Year in Review – Oct 2021 (editorials) By Bree Royce - November 12, 2021 3:06 PM 0 Working As Intended: Brute-forcing the MMO industry WoW Factor: The disjointed state of World of Warcraft LOTRO Legendarium: Fate of Gundabad is shaping up to be the full expansion that LOTRO needs Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s Bladesworn, Catalyst, and Vindicator walk into an arena… Wisdom of Nym: Bespoke rotations in Final Fantasy XIV as both a positive and a negative Choose My Adventure: It’s bear time in Lord of the Rings Online Perfect Ten: A sampler of crowdfunded MMOs and how they’re doing Vague Patch Notes: Anonymity is not why people are awful online Massively Overthinking: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO queue? WoW Factor: What the Season of Mastery says about WoW Classic The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Loathing Stick and Rudder: Recapping everything Star Citizen showed at the latest CitizenCon Vitae Aeternum: New World lacks customization, but that can be fixed Wisdom of Nym: More speculation about future Final Fantasy XIV jobs Vitae Aeternum: New World excels and entertains despite uninspired gameplay design Complete coverage of the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the melee DPS jobs Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the healing jobs Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the magical DPS jobs Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the tank jobs Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the ranged physical DPS jobs Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the Tower of Zot Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing three of the new zones Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: An interview with Naoki Yoshida Vitae Aeternum: New World through the eyes of an Elder Scrolls Online and EVE Online player Vague Patch Notes: All MMO play and no work makes Jack a dull boy Tamriel Infinium: Looking back at Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind Massively on the Go: Dealing with virtual harassment and stalking in MMOARGs Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO? The Daily Grind: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation? WoW Factor: So when will we get the next World of Warcraft expansion announcement? Perfect Ten: Strategies for juggling multiple MMOs Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s latest interview is light on answers and heavy on spin LOTRO Legendarium: Embracing the journey that is Lord of the Rings Online Vitae Aeternum: Did New World’s morph to full MMORPG hamstring its PvP? Wisdom of Nym: Final thoughts in the wake of the Final Fantasy XIV media tour Choose My Adventure: Lord of the Rings Online might have been a bad choice for this column First Impressions: Book of Travels offers a beautiful yet baffling stroll Perfect Ten: A completely accurate 10-point summary of MMO history The Daily Grind: Is New World’s economy already in trouble? Into the Super-Verse: Has Homecoming torched the plans of City of Heroes successors? Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points? WoW Factor: Why World of Warcraft’s Torghast didn’t work Lawful Neutral: Managing toxicity in the MMO industry LOTRO Legendarium: Maximizing your character’s first 20 levels in Lord of the Rings Online Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers (not) in review Choose My Adventure: LOTRO’s fall festival rekindled my love for all things Tolkien The Game Archaeologist: SEGA’s Dragon’s Dream, the first console and cross-platform MMO Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Specter, Untamed, and Mechanist WoW Factor: BlizzCon is BlizzGone, so what’s next for WoW? Massively on the Go: Initial impressions of Pikmin Bloom, now live in the US Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition Vague Patch Notes: The fuzzy reality of MMO expansions First Impressions: Elyon continues to blend in with the MMORPG gaming furniture LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to renew your love of Lord of the Rings Online Massively on the Go: A guide to staying safe in MMOARG Pikmin Bloom