Disambiguation:
– Final Fantasy XI, an MMORPG released in 2002
– Final Fantasy XIV, an MMORPG released in 2010 and re-released in 2013
– Final Fantasy series, a series of video games that began in 1987
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Wisdom of Nym: The last batch of Final Fantasy XIV patch reveals
You know, I seriously could have sworn that I publicly predicted the next Final Fantasy XIV patch would be out on May 22nd. But...
Nexon posts strong Q1 2018 results, Final Fantasy XI mobile screens leaked
Nexon posted a strong first quarter in 2018, with its earnings call reporting that the game publisher raked in $827M in revenue (a 21%...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
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...
Wild Mage: Phantom Twilight mixes together Final Fantasy IX, Minecraft, and Fruit Ninja
Want to explore everything, destroy everything, and cut everything in half? Want to do all of that while riding around on a boss airship?...
Choose My Adventure: Ultima Online, we didn’t need to do this
Yes, this is going to come in as the shortest Choose My Adventure series, but I feel it's got a good reason to be...
Final Fantasy XIV releases patch 4.3 on May 22
It's almost that time again, when Final Fantasy XIV gets a big patch full of story surprises and stuff for players to do. Specifically,...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.3 adds lots of special deliveries
Do you like delivering stuff to places? Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.3 has you covered, then. For starters, we have our first custom delivery...
Perfect Ten: You got your MMORPG in my tabletop RPG
Tabletop games and MMORPGs seem like they would go well together, but remarkably they often don't. That's true for several reasons, but one of...
Wisdom of Nym: The Alliance Raids of Final Fantasy XIV
When the next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives later this month, we'll be staring down the games eighth alliance raid. That might not...
The MOP Up: Battlerite royale (May 6, 2018)
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...
One Shots: All giant spiders, all the time
Sometimes I am just so proud of our One Shots crowd here at Massively OP. I keep coming up with ludicrous screenshot challenges and...
Massively Overthinking: The state of modern MMORPG raiding
Massively OP reader Sorrior recently sent in a question about raiding, a topic we haven't discussed in a while.
"I have noticed raiding tends to...
Final Fantasy XI welcomes back old veterans and new players this summer
Have you never tried Final Fantasy XI but always wanted to? Have you tried it before and want to catch back up? Good news,...
Wisdom of Nym: Little boosts for Final Fantasy XIV
When I talk about games that provide a whole lot of quality-of-life fixes, I generally point to Final Fantasy XIV as a perfect example....
Final Fantasy XIV previews the Ridorana Lighthouse of patch 4.3
South of Rabanastre, there is a lighthouse. It's not a very good lighthouse, because it's surrounded by a yawning chasm that gets worse every...
Perfect Ten: What your MMO quantity says about you
It occurs to me that it is very difficult to find MMOs that I have literally never played before in some capacity. There are...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch reveals our future story
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is something we should all watch closely. Because it's going to tell us plenty about where we're...
Final Fantasy XIV invites the community to design physical DPS gear
Thus far, Final Fantasy XIV has run three gear design competitions for the community, inviting players to design gear for tanks, healers, and magical...
One Shots: Tour guides
It turns out that MMORPG players really don't need much prompting to go out and take a bazillion screenshots of their favorite in-game zones,...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its next patch site and its Live Letter digest
Players are crucial to the reconstruction of Doma in Final Fantasy XIV, so it's only right that the next leg of the game's main...
