Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Judgment world boss, Dragonstorm

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Judgment is upon us, friends, in this edition of the Flameseeker Chronicles: The fourth and final chapter of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga:...

Choose My Adventure: RIFT was fun before, wasn’t it?

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My time in RIFT this past month has left me confused, frankly. Primarily because I remember genuinely enjoying this game more than I did. That’s...

Not So Massively: Checking up on multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920

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Last fall, this column covered Iron Harvest 1920, an alternate history RTS with a strong multiplayer emphasis and surprisingly poignant story-telling. Once I got...
Unshocking.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.5 stories have some issues

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All right, I'm just going to spoil this column up front. Out of this patch's stories... well, one is kind of a wisp of...
fight fight fight

The Daily Grind: How important is an MMO’s combat to you?

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Today, we don't want to talk about whether you prefer tab-targeting gameplay or action combat. It's not important if you prefer harder fights or...

LOTRO Legendarium: Bilbo’s further adventures are anything but adventurous

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It is certainly not a quiet week around Lord of the Rings Online, as we got both a mid-tier content update and the 14th...
Sure, whatever.

Betawatch: Skydome offers closed beta signups ahead of April 27

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Remember Skydome? You should; we just talked about it earlier this month! It's a new sort of MOBA and tower defense hybrid from Gamigo....
Dance Dance San d'Orialution

Vague Patch Notes: What we mean when we talk about MMO maintenance mode

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I've mentioned before that this column's title was inspired by the vague patch notes of Final Fantasy XI, and here we are diving into that...

Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?

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A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...
Not a great sign.

The Daily Grind: Are you worried about Blizzard in the wake of all of its high-profile departures?

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In some ways, Jeff Kaplan leaving Blizzard after 19 years is not a stunning event, what with the ongoing process of people leaving the...
Closer.

Four Winds: Why are Asian MMOs monetized the way they are?

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Welcome to Four Winds, Massively OP's newest column, dedicated to Asian MMOs and the culture around it. As the resident Black Desert columnist, I'm...
Kerstab.

Perfect Ten: Here is the stuff you can have when I quit this MMO

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Paul Simon once said that there had to be at least 50 ways to leave your lover. Back in the day, however, there was...

The Survivalist: Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expands tomorrow with sunshine and a spitting spider god

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The Isle of Siptah, Conan Exiles' first major expansion, is now itself expanding -- in size, scope, sunshine, and spiders! Sorry arachnophobes! If you thought...

Choose My Adventure: Further group adventures (that weren’t IAs) in RIFT

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Once again, the polls from last week were a split between people saying I should queue for normal dungeons and others saying I should...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Possible futures for Guild Wars 2’s strikes and dragon response missions

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Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga gave us a new type of endgame group content starting with its prologue chapter: Strike Missions. Each episode introduced...

Casually Classic: Four alternative day one strategies for WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade

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OK, real talk time, people. Is there anyone out there that, knowing the zone design of Burning Crusade and Blizzard's track record with launches,...

Fight or Kite: My mobile MMO experience peaked in 2008 with Parallel Kingdom

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It's a distant memory now, but in 2008 I played a mobile MMO that completely and totally had me hooked. I remember sitting on...
Roar.

Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.5 content

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This is a bit of an unusual case. I can't think of any patch in recent memory that's been so split between the quality...

Global Chat: Is fast travel a boon or a bust for MMORPGs?

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While I let you chew on that slightly clickbaity title there, I urge you to check out an essay on Bits & Pieces about...

One Shots: Spring is sprung

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You seriously are not prepared for the onslaught of pure spring colors waiting for you after the break, so just make sure you have...

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