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: Why sticking to one MMO is the smart thing to do
I have never been much of a roamer. Some people are, and that's fine; the world needs different sorts of people, and for some...
Final Fantasy XIV lights up the Moonfire Faire once more on August 10
It's time for residents of Final Fantasy XIV to celebrate the true meaning of the Moonfire Faire once again on August 10th. The past...
Final Fantasy XI turns on bonus campaigns and welcomes players back starting on Friday
Final Fantasy XI wants you to come back to hang out. No, really, it's even putting on its summer best and everything. The game...
Wisdom of Nym: Did Final Fantasy XIV’s relic farming zones work?
One of the things that I am always going to admire about the Final Fantasy XIV team is the fact that it followed up...
Final Fantasy XIV announces its next live letter for August 12
You know the next Final Fantasy XIV patch is getting close when you get the second live letter about the patch. Anyone looking forward...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
Final Fantasy XI and Ragnarok Online studio heads look to the future and discuss classic servers
The 20th anniversary site for Final Fantasy XI continues to offer new interviews, and the latest one caps off a series of discussions with...
Vague Patch Notes: The many flavors of ‘boosting’ in the MMO genre
The other day MOP's Bree and I were having a discussion about boosting. This is not entirely unusual, but it was unusual insofar as...
Final Fantasy XIV teases patch 6.2, Buried Memory, while announcing a North American data center expansion delay
So there's good news and bad news for Final Fantasy XIV fans this morning. Let's start with the good news: The teaser site for...
Wallpaper Engine’s rise in popularity is likely thanks to Chinese gamers using it as a porn delivery system
"The Internet is for Porn" as the Avenue Q song goes, which appears to be holding true in the unique case of Wallpaper Engine,...
Final Fantasy XIV updates players on changes to tomestones and the end of a PvP series
If you've been holding on to some old Allagan Tomestones from back in Shadowbringers, it's time to trade them in. That's the message for...
Wisdom of Nym: Forgotten and abandoned systems in Final Fantasy XIV
The weird thing when talking about Final Fantasy XIV when compared with a whole lot of MMOs is that it doesn't have a lot...
Square-Enix finally makes good on its threat of selling NFTs with NFT-linked action figures
You may have thought that after seeing NFT prices crash along with cryptocurrency prices crashing, Square-Enix would have backed down from its inane blather...
The Stream Team: Killing and dethroning gods in Final Fantasy XIV
It's raid time once again in Final Fantasy XIV as MOP's Chris brings some of his friends along to take on the 24-player Aglaia...
Perfect Ten: The subtle differences between World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV combat
It's the little things that get you when you weren't paying attention, according to Jim Infantino (and Jim's big ego), and this is true...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Moogle Treasure Trove on July 25
Diving into dungeons in search of tomestones in Final Fantasy XIV is a pretty common activity, but irregular tomestones are a different sort of...
Wisdom of Nym: Optional and mandatory content in Final Fantasy XIV
One of the things that I've long held up as a strength of Final Fantasy XIV is that it is designed to allow you...
Final Fantasy XIV changes how Crystalline Conflict rewards work for Season 2
It seems a little odd that if you really want a particular reward for a tier in Final Fantasy XIV's ranked PvP, your best...
Final Fantasy XIV makes plan for opening home world transfers while banning RMT accounts
If you want to transfer your home world in Final Fantasy XIV right now... well, you can't. This is not for no reason, either....
Final Fantasy XIV takes a look behind the scenes at the tasks of the localization team
It can be easy at times to forget that Final Fantasy XIV is a multilingual title with day-and-date releases for every major patch -...
