Still A Lot To Do Two Weeks Into FFXIV's Patch 7.35

I am not two weeks into Final Fantasy XIV's patch 7.35. Amazingly looking back I haven't tried either the Monster Hunter Wilds crossover event or the latest installment of the Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures. Less surprisingly I haven't tried the latest deep dungeon,  Pilgrim's Traverse, or any PvP. What I have done is engage in what feels like a lot of catch-up.

The Yok Huy quests are almost complete

I am doing new content introduced in patch 7.35. The Yok Huy allied society quests are interesting. In FFXIV the allied society quests usually have some of the themes as the main story questline (MSQ). I should reach Sworn reputation with the Yok Huy this weekend and Bloodsworn in early November. 

The Branchbearer

One of the improvements is the return of mounts as an end reward for an allied society series of quests. For the Mamool Ja the Branchbearer Horn actually showed up for purchase once I reached Honored status. Such a beautiful mount really deserved more work put into obtaining it.

Next up is spending the next couple of weeks finishing off leveling my Trust NPCs. Currently I have 5 up to level 100: Alphinaud, Alisaie, Estinien, Thancred, and Y'shtola. G'raha Tia is level 96, Krile is level 95, and Urianger is down at level 91. My stash of ventures was down to just over 1700 and since I started leveling my Trust NPCs I'm back up to 2300. My retainer army uses a minimum of 126 ventures per week so upgrading my Trust characters also aids my retainers.

Another goal I have is to reach rank 4 in all Dawntrail with shared FATEs. In addition to unlocking the vendors in Tuliyollal and Solution Nine I had an additional motive. Despite playing for over 6 years my chocobo companion still has not reached level 20. Right now I'm at level 19 and hopefully the challenge log will help me finally max out my companion in the next three weeks.

Finally I have one more goal. I want to finally reach max reputation with all the Custom Deliveries NPCs. One of the problems with starting the game 6-7 years after launch is that in the rush to reach max level I missed a couple of things. In the case of Custom Deliveries I totally skipped over the four earliest NPCs: Zhloe Aliapoh, M'naago, Kurenai, Adkiragh, and Kai-Shirr. I'm currently working on M'naago and Kurenai, both from Stormblood, because they were on the timer list and thus I already qualified to start leveling them.

Of the five, only M'naago cannot be outfitted with glamour items. Yes, I want to change the world, even if only I can see it.

And finally, I still want to work toward the High Mobility Vacuum Suit one can earn by reaching 500,000 class points in all crafting and gathering classes in Cosmic Exploration. Currently I'm not even close but perhaps when I'm finished with some of the other goals I can make a dent in the monumental slog I've facing to get the suit.

Honestly I don't think I can complain about being bored before we get to patch 7.4 in 6-8 weeks. I have a full schedule of activities ahead of me not only until the next patch, but the next expansion as well.