Year in Review – Oct 2017 (editorials) By Bree Royce - December 3, 2017 10:38 AM 0 The Daily Grind: Is Destiny 2 an MMO? Flameseeker Chronicles: One week into Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds? Choose My Adventure: Following a god in Guild Wars 2 Leaderboard: Do e-sports belong in the Olympics? The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin The Daily Grind: Is there MMORPG lingo that you just cannot stand? Guild Chat: Coming back to an MMORPG guild after a long hiatus The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble? But seriously, lockboxes suck, even if the ESRB doesn’t think they’re gambling. Stop buying lockboxes. Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 5.5 adds cringeworthy changes in the name of balance Perfect Ten: Why no one should recommend World of Warcraft ever Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs Choose My Adventure: Map-based antics in Guild Wars 2 LOTRO Legendarium: Grading Lord of the Rings Online in 2017 EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s free-to-play upgrades are pretty damn generous The Daily Grind: How should studios solve the gaming-while-rural problem? H1Z1 has defeated its ‘King of the Kill’ branding in a last-man-standing battle royale Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.1 in review Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story Perfect Ten: Why Star Trek Online is an underrated MMORPG Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss The Soapbox: NCsoft’s bizarre silence on Aion’s server merges says everything you need to know Choose My Adventure: All spoken out in Guild Wars 2 Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment? Jukebox Heroes: Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind soundtrack Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legends’ first Halloween LOTRO Legendarium: A shocking Halloween twist Guild Chat: Should MMO guilds use trigger warnings? The Daily Grind: How many of you are still playing Guild Wars 2? Leaderboard: Do you buy lockboxes in MMOs? Take the ‘purity’ test Global Chat: Is there a gaming middle class? Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track Choose My Adventure: Not quite farewell to Guild Wars 2 The Survivalist: ARK Aberration has already been delayed, but here’s what to expect WoW Factor: Speculating about World of Warcraft’s next expansion Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre LOTRO Legendarium: Reviewing the Mordor soundtrack EVE Evolved: The Agency could revolutionise casual PvE in EVE Online The Daily Grind: How can individual MMO players combat toxicity? The Daily Grind: Should video game developers unionize? Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Act II of Guild War’s 2’s Path of Fire story
But seriously, lockboxes suck, even if the ESRB doesn’t think they’re gambling. Stop buying lockboxes.