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Final Fantasy XI brings out more waves of Dynamis enemies with its next version update
Get ready for additional waves of enemies in Dynamis-Divergence in Final Fantasy XI when July comes around, because that's what's being added. The game's...
Choose My Adventure: Capping things off in Final Fantasy XI
All right. When last I left off my Final Fantasy XI time, it was... wait, June 7th?! What the heck happened? If not for...
Final Fantasy XIV reveals details about Heaven-on-High and Fan Festival ticket purchases
The next deep dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV is really the opposite of "deep." You're not going down in Heaven-on-High; you're going up. But...
Vague Patch Notes: On balance and differentiation in MMOs
Do you like fighting games? I don't. Let's talk about fighting games. But bear with me because you'll get where this is going.
While I...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006
By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
Final Fantasy XIV’s community is rocked by a fansite sexual harassment scandal
When it comes to ranking friendly, warm, and welcoming MMO communities, Final Fantasy XIV is right up there near or at the top of...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for another round of the Celestial Nights celebration
The bright side of Final Fantasy XI having been around for a while is that the lack of new seasonal events is easier to...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the improved search function arriving with patch 4.35
There's a real dearth of vendor trash in Final Fantasy XIV. Almost everything is useful for something, somewhere. This encourages players to hoard a...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV beast tribes, bottom ranks
I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...
One Shots: I have had just about enough of you!
There are certain locales and cutscenes in MMORPGs that I've noticed get screenshotted more than most, and none seem to be quite as popular...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview
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...
Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV prepare a crossover while the latter prepares for a patch
We still don't yet know what rewards you'll get in Final Fantasy XIV for hunting the great beast Rathalos, but we know that the...
Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s lightness of dungeons
It feels really weird to think about just how few dungeons we've gotten in Final Fantasy XIV for this expansion. Not that it's the...
Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
Final Fantasy XIV promises the companion app for late July
There has long been a promise for Final Fantasy XIV players that there will be a companion app. It's been promised for so long,...
E3 2018: Square Enix says it hasn’t given up on bringing Dragon Quest X westward
In an alternate universe, Dragon Quest X got ported to western shores in 2012 when Square Enix launched the MMORPG in Japan. Sadly, we're...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMORPG Rogues
Sometimes I know that I may be a bit too old-school because there's a little twitch in my eye whenever I have to refer...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 174: Fallout vs. Elder Scrolls
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Elder Scrolls VI and Online, Fallout 76, Anthem, FFXIV, Black Desert, Bless, LOTRO, and STO, with mailbag questions on Daybreak and the problem with MMO forums.
Wisdom of Nym: Some story breakdown from Final Fantasy XIV’s latest patch
I had said before patch 4.3 came out that we were going to learn a fair bit about the future direction of Final Fantasy...