final fantasy xiv

Official Site: Final Fantasy XIV
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4

Warping shadow.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a new jacket-filled Moogle Treasure Trove event

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So you have likely accomplished most or all of your goals in Final Fantasy XIV by this point, and there's still another month until Endwalker lands....
You have to want it.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Tatsuya Okahisa on technical art design and live-service MMOs

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Do you know what a technical artist does in an MMO? If you responded by scrunching your face up and muttering "art... stuff?" that's...
Cars!

Wisdom of Nym: More speculation about future Final Fantasy XIV jobs

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I'm going to be entirely candid with you, folks: You all probably know by now when the media tour embargo lift is at this...

One Shots: Might as well be staring at the sun

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Not surprisingly, there are hordes of Massively OP readers crawling over every square inch of the recently launched New World, often with their cameras...

Massively Overthinking: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO queue?

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New World has made headlines since the moment it launched for its excessive queues, but it's hardly the only MMO ever - or even...
It burns, burns, burns.

Wisdom of Nym: Bespoke rotations in Final Fantasy XIV as both a positive and a negative

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When you get right down to it, the character specs on display in Final Fantasy XIV are some of the most limited out of...

One Shots: Looking down on the world

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Do you ever get that feeling like someone else is looking down on you, but then you're like, nah, that's all in my head?...
Reap what you sow.

Final Fantasy XIV recaps the many system changes revealed in the latest live letter

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Let's not mince words, there was a lot of information in the most recent letter from the producer for Final Fantasy XIV. Like, a...
Welcome to funky town.

Final Fantasy XIV details the changes coming to high-quality items in patch 6.0

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Crafting in Final Fantasy XIV is going to change a fair bit when Endwalker arrives, but maybe you missed the most recent live letter and were...
Sing a song of madness.

Wisdom of Nym: What the removal of high-quality items means for Final Fantasy XIV crafting

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Anyone who has read my column here for any substantial length of time probably knows that one of my biggest axioms is to wait...

Global Chat: Going back to EverQuest Online Adventures

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While so many EverQuest fans are eagerly awaiting word of the next entry in the legendary franchise, at least one player is going back...

One Shots: Personal space

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Part of being a starship captain in Star Trek Online is making shrewd decisions that outwit enemies. Part is being a momma or papa...
dude

Final Fantasy XIV finishes its anniversary stories with a look behind the scenes in Ishgard

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The tour of Final Fantasy XIV's world back through fiction finally comes to a close with today's final entry in the game's anniversary story...

Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on why avatars traipsing across the metaverse are a major tech challenge

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Virtual worlds... how the eff do they work? Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has an idea or two, and he's dishing them out in a...

Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?

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Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Like a boss.

Final Fantasy XIV is why Final Fantasy XI didn’t get a PlayStation 3 port

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If you're wondering why you never got a version of Final Fantasy XI to play on the PlayStation 3 (back in the years when the...

The Stream Team: A return to raiding in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers

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It's been a long time -- a number of years to be precise -- since MOP's Chris has done any of the raid level...

Final Fantasy XIV players memorialize Stephen Critchlow, the voice behind Count Edmont de Fortemps

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The Final Fantasy XIV community is in mourning this week as English actor Stephen Critchlow has passed away at the age of 54. Critchlow...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
No belts

Final Fantasy XIV details the process of deprecating belts ahead of its next expansion

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Final Fantasy XIV is going to remove your belt. Not like that; get your mind out of the gutter. The game is removing belts...

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