The community in Final Fantasy XIV has many special ideas and takes on additional challenges. Now, a group of players has completed the current alliance raid – but just for fun exclusively with male Miqo’te in swim trunks.
Which player organized the run? The swim trunk run was organized by player Phron’to on the server Tonberry. Tonberry is in the Japanese data center Elemental
. There, he has now organized his third alliance raid run exclusively with male Miqo’te characters.
In a post on X.com (formerly Twitter), he shares snippets from their shared adventures. The cat boys pose and show off their outfits:
In an interview with Gamesradar.com, he spoke about his motivation for it: In the Japanese data centers, I have observed entire communities organizing event runs. The themes range from purely meme runs to elaborate events in special uniforms. […] I thought, what if I organized something like that in my data center Elemental?
Phron’to himself is a player of a male Miqo’te and has according to his character card on X.com pushed all combat jobs, crafters, and gatherers to the current maximum level 90.
Which alliance raids did the group take on? The swim trunk run included the third and final part of the current “Level 90” alliance raid: Myths of Eorzea (Part 3) Thaleia
. The enemies here are the gods from the official in-game pantheon, the Twelve
. These challenge the player character, also known as Warrior of Light
, to a test of strength.
Myths of Eorzea (Part 1) In the Realm of the Gods: Aglaia
appeared with patch 6.1 shortly after the release of the current expansion Endwalker. The group around Phron’to played this under the theme angelic or divine outfit
.
The second part, Myths of Eorzea (Part 2) Euphrosyne
, they all went through dressed in sailor shirts.
Of course, in the first two runs, only male Miqo’te were allowed as well.
What are Miqo’te? Miqo’te are one of the base races in Final Fantasy XIV. They are humans with cat ears and tails. The female version is still one of the most played races in the MMORPG, while the male version appears significantly less.
Simply because there are far fewer male Miqo’te in the game than females, the joint run of the three 24-man raids is an achievement.
Have you ever participated in a themed raid run? If yes, which one was it for you? And if no, what theme would you like to participate in? We look forward to your comments!
By the way, the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival recently took place in London. We were there and talked to Naoki Yoshida:
