final fantasy xi

Official Site: Final Fantasy XI
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: May 16, 2002 (in de facto maintenance mode as of November 10, 2015)
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Subscription
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox 360

Boring space dad yay.

Massively Overthinking: Playing the game of timers in MMOs

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Massively OP reader The Chief Turtle recently sent us a question that I think ties in neatly to the daily quests Overthinking we discussed a few...
Someone will get that reference.

Final Fantasy XI celebrates 14 years of operation

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It's been 14 years since Final Fantasy XI launched in Japan, and while the august game might be slowing down a bit, it sure...
Everything old is new again.

Final Fantasy XI patches in job mastery battlefields for May

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Do you think you're one of the best in your chosen job in Final Fantasy XI? Have you unlocked all of your job point...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV could use some Merit Points

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The cross-class system in Final Fantasy XIV is not good. It functions, yes, but the mixing and matching of abilities from other classes is...
Well-told, but not well-planned.

Final Fantasy XI welcomes back lapsed players for its anniversary

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There have been a lot of changes in Final Fantasy XI over the last month or so. Heck, even if you played at the...
Work it over.

Massively Overthinking: Trinities and quaternities in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic was inspired from Jake, who wrote in to us wondering about roles in MMORPG classes and group content: "What happened to roles?...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now

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Today, City of Heroes turns 12 years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
They're big, you see.

Final Fantasy XI: May version update and Nexon’s mobile edition

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Final Fantasy XI is doing a really terrible job of being in maintenance mode; the game's last story update was in November and it's...
It's not just me, right?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s deepest dungeon, Palace of the Dead

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The funny thing about Final Fantasy XIV, in some ways, is that the game could actually get away for a reasonably long time without...
The future is dragons, as is the present.

Wisdom of Nym: What we should (and shouldn’t) expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion

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We all know that this year's Fanfest is going to include an announcement of a new Final Fantasy XIV expansion. "Know" might be too...
Guess who's back. Back again.

Perfect Ten: The odd things I noticed slipping back into Final Fantasy XI

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Over the years, I may have spent more money on Final Fantasy XI than any other MMO. It's undoubtedly my first MMO, and it's...

Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the MMORPG daily quest

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Dailies. The word evokes pure hatred from some corners of the MMORPG world. And yet games without dailies are dinged for not having enough content...

Global Chat: An MMO to call home

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Home. It's what many MMO gamers are looking for in a title: to plant down roots and find a place that exudes belonging. What...

Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 59: This great stage of fools

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 SAB and legendary weapons, WoW, EVE's World War Bee, FFXI, TSW's new issue, and WildStar's Arcterra, with mailbag questions on similar MMO experiences and customer support.
Weird dog.

Final Fantasy XI updates with mounts and a new battle style

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If you want to get somewhere in Final Fantasy XI, you usually have to walk there. Like an animal. Sure, there are rentable chocobos...
Sort of like jingles.

Final Fantasy XI’s game director is leaving the title

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The development of Final Fantasy XI is more about maintenance than completely new lands, but the person in charge of the game is still...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG classes

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Nostalgia has me this week: I've been thinking a lot about some of my all-time favorite MMORPG characters, some of whom I can't physically play anymore...

Final Fantasy XI ends its run on consoles

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Raise a sword and salute Final Fantasy XI for its truly impressive run as a console MMO since 2002. The title is ending service...
BEAST

Wisdom of Nym: Affection for Final Fantasy XIV’s beast tribes

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I really like the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. I'm also very happy that we don't get to play them and probably never...

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