As I recently discovered in Final Fantasy XIV, when you encounter a boss that seals off the room, your best bet is to not wait for all members of the party to finish the short cutscene and go on ahead without them. Not to say that my character is useful for much other than hurling … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Perhaps Some Patience?”
If I had a nickel for every time some individual or group launched a denial of service attack against a website or service that they didn’t like, I would put those nickels in a sock and use it to beat them unconscious. I’m old enough to remember a time when DDoS attacks were much … Continue reading “[Community] The Despicable DDoS”
Here at MMO Fallout, we have something of a love-hate relationship with Square Enix. Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn is one of the best MMOs we have played here in a good while, but the travesty that was FFXIV 1.0 has still not faded from our minds. The good news is that the success … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV Pulling Square Enix's Bootstraps”
No, I’m not here for candy, and if you rustle my head one more time I will stab you.
Siliconera is reporting that Square Enix has convened a special board of advisors to ensure that future Final Fantasy games meet the standard of quality that customers expect from the series. Where was this crew when Square Enix greenlit Final Fantasy: All The Bravest? No en la casa, apparently. The four man group is made … Continue reading “Square Enix Convenes Board To Stop Bad Final Fantasy Games”
This is more of a question to the roleplayers out there. When you create alternate characters in an RPG, do you ever connect them together in some fashion or do you prefer to keep their stories separated? Have you ever connected characters across multiple games or genres? If you have, you already know how fun … Continue reading “MMOments: Character Relations”
Today marks the return of the Thursday Top 5 List, and this week I want to talk about pre-order incentives. There are many reasons to pre-order a video game, but not all of them are equally valid. As a matter of fact, a lot of them are either functionally useless or counterproductive. This isn’t to … Continue reading “Top 5: Worst Reasons To Pre-Order”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes from Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. I’m not sure if the guy staring off into space is deep in thought, contemplating the vast unexplored wilderness that is the universe. Either that, or he thinks I am a bot and is in the middle of reporting my character to customer service. … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Deep Thoughts”
If I had a dollar for every email I receive from Jagex telling me that my account is under investigation for suspected gold farming, I could afford to buy the internet. Look at the release of any big name MMO, update, or expansion, and you are bound to see a surge of account theft. Since anti-virus … Continue reading “Support Email: Guilty Until Proven Innocent”
When it comes to MMOs, I have no problem with dungeons requiring groups, sandbox MMOs where the game is best played with groups of people or with clans, or even when the best gear is only obtainable by running dungeons. I have a problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s use of forced grouping, however, in the … Continue reading “The Frustration of Forced Grouping”
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