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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...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned about Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 6.2
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Are crossover events in Final Fantasy XIV worth it?
So let me start with an opinion that is going to inform the rest of this particular opinion piece by its very nature: I...
Wisdom of Nym: Did Final Fantasy XIV’s relic farming zones work?
One of the things that I am always going to admire about the Final Fantasy XIV team is the fact that it followed up...
Wisdom of Nym: Forgotten and abandoned systems in Final Fantasy XIV
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Optional and mandatory content in Final Fantasy XIV
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Variant Dungeons and Savage changes in Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.2
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Why the Final Fantasy XIV billboard was a terrible idea
Every so often you run across something that makes you want to slam your head against a wall out of sheer, unadulterated bafflement. "What...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter and 6.2 preview
The first live letter previewing a new patch is always a little weird for Final Fantasy XIV, and this one is especially unusual. See,...
Wisdom of Nym: So what will we hear in the next Final Fantasy XIV live letter?
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;...
Wisdom of Nym: The status of the Garlean legions in Final Fantasy XIV
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,...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.15 in the wild
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.15 is a bit late in its arrival
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Reconsidering Final Fantasy XIV’s Primals
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the risk of job overload
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...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the grim specter of continuity lockout
This particular column was inspired by a question by regular reader, commenter, and friend to man and beast alike Scott Leyes, who originally posed...
