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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Vague Patch Notes: Defining classic servers and progression servers for MMOs
Something that I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days - for no particular reason - is the idea of classic...
The Stream Team: Taking some more delves into Final Fantasy XIV’s Variant dungeon
MOP's Chris is coming back to the Variant dungeon of Final Fantasy XIV once again! He's got a few more runs to go before...
Perfect Ten: 10 things to understand about MMO Bards
In the past four installments of this pseudo-series, I have done columns on archetypes that exist in every single game. Every game has a...
Final Fantasy XIV details the opening of housing lotteries on its new North American servers
The addition of a new data center and a new set of servers for Final Fantasy XIV players in North America brings with it...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking stock of the additions with Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25
Interquel patches in Final Fantasy XIV are always an odd cocktail. On the one hand, they consist of content that was intentionally held back...
Final Fantasy XI’s Koichi Ishii reminisces on the origins of the game
If you love or hate skillchains in Final Fantasy XI, Koichi Ishii is the one to credit with them. Another interview on the game's...
One Shots: Let us tell you a fairy tale…
Just the other day I was musing about how EverQuest II feels like a forgotten MMO -- and I guess I was heard because...
Final Fantasy XI brings the Harvest Festival back once more on October 24
The down side to the Harvest Festival in Final Fantasy XI is that by this point it is a pretty well-worn event without much...
Four Winds: Lost Ark and the refinement of MMO item enhance systems
In the last edition of Four Winds, I promised I'd cover how three MMOs utilized item enhance systems to facilitate progression, and then I...
The Stream Team: Halloween hijinks and Variant Dungeon crawling in Final Fantasy XIV
Today's Final Fantasy XIV stream is something of a two-for-one affair. On the one hand, we've got the new Variant Dungeon content added in...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare….
Happy Halloween! Or if you prefer, Happy Scare-Related Holidays featuring the Stylings of Ed Casbar and His Electric Teeth. It'd be the best of...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25 is live today with new types of dungeons and new quests
Are you ready for a new style of dungeon? How about helping a rabbit and a robot open a cafe at the end of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s original Manderville Man
There are some divisive characters in Final Fantasy XIV, but in some ways Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville stands above all of them - not...
One Shots: Fresh from the portal of death
When he stepped through the portal and toward a brand-new world, this Dwarf didn't realize that he'd be disintegrated -- and an identical copy...
WoW Factor: Was the faction split ever good for World of Warcraft?
Before I had played World of Warcraft and back in the time when I allowed myself to speculate more freely on what games would...
Final Fantasy XIV previews a spooky new location for this year’s All Saints’ Wake
What's the first thing that the new preview of Final Fantasy XIV's All Saints' Wake event focuses on? The fact that you get a...
Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs?
Yes, I know that's a provocative title. Yes, we're gonna talk about it with some nuance. It's a topic inspired by a Reddit thread...
Final Fantasy XIV details the upcoming first stage of expanding the North American servers
If you were around for the launch period of Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion launch, you know how it feels when the game's servers...
Vague Patch Notes: Finger-pointing in the MMO and multiplayer games industry
I know for a fact that I've already made the joke at this point about how Babylon's Fall just straight-up Babylon Fell, but the...
Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier is shutting down in January after less than a year of operation
It's apparently the season for Square-Enix to cut loose its various online games that are severely underperforming, as Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier...
