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

On a unicorn.

Global Chat: Is MapleStory 2 too cute for its own britches? (Yes.)

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Maybe it's the weird gaming lull that's going on right now, but MapleStory 2 has picked up a good amount of press and player...
What are we even doing here?

Wisdom of Nym: How we missed storyline overload in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood

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One of the things that I mentioned back when I was reviewing Heavensward in its totality was that for all the praise I give...

The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s free update offerings

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When Elder Scrolls Online's Update 20 arrives, it will bring with it a free base patch that promises to spice up the alliance war...

One Shots: Pumpkins Online

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I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
It's hard to stop a train.

Final Fantasy XIV prepares UI backup features while weathering more DDoS attacks

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There are a lot of different client-side settings that can make jumping between platforms for Final Fantasy XIV somewhat more difficult. You play one...
Well... it's a box, and one of the people in it is probably a skinner?

Vague Patch Notes: There’s more to Skinner boxes in MMOs than mere repetition

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As I started watching the latest World of Warcraft video to whip people into a furor, I very nearly turned the thing off as...
it's hot

Final Fantasy XIV previews Eureka Pyros and further Hildibrand adventures

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Patch 4.45 for Final Fantasy XIV is just around the corner, and it's bringing with it another venture into Eureka. You might hate the...
If you doubted this before, well, don't.

Final Fantasy XIV previews the second volume of its lore guide

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There's a lot of lore going on behind the scenes of Final Fantasy XIV. A lot of it is up-front with quests and dungeons,...
Actually developing a title to not be a boring slog is a skill some developers have yet to master.

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of skill in MMOs

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Everyone has a very strong opinion about player skill in MMOs. This is understandable. Furthermore, I've met a lot of different people with different...

MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018

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Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: Evaluating Final Fantasy XIV’s job gauges

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The biggest problem with job gauges in Final Fantasy XIV was always conceptual because there were two jobs built from the ground up to...
No one weekend should have all that power.

Global Chat: Is it time to get rid of MMO factions?

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Factions in MMORPGs are a "love 'em, hate 'em, or largely ignore 'em until the studio remembers it has 'em and decides to shove...
Strap in, buckos.

Vague Patch Notes: How do you play MMOs when you know humans suffered to make them?

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The original Star Wars film was a passion project for a then-young George Lucas, and it was a project that nearly killed Lucas from...
Back up.

Wisdom of Nym: Rewards in Final Fantasy XIV and what they’re worth

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I saw someone asking the other day what the "point" was to the Doman Reconstruction effort in Final Fantasy XIV. What's the big reward?...
Spooooooopy

Final Fantasy XIV prepares for this year’s ghostly All Saints’ Wake

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It's time to get thoroughly spooked out in Final Fantasy XIV as All Saints' Wake returns once again. This year is even more spooky...

Battle Bards Episode 130: Oddballs 2

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While every Battle Bards episode is a cavalcade of strangeness, this week the team is ratcheting it up with the return of “Oddball” MMORPG...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts

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Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...
It's a boss, and it is deadly.

Final Fantasy XIV is weathering intermittent DDOS attacks

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Ah, the DDOS attack, a time-honored way of making a large number of players upset simply because someone can. Final Fantasy XIV has been...
Forty-six & 2

Wisdom of Nym: What can datamining tell us about the next Final Fantasy XIV job?

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The datamining for Final Fantasy XIV is difficult, because the game is remarkably spare when it comes to pointers for the future. Most datamining...
Well, we got something right!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s leaks and the seduction of partial information

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I'm going to start off with a statement that should be fairly uncontroversial but could be otherwise and refer back to it: At this...

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