Category Archives: Final Fantasy XIV

State of the MMO genre, 2015 edition

Posted on February 4, 2015 by SynCaine

First things first, it’s now 2015, and just like in 2014, 2013, and really since the beginning of time, we still haven’t seen an as-successful F2P MMO as we have sub MMOs (WoW/FFXIV/EVE). Until we do, this isn’t a debate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Asheron's Call, Camelot Unchained, EQ2, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Life is Feudal, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pathfinder Online, Rift, RMT, Star Citizen, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 64 Comments

FFXIV: You know what helps server queues?

Posted on January 28, 2015 by SynCaine

A free weekend! Granted, the queue is generally under a minute, and that’s during primetime, but come on Square, isn’t being the second-biggest real (sub) MMO out enough? Do we really need all those WoW-babies coming back as they grow … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV | 5 Comments

ESO: We are teaching console players what now?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by SynCaine

Quick note, because I’ve seen a few blogs state that ESO is dropping the required sub price in part because console players ‘don’t get how that works’. Quick, name the most successful console MMO to date (notably not a really … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, RMT, The Elder Scrolls Online | 15 Comments

WoW has shut down, per Massively

Posted on January 2, 2015 by SynCaine

Massively just doing Massively things (link no longer works as Massively just deleted the entire post), or just being Blizzard and copy/pasting from Polygon (This link still works because lulz Polygon). Pick one? I few weeks ago Square released a … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft | 26 Comments

Looking back at 2014, looking forward into 2015

Posted on December 15, 2014 by SynCaine

Time to review 2014 and make some 2015 predictions (I don’t get as fancy as some people and do two posts!) Here are the 2014 predictions: EQNL will have everyone loving it the first month of release. Shortly after just … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Camelot Unchained, Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EQNext, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Trion being Trion, WildStar, World of Warcraft | 43 Comments

Final Fantasy XIV: 2.5m subs now?

Posted on December 9, 2014 by SynCaine

First off, if I buy the $40 wedding in-game item for the wife as a Xmas gift, think that will go over well? 50/50 right? Either way huge missed opportunity for Square Enix here, the top package should be 30k … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV | 10 Comments

Burnout is a myth

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SynCaine

When WoW was declining due to one crappy expansion after another featuring accessibility-inspired dumbing down, some people tried to write this off as not being about the content, but just due to ‘burnout’. They would have you believe that after … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, DoTA, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 36 Comments

I’m officially back in WoW!

Posted on November 10, 2014 by SynCaine

Little note: If you are going to smash your face into the keyboard over and over again in blind rage, at some point you need to move past believing in clickbait and actually answer why financial numbers submitted to regulatory … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, Random, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Games I’m playing these days

Posted on November 4, 2014 by SynCaine

Little roundup of what I’ve been playing recently, because this is info you need to know. Clash of Clans: “Supreme Cream!” has hit 50 clan member, although a few are alts as we are holding two spots for former members … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, Random | 3 Comments

Patching, how does it work?

Posted on October 9, 2014 by SynCaine

A few small items as we wait all day for Trion to apply a 150 mini-patch: Inquisition is off to a good start in AA in terms of membership. We are averaging just under 10 people online most nights, and … Continue reading →

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