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That Time I Outed Myself as An Idiot
This was a small article about something that I discovered, and I felt so silly that I needed to share my experience with others. I got an item in FFXIV and held onto this item for several expansions before finding out that it was a mount. Again, I wasn’t able to grab this before Kotaku…
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Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Easter Eggs
While I was playing Endwalker for review, there were so many callbacks to things that had happened in previous expansions and the base game that I felt a need to compile them. Even more so when I realised these weren’t really documented as yet. As I played side quests, I noted the events that occurred…
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Final Fantasy XIV Dungeon Rework
As Final Fantasy XIV began to reach the 10-year mark, it became imperative to make the earlier dungeons accessible for newcomers. The developers had already begun to lay the groundwork when they included the Duty Support function in the Shadowbringers and Endwalker expansions. It was slowly rolled out to previous expansions, but it showed issues…
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The FFXIV Endwalker Review
I had never done a review before, so the opportunity to review FFXIV’s Endwalker was both a fantastic new experience and a terrifying one. As I was used to guides and features, reviews were a completely different wheelhouse, but I’m so glad I got the opportunity, as it ended up being an amazing expansion that…
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Myths of the Realm
Final Fantasy XIV Patch news for Aussies Due to my slight obsession with Final Fantasy XIV, I became Kotaku Au’s go to Freelancer for FFXIV news. The 6.1 patch was something players were looking forward to for a number of reasons. Several long overdue Quality of Life updates were coming. A revamp of old content…
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It’s time to duel!
A Final Fantasy PVP guide I’m not exactly sure when I got into the PVP mode in Final Fantasy XIV. I do know it was after they added crystalline conflict; a short 5 versus 5 game mode where opposing teams try to push the crystal to their side. It reminded me of Overwatch, but was…
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5 to 10 Questions
A Great Opportunity! Not long after reviewing Endwalker for Kotaku AU, David Smith (the current editor of Kotaku AU at the time) informed me that I would have the opportunity to ask Naoki Yoshida between 5 and 10 questions. My little anxiety-filled brain went into overdrive. I’d been playing Final Fantasy XIV fairly religiously, was…
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As Only a Manderville Can!
A Manderville man! It seemed very strange to me that no one on Kotaku AU had ever written about the Manderville questline in Final Fantasy XIV. It was a small side quest that most people would ignore due to it not being one of the “main” quests. This would absolutely be a mistake. Known colloquially…
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Final Fantasy XIV Lore Bites
The Creation of a Series of Shorts After Matthew Hewso (Head Editor of Player2.net.au) requested more content for the Player 2 socials, I came up with small pieces of Final Fantasy XIV lore presented in the short format for social media sites including YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.At the time of writing this, the history of…
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The Insane FFXIV Guide
The Guide to End All Guides I didn’t expect to be writing for Kotaku AU again, but the opportunity presented itself when I told Alex Walker (former managing Editor of Kotaku AU) that the current Final Fantasy XIV guide wasn’t really helpful to Australians. As it was from the US site, it contained a lot…
