Eliot Lefebvre

Eliot Lefebvre
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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.

Twitter: @eliot_lefebvre
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Let me show my pokey... oh, you know the gag.

PAX East 2015: Hands-on with Undead Labs’ Moonrise

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I wasn't sure exactly what to expect when I first laid hands on Moonrise at this year's PAX East so I suppose that "fast-paced party-based Pokémon" should...
Back when it all began.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward launches on June 23

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The expansion releases on June 23rd, early access begins on June 19th, and pre-orders open up on March 16th.Since the original launch of Final Fantasy...
If you forget the fact that it was during the day and there were only the two of us and it wasn't outside by a wooden table it was exactly like this.

PAX East 2015: A chat with SOTA’s Richard Garriott

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Richard Garriott casts a long shadow in the MMO industry, with Ultima Online serving as the first fully graphical MMO and ushering in the genre...
When leveling alts was already the plan...

WoW Factor: A self-defeating genre

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Remember when World of Warcraft launched? I sure do. I remember when the game's developers strapped into a helicopter and broke into the building...
Big time.

Gigantic will be published on Windows 10 and Xbox One

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In a news sure to relieve the gamers unsure whether a MOBA would come along specifically designed to work with Windows 10, Motiga has...

PAX East 2015: Trion Worlds is throwing a party

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It's been four years since RIFT came out and the Trion Worlds team hosted a party in Boston to celebrate the game, so it's...
No word on Lord of the Rings Online erecting a monument for the bravest hobbit of them all.

Star Trek Online installs memorials for Leonard Nimoy and all those lost

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The death of Leonard Nimoy affects everyone who has ever been engaged in the Star Trek franchise, whether you were a lifelong fan of...
Rebranding, that'll fix everything, it always does.

Shadowrun Online rebrands as Shadowrun Chronicles, aims for April release

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Shadowrun Online isn't Shadowrun Online any longer. Hot on the heels of its announcement that it's secured a physical distributor, the game has rebranded...
Big space roundy bit.

The Daily Grind: Are you prompt about unsubscribing from MMOs?

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I am going to make a confession: I am terrible about remembering to unsubscribe from games I am no longer playing. Guild Wars 2...
So long.

Strongholds and the Jungle in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

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While I was taking my test drive of the Revenant class at ArenaNet's recent press event, I wasn't just playing through old familiar portions of...

Camelot Unchained preps for its alpha unveiling

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Camelot Unchained had to delay the start of its alpha testing for everyone over the weekend, but it doesn't seem as if it's going to be...
Hooray, Rytlock's actually doing something!

Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Revenant

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It might be premature, but I'm pretty sure that the Revenant is my favorite profession in Guild Wars 2. And strangely, it's because it...
We deserve this.

The Daily Grind: What are the minimum criteria for an online game?

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It's pretty definite that Second Life is not a game in the strictest sense of the word, and by "the strictest" I of course...
Are you not entertained?

Wisdom of Nym: Gold Saucer impressions in Final Fantasy XIV

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After a madcap week, I got to come home to the Gold Saucer. Traveling to Seattle on short notice was a mixture of the...
Guess who's back, back again, Eliot's back, tell your friends. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)

WRUP: Guess who’s back edition

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At the start of the week, I journeyed far across the land, venturing into the wilds of the northwest armed only with my wits...
All right, when people made fun of EVE battles looking like a field of Icons, I feel like the wrong lesson was learned here.

EVE Online shows off overhauled icons

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Big battles in EVE Online take place over long distances. Players need to be able to zoom out and get a sense of the...
Build.

Wisdom of Nym: Continuing new in Final Fantasy XIV

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All right. The end of last week's column did not, in fact, finish starting new in Final Fantasy XIV. It brought you up to...
This genre clings to life like... well, zombie survival.

Behind the scenes of Armored Warfare

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At first glance, Armored Warfare definitely looks like a World of Tanks clone. That's not by accident, either. A recent article highlights the genesis...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: The Iron Docks and the bare level cap

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I really didn't want Massively Overpowered's inaugural column about World of Warcraft to focus on the negatives. But I can't in good conscience ignore the...
Sometimes, of course, we don't care about things like balance.

Check out a video tour of Guild Wars 2’s Revenant

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Are you looking forward to the newest addition to Guild Wars 2's class lineup, the Revenant? Do you stay awake at night wishing that...

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