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DARK SECRETS: Ff14 | Vintage Vibes

MMOs are better if classes are imbalanced—you just need to do it on purpose

Perfectly balanced, as all things shouldn't be.

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Yoshi-P won't tell Final Fantasy 14 players what the new tank and ranged physical DPS jobs are, but he will dare you to look at his T-shirt for clues

"Both of these new jobs are FF14 originals, as opposed to legacy FF jobs"

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Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.5 site teases a potential return to the void for its next expansion

We're not done with the thirteenth just yet.

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Final Fantasy 14's Valentine's Day event is a Mario Party-lite encounter that reminded me it's actually quite fun to do some socializing in an MMO

I am become Cake Boss.

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They survived the MMO massacre of 2025, but 2026 is going to be a tense year for WoW and FF14: And for completely different reasons

It's all on the (on)line.

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FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has big plans for the MMO after Dawntrail's roughspots—hinting at A Realm Reborn-style overhaul

If you throw another moon at me, I'm gonna lose it.

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Final Fantasy 14 and World of Warcraft are starting to meet in the middle on modding, and it's a strange new world for MMOs and their AddOn communities

Two households, both alike in genre, in fair AddOn-a, where we lay our scene.

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Final Fantasy 14's latest patch finally has me excited to log into Dawntrail again—I just wish it didn't take Square Enix 15 months to get here

Riding home.

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FF14 is getting a baby Seikret minion as part of its Monster Hunter Wilds collab, and I will fistfight Arkveld alone for it

Look at this guy.

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Yoshi-P knows Final Fantasy 14 has a problem balancing casual and hardcore content, but he hopes the new Deep Dungeon will show the MMO's new philosophy on difficulty

Naoki Yoshida wants to change the balance of FF14

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WoW continues to eat FF14's lunch with its housing system on paper—says it'll just make more neighbourhoods if they're full, and you can have private guild ones, too

You get a house, and you get a house, and you get a house!

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'We are aware': Square Enix president knows golden goose Final Fantasy 14 is losing its lustre

Takashi Kiryu reckons stretching Yoshi-P thin is doing the MMO good, actually.

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FF14 unofficial census finds what we were all pretty much feeling—before patch 7.25, Dawntrail's playerbase has likely been on the decline

Nearly 12 months for somethin' to do.

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Is Dawntrail the FF14 equivalent of WoW's Shadowlands expansion? No, it's more boring than that

Nothing ever happens.

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After a controversial coding slip-up fed stalkers info on their victim's alts, FF14 wipes the slate clean to try and fix its mistakes

Better late than never.

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Final Fantasy 14 is, you guessed it, still making bank for Square Enix as Dawntrail rakes in the big bucks, though it might not be all sunshine and tacos

Let's see how it all shakes out.

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World of Warcraft calls out Final Fantasy 14's house lottery nightmare as Blizzard details Midnight's player housing: "No lotteries, and no onerous upkeep"

The MMORPG is one-upping the competition

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Yoshi-P says FF14 team is 'discussing' options to fight mod that can be used for stalking, like 'legal action' and, uh, asking them to stop

This doesn't quite inspire confidence.

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MMOs had a great year in 2024, with the genre the liveliest it's been in years

Big updates, great expansions, and even some new entries.

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Final Fantasy 14's battle design lead says it would 'be a dream come true' to do a League of Legends crossover

"If a Riot Games representative is reading this, it would be an honor if I could speak with you!"

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Final Fantasy 14 lead says if the MMO could have any collab, he'd want a League of Legends one: "A crossover with them would be a dream come true"

FF14 x LoL, when?

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Final Fantasy 14 devs would love to do a Monster Hunter Wilds collab: "There are many fans of the Monster Hunter series within the FF14 team, and I am one of them"

"With the release date for Monster Hunter Wilds almost upon us, we will do our best to enjoy the game first"

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Final Fantasy 14's lead battle content designer on returning to the series' first MMO for a new raid, difficulty, and his dream League of Legends collaboration

Interview | "If a Riot Games representative is reading this, it would be an honor if I could speak with you!"

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Final Fantasy 14 is still the load-bearing, reliable breadwinner for Square Enix, even with Dawntrail's bumpy post-launch reception

How long does a life preserver stay inflated?

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One of FF14's most prolific raid guide creators is a science teacher, whose first 'Hector lectures' were made with an app from his time 'teaching online during the pandemic'

Hector strats (dynamo) (mitochondria).

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