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Returning players who log into Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta phase four will be given the option to import their version 1.0 characters for the first time since the game went offline in November 2012. The Lodestone reports that players will not only see their old characters once more, but also any items […]

Today Square Enix broadcasted  the sixth installment of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer Live webcast, starring Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida as he responded to quite a few questions from the fans, read by Community Manager Toshio Murouchi. Square Enix President and CEO Yoichi Wada also attended for a […]

What The Heck Does “Spiritbond” Mean? There is one last thing I want to cover because this kept coming up while I was playing and the game didn’t get around to explaining it to me for ages: Spiritbond. On each piece of equipment your character wears, you’ll notice another bar along the side of the […]

I have a rather big pet peeve in MMORPGs: I normally like how my character looks while wearing a helmet, but I also like to see his face. This normally brings me to do some rather awkward juggling with the “hide headgear” option, that not only is time consuming, but isn’t too realistic as well […]

He’s In Gridania and I’m In Ul’Dah – Help! Since this is Open Beta and all of our efforts carry over into launch, many of you probably plan to run around questing with your friends. Sure it’s not necessary for low-level content, but it’s more fun and you get used to everyone’s abilities that way. […]

With the open beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn drawing near Square Enix released a large batch of new information on what’s to come. First of all, turns out that not only those that took part in the previous phases of the testing will be able to start playing on the 16th but […]

Job unlocks, class starting locations, spiritbonds, and more discussed as Ragar goes through what you’ll need to know for Open Beta and Early Access Almost two years after it was announced, the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is almost here. I’ve enjoyed my time in the closed beta weekends leading up to […]

I have several friends who don’t play Final Fantasy XIV but still saw the trailer ending the first version. After all, it’s been hard to miss. Almost every single person has said the same thing: “It was awesome. I have absolutely no idea what was going on with any of it, but it looked really […]

Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida says Square can ill afford another disaster like the game’s late 2010 launch. Speaking with Kotaku in a wide-ranging recent interview, Yoshida says that his misgivings started as early as FFXIV’s beta. “When I heard that it was going to go on sale as planned, I thought, that will […]

Although the curtain has fallen on Final Fantasy XIV as we know it, the story is not over; soon, the next act will begin in A Realm Reborn. But during the intermission, players have plenty of questions. What’s going on in alpha? Why are tester numbers restricted? When can we see and test for ourselves? […]