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Wisdom of Nym: The status of the Garlean legions in Final Fantasy XIV
The Garlean military, to the best of our knowledge, comprises 14 legions of troops in Final Fantasy XIV. I've pointed out before that technically,...
Wisdom of Nym: Breaking down the extensive changes to jobs in Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 6.1
First things first: I'm going to be writing this column in something of a whirlwind. It would have been nice if we had gotten...
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter explains future patch plans and graphical upgrade plans
After a decade of operation (a little more, actually, but even producer and director Naoki Yoshida admits to rounding to a decade because it...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s in Final Fantasy XIV’s February live letter?
It is not quite February yet at the time you read this, but it's not as if February is some distant future that we...
Wisdom of Nym: Unpacking the story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
All right. So this column is going to contain spoilers for the plot of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. You have probably gathered that from...
One Shots: The mysterious allure of fire
I've often been in awe of the simple power of a fireplace or bonfire in how it fascinates everyone who comes near it. We,...
Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: An interview with Naoki Yoshida
One of the things that I've always respected about Naoki Yoshida as a director and producer is that the man is clearly deeply involved...
Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the Tower of Zot
So this is an interesting deviation from the usual set of dungeons that we see in the media tours. Normally, the dungeon that media...
Massively Overthinking: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO queue?
New World has made headlines since the moment it launched for its excessive queues, but it's hardly the only MMO ever - or even...
One Shots: Personal space
Part of being a starship captain in Star Trek Online is making shrewd decisions that outwit enemies. Part is being a momma or papa...
Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV add to its healers in Endwalker?
Here's an interesting facet to consider: Unlike most of the other entries in this Wisdom of Nym series about Endwalker speculation, this one isn't...
Global Chat: How New World and Star Wars Galaxies are linked
New World and Star Wars Galaxies aren't often mentioned in the same sentence together, unless you're reading MMO blog Unidentified Signal Source. The author...
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....
Vague Patch Notes: Bugs are hard in MMOs
So apparently it's been pretty hard to play Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. I don't know from personal experience (fool me once, shame...
Why I Play: Finally completing Final Fantasy XIV’s relic grind
When I started my relic grind in Final Fantasy XIV, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. But after finishing the first few...
Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s announcement showcase Friday
My original plan for this particular column was to just write the title "The Final Fantasy XIV announcement showcase is on Friday" over and...
Wisdom of Nym: Ishgard restoration round three in Final Fantasy XIV
Before anyone feels the need to point it out, yes, I am aware that this is technically round four of restoration in Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV presents the man behind the design of the game’s official websites
A lot of members of the Final Fantasy XIV team are pretty well known at this point to the game's community, but there are...
Rumor: The next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is titled Forspoken
It's that time once more, when Final Fantasy XIV fans have scoured trademark registrations to discover the title of the next FFXIV expansion! After all, we...
Wisdom of Nym: What does Final Fantasy XIV’s final 5.3 stinger imply?
As above, so below, and as before, so again. Just to make it absolutely clear, even though we did it for last week's column...
