Category Archives: FFXIV

Making it easier to return to a MMORPG

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Telwyn

As someone who plays a variety of MMORPGs, I do face the problem of returning to a game and not finding the return a very easy or pleasant experience. The feeling of confusion as you stare at rows of forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in BDO, EQ2, ESO, FFXIV, MMORPG, Rift, STO, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

The puzzle of add-ons

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Telwyn

I read with interest a post by Rohan on a puzzle boss in Final Fantasy 14. I’ve no experience of this myself, but imagining it I doubt I’d be able to do the maths quickly enough to stand much chance … Continue reading →

Posted in ESO, FFXIV, MMORPG, TSW, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

An Eorzean Interlude (part 2)

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Telwyn

As a follow-up to my last post, I include here some of the more negative impressions from our recent duo-play return to Final Fantasy 14, if you haven’t already please read the first post for the background to this pair … Continue reading →

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An Eorzean Interlude (part 1)

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Telwyn

Back on Thursday last week I saw online that Final Fantasy 14 was having a welcome back event lasting through 1st May, whereby you could log back in and have 96 hours of game time for free starting anytime until … Continue reading →

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The leveling dungeons disconnect

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Telwyn

I read with interest the recent LOTRO post over at Massively OP about the group finder. It brought a few thoughts together that I’ve had of late regarding grouping and the impact that has on my enjoyment and motivation levels … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, FFXIV, LotRO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, Rift, SWTOR, Tera, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

How well do you know your virtual world?

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Telwyn

I’ve been picking away at the Anniversary quests in Lord of the Rings Online the last week or so and it’s reminded me just how enormous and complicated Middle Earth is. The quests named after individual heroes of the Fellowship … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, FFXIV, LotRO, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

Finding low level dungeon groups

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Telwyn

Patterns of play can come full circle I’m finding – my early years in MMOs was dominated by running dungeons. Yes, I spent time questing in a pair or trio to level characters, but at every opportunity we’d drop questing … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, FFXIV, LotRO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

FFXIV: “paid scenario shortcut”

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Telwyn

I’ve not been paying much attention to the approach of the Stormblood expansion for Final Fantasy 14 since we unsubbed for nearly two years now as the weight of content that blocked progression at level 50 to Heavensward brought our … Continue reading →

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Spreadsheets for MMO characters

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Telwyn

For the MMORPGs that I’ve played more seriously, I have invariably at some point created a record of my various characters progress. Since I’m a computer scientist I tend to use spreadsheets for simple lists of such info. On my … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, FFXIV, LotRO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

Multiplayer mounts in MMORPGs

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Telwyn

We make a lot of use of multiplayer mounts in World of Warcraft, I feel they are a really nice feature of that game. There are two player and three player mounts in the game, giving passengers an easy ride … Continue reading →

Posted in FFXIV, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments