Colin Henry

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When not writing code, which he does both professionally and for fun, Colin enjoys making alts and spending all of his gold (both real and digital) on dyes and cosmetic gear in a variety of MMOs. He is the new writer for Massively Overpowered's Guild Wars 2 column, Flameseeker Chronicles.

Personal blog: Occasional Hero
Twitter: @ChaosConstant

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Godspawn, Guild Wars 2’s latest release

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Today marks the release of Godspawn, the first content patch of the Janthir Wilds expansion cycle for Guild Wars 2. While this patch comes...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank

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Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...

Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds

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While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds story, warclaw, and homesteading

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It feels like less than a year ago that Guild Wars 2 was launching its last expansion… oh wait, it was! Love it or...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure’s final chapter, The Midnight King

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It's strange to say it after just one year, but Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure era is drawing to a close! Don't...

Tamriel Infinium: Everything you need to know about Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter

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The Elder Scrolls Online celebrated its 10th anniversary just this week, an impressive milestone and a chance to reflect on just how far this...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today

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Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...

A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch

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Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Five Guild Wars 2 event farms to combat your labyrinth letdown

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My favorite thing about Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event is the Mad King's Labyrinth. There's nothing quite like it,...
does this look lewd to anyone else

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2 Through the Veil’s Inner Nayos and convergences

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Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure was a bit of a different expansion in that it wasn't one big chunk of content dropped...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure

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It has been a weird time to be a Guild Wars 2 fan, with a lot of ups and downs lately. End of Dragons...
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Flameseeker Chronicles: Secrets of the Obscure has me concerned for Guild Wars 2’s future

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If you haven't picked up on it by now, I really like Guild Wars 2. It is my favorite MMORPG of all time and...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s skyscale changes are great

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So here's a funny story: I was literally in the middle of writing an article titled "The time to make the skyscale more accessible...

MMO Burnout: Lessons MMOs can learn from The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

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Like most MMO players, I am, first and foremost, a PC gamer. However, like many gamers born in the '80s and '90s, I also...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up the End of Dragons era with What Lies Within

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It's the end of an era: Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons era of content comes to a close with today's episode, titled What...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap

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The most nerve-wracking thing about being an MMORPG player is uncertainty. MMO players don't like change, and when a change is teased, many of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s What Lies Beneath, the next End of Dragons story, has launched

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Happy anniversary to Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons expansion! Can you believe it has been a whole year? In some ways I feel...

Guild Wars 2 is revamping Mesmer and Firebrand mantras – again – in next week’s balance patch

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Over the weekend, Guild Wars 2 balance lead Cal Cohen and associate game designer Roy Marks swung by the ArenaNet Twitch channel to show...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s S1 reboot with episode 5, The Battle for Lion’s Arch

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It's finally here! The most memorable, most important part of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1 story. The moment we've all been waiting...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored S1E4 Tower of Nightmares

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Here we are at the penultimate episode of Guild Wars 2's restored and retooled Season 1 content! The pieces are finally starting to fall...

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