Year: 2013

Youtubers won’t be able to monetise gameplay of FFIX A Realm Reborn, publisher Square Enix revealed today in a material usage license. The document states that “You may not monetize your video via the YouTube partner program or any similar programs on other video sharing sites.” This is a similar move to that made by […]

There have been a few hiccups along the way, but hundreds of thousands of Final Fantasy XIV players will be scampering around Eorzea as the relaunch of Square Enix’s MMO arrives today. Many will be logging in—or remaining logged in from Early Access—to revel in the wide expanses of a lush new world. It’s always […]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a subscription MMORPG built on the ashes of original FFXIV.  This so-called “rebirth” has a completely new vision for the title, with a focus on the traditional MMORPG that many modern games have moved away from in order to facilitate action-based combat or extreme accessibility.  FFXIV:ARR offers high […]

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working on future content for the game. Given the MMO’s required monthly subscription, this sort of future planning is to be expected — but how long will players have to wait for new content to arrive? “We’re planning on doing a major update every three months once the game has been released, and continuously adding […]

Final Fantasy XIV’s Early Access period hasn’t been a smooth ride if you’re playing in North America or Europe. The server cluster dedicated to these players has had to undergo several periods of maintenance and unexpected downtime, with several players entirely unable to log in on Sunday. Producer/director Naoki Yoshida took to the official forums […]

I was actually rather surprised to learn that folks were having connection issues with the early start of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. I downloaded the client on Saturday morning, logged in and played for maybe seven hours or so, woke up Sunday morning and played for another couple of hours, and then returned […]

The cause of the issue is unknown, and presently there is no fix. It came shortly after the announcement of Square Enix breaking the open beta record with over 150,000 players concurrently logged in. The game’s popularity has been no secret, and at this point that just means more unhappy customers. With beta ending at […]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Producer and Director Yoshida here: The number of concurrent connections is more than 140,000 at the moment. Congestion has also stabilized. To ensure comfortable play for everyone we’ll continue to monitor the situation. In case of problems we will keep you updated via the official forum, Twitter and the […]

Know your role The first thing to understand about Arcanist is what you are actually capable of, which is a bit more complex than with some other classes. You’re not a healer, but you do have the option to heal. You’re not pure DPS compared to a Thaumaturge, but you can pump out some damage. […]