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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s schedule in the wake of pandemic
We have an official statement from Square-Enix now. We have a whole lot of panicky Final Fantasy XIV players who want to believe that...
Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV need new jobs?
We're all still basically expecting an expansion announcement for Final Fantasy XIV in November. I'll talk about the weirdness of the world right now...
Wisdom of Nym: Expected expansion features still unseen in Final Fantasy XIV
We're still not into the period of time in which we'll learn about patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV. Indeed, there's a lot of life left...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of the second set of Ishgard Restoration in Final Fantasy XIV
All right! So this is not actually the column topic that I announced last week, but in my defense, I legitimately did not know...
Wisdom of Nym: Greedily anticipating Final Fantasy XI’s new scenario
All right, so it's time to insert that Tyler the Creator tweet here because this is going to be something I'm talking about a...
Wisdom of Nym: Hints for our next destination in Final Fantasy XIV based on the past and what we’re ignoring
There's not really question in most people's minds about the fact that there's going to be another Final Fantasy XIV expansion. There doesn't need to...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2 in review – the story
The funny thing about big Final Fantasy XIV patches these days is that because the smaller material gets a bit more spread out, we...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2 in review – the content
All right, here's the deal. Every time we get a new patch, I wind up finding that I have two of these columns' worth...
Wisdom of Nym: That’s a very large fan festival you got there, Final Fantasy XIV
Odd as it might be to say, I don't really have a lot more to say just yet about tomorrow's patch for Final Fantasy...
Wisdom of Nym: Our last preview of Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2
For a lot of people, patch 5.1 felt sort of like a breather. Obviously, it had a bunch of new stuff in it, but...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV has no addons and doesn’t seem to want them
So long ago I can't remember when, interviews with Naoki Yoshida had him talking about Final Fantasy XIV getting addon functionality. To his credit (as...
Wisdom of Nym: Gunblades across Final Fantasy XIV
I think we can all agree that the explanation given for where the name "gunblade" comes from in Final Fantasy XIV is very silly,...
Wisdom of Nym: The little-explained lore bits in Final Fantasy XIV
This column, in part, is in honor of a random party member who had never realized that the currency you're picking up in dungeons...
Wisdom of Nym: The lore deep cuts we know of in Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
There's lots of lore to unpack in Final Fantasy XIV. Seriously, I could write a lot about it because the game sets up lots of...
Wisdom of Nym: Yes, Final Fantasy XIV’s Empire is just plain bad
All right, let's be totally clear about something that... feels like it should already be obvious, but seems to not be. The Garlean Empire...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking ahead to Final Fantasy XIV’s 2020
Sometimes it's just not terribly interesting to do a year-in-review column for a game, and the fact of the matter is that this is...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s first Patch 5.2 preview in brief
I did actually sit down for the most recent live letter, which was only halfway intentional. It's not like I didn't want to hear...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s first Blue Mage extension
Here we are. The newest Final Fantasy XIV patch is as much a proof of concept as the original Blue Mage launch was, showing how...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting class utility
There are eight crafting classes in Final Fantasy XIV, and in all likelihood we're always going to have eight crafting classes at this point....
Wisdom of Nym: Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV and what the update needs to deliver
The funny thing about Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV right now is that the only people still really mad about it are... the...
