just running a server for a few friends, you could be ddosed, it would just cost them far more to kill the server than it costs you to run it. There are obviously DDOS solutions, but they really only work for website, and the solution for something that needs server connection is an active and ongoing problem, its (part of) why so many competetive games switched to peer-to-peer hosting, if you kill the host it only affects that one game, not the entire server. Some more recent examples of non-ffxiv games taken down by ddos Albion online, basically unplayable for several weeks in early summer last year after a mass ban of rmt accounts World of warcraft earlier this week, im not sure why, but blizzard publicly acknowledged the cause on the launcher League of legends also earlier this week, actually no clue on this one either edit: they forgot to renew client license, they did get hit with one ~3 months ago though that also took down steam None of this is confirmed, I am just a third party with no insights into SE internals, using my experience with devops and cybersecurity to put pieces together
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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wwxwashere.bsky.social
the funniest way to get kudos 😂
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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mmhberry.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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effinbirds.com
a bald eagle surrounded by stars and stripes and the text "oh my god, what the fuck"
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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oliverclassic.bsky.social
♎️
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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hutaba0718.bsky.social
リクエスト
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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elarisastra.bsky.social
Headshot sketches for Gremlin and Dani, thank you so much for trusting me with your blorbos 🥺🫶

#LeCommiss
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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shihoran.bsky.social
pschlop #ffixiv
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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vogelspinne.bsky.social
Honey 🐝 & Black 🐈
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#honeyblovely #yaana #arcadion #ffxiv #vogelart
Two FFXIV characters stand side-by-side, arms raised to create a heart together while also each throwing up a peace sign. One winks while the other gives a toothy grin. The colors in the illustration are bright and vibrant.
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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vogelspinne.bsky.social
Day 4: Safe Harbor

[ #XIVRarepairWeek2025 #XIVRarepairWeek ]
[ #retsarra #eutrope #brutebomber #ffxiv #vogelart ]
The three arcadion fighters Eutrope, Retsarra, and Hector sleep peacefully together in a cuddle pile. None of them are wearing regulators
June 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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demoniofleurs.bsky.social
1.0 coerthas, by the way. your fav npcs lost this when the calamity struck. this was how their homeland looked for a majority of their lives.

[shakes u all by ur shoulders] REMEMBER COERTHAS, REMEMBER THAT IT ONCE WAS GREEN!!!!!! NOT WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
clairenelngrn.bsky.social
glam inspired by Halmarut, with Claire's vibes 👓
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM