The year is 2029. XIV has long been in maintenance mode. Final Fantasy 17 released on the PS5 Pro-Excel, selling so few copies it bankrupt Square Enix and forced them into a Microsoft buyout. The official XIV servers have been replaced with MARE powered goon realms. Effy and Appal have just divorced for the 6th time. Another janny has just killed himself. You scroll past a
>posting my suncat on suncat sunday!
post, giving it the customary "rape" reply. You begin a post on how good 2026 /xivg/ used to be; you think of how much you hate Miera.