Good fansites?

GeezerGamer

I've seen a few out there. I have started to research and try to put a collection of good 3rd party site links together for myself. Is anyone aware of some good fan sites, database sites and theory crafting sites that you know are good? I see the ones listed here, but I still like to validate them to see if they are worth bookmarking or not. So, what are the reference sites you guys are using? I know ZAM has picked FF14 up. But I see nothing like "realmjunkies" or "realmhead" or some such site.

patience13

http://Xivnation.com that has a growing community maybe moat havent heard of yet.

GeezerGamer

Originally posted by patience13
http://Xivnation.com that has a growing community maybe moat havent heard of yet.

Thanks.

A couple more I am reviewing

http://www.chocobro.com/

http://ffxivrealm.com/

NetSage

http://xivdb.com/

http://eorzeareborn.com/

Plus the ones you already mentioned.  You should be able to find anything you need :P.

xpsync

This has some decent info:

http://ign.com/games/final-fantasy-xiv-online/

 

AmbrosiaAmor

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=657017

 

Basic Game Utility / News
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html - The Lodestone.
http://arrstatus.com - Server status site.
https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN - Official Twitter
http://www.guildm8s.com/Default.aspx?G=8 - FFXIV news timeline (covering many blogs, etc.). ♦

Fan Sites / Other Communities
http://ffxiv.zam.com/ - Long established MMO site with large forum community.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv - FFXIV subreddit since 1.x.
http://www.reddit.com/r/FFXIVRECRUITMENT - Subreddit dedicated to LS/FC recruitment.
http://www.bluegartr.com/index.php - An endgame-centric forum.
http://bluegarter.guildwork.com/forum - The other Blue Gartr forum, also endgame-centric.
http://ffxivrealm.com - A new forum for ARR.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com - Biggest role-player forum.
http://xivpads.com - Collects Lodestone data for players to track themselves and other utilities. ♦
(NeoGAF Guildwork sites are found in Community, above.)

Databases / Wikis
http://xivdb.com - Data-minded database, with game-like maps/character wardrobe. ♦
http://www.ffxivinfo.com - Similar database, with more written content.
http://www.ffxivpro.com - General database. Successor to FFXIAH.
http://home.comcast.net/~nakomaru/ffmaps - Maps
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Main_Page - Successor to FFXIclopedia.
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/FF14_Wiki - Brand new wiki for ARR.
http://www.ffxivfate.com - FATE maps.

Guides/Strategy
http://valk.dancing-mad.com - Deep combat system analysis with calculators. ♦
http://eorzeareborn.com - Site with general guides covering duties, crafting, macros, etc. ♦
http://igoumedia.com/finalfantasy14 - Another guide site in the same fashion.
http://www.ffxivguild.com - A third guide site.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...DbW1aMHc#gid=0 - List of important food items.

Tools
http://betterds3.ciebiera.net - Enables use of a PS3 controller on PC. ♦
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInpu...DS2-Controller - PC Dualshock 3 support.
http://ffxiv.game-junkie.net/HUD - HUD simulator for planning customization.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...ZldoVmc#gid=16 - Google doc used to calculate Discipline of Land attributes using copy and paste on the “summary” sheet (must save doc first).
http://ffxivlogrep.com/summary - Japanese Parser. (English translation on top right corner.) ♦
http://xivmodels.com - Model viewer (Spoilers).

Story and Lore
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...0X_2SXWp8/edit - “The Story So Far…”

Video/Music Content
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8u8kLELS40 - YouTube channel of “Mr.Happy” ♦
http://gamerescape.com/category/aetheryteradio - Gamerescape’s podcast.
http://zantetsuken.net/sequencebreak/sbxiv - Another long running FFXIV podcast.
http://www.xivnation.com/category/xiv-reborn - GameBreaker’s new FFXIV podcast.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...weBrSbJs1PLpqL - Matt Fuss’s piano arrangments of FFXIV music. ♦

Misc.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...VUjNSNFE#gid=0 - List of “missable” items.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...any=true&pli=1 - List of shared skills between classes/jobs.
http://dimensionaldeath.com/index.php?page=huntinglogs - Hunting log maps.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...3QnVqZEE#gid=1 - Equipment each discipline of hand makes.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...zZGFlQlE#gid=0 - List of fishing tackle and their uses.
http://nix80.livejournal.com/22903.html - Blog post covering materia.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...ad_link_inside - FFXIV Rainmeter skin.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...heres_a_quick/ - Reddit post detailing how to carry over macros, settings, and UI.

xpsync

Thanks AmbrosiaAmor

Sephiroso

Woah, Post of the year award goes to Ambrosia...missable items wut? oh crappy lvl 1 missable items.