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Wisdom of Nym: The skills on the chopping block in Final Fantasy XIV
When Stormblood launches, Final Fantasy XIV will be changing some pretty big mechanical aspects. First of all, we're going to be waving goodbye to...
Wisdom of Nym: The next few months for Final Fantasy XIV
Fellow fans of Final Fantasy XIV, I'm not going to lie to you: The next few months in the game will be rough. Not...
Wisdom of Nym: Gauging predictions after the Final Fantasy XIV fanfests
It finally happened, folks; we're done with the fan festivals until next year. (Yes, I fully expect to hear about the next set when...
Wisdom of Nym: Predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s final fan festival
Boy, the wait for this one has felt long. It hasn't been any longer, and it's not as if we haven't had plenty to...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking at alts in Final Fantasy XIV
There is, really, no need to have a single alt in Final Fantasy XIV. This makes it a point of open curiosity for me about...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5 in review, part 2
I mentioned previously that I went through Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch faster than I can recall going through a patch in recent...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5, part one
I can't think of the last time I've played through a patch of Final Fantasy XIV as quickly as I played through patch 3.5....
Wisdom of Nym: Getting ready for Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.5
Welcome to the next six months of Final Fantasy XIV, folks. Yes, there are going to be more changes over time, adjustments and upgrades...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5
It occurred to me as I penned last week's column that I hadn't actually been talking about Final Fantasy XIV's next patch very much...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ever-shifting landscape of class imagery
Here's a fun question for the series fans in the audience: How many party members in Final Fantasy VI had traditional jobs?
The answer, somewhat...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival in review
Ah, that moment when something is revealed that everyone already knows about. There was no real ambiguity about what the first new job was...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about Final Fantasy XIV in 2017
We're not there yet, but 2017 already makes me anxious. That's not going to stop it from arriving, though, however much I might want...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016 in review
If you care about awards - and let's be real, we all do, even if they don't inform our emotional states - you'll notice...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist
About a year and a half ago, I first put (digital) pen to (theoretical) paper about Final Fantasy XIV's Machinist. At that point, Heavensward...
Wisdom of Nym: Our first preview of Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 3.5
The last patch of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is on its way. It's not here, of course; we'll have to wait until January for...
Wisdom of Nym: Thankfulness for Final Fantasy XIV
I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that I'm on a bit of a low pulse for Final Fantasy XIV at the...
Wisdom of Nym: At the end of the world for Final Fantasy XIV
It's kind of weird to think about the fact that we just passed the four-year anniversary of the end of an era in Final...
Wisdom of Nym: An uncomfortable season for Final Fantasy XIV
My original plan for this week was to dive into the newest parts of the the Palace of the Dead, but I shan't mince...
Wisdom of Nym: The scariest stuff in Final Fantasy XIV
As a horror game, Final Fantasy XIV fails, due largely to the fact that it isn't a horror game and never attempts or pretends...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV console support, storage woes, and PvP servers
First things first. If you missed this before, I already did put together my thoughts about what little we know of Final Fantasy XIV's...