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Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the newly announced Final Fantasy XVI
So, uh... hey! Final Fantasy XVI! That's a thing we learned about yesterday, huh? I'm sure we're all shocked that Naoki Yoshida's very specific dismissal of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second Ishgard season is a touch underwhelming
In the days of my youth, you usually got introduced to a new band via the radio. (The radio was like YouTube, but no...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second season of crafting PvP
Let's call this side of Ishgard Restoration what it is, yes? This is Final Fantasy XIV giving people another form of PvP in competitive...
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal storylines
All right, let's make something very clear right off the bat: There will be spoilers in this column. If you have managed to not...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal content
All right, this format worked well last time; let's go for it again and talk about Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch. But to start...
Wisdom of Nym: Just before patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV
Is it too late to hope this patch ends with a bunch of NPCs from the First watching everyone walk back to the Source...
Wisdom of Nym: What it means to be good at Final Fantasy XIV content
Let's start with an assertion that some people may or may not believe but is still true no matter what: Dungeons in Final Fantasy...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned in Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.3 live letter
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...
Wisdom of Nym: What content in Final Fantasy XIV is optional?
So here's an interesting question with an answer that continually shifts: What content is optional in Final Fantasy XIV?
If you're a big fan of...
Wisdom of Nym: What to do in Final Fantasy XIV during the 5.3 patch delay
Here we are in July, and we're not going to get our next patch for about a month. Normally, this isn't such a big...
Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
Wisdom of Nym: What does Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 delay mean for the schedule?
Gosh, remember when it seemed like we... like, actually knew what 2020 was going to look like, or at least in the broad strokes?...
Wisdom of Nym: Job extension ideas for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
One of the interesting things about each given expansion for Final Fantasy XIV is that we always get new tricks along the way... sometimes...
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s role quests
You might be thinking that we're a little early to be doing this sort of thing, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong; normally I...
Wisdom of Nym: Exit Final Fantasy XIV fan festival, pursued by a virus
So... yeah, we're not getting our fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV in San Diego. You probably saw that by now. (And if you're wondering...
Wisdom of Nym: The ‘problem jobs’ of Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers
When Final Fantasy XIV launched Shadowbringers, every job had issues, but most of them were fairly minor. That was not universally the case, to...
Wisdom of Nym: So, if there is a Final Fantasy XVI…
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers has mined out its own nostalgia
There are a lot of themes that are running hot through the entirety of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. Some of them are very obvious and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s healer problem and how it’s kind of unsolvable
I quite like Final Fantasy XIV's healers. I really enjoy both Scholar and White Mage, and considering that this expansion is one in which I'd...
