Dawntrail’s launch in just about a week (for early access) means a chance to start fresh, attack Final Fantasy XIV from a new angle, and for a… Read more “Rising To Meet The Dawntrail – Tips For Progressing At The Start of a New Final Fantasy XIV Expansion”
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Speculating About Dawntrail Part 2 of 2 – The Story, Lore, Characters, and Other Final Fantasy Nods
This post is part two of my Dawntrail pre-release analysis, looking at everything we have now as I write and using it to try and find some… Read more “Speculating About Dawntrail Part 2 of 2 – The Story, Lore, Characters, and Other Final Fantasy Nods”
Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within
The War Within beta went live, and with it, a challenging change – the effect of damaging trinkets and cantrip effects (weapon procs) are going down by… Read more “Blizzard’s Shadowboxing Match – Their Fight With Themselves on Tanks, Healers, and Trinkets in The War Within”
My First Expansion Raiding Savage Is In The Books – Some Thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV Raiding Before Dawntrail
There’s a lot to talk about with Final Fantasy XIV lately, as the first major batch of job changes for Dawntrail and the job action trailer have… Read more “My First Expansion Raiding Savage Is In The Books – Some Thoughts on Final Fantasy XIV Raiding Before Dawntrail”
The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix
Mists of Pandaria Remix has been out for just over a week and a half now. How’s it going? Uh…both really well and also with a lot… Read more “The Fun, Frustrating Ride of Mists of Pandaria: Remix”
Healing Dungeons in World of Warcraft Dragonflight is a Broken Gameplay Design, and Here’s Why
Picture this: you’re healing a dungeon in World of Warcraft, and things are going well, when the boss stops to cast a huge party-wide damage hit. You’ve… Read more “Healing Dungeons in World of Warcraft Dragonflight is a Broken Gameplay Design, and Here’s Why”
The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand
The dungeon difficulty changes made to World of Warcraft have been interesting, to say the least. For the uninitiated, the basic rundown is this – in Season… Read more “The First Week: WoW’s New Dungeon Scaling, Experienced Firsthand”
Hopes and Fears for The War Within
We are getting, by most estimates and the timetable provided by Blizzard in the WoW roadmap for 2024, close to The War Within launching in alpha. If… Read more “Hopes and Fears for The War Within”
Hopes and Fears for Dawntrail
PAX East is this weekend, and the Final Fantasy XIV team is going to have a global livestream from the show that will, in all likelihood, include… Read more “Hopes and Fears for Dawntrail”
The Big Secret of Patch 10.2.6 Is Plunderstorm, WoW’s Battle Royale
10.2.6’s big surprise is live as of this week, and…uh, it’s interesting. The lynchpin feature of this new patch is an addition to retail WoW playable by… Read more “The Big Secret of Patch 10.2.6 Is Plunderstorm, WoW’s Battle Royale”
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