MMORPG

22 entries. 17,935 words.

August, 2021

• Level Curves And Story Pacing. 2021-08-17 9:39 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I wish the arbitrary geometric leveling curve didn’t mess up story pacing. 832 words.
• MMORPG Character Switcharoos. 2021-08-18 8:20 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Sometimes MMORPGs make you play a different character for narrative purposes and I don’t like it very much. 701 words.
• FFXIV - Oracle of Light. 2021-08-19 11:17 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I spent last night in Final Fantasy XIV standing at the Neverending Storybook (not the actual name) refreshing my memory on story events from the very end of A Realm Reborn and the post-Heavensward stuff with The Word Of The Mother and the Warriors of Darkness. 972 words.
• FFXIV Needs A Limit Break. 2021-08-24 8:44 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I’m waking up to this news that Final Fantasy XIV has closed off all the North American Aether servers to new players indefinitely because they can’t handle the strain anymore. 340 words.
• Best MMO Technology. 2021-08-25 8:40 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Yesterday I mentioned how much I worried that Final Fantasy XIV was staggering into their new expansion on duct tape and bailing wire, so I thought today I’d mention the MMORPGs that appear to have a much more solid technology base that I don’t have to worry about. 417 words.
• Shadowbringers Done, Part 1. 2021-08-26 8:45 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I finished the first ending of Shadowbringers. The one before the long series of post-expansion patches. 469 words.
• Nuts To The Post-Shadowbringers Blues. 2021-08-28 10:52 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I started into the post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quest last night and got a whole two quests in before the game slammed a massive brick wall down in front of me. 1,048 words.
• The Endgame Grind Decision Point. 2021-08-29 11:53 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Should I dive headlong into the vortex of Final Fantasy XIV endgame possibilities or should I detox and play something else? 534 words.
• FFXIV - New Game Plus. 2021-08-30 8:16 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  I recently learned about New Game+ in Final Fantasy XIV, some time earlier in Blaugust, in the Blaugust Discord. I didn’t think it would work very well, but it actually does. 942 words.

September, 2021

• FFXIV - Contemporary Shadowbringers Reviews [+audio]. 2021-09-14 7:54 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Out of curiosity, I went looking to find some contemporary accounts of why Shadowbringers was The Greatest Final Fantasy Story Ever. Because it wasn’t clear to me. 1,192 words.
• FFXIV - Shadowbringers Story Summary [+audio]. 2021-09-21 10:26 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Similar to what I did with Stormblood, I wanted to write a brief high-level overview of the events of the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers expansion story, so I’ll remember it later. 1,004 words.
• FFXIV - Shadowbringers 5.1, Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty. 2021-09-24 8:55 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.1 Content, Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty. 949 words.
• New World Next Week. 2021-09-25 9:25 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Amazon’s New World is about to launch. For real this time. Maybe. Probably. 685 words.
• New World, Launch Day, Zero Hour. 2021-09-28 10:24 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  New World launched and I was there recording for the historical archives. 451 words.
• New World Three-Day Saga. 2021-09-30 12:49 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  The worm turns quickly for New World. 1,625 words.

October, 2021

• New World, Day Six Bullet Points. 2021-10-03 10:47 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Bullet points because I don’t feel like writing an essay. 1,005 words.
• New World - The End ...?. 2021-10-04 10:04 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  On the seventh morning of New World I think I can confidently report that this game isn’t for me. 778 words.
• Now What?. 2021-10-06 4:48 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Searching for the next game to play, and also apparently listing every game I’ve looked at recently. 1,319 words.
• FFXIV - Shadowbringers 5.2, Echoes of a Fallen Star. 2021-10-12 8:47 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.2 Content, Echoes of a Fallen Star. 628 words.
• FFXIV - Shadowbringers 5.3, Reflections in Crystal. 2021-10-30 8:20 PM.
  • Gaming
  
  Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.3 Content, Reflections in Crystal, which I finished well over a month ago at the time of this publication. 351 words.

December, 2021

• FFXIV - Shadowbringers 5.4, Futures Rewritten. 2021-12-01 9:06 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.4 Content, Futures Rewritten, which I finished well over two months ago at the time of this publication. 774 words.
• FFXIV - Shadowbringers 5.5/5, Death Unto Dawn. 2021-12-09 11:39 AM.
  • Gaming
  
  Notes on the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.5 and 5.55 Content, Death Unto Dawn, which I finished more than two months ago at the time of this publication. 919 words.