{"id":786236,"date":"2025-12-02T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/final-fantasy-14-mod-perfect-alexander?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:08:56","slug":"have-final-fantasy-14-modders-finally-gone-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/have-final-fantasy-14-modders-finally-gone-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Final Fantasy 14 modders finally gone too far?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/have-final-fantasy-14-modders-finally-gone-too-far.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Look there&#8217;s no way of sugar-coating this. A mod has recently hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\">Final Fantasy 14<\/a> scene and it&#8217;s hard to look away from. Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grymnoire\">Grym <\/a>, the Epic of Alexander raid has been changed forever. Whether that&#8217;s for better or for worse is up to you to decide.\n<\/p>\n<p>First posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grymnoire\/status\/1771483439314653344\">Grym&#8217;s Twitter account and the Final Fantasy 14 mod archive<\/a> late last week, &#8216;Chastening Heat&#8217; immediately caught the attention of many in the Final Fantasy 14 community. It adds additional &#8216;assets&#8217; to Perfect Alexander&#8217;s in-game model that are, well, phallic in nature.\n<\/p>\n<p>In the mod description Grym writes that it&#8217;s &#8220;an edit to Perfect Alexander&#8217;s model to make him even more perfect. Dedicated to everyone who joked about wanting to f**k this guy, go forth and have fun. Affects both the glowing and non-glowing versions of Perfect Alexander&#8217;s model.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/final-fantasy-14-mod-perfect-alexander?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/final-fantasy-14-mod-perfect-alexander?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look there&#8217;s no way of sugar-coating this. A mod has recently hit the Final Fantasy 14 scene and it&#8217;s hard to look away from. Courtesy of Grym , the Epic of Alexander raid has been changed forever. Whether that&#8217;s for better or for worse is up to you to decide. First posted to Grym&#8217;s Twitter account and the Final Fantasy 14 mod archive late last week, &#8216;Chastening Heat&#8217; immediately caught the attention of many in the Final Fantasy 14 community. It adds additional &#8216;assets&#8217; to Perfect Alexander&#8217;s in-game model that are, well, phallic in nature. In the mod description Grym writes that it&#8217;s &#8220;an edit to Perfect Alexander&#8217;s model to make him even more perfect. 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