Wouldn’t be a long post of mine without a meandering title! Let’s talk professions – this thing that exists in MMOs and is often sort of a… Read more “I Spent 10 Hours Doing Botany in Final Fantasy XIV, and Now I Understand the Main Reason I Hate WoW Professions”
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The First Real Sign of Doom? – High End Raiding at Parity Between Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft?
The times, they are a’changin’. Yesterday, something of a curious tweet from Kihra, the kind soul who manages and runs both WarcraftLogs and FFLogs, two sites that… Read more “The First Real Sign of Doom? – High End Raiding at Parity Between Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft?”
Some Spoiler-Heavy Thoughts on the Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quest
(SPOILER ALERT: While at first, I wanted to write this as a non-spoiler roundup and retrospective on my time so far in Shadowbringers, I couldn’t do it… Read more “Some Spoiler-Heavy Thoughts on the Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quest”
An Actual Impression of Shadowbringers Early Access – Real Gameplay This Time, I Swear
Quick bullet points after two days playing! -White mage is now level 75. I’ve really enjoyed playing in the open world – the DPS spell changes at… Read more “An Actual Impression of Shadowbringers Early Access – Real Gameplay This Time, I Swear”
A Quick Thought on the Early Access Launch of Shadowbringers
I haven’t played yet, since I thought it would be out at 1 AM my time but servers are still down for another hour, and I have… Read more “A Quick Thought on the Early Access Launch of Shadowbringers”
A Rambling Monday Post About WoW Criticism and the MMO Market
(A quick warning – this post, as written, is largely a filtered stream of constantly broken consciousness written during work hours. I liked it enough to share… Read more “A Rambling Monday Post About WoW Criticism and the MMO Market”
Shadowbringers Approaches – How an Expansion Launches in Final Fantasy XIV
The hype cycle of Final Fantasy XIV compared to World of Warcraft is so weirdly different, I’m not sure where to start. Right now, as I write… Read more “Shadowbringers Approaches – How an Expansion Launches in Final Fantasy XIV”
Weekly Hype Train – 3/26/2019 Edition!
Final Fantasy XIV – Patch 4.56 The conclusion to the story of Stormblood is live as of today, and while I hear it is short (and leads… Read more “Weekly Hype Train – 3/26/2019 Edition!”
Shadowbringers En Route – The Japanese Fan Fest and Future of Final Fantasy XIV
This last weekend brought with it the last Final Fantasy XIV fan festival of the 2018-2019 season, and with it, the remaining expected bits of news about… Read more “Shadowbringers En Route – The Japanese Fan Fest and Future of Final Fantasy XIV”
Weekly Hype Train Week of 3/19/2019!
It’s time for another weekly hype train! FFXIV: JP Fan Fest and Shadowbringers Announcements, Leveling Samurai, Finishing Gearing Red Mage This weekend marks the Japanese fan fest… Read more “Weekly Hype Train Week of 3/19/2019!”
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