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Spooncraft does FFXIV: Disciplines of War

In FFXIV you don’t exactly have classes you choose at character creation. From what I gather you have certain disciplines that act exactly in the same way that the class system does in most other MMORPGs we’re familiar with. You can switch freely between these disciplines at will depending on what weapon you wield though there’s probably a little more to it than that.

We didn’t know much about the different disciplines, their roles, their specifics and such; but that’s all changed now as a lot of info was released in the latest big update to the official sites. Here are all the disciplines we know of in detail:

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Spooncraft does FFXIV: Combat

I won’t lie, I’ve been skeptical but interested for a long time now about FFXIV. My first MMORPG ever was FFXI Online and even though that was the epitome of terrible time sink, it worked. The game played well enough if you didn’t know any better. The story is incredible if not completely inaccessible behind a lot of the game mechanics such as level caps, horrible quests and missions, and more grinding than sex addicts therapy mixer.

Recently there’s been a massive explosion of content on the game on the official NA and JP websites. I’ve partnered up with Samodean from Massive Nerd as well as Joe and Roger from the FTL podcast and we’re putting together a special show next week all about this unique contender in the MMO ring. Consider this post the culmination of a lot of research trying to make sure all the facts are collected in one single spot.

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When all else fails, hit the Reset button.

I was going to write something deep and meaningful here but because I don’t have a vagina it just didn’t feel right.

Spooncraft has been around for over two years now and I have you all to thank. Without you readers leaving me spam and signing my email up for Viagra and MILF porn mailing lists, I wouldn’t be here today bringing you this all-star Grade A content. I have my friend Pedro to thank for helping with hosting and administrative issues as well as fronting the cash without a second thought when things got dicey. I have my wife to thank for tolerating my ignorance because I can barely fucking understand basic HTML let alone get a WordPress blog to work right.

I want to always keep Spooncraft fresh and relevant, to keep it funny, honest, and to always shoot you the straight story without pandering to anybody while remaining respectful to the game developers that work so hard to give birth to the world we enjoy so much. The site’s layout is cleaner now. The fat has been cut away. I’ll still be posting news and the likes and J.A. will still be doing what he does; you’re going to like what you see in the coming months and hopefully years.

With that said please I implore you, leave some feedback in the comments. Do you like the new look? Do you think it can be improved? Are there any features you want added in or any specific content you want me to work on? Do you want more videos, do you want more cross work with other blogs and sites? This is for you guys as much as it is for my own fun. So let me know what you want from this humble offering and I’ll do my best to not laugh as I wipe my ass with your request.

Just kidding, leave a comment you bastards.

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Mass Effect 2: Kasumi’s Stolen Memory DLC

Holy shit guys, if Mass Effect 2 wasn’t completely owning my ass right now enough, their first paid DLC is coming out in April and it looks to be the most amazing iteration yet. Right now I’m sitting on my Eviscerator shotgun, my infiltrator recon hood, my completely overpowered sentinel that’s 1 shotting husks with maxed out heavy throw while spamming the ARC Projector’s lighting death all over the goddam’ place – and the additions coming in this DLC are going to make that all look like garbage. Yeah it may sound like gibberish to you but ME2 is quite possibly the strongest gaming experience out there today and with Bioware behind the helm, that won’t change for some time. Details after the break (spoilers too).

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The MMO Royal Rumble

It’s been a while since brought up this subject but I find myself inspired to talk about it for a moment, I wanna see your feedback maybe even get some insight. There are 4 major MMO franchises in the field right now that all bring something to the table that I believe has the potential (if not squandered) to make a big splash in the market and the genre.

I’ve never been much of an MMO player truth be told until FFXI and then WoW, so I find it somewhat interesting that I’ve not only met my wife through an MMO, found a job through an MMO, and have made lifelong friends I work with pseudo-professionally through an MMO. So here’s the scoop:

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StarCraft II Beta – Patch 3 (version 0.5.0.14219B)

Terrans can upgrade their units faster which is awesome considering that it was taking an exponentially long time to get your units to be as formidable in the mid/end-game. Zealots too were nerfed some which means maybe I won’t have to stomp so many super early Zealot harassment moves.

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