By now you've probably seen some of the juicy loot obtained from the Shadowlord campaign Ops battle, Fiat Lux.  The Alexander and Valefor servers recently unlocked this mission and info has been steadily forthcoming.  But in case you haven't checked it out yet I thought I'd summarize some of the info and offer a little advice for anyone with the ambition to attempt unlocking Fiat Lux themselves.

The September FFXI update will complete the Wings of the Goddess Nation missions.  Here are some pics taken during scenes of the Wings missions.  Some spoilers are involved, but if you haven't gotten into the missions yet, get to it!  Wings has received a lot of criticism from players for recycling too much content, and focusing too much on low level and Campaign.  But Wings really excels at telling an interesting and action-packed story with all the usual Square-Enix flair.  Eccentric heroes and villains.  Pretty sparkly effects that make you forget FFXI is a PS2 game.  Snow that catches on fire somehow.  And extremely clever plot revelations, it's all there.  The final missions are sure to be nothing short of epic.  If you're the type who cares about the storyline in FFXI you know what you need to do.

The Final Fantasy XIV Alpha testing is rolling out and the hype continues to build.  FFXI and FFXIV are going to be sure to share much of the same players and demographics.  So what kinds of things can we reasonably expect for their upcoming relationship?  Here are some of my personal expectations.

This post is going to be nothing but pure nerding out.  So if you're the type who can't stomach a little speculation just for fun, then you've been warned, don't bother reading any more.  It also contains major spoilers for both the Treasures of Aht Urhgan and Wings of the Goddess plots.

The next FFXI update will complete the Wings of the Goddess Nation storylines.  Here are some pics taken during scenes from the Shadowreign San d'Oria story.  Only minor spoilers are involved, but if you haven't gotten into the nation missions yet, get to it!

The next FFXI update will complete the Wings of the Goddess Nation storylines.  Here are some pics taken during scenes from the Shadowreign Windurst story.  Only minor spoilers are involved, but if you haven't gotten into the nation missions yet, get to it!