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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – side stories, part one
Here's a fun fact: I don't actually know how long this series of columns is going to be at this point. That shouldn't affect...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – the main scenario
I never really had a chance to explore Final Fantasy XI expansion by expansion. By the time the game launched in North America, the...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the healer skills Final Fantasy XIV could delete
Tomorrow, we're getting the end of the Heavensward story quests in Final Fantasy XIV, which means I need to start looking at Heavensward as...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s removed skills, Ranged/Caster edition
Well, folks, by all reasonable estimation we're going to have the final story patch of Heavensward next week. Why? Because there's no more March...
Wisdom of Nym: Abilitiy revisions for Final Fantasy XIV: Melee edition
I had really hoped for something a touch more substantial about Stormblood from this weekend's event, but we got what we got. Thus we...
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...
