Dark Amaterasu Get

I appear to have fallen into a new normal with Final Fantasy XIV. Last night I logged in, ran a Praetorium with Grace and then spent the rest of the night running Hidden Gorge. I finally feel like I understand the general mechanics of that battleground. I realize that probably isn’t what they are actually called in Final Fantasy XIV, but battleground is a portable mechanic and something that most folks understand. Essentially as far as I can tell there are a bunch of mechanics you need to pay attention to, which is ultimately the sign of a good game mode. There is no one single objective but several other things that you really should be paying attention to rather than just pushing forward with all of your might.

At a high level it is in fact about destroying the opposing teams towers which drops the shield around their main tower and then taking it out. However there is a side mechanic surrounding collecting ceruleum in the center of the map, which is used to allow each side to spawn war machines that can be used to push the north or south lane more effectively. Every so often a train will spawn and rush to the depot in the center of the map. Whoever hold this platform captures the supplies which will either give your team a buff, or cause one of a handful of things to happen which are generally positive for your team. There are also Goblin Mercenaries that you can recruit to fight for your team, meaning there are a bunch of different ways you can help your team be more efficient, but at the end of the day it is still about knocking down three towers and winning the match.

All in all it is a fairly relaxing way to farm a bunch of the Irregular Tomestones of Law needed to get goodies from the event. There is also a really nifty sky mech mount available for 20,000 Wolf Marks so it has the side effect of me also slowly working on that number since I have picked up the armor set that I really wanted some time ago. The matches last a maximum of 20 minutes, and can go considerably faster if one side steamrolls the other side. What I like about it however is that it is predictable and like clockwork I am gaining another 50 poetics, 500 or 1000 wolf marks depending on win condition, and 5 Irregular Tomestones. There are however a handful of players that apparently really care about this mode, and I feel bad for us damned dirty casuals ruining their fun. However for the most part it is super chill, just make sure you go to the Wolves Den to set your PVP Bars before going in the first time.

As far as the spoils of the event go, I have already picked up two mounts. The first of which was the horse that drops from Shiva. I could of course farm this, but it is way easier to just spent 30 tokens and pick it up. From this same mount series the Ifrit mount is also available, and I hope to grab it as well.

Of the expensive mounts I went for the “Dark Amaterasu” mount, which should make Ash happy. Essentially I have now farmed up 80 tokens and decided to split it for a cheap 30 token mount and an expensive 50 token mount. There are several more that I want to get, but I mostly focused the two I wanted the most. I admit the Shiva mount is entirely for the music that plays in the background while you ride it.