Eliot Lefebvre
Senior Reporter
Eliot Lefebvre has been writing on Massively Overpowered since it was created after a long and illustrious career of writing about video games for half a decade on some other site that you might have heard about. He currently pens Wisdom of Nym for Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Factor for World of Warcraft, and the industry and culture speculation of Vague Patch Notes. He also shares writing duties on Perfect Ten and writes some nonsense for What Are You Playing. No photos of him standing next to seventeen lizards in a trench coat have surfaced, coincidentally.
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The Daily Grind: What would entice you to a fresh start server in an MMORPG?
Fresh start servers knock every player of an MMORPG back to zero. Nobody has more money, or more gear, or more advantage beyond learned...
Overwatch 2 explains the balance tweaks for tanks and DPS alike coming for Season 13
Whether or not you care about the themes of Overwatch 2's upcoming Season 13, game director Aaron Keller hopes you care about balance changes...
World of Warcraft’s new anniversary video recaps the memorable events of the game’s first decade
Do you remember endlessly fighting the other faction in Hillsbrad Foothills for no reason whatsoever in the early days of World of Warcraft? What...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a new round of All Saints’ Wake on October 18
The ghoulish delights of the spooky season pervade the MMO landscape, and Final Fantasy XIV is no exception to that rule. In fact, its...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s DPS jobs need a balance pass post-Dawntrail
Balance at the start of a new expansion is always really hard. It's not impossible, but the Final Fantasy XIV team has an uphill...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMORPGs you found intimidating to start playing?
So a friend of mine had never played World of Warcraft. This, of course, is fine; there is no test you have to pass...
WRUP: Serious version experiment one – Video Game News edition
Welcome back to What Are You Playing. As readers may well remember, the prior week saw a poll asking to determine the future of...
Betawatch: Brighter Shores is really launching in November after one last beta
You should get your whites whiter and your shores brighter when Brighter Shores goes into testing in late October ahead of a full release...
Design Mockument: How would you make a good mecha MMORPG?
So because I am me, I decided to be on the bleeding edge of topicality and start figuring out how to make a Robotech...
Vague Patch Notes: What is good meaningful leveling in MMORPGs?
All right. So we are here at long last, at the end of Leveling Month, although it's actually more like Month And A Bit....
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the worst fishing?
I have long been a tireless advocate for the idea that fishing, as a minigame, is not good. I do not care for fishing....
Final Fantasy XIV’s October 15 Moogle Treasure Trove event includes a… donut earring
The next Final Fantasy XIV Moogle Treasure Trove event is kicking off next week, and it is clearly aimed at the Homer Simpson crowd....
Wisdom of Nym: Is Final Fantasy XIV finally fixing its housing problem?
It was a tiny, incidental line in Final Fantasy XIV's live letter. The sort of thing that you could easily miss, especially since it's...
The Daily Grind: What was the last long-term goal you accomplished in an MMO?
One of the nice things about MMOs as a genre is that they're good games for very, very slowly accomplishing goals that you set...
Greg Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle recaps Project Ghost’s classical and random zone testing
It probably will not stun you that the team at Fantastic Pixel Castle is rather pleased about how its third prototype milestone for Ghost...
Final Fantasy XI’s October update improves gamepad support
If you want to play Final Fantasy XI on your PlayStation 2 right now... you can't. The game has been only supported on the...
WRUP: Deciding the future of What Are You Playing introductions edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about...
Betawatch: Star Citizen crunching like it’s 2010
Remember last week how I mentioned that I couldn't muster much in the way of anger toward Throne & Liberty having its whole paid...
Storyboard: Yes, there really is actual roleplaying happening in MMORPGs
It started with my character saying one word. "No."
Both men on the bridge were surprised to hear it, least of all from someone who...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the Feast of Prosperity starting on October 8
Quick, what's the best way to restore fear in a galactic crime syndicate overseen by corpulent slugs? If you said "throwing a gigantic feast...
