Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XI
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date:Â May 16, 2002 (in de facto maintenance mode as of November 10, 2015)
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox 360
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The Soapbox: Stubborn MMO players are sleeping on autoplay mechanics
Autoplay, huh. What is it good for? Absolutely something! I'll say it again: There is value in autoplay. It's got such a bad reputation...
Massively Overthinking: Jumping the shark in MMOs
I'm sure those few people out there still bearing a grudge over the Rune-keeper would disagree with me, but one of the things that...
Vague Patch Notes: Balance in MMOs is overrated
Earlier this week, we did a post all about balance in Crucible. It was a detailed post explaining all of the ways that the...
Final Fantasy XI’s Voracious Resurgence arc is live as Square teases the Sunbreeze Festival
The devs of Final Fantasy XI don't seem to really appreciate what "maintenance mode" is understood to mean, judging by the new pieces of...
Final Fantasy XI: The Voracious Resurgence gets its own teaser site
It turns out that Final Fantasy XI will just keep going forever. The game has been pumping out monthly updates reliably ever since its...
Final Fantasy XI’s August update includes the first new storyline after Rhapsodies of Vana’diel
It appears that even the claims of Final Fantasy XI's story being finished were greatly exaggerated. That's not news, of course, but it is...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned in Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.3 live letter
It's not exactly a secret to people who follow my presence on various feeds that I'm not doing great right now emotionally, but the...
Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs
When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...
Final Fantasy XI’s newest login campaign offers you a bed for moogles
Unfortunately for dedicated Final Fantasy XI players,the latest login campaign for FFXI does not give you a bed made of moogles. In fact, it's...
Perfect Ten: More time traveling adventures in MMOs
Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...
Final Fantasy XI plans for its July version update with more Odyssey content
The Final Fantasy XI team has gotten its groove back, although in this case "groove" mostly means "development cadence." Yes, the team is back...
Celestial Nights returns to Final Fantasy XI on June 30
Who wants swimsuits in Final Fantasy XI? That's what you'll be getting when the Celestial Nights event rolls around once again on June 30th,...
Massively Overthinking: Do you keep MMOs installed for the login freebies?
MOP reader Styopa proposed this fun topic for Massively Overthinking this week, prompted, he said, by Standing Stone Games' recent promotions for Lord of...
Final Fantasy XI deploys its anniversary event and its June update to the live servers
Players had to wait a little bit longer for Final Fantasy XI's anniversary event this year, due to the whole... global pandemic thing. Fortunately, the...
The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?
From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
Perfect Ten: An entirely accurate and unassailable history of pet classes in MMORPGs
Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...
Wisdom of Nym: So, if there is a Final Fantasy XVI…
It's been about a year since I wrote about Naoki Yoshida's mystery project, which still has not actually been announced in any way and...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is a fun treasure buried under antique contrivances and inconveniences
When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...
Final Fantasy XI kicks off its Beat the Heat campaign on June 11
All heat must be beaten in Final Fantasy XI starting on June 11th. No, that's not when the game is adding some sort of Ambuscade...
Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes
Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...
