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Massively Overthinking: The first 10 minutes of an MMO

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So here's the thing about Elder Scrolls games: Most of them start out with the same hook. From Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim, you...
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Legends of Aria explains the new professions system it launched with Steam early access

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Still fresh off its Steam early access launch last week, Legends of Aria has posted a new dev blog all about the Professions system....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 233: What WoW Classic slouches toward Bethlehem?

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW and WoW Classic, LOTRO, Square Enix, Aion, DCUO, and Legends of Aria, with adventures in Chronicles of Spellborn, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on newbie onboarding and MMO end-of-life strategy.

Legends of Aria has seen a 3X increase in players since hitting Steam

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We're seven days removed from the Steam early access launch of Legends of Aria, so let's take stock of where things stand, shall we? First...

The Stream Team: Legends of Aria launches on Steam!

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If you've been waiting for Legends of Aria to open up on Steam, today is your day! And Massively OP's MJ is celebrating the...

Legends of Aria hits Steam early access today with the PvP patch, a sale, and a free month of sub for loyalists

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Legends of Aria's big day has arrived - or will when the gates open today around 3 p.m. EDT. A few weeks ago, Citadel Studios...

Legends of Aria’s new bard and vitality regen system sounds an awful lot like Star Wars Galaxies’

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Let me just put it out there: Bards are the best class archetype in all of RPGs, let alone just MMOs, which is why...

Legends of Aria bows to the RNG gods of enchanting

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With its launch right around the corner, Legends of Aria is spinning up the hype-and-info machine to re-introduce this fantasy MMORPG to the masses....

MMO Week in Review: Wouldn’t it be awesome if Guild Wars 2’s next season were Cantha

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It was a surprisingly solid week for Guild Wars 2, not so much because of one specific thing but because of the deluge: ArenaNet...

Here’s how Legends of Aria’s new PvP ruleset changes will work when it hits Steam early access

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Following Citadel Studios' announcement yesterday that it'll be launching Legends of Aria's Steam early access on August 6th, alongside a big patch that takes...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)

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Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.

Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players

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Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...
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Latest Legends of Aria experimental server patch introduces Colossal mini-bosses

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A new patch has hit the Legends of Aria experimental server, bringing with it a brand-new type of PvE encounter in the form of...

Legends of Aria’s meaty cooking revamp adds ingredient-based buffs and gardening harvests

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True story: I love video game skills like cooking and gardening in MMOs, chiefly because I do not love them in real life -...

Legends of Aria details the upcoming Allegiance system revamp in its latest dev blog

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As development on Citadel Studios' upcoming sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria chugs steadily along, the devs are continuously tweaking and revamping the game's systems,...

Legends of Aria’s latest update brings changes to the mount system, introduces ‘horses that don’t suck’

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Earlier this week, indie sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria received its Point Release 5 update which, among other things, brought big changes to the...

Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2

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It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You...

Choose My Adventure: The almost-zen of crafting in Legends of Aria

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Funny how this run of Choose My Adventure arrives after we've had a discussion about designed downtime, because the crafting and gathering in Legends...

Legends of Aria launches its experimental server with a new death system

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One of my favorite mental images when I see the word "experiment" is some mad goblinoid scientist poking at things they have no right...

Massively Overthinking: Designed downtime in MMORPGs

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In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...

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