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The devs of Final Fantasy XI don't seem to really appreciate what "maintenance mode" is understood to mean, judging by the new pieces of...

It turns out that Final Fantasy XI will just keep going forever. The game has been pumping out monthly updates reliably ever since its...

It appears that even the claims of Final Fantasy XI's story being finished were greatly exaggerated. That's not news, of course, but it is...

It's not exactly a secret to people who follow my presence on various feeds that I'm not doing great right now emotionally, but the...

When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...

Unfortunately for dedicated Final Fantasy XI players,the latest login campaign for FFXI does not give you a bed made of moogles. In fact, it's...

Writers and geeks alike can't seem to get enough of time travel -- and neither can I! Back in 2017, I wrote a list of...

The Final Fantasy XI team has gotten its groove back, although in this case "groove" mostly means "development cadence." Yes, the team is back...

Who wants swimsuits in Final Fantasy XI? That's what you'll be getting when the Celestial Nights event rolls around once again on June 30th,...

MOP reader Styopa proposed this fun topic for Massively Overthinking this week, prompted, he said, by Standing Stone Games' recent promotions for Lord of...

Players had to wait a little bit longer for Final Fantasy XI's anniversary event this year, due to the whole... global pandemic thing. Fortunately, the...

Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...

It's been about a year since I wrote about Naoki Yoshida's mystery project, which still has not actually been announced in any way and...

When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...

All heat must be beaten in Final Fantasy XI starting on June 11th. No, that's not when the game is adding some sort of Ambuscade...

Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...

It's hard to be a plant in Final Fantasy XI, especially a walking one. After all, people are no doubt looking at you and...

Saturday marked the 18-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XI from its original release in Japan, and that's a pretty big milestone. Unfortunately, it didn't...

We've already talked about how Final Fantasy XI had had to delay some anniversary fun, but that's not the same as removing all of the...

I had finally hit level 41 on Red Mage in Final Fantasy XI. That was when the world changed, and if you played the game,...