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Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on the first live letter for Final Fantasy XIV’s The Promise of Tomorrow patch
Sometimes I have to feel like the team is calling me out specifically when it comes to Final Fantasy XIV's live letters. After some back-and-forth...
Wisdom of Nym: What if Final Fantasy XIV stops adding new jobs?
One of the constants that underpins the speculation that lots of players, including me, have about Final Fantasy XIV's future expansions - beyond the...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy V references in Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent
There are interesting things to be said about every Final Fantasy game, and Final Fantasy V is no different. A lot of that comes from the...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent
So after a week of Final Fantasy XIV's latest field exploration area, I have to say that I'm... not really sure if this is, in...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XI and the comfort of being done
When I first played Final Fantasy XI, I wanted to be a Dragoon. I wanted this because I had never really given a whole...
Wisdom of Nym: So what might the Final Fantasy XIV follow-up look like?
A couple weeks ago, I got a fun letter from a reader sharing his personal experiences with Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV will not go to another shard like in Shadowbringers
So there's only so much space in the header of a column, but I want to make it very clear what I mean right...
Wisdom of Nym: The odd hole in Final Fantasy XIV’s 2025 plans
Peter Gabriel's song "I Grieve" has a bit of an odd history; the song was included on his 2002 album Up, but its first...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Cosmic Exploration
I find myself of two minds as I play through the first part of Final Fantasy XIV's Cosmic Exploration. The first mind - the...
Wisdom of Nym: Things I want out of Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Occult Crescent
It is a fact almost universally acknowledged that human beings are never happy with where they are currently located; instead, we almost constantly wish...
Wisdom of Nym: Expert crafting and better crafting challenges in Final Fantasy XIV
Cosmic Exploration arrives in Final Fantasy XIV not this week but next, which means that we've got a little more time before it's present....
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity story content
Let's start at the very beginning, as The Sound of Music informed me that is a very good place to start: This column will...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about phantom jobs in Final Fantasy XIV
At this point, we don't have a full list of the phantom jobs that will be available in Final Fantasy XIV's new field exploration...
Wisdom of Nym: Last-minute thoughts before the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity
Based on the live letter and the trailer for the next Final Fantasy XIV patch, I definitely feel at least somewhat less served than...
Wisdom of Nym: Completely unlikely theories for the future of Final Fantasy XIV stories
I frequently like to make predictions for the future of Final Fantasy XIV that seem reasonable and make logical sense. I'd say "that's kind...
Wisdom of Nym: Why are Final Fantasy XIV’s event quests getting worse?
As I write this, I am looking forward to the Little Ladies' Day event in Final Fantasy XIV... or more specifically, I am looking...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV is running out of Final Fantasy
It wasn't so long ago that I did a series of columns talking about the many, many references in Final Fantasy XIV to date,...
Wisdom of Nym: So, how has dropping Hard dungeons worked out for Final Fantasy XIV?
In the run-up to Shadowbringers, we learned that Final Fantasy XIV was not going to be doing Hard dungeons any longer. The reason given was...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s first Seekers of Eternity live letter
Sometimes vibes just turn kinda bad. It just happens. Despite my natural state of things these days, I also have good days and bad...
Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next Live Letter
So our next live letter for Final Fantasy XIV is coming on Friday, and I think it's honestly coming at a remarkably necessary time....
