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Wisdom of Nym: The cancelled future of Final Fantasy XIV
Every game has stuff in it that's dummied out. There are ideas that the developers brought to a certain point without ever finishing, and...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s healers
One of the damage dealers in the party can't stay out of damaging effects because moving interrupts his casts, and he thinks finishing a...
Wisdom of Nym: Surpassing Final Fantasy XIV’s cross-class legacy
In one respect, Final Fantasy XIV is an incredibly flexible game. You are never actually locked into a single role or job; even if...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s magical DPS
The purpose of magical damage in Final Fantasy XIV is to ruin everything. Really. You get a huge group of enemies together, and then...
Wisdom of Nym: Coordination, aetherial gear, and Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
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...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s ranged DPS
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting and gathering endgame in Heavensward
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...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s melee DPS
I main melee DPS on my main character in Final Fantasy XIV, but it was never really by design. Originally I was quite happy...
Wisdom of Nym: Two years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s events, anniversaries, and content
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...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s tanks
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on what comes next in Final Fantasy XIV
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward at the one-month mark
Heavensward has been out a bit more than a month now if you count the launch of early access as the "real" launch of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Machinist needs a tune-up
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s expansion endgame, three weeks in
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...
Wisdom of Nym: The leveling dungeons of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
Final Fantasy XIV takes you on quite a ride on the way to level 60. There are indisputably fewer dungeons than there are from...
Wisdom of Nym: The 60 climb in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
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...
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...
Wisdom of Nym: Predicting the story beats for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
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 --...
