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Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s leveling structure
Eliot Lefebvre
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September 25, 2017
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I do a lot of leveling in Final Fantasy XIV. This is, in part, because I am stupid; for several dumb reasons I have...
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