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Wisdom of Nym: What we learned from the second Final Fantasy XIV Gods Revel, Lands Tremble live letter
You know what's going to be very interesting with Gods Revel, Lands Tremble? Unlike a usual x.3 patch for Final Fantasy XIV, this one...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV narrative moments that lack real conclusions
When I was in college, I met a girl who was absolutely amazing. I was dating someone at the time (not my future wife,...
Wisdom of Nym: A completely groundless hope about our next destination for Final Fantasy XIV
Normally when I do speculation columns - about Final Fantasy XIV or really anything else under the sun - I'm doing so for a...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s narrative misfires
Everyone either accepts at this point that Final Fantasy XIV has an excellent story or has decided to die on the hill of insisting...
Wisdom of Nym: Thematic discussion of Final Fantasy XIV’s first major story arc
Let's start with something straightforward: Everyone who wants to hop down to the comments to state that you don't care about story in an...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s the future of Final Fantasy XIV’s story arcs?
In August of 2013, the Final Fantasy XIV relaunch happened and did basically every thing you should not do with any sort of long-format...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to the first Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.3 live letter
Let me start with the most trivial question possible first: Does Naoki Yoshida have a calendar? He has to, right? Early January 2023 is...
Wisdom of Nym: The unfinished spaces left in Final Fantasy XIV
It'd really be nice to visit Ala Mhigo, but I sincerely doubt at this point that we're ever going to go there in Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s potential future destinations and expansions for Variant Dungeons
As I discussed when the actual patch came out, I was somewhat less than enamored with Final Fantasy XIV's first Variant Dungeon. It's not...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking stock of the additions with Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25
Interquel patches in Final Fantasy XIV are always an odd cocktail. On the one hand, they consist of content that was intentionally held back...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s original Manderville Man
There are some divisive characters in Final Fantasy XIV, but in some ways Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville stands above all of them - not...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV’s imminent patch 6.25
Well, that was... sooner than I expected! I had honestly been expecting patch 6.25 to be further out than... well, next week, but here...
Wisdom of Nym: The problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s consumables and buffs
All right, gang, who wants a sandwich? Especially if that sandwich involves... a boost to your Determination and Critical Hit rating for the next...
Perfect Ten: 10 Final Fantasy XIV musical tracks that absolutely slap
Everyone knows that people who play Final Fantasy XIV will not shut up about the game's music. This includes me. I will not shut...
Wisdom of Nym: Sorting through Final Fantasy XIV’s current balance state
So right now, some jobs in Final Fantasy XIV are performing better than others. In other news, water retains its moisturizing properties. Early reports...
Wisdom of Nym: Where Final Fantasy XIV’s tutorials really fall down
I don't think there's really a question to be asked about whether or not Final Fantasy XIV wants new players to join the game....
Wisdom of Nym: Making money in Final Fantasy XIV isn’t what you think
So let me start with a statement: Gil is pretty much irrelevant to me in Final Fantasy XIV because I already have enough. We...
Wisdom of Nym: Story impressions for Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory
Gosh, this has felt like a long darn week, hasn't it? I couldn't tell you why it felt so particularly long to me, but...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory content
Everyone, you need to remember something very important about this patch. Something that it's possible you didn't even know until just now, something that...
Wisdom of Nym: Highlights from Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory patch notes ahead of launch
The nice thing about having the patch notes always released well ahead of time for Final Fantasy XIV is that we can always pick...
