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Oh, is this one my time? It keeps changing back and forth.

Vague Patch Notes: The taxonomy of corporate apologies in video games

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Somehow, Bethesda managed to persevere after the Great Canvas Shortage of 2018 to replace the Fallout 76 CE bags that were essentially plastic shopping bags...
Also, kind of Blue Mage, but that's not happening so stop asking.

Final Fantasy XIV unveils its site for patch 4.5

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The only way to the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is through the last patch of this expansion, just like the only way to reach...

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Q&A with Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida

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The question and answer portion of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival actually came before the Letter from the Producer, and as a result it...
Vendi ad me frat

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Naoki Yoshida explains patch 4.5 and Blue Mage in the newest live letter

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After Friday's keynote, Naoki Yoshida made it fairly clear that Final Fantasy XIV fans would not hear anything further about the contents planned for the...
Wreckage.

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida

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In contrast to the high-octane trailer that had opened the day, the final event for the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival...
It's hard to stop a train.

Final Fantasy XIV prepares UI backup features while weathering more DDoS attacks

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There are a lot of different client-side settings that can make jumping between platforms for Final Fantasy XIV somewhat more difficult. You play one...
Strap in, buckos.

Vague Patch Notes: How do you play MMOs when you know humans suffered to make them?

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The original Star Wars film was a passion project for a then-young George Lucas, and it was a project that nearly killed Lucas from...
It's a boss, and it is deadly.

Final Fantasy XIV is weathering intermittent DDOS attacks

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Ah, the DDOS attack, a time-honored way of making a large number of players upset simply because someone can. Final Fantasy XIV has been...
Huhwha

Wisdom of Nym: Why subjobs wouldn’t work with Final Fantasy XIV

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I would say that I don't mention my affection for Final Fantasy XI often enough, but the fact is that I mention it a...
Oh no tentacles.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines its 14-hour anniversary broadcast plans

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It's another anniversary for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means many components to the annual anniversary celebration, including a 14-hour long broadcast starring Naoki...
IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACROBAT GO PLAY THAT

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview

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If you are currently enjoying Final Fantasy XIV, you probably don't want the game to massively change and rewrite the systems that you are...
How are you not playing this on PC in the first place?

Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice

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Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy XIV fame was at this year's E3, and that means interviews with the man himself. One of those interviews...
Feel free to put the quotes in the comments.

Final Fantasy XIV plans to roll back greed-only looting in alliance raids

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Sometimes reasonable ideas don't quite work out. Final Fantasy XIV's latest loot change is an obvious example of that; the developers wanted to solve...
How does this work? We were barely told.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the horror of the Live Letter

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It's easy to miss one of the worst bits of news about the next Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter because it's tucked in the...
Up.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about Final Fantasy XIV’s Eureka

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I think Naoki Yoshida has severely overestimated how much I wanted to chase after a Scorpion Harness again. One of the things that I mentioned...
FIRE ELEMENT

Final Fantasy XIV shows off the Forbidden Land of Eureka

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Players of Final Fantasy XIV are still knee-deep in exploring the game's most recent patch, but you won't have to wait until the next...

The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017

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One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
March out of the light.

Final Fantasy XIV plans patch 4.2 for late January, with glamour storage, more housing, and new content

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The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV will arrive in late January according to the most recent live letter from producer/director Naoki Yoshida. Of...
Damn you!

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017

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Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year. Now imagine what gets said behind...
Every so often, you need to take a look at the banner you're marching under to make sure it still echoes your beliefs.

Wisdom of Nym: Classes, job, and the Armoury System in Final Fantasy XIV

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Here's how this column got written. Last week, I was talking about new potential jobs based on weapons rather than on jobs that have...

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