See: Final Fantasy XI
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Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about future Final Fantasy XIV jobs from weapons
The Armoury System places a certain unique burden on Final Fantasy XIV. Any new job doesn't just need to have a distinct mechanical identity,...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s future job from the past of the series
Speculating is fun, as I've opined in the past. We're a while away from the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, obviously, but one of...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back its Final Fantasy XI celebration event
This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, and Final Fantasy XIV wants to celebrate that milestone. But how? Why, with a...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Stormblood dungeons in review
Have I really not talked about the dungeons of Stormblood yet? That's unexpected. Usually I would have mentioned them by now, I talk about...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s ability customization
The Job system is a staple of Final Fantasy as a series, which is a little odd when you consider that it's only showed...
The Final Fantasy XI mobile version hasn’t died
You could be forgiven for thinking that the long-awaited mobile version of Final Fantasy XI developed by Nexon had been unceremoniously banished to the...
Publisher of game blatantly lifting Final Fantasy XI assets apologizes for the game
Is the header screenshot from Final Fantasy XI or from the free-to-play Japanese title Chaos Saga? It's the former, but you could be forgiven...
Global Chat: Are MMO side quests worth it?
Apparently I am a pot-stirrer. On my side blog, Bio Break, I like to throw out conversation starters every now and then, and one...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
Final Fantasy XI preps a new event for its 15th anniversary
It's been 15 years now since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, and the game is still receiving updates to this day. (Seriously,...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #12-7
It's starting to get serious now.
As we well know, people are highly opinionated about everything, but when it comes to music, there seems to...
The MOP Up: Wakfu hikes up a mountain (March 12, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
Perfect Ten: Terminology the MMORPG genre needs
MMOs, like any other hobby, have their own terminology. We have the term "newb" for new players, "noob" for players who aren't actually new...
Wisdom of Nym: Predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s final fan festival
Boy, the wait for this one has felt long. It hasn't been any longer, and it's not as if we haven't had plenty to...
Massively Overthinking: Breaking your immersions in MMORPGs
Veteran MOP reader and tipster Nordavind is going to break your immersions. Just kidding. He does have a question for us all on that...
Battle Bards Episode 91: Forest Tales
Take a stroll through the trees and become totally lost in the foliage, drinking in the sounds of the forest with today’s show, as...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ever-shifting landscape of class imagery
Here's a fun question for the series fans in the audience: How many party members in Final Fantasy VI had traditional jobs?
The answer, somewhat...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
