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To the surprise of basically no one who closely watches Final Fantasy XIV's overall patch progression, patch 6.2 is arriving on August 23rd. That's...

So let me start with an opinion that is going to inform the rest of this particular opinion piece by its very nature: I...

One of the things that I am always going to admire about the Final Fantasy XIV team is the fact that it followed up...

The weird thing when talking about Final Fantasy XIV when compared with a whole lot of MMOs is that it doesn't have a lot...

One of the things that I've long held up as a strength of Final Fantasy XIV is that it is designed to allow you...

I know I've said this many times and in a variety of contexts, but for all that there's a certain amount of expected content...

Every so often you run across something that makes you want to slam your head against a wall out of sheer, unadulterated bafflement. "What...

The first live letter previewing a new patch is always a little weird for Final Fantasy XIV, and this one is especially unusual. See,...

All right. So the next Final Fantasy XIV live letter is happening on this Friday. In and of itself, that's not unusual, of course;...

The Garlean military, to the best of our knowledge, comprises 14 legions of troops in Final Fantasy XIV. I've pointed out before that technically,...

Sometimes it feels very weird when Final Fantasy XIV bribes me into doing content. Ameliance's custom deliveries are a prime example of this. You...

I'm going to be honest: I hope this is the last time we have to wait for a halfway patch to get our tribal...

Back in the early days of Final Fantasy XIV, Primals were kind of a big deal. Not the biggest deal in the game's lore...

All right, let's start this column with a little thought exercise. I want you to come up with a weapon and a general flow...

This particular column was inspired by a question by regular reader, commenter, and friend to man and beast alike Scott Leyes, who originally posed...

One of the things that I think is important to note about Final Fantasy XIV's new adventurer plates is that they are in an...

It has to be frustrating to be one of the PvP designers working on Final Fantasy XIV. Not because the overall team doesn't support you...

The most interesting task that Final Fantasy XIV had set for itself with the launch of patch 6.1 was storyline-related, let's be realistic. Sure, there...

Here is a column topic that I am tired of writing about. But once again, it is necessary. So Final Fantasy XIV had its first...

I'm not going to lie: I don't like having to wait for my tribal quests. I recognize that might seem more than a little...