World of Warcraft

Character Profile Comparison

by Jukor
It’s time for a little thought experiment from me. I’ve basically decided to main paladin in WoW Forever, and as I’m most likely going to be Horde, I’ll be an Undead. However, if I end up going Alliance, I’ll be a Human. This basically means if I want to make a roleplaying profile for either ... Read More

The Sword Icon or the Hammer Icon?

by Jukor
The level cap’s been raised in the WoW Forever beta, so we’re getting closer to release. Instead of continuing on the Undead Paladin I took to the previous beta cap, I started an Undead Warrior. Why am I torn between these two classes for my “main” after posting about Paladin specifically a couple of times? ... Read More

On Paladin, Part the Second

by Jukor
To preface this, I’ve been playing the World of Warcraft: Forever beta this weekend, and while the previous post in this “series” had a Final Fantasy-tinged lean, this one will lean into Warcraft exclusively. I play a Paladin in World of Warcraft. Why this particular class? As mentioned in a previous post, Cecil Harvey from ... Read More

On This Blog’s Title

by Jukor
When I started this blog in early 2008, I forget if it had a name other than simply “jukor.net”. At some point, I had some inspiration, so I decided to name this blog “Magic Fencer Report” with a subtitle of 魔法剣士物語 (mahou kenshi monogatari), and while it doesn’t translate directly, it carries the same idea. ... Read More

The Forthcoming Months…

by Jukor
So, the North American leg of 2026’s Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival tour in Anaheim, CA, occurred last weekend with the forthcoming expansion Evercold announced. Plenty of FF14 content creators and gaming news sites have discussed the reveals, so I won’t go too far into detail except saying the “Evolved” combat mode, at least the ... Read More

A Quick Update

by Jukor
Hi! I’m still here! A friend started playing WoW recently and was asking me a buncha questions, so I thought, why not, let me resub for a month and see if I can help her out. Turns out, I’ll probably stick around for a bit. Another friend’s been playing pretty consistently for a while, so ... Read More

Current Stuffs

by Jukor
As life goes, endings must always arrive. This also holds true for MMORPGs, though how permanent the ending is depends on the player. I’ve personally found FFXIV’s current expansion, Endwalker, to be a bit underwhelming, considering I went into it with every single quest completed. Maybe as someone with more free time than she cares ... Read More

A Sign of Life?

by Jukor
Holy cow, it’s been ages since I wrote anything here. So so sorry! The last post I made was musings on the MMOs I’ve played for the last 20ish years, so let’s make a more modern update on that. First off, some IRL updates. About a year and a half after that post I changed ... Read More

Of Vana’diel, Eorzea, and Azeroth…

by Jukor
I’ve played a lot of MMOs over the years, some noteworthy, others not so much. Focusing on the noteworthy side, I’ve chosen to make the first post in nearly two years about what I consider the most noteworthy MMOs I have played: Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV, and World of Warcraft. Why are these ... Read More

New Year, New Goals, and a Beta?

by Jukor
It’s been a while since I blogged here, hasn’t it? Since last July, I’ve waffled between FFXI, FFXIV, and Guild Wars 2, which I picked up on release date. GW2 was fun at the start and I actually enjoyed doing some PvP as a Guardian. I quickly got a little tired of it, however, once ... Read More