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: A letter to new players and old hands in Final Fantasy XIV
The population surge in Final Fantasy XIV must be stopping. It absolutely must be nearly over at this point or already over. It absolutely...
One Shots: Eye love you
While giant floating eyeballs always seem imposing, I can't help but feel bad about their life situation. Eyes are vulnerable enough when they're tucked...
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Final Fantasy XIV readies itself for a cool Moonfire Faire on August 13
It's time for Final Fantasy XIV to kick off its annual summer celebration very soon, but this year's celebration is going to just hit...
Square-Enix Q2 2021 financials: Final Fantasy XIV’s subs are up
Square-Enix has released its second quarter financial report for 2021, and it paints a rather middling picture overall. Net revenue for the quarter YOY...
Final Fantasy XI prepares a Ramuh-filled update for August
The developers of Final Fantasy XI really hope you like everyone's best-known avatar of lightning, Ramuh, because he's going to be featured a lot...
Massively Uplifting: Summer goodness from SOLO, EVE, Bungie, Warframe, and Guild Wars
When the news gets filled with dark and horrible things (and maybe you start to be disgusted with companies and people), it is natural...
Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV add to its magical DPS?
The biggest issue that Final Fantasy XIV has with its casters, as a rule, is that casters in the series all basically work like...
One Shots: When the sun goes down over New Yang City
When the sun begins to set over the horizon in Blade and Soul, Utakata knows that another thrilling summer night is about to commence.
But...
Battle Bards Episode 198: Final Fantasy XI expansions
Return with us to the lands of Vana’diel, as the Battle Bards dip into the ocean of Final Fantasy XI expansion music. While Syl...
Final Fantasy XIV changes the Sage job icon in response to trypophobia sufferers
Today's vocabulary word is "trypophobia," which refers to a feeling of fear or disgust when seeing a small cluster of holes or bumps. Not...
Aether Story melds ‘glory days’ of classic JRPGs with the modern MMO
Two tastes that go good together: Peanut butter and chocolate. Strawberry and kiwi. Vanilla Ice and Ninja Turtles. And old school-style Japanese RPGs and......
Final Fantasy XI brings back the Sunbreeze Festival once again
Considering the sheer number of world-shattering threats that your character has no doubt dealt with in Final Fantasy XI, it would make sense if...
PSA: Square-Enix is reprinting the Final Fantasy XIV lore books once again, and they’re up for pre-order
If you're a fan of Final Fantasy XIV and want more of the lore behind this game, the Encyclopaedia Eorzea volumes one and two...
Wisdom of Nym: Guessing at the next jobs of Final Fantasy XIV beyond Endwalker
So what are our next few jobs in Final Fantasy XIV? No, I don't mean for Endwalker, we already know what we're getting there....
WoW Factor: No king rules forever
World of Warcraft patch 9.1 has been out for less than a month, and it is a bad time to be a fan of...
Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs
Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida addresses the ‘staggering and unexpected’ player population explosion and asks for patience
Everyone's eager to play Final Fantasy XIV's new expansion, and that's why the servers are full. You know, despite the fact that the expansion...
Final Fantasy XIV’s newest patch abolishes more weekly limitations for loot and adds AFK timers
The two things that Final Fantasy XIV players were hoping to find in today's patch 5.58 were data center travel and the release of...
Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV add to its ranged damage dealers?
There's a usual pattern I follow when discussing Final Fantasy XIV jobs, and this time I wanted to break it. We've already talked about...
