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Wisdom of Nym: The subtle mechanical shifts in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
A lot of mechanics changed with the latest Final Fantasy XIV expansion. You probably don't need me to tell you that, but there are...
First impressions: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers is beautiful, horrifying, and a crowning achievement
It was clear to me how special Shadowbringers was going to be when I saw one of the most effectively horrifying scenes I've witnessed...
Massively OP’s guide to Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ unlocks and progress
The new expansion is out! After what felt like basically a year of waiting (but was closer to six months), Final Fantasy XIV's third...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers made early access a luxury
First and foremost, I want to note that this is not going to be my official first impressions of Shadowbringers because that's going to be...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers early access survival guide
It's the final countdown, people. Final Fantasy XIV will throw wide the gates early in the morning on Friday, and we'll all be off...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s E3 hangover
Honestly, I wondered how the heck Final Fantasy XIV could top the revelation about Hydaelyn and Zodiark at the start of this year's E3....
Wisdom of Nym: Why you should be cautious speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s expansion balance
Whew. All right. So we've gotten the media tour information for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, and that means that people have gotten to...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining the shocker last line from Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ trailer
Oh dang. I had expected to learn some new things about Shadowbringers this week, maybe the lyrics to the theme song (what I hear doesn't appear...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – the final assessment
Expansion footraces are dumb in a lot of ways. Final Fantasy XIV has two expansions at this point, and the reality is that neither of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – odds and ends
The thing about Final Fantasy XIV is that it's big. Really, amazingly big. There's a lot of stuff, and if I wanted to go into...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: An interview with Naoki Yoshida
Let Naoki Yoshida sleep, people. The man was visibly exhausted when I interviewed him on May 21st, not at all helped by the fact...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The fairy-tale fight of Dohn Mheg
You all know by now that it's tradition for me to run my dungeon in these Final Fantasy XIV preview events as a new...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The tanks
Tanking has changed forever for Final Fantasy XIV in Shadowbringers. Gone are threat combos, gone are DPS stances, and gone is literally any excuse that tanks...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The magical DPS
Unlike with the melee DPS, magical ranged damage actually had one of its members that changed a whole lot. Hooray! But the other two...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The healers
As soon as I started going through the abilities added to Final Fantasy XIV's healers, I immediately muttered to myself "oh, some people are...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The melee DPS
Honestly, out of all the roles in the game right now, the melee DPS was the most boring part of the Final Fantasy XIV:...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The ranged DPS
Huh. This is a really weird contrast in this batch. Obviously, there are only two ranged DPS to cover, but in Stormblood that didn't matter...
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The new jobs
The two new jobs debuting in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers had a lot to live up to. For one thing, both of them were...
MassivelyOP’s Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers media tour coverage
A new expansion is on the way for Final Fantasy XIV, with early access starting up in less than a month. But what if you...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers in benchmark and letter form
One of the nice things about the rules around the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers media tour is that seeing the big job change video means...
