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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Final Fantasy XI developers talk the game’s 20th anniversary while preparing more reward campaigns
There's a lot to celebrate when a game hits 20 years of age, and Final Fantasy XI has been celebrating all month. It's still...
Wisdom of Nym: Reconsidering Final Fantasy XIV’s Primals
Back in the early days of Final Fantasy XIV, Primals were kind of a big deal. Not the biggest deal in the game's lore...
The Stream Team: Riding the Trusts train to some Reaper levels in Final Fantasy XIV
Hey kids! Are you sick and tired of waiting forever for a queue to pop whenever you level a DPS class in Final Fantasy...
One Shots: Modern vampire home decorating
Forget the dusty castles and damp basements of your father's Transylvania; the modern, on-the-go vampire has a refined taste that apparently includes neon caskets...
Final Fantasy XIV plans for the Make It Rain campaign while explaining its PvP balance mistake
The team behind PvP balancing in Final Fantasy XIV made a mistake, and producer and director Naoki Yoshida is owning up to it in...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMO will be next to raise its subscription?
Almost three years ago, our writers and readers came together for a discussion about whether the age of the $15 subscription was coming to...
Vague Patch Notes: The specter of MMO persistence in single-player games
Recently, we got a great letter from a listener asking about an issue that he'd been having with single-player games compared to MMOs. Essentially,...
Final Fantasy XIV’s producer and director explains packet loss and reporting on internet issues
Here's the good news for most of the people reading this: You are probably not being affected by packet loss issues while playing Final...
Four Winds: Remembering TERA’s wild start and in-game politics
Well, the TERA sunset thing caught me off guard. I don't play TERA, but I was always under the impression that the game was...
Perfect Ten: 10 great ways to lose new players from your MMO
MMOs require new blood. Not exclusively or anything; you can keep an MMO going for quite some time on existing happy players. But existing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 374: Star Citizen, one decade later
Justin and Bree discuss the state of Star Citizen, Final Fantasy XI's 20th birthday, Guild Wars 2's Sky Pirates, DDO's Isle of Dread, and EVE Online's EVE Anywhere, plus a mailbag topic on struggling with single-player games in the wake of MMOs.
Final Fantasy XIV patches in some more PvP balance tweaks
If you're still not interested in PvP in Final Fantasy XIV despite the most recent patch's changes, the newly released patch 6.11a for the...
Choose My Adventure: Sampling a quick serving of player creativity in City of Heroes Rebirth
Even though City of Heroes Rebirth is a smaller rogue server in comparison to others out there, I was happy to notice that there...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the risk of job overload
All right, let's start this column with a little thought exercise. I want you to come up with a weapon and a general flow...
One Shots: That time when the Matrix discovered that it was in another Matrix
As we all know by now, the Matrix is everywhere, and we've consigned ourselves to a lifetime of being a battery for robots. Which...
Final Fantasy XI developers plan a Reddit AMA for next week
The Final Fantasy XI team is still not the best at talking to the game's North American fanbase, but it's getting better. (Getting better...
Vague Patch Notes: A look back at my start in Final Fantasy XI, many years later
It is the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy XI this week. Not the 20th anniversary of the game being in the US, and thus...
Perfect Ten: MMO critters so cute it makes your teeth hurt
I vividly remember a conversation I had with my then-girlfriend's parents back in 1996 about the potential of this growing "internet" phenomenon. With my...
Choose My Adventure: Some classic mission running in the City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server
So yes, it would appear that missions are indeed the most rewarding thing to do in City of Heroes: Rebirth.
That would probably be the...
Final Fantasy XI welcomes its 20-year anniversary today
As of today, it's been two decades since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, which makes this a pretty notable anniversary for the...
