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Wisdom of Nym: What we’re likely to see at Final Fantasy XIV’s PAX East 2024 panel

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I realize at this point my general dislike of heading up to Boston for the annual haunted plague box that is PAX East is...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10 fashion tips to make your LOTRO character pop

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Forget raids or the epic books or even Bingo Boffin; we all know that the true endgame in Lord of the Rings Online is...
City again.

Into the Super-Verse: Tips for building your character in City of Heroes

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I mentioned the other day exactly how much effort I have been putting into my characters at the top end of City of Heroes...
No. It's the children who are wrong.

Vague Patch Notes: You might be the reason you no longer love this MMO

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Despite its ubiquity in sitcoms throughout the '90s, I have never had a single relationship end with the other person saying, "It's not you,...

Well Fed: An exploration of the Final Fantasy XIV official cookbook

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Welcome back, my fellow gaming gourmands, to Well Fed, the column that answers the question: Are gaming and MMO cookbooks any good? And this...

Perfect Ten: 10 MMO monsters we don’t feel bad killing over and over again

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While many MMORPG players would (and probably have) beat up on the fluffiest of lambs and the cutest of otters if a loot table...

Working As Intended: 10 more City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see

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Back in February, I revived Working As Intended to run a flurry of City of Heroes articles on the heels of Homecoming's formal license,...

Vitae Aeternum: New World’s dungeon finder is a welcome addition

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A few weeks ago, New World finally launched its cross-world expedition group finder, otherwise known as a dungeon finder. While it was arguably overdue,...

First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway

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At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
Roar.

Wisdom of Nym: So how are we going to sort out Final Fantasy XIV’s Vana’diel crossover?

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There is an odd relationship between Final Fantasy XIV and crossovers. There are, broadly, three categories of crossover that the game has engaged in. The...

Working As Intended: Cloud City apartments and player cities on Star Wars Galaxies Legends

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It's been a while since I did a deep-dive into Star Wars Galaxies Legends, the rogue server that's been one of my main MMORPG...
Of all time.

LOTRO Legendarium: Untangling LOTRO’s complicated travel system

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Considering how absolutely huge Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has become, I'd say finding efficient ways to traverse its landscape is paramount to...

Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy

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One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...
When the lights go down in the city.

Into the Super-Verse: What kind of legs does City of Heroes have in the longer term?

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So it's time to start talking about the future of City of Heroes. To be fair, I'm not talking about it from a financial...

Tamriel Infinium: Ranking Elder Scrolls Online’s 10 races from worst to best

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One thing that I appreciate about Elder Scrolls Online is that any race can be any class. None of that racial or gender-locking for...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: MMOs where you can play as robots and cyborgs

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Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...

Choose My Adventure: Starting on the road to success and self-reliance in Nightingale

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A lot of the first few hours of Nightingale are tutorial. That's probably not terribly surprising considering survival sandboxes need some guidance (and it's...
With strong eye contact.

Wisdom of Nym: What people don’t really get about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV

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Not so long ago, I saw a very foolish comment complaining about Final Fantasy XIV from someone who did not play or think about...

Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer

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A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...

LOTRO Legendarium: Three key problems LOTRO can’t seem to solve

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There's a special agony reserved for faithful fans of a franchise when they see said franchise make unforced errors, decline in quality, or fail...

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