wisdom of nym

In one respect, Final Fantasy XIV is an incredibly flexible game. You are never actually locked into a single role or job; even if...

The purpose of magical damage in Final Fantasy XIV is to ruin everything. Really. You get a huge group of enemies together, and then...

How many times a day do you think about aetherial gear in Final Fantasy XIV? If the answer is more than "zero," I'm honestly...

Honestly, ranged damage is a field that's never quite appealed to me as much as other options for doing stuff. Not just in Final...

Crafting and gathering has never been a primary goal of mine in Final Fantasy XIV so much as a secondary one. It's something extra...

I main melee DPS on my main character in Final Fantasy XIV, but it was never really by design. Originally I was quite happy...

I remember a couple of years ago, in February, getting ready to fly across the country for Final Fantasy XIV's big press event. I...

I don't know whether we're actually going to have a proper two-year anniversary event in Final Fantasy XIV. It feels very strange to say...

I don't generally like "ranking" classes. The best tanking option in Final Fantasy XIV is the one that you like playing the most, and...

Let me start by warning you fans of Final Fantasy XIV that this column may very well have spoilers, but that's all right because...

Heavensward has been out a bit more than a month now if you count the launch of early access as the "real" launch of...

There are three roles in Final Fantasy XIV, but you could argue that one of those roles has three sub-roles. Sure, they all fall...

As of this writing, I haven't yet cleared Alexander. I've had other things to do, and while it might mean I'm ultimately one week...

Final Fantasy XIV takes you on quite a ride on the way to level 60. There are indisputably fewer dungeons than there are from...

As of this writing, I'm not quite 60 yet in Final Fantasy XIV. Thanks to real life, I'm a bit behind the curve, to...

Thursday was a long day. So was Friday, but in very different ways. Playing Final Fantasy XIV over the past few days has been a...

The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...

At the time you read this, you'll have about 11 days left until early access starts up for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion --...

If you've been paying attention the last few weeks, you've doubtlessly heard a fair bit about the new skills that the various classes and...

There's a phrase that gets passed around my house frequently these days, and the phrase is "expansion mode." I have two characters locked into...