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Mt Gulg: FF14 Dungeon Guide – Bosses, Strategy, & Tips

Things are really heating up in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers! Mt. Gulg is the expansion’s fifth dungeon — not to mention a real doozy if you’re afraid of heights. Just don’t look down while you slice and dice your way through this imposing aerial citadel. You’re very near the end of…

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Malikah’s Well: FF14 Dungeon Guide – Bosses, Strategy, & Tips

Welcome to the fourth dungeon in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers! Malikah’s Well continues the expansion’s trend — laid out by Dohn Mheg and Holminster Switch — of a simple layout with complex bosses. So don’t worry too much about the trash mobs in between. After finishing Qitana Ravel, you should be well kitted out…

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FF14 Fashion Report Week 76: Easy 80 Points This Week

Final Fantasy 14 is humming along nicely with its third expansion, Shadowbringers. The reviews are in and they are very positive — mostly calling this the best expansion yet. But that hasn’t put a stop to the FF14 Fashion Report. This Gold Saucer mini-game remains the number one way to farm MGP every week.…

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FF14 Fashion Report Guide Week 76

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There’s a Healer Crisis in FF14 & Tanking Just Got a Lot Harder

Final Fantasy 14 is awfully enjoyable — especially if you play a tank. It’s one of the most rewarding roles in the game by far, partially because it’s so difficult. Dungeons in FF14 require tons of coordination. Trials, multi-phase battles against a single massive boss, are usually even more complicated. And…

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FF14 Gunbreaker Shadowbringers Tank

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Titania (Normal): FF14 The Dancing Plague Trial Guide – Strategy & Tips

Titania was the first Trial ever shown off for FF14: Shadowbringers. And now we know they’re also the first Trial in the expansion itself, encountered during the level 73 mission The Dancing Plague. And this isn’t just your normal boss fight. Like every Trial in FF14, it’s full of unique…

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FF14 Dancing Plague Titania Guide

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Qitana Ravel: FF14 Dungeon Guide – Bosses, Strategy, & Tips

Qitana Ravel is the third dungeon in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers. It’s also one of the easiest, with neither the complicated bosses of Dohn Mheg or the massive damage of Holminster Switch. It still has its own quirks, however, and you ought to know what you’re dealing with before going in. That’s why…

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Qitana Ravel Eros Guide

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FF14 Paladin Job Guide: Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Shadowbringers is the latest expansion for Final Fantasy 14, and it appropriately focuses on darkness and shadow. That doesn’t mean holy warriors are any less powerful, though! The light-bearing Paladin is back again and more powerful than ever. And along with every other class in FF14, the sword-and-shield tank is getting…

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FF14 Samurai Job Guide: Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Not every class in Final Fantasy 14 got a tremendous overhaul with the release of Shadowbringers. The third full expansion for the popular MMO made some smaller adjustments, too. One such Job that barely feels any different is the Samurai. And that makes sense! The Job’s identity as a single-minded damage-dealer…

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Samurai Guide FF14 Shadowbringers

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Dohn Mheg: FF14 Dungeon Guide – Bosses, Strategy, & Tips

Dohn Mheg is the second — and very slippery — dungeon in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers. It’s a bit less intense than Holminster Switch, but still gets to be pretty dicey in spots. Those new damage changes to Shadowbringers are no joke! That’s why we’ve put together this dungeon guide to Dohn Mheg…

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FF14 Astrologian Job Guide: Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Final Fantasy 14 saw its fair share of changes with the release of Shadowbringers, its third full expansion. Besides a new campaign and more Jobs, a lot of the existing classes have also seen major reworks. That includes the healers: still the only role in FF14 with only three options. And…

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Astrologian Guide FF14 Shadowbringers

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Holminster Switch: FF14 Dungeon Guide – Bosses, Strategy, & Tips

Holminster Switch is the very first dungeon in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers — and it can be a doozy. Tricky bosses, massive area of effect attacks, and overall high damage make this one rude introduction to the new expansion. But don’t worry! It’s completely doable if you know all the right…

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How & Where to Start the FF14: Shadowbringers Main Quest – The Syrcus Trench

Final Fantasy 14 just got one of its biggest expansions yet. Shadowbringers, the third paid add-on to the popular MMO, brings with it a whole host of changes and new additions. Not the least of these is a main story campaign that rivals entire single-player Final Fantasy games all by itself.…

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FF14 Shadowbringers Where to Start Main Quest

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FF14 Gunbreaker Job Guide: Shadowbringers Unlock, Tips, & Abilities

Final Fantasy 14 just got its first new tank class in years! The Gunbreaker is an explosive new Job inspired by Squall Leonhart and his iconic gunblade. But, despite the deadly new class of weapon, this is very much still a defensive class. And the Gunbreaker is a perfect place to…

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Gunbreaker FF14 Shadowbringers Guide

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FF14 Dancer Job Guide: Shadowbringers Unlock, Tips, & Abilities

Final Fantasy 14 doesn’t play around when it comes to new Jobs. And Shadowbringers, the third major expansion for the popular MMO, brings us two very unique classes. The Gunbreaker has the distinction of being the first new tank since Heavensward, but the Dancer might just be the standout new Job…

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Dancer Shadowbringers Guide

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FF14 Red Mage Job Guide: Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Final Fantasy 14 saw a major overhaul recently with the addition of Shadowbringers. The new expansion doesn’t just add two new class: Dancer and Gunbreaker. It also severely overhauled all the Jobs in FF14. Machinist and Dark Knight, in particular, saw tremendous reworks. But not every Job is completely different this…

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Red Mage Shadowbringers Guide

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FF14 Fashion Report Week 74: Easy 80 Points

The third Final Fantasy 14 expansion, Shadowbringers, is finally available for pre-order players. Of course, that hasn’t stopped the FF14 Fashion Report from swinging back around for yet another week. It’s still the absolute best way to farm MGP, and buy exclusive rewards. Don’t have the Fenrir mount yet? Well, that exclusive…

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FF14 Fashion Report Easy 80 Week 74

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Machinist Job Guide: FF14 Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Final Fantasy 14 is technically introducing two new classes with Shadowbringers. But that’s not the whole story. The game’s third expansion is reworking nearly every combat Job available. And no class is getting quite as completely overhauled as the Machinist. This ranged DPS class was introduced during Heavensward, the first FF14…

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Sony Announces Live-Action Final Fantasy XIV Series from ‘The Expanse’ Production Company

Sony today announced a new television project set in the world of Square Enix’s phoenix-like MMO, Final Fantasy XIV. The announcement was extremely light on details, as is typical for this sort of thing, but Sony did include a few crucial tidbits to whet our appetites. Perhaps most importantly, the…

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Dark Knight Job Guide: FF14 Shadowbringers Changes, Rework, & Skills

Shadowbringers, the third expansion for Final Fantasy 14, is appropriately bringing the darkness this time around. Magical shenanigans have necessitated that player characters become the “Warrior of Darkness.” And no Job in FF14 encompasses that particular ethos better than the Dark Knight. This tank Job came as a level 30…

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Shadowbringers Dark Knight Guide

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Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers Guides & Information

Final Fantasy 14 is back with yet another truly massive expansion: Shadowbringers. The paid payload of content includes more story quests, new dungeons and bosses, a massive number of Job reworks, and quite a lot more. Let’s not forget about the Dancer and Gunbreaker Jobs, after all. In fact, Shadowbringers…

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Fanwidth Episode 022: Horny Mario Party

It’s hot, it’s humid, and it’s the perfect time to stay inside playing games all day! And that’s exactly what the Fanwidth hosts have been up to this week. There’s a Final Fantasy expansion on the rise. Hades and “auto battlers” have found our attention again, as well. What’s not…

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FF14 Fashion Report: Easy 80 Points This Week – June 21, 2019

Shadowbringers, the third FF14 expansion, is right around the corner! Players that pre-order will be able to unlock the new content as early as next Friday. But that doesn’t stop the FF14 Fashion Report from chugging along as usual. It’s still the number one way to earn oodles of MGP, too, and…

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FF14 Fashion Report June 21 2019

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FF14 ‘Adventure Jump Start Sale’ Will Get You Ready for Shadowbringers

It’s never too late to get into FF14. That being said, there are literally hundreds of hours worth of content to churn through before you get to the most recent stuff. Square Enix can help… for a fee. There’s an FF14 level boost and story skip sale going on right…

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FF14 Level Skip Sale

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