Columns

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Wandering Wraeclast: Discover Delirium when Path of Exile’s new league launches March 13

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There are certain things you can count on in life, things to set your clocks by. One of those is my quarterly chat with...

Choose My Adventure: Sorry, I got distracted by other stuff in Black Desert

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You’ll likely notice that I missed out on last week’s Choose My Adventure and for that I apologize. This past week I have been...
Bring the light

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2 in review – the content

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All right, here's the deal. Every time we get a new patch, I wind up finding that I have two of these columns' worth...
Stay

Fight or Kite: New World’s switcheroo is the best thing that could have happened for PvPers

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About a month ago, Amazon’s large age of conquest MMO, New World, announced a huge shift in focus from a free-for-all, full-loot PvP game...
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First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Harrowstorm and Unhallowed Grave

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As longtime Elder Scrolls Online players well know, ZeniMax is launching the first chunk of content for the Dark Heart of Skyrim today for...

Jukebox Heroes: Ten MMOs that strongly support their soundtracks

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It's one thing to put a lot of music in your MMORPG or even to release that launch-day album. It's another thing entirely to...

One Shots: Imitation and flattery

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then MMO players are the biggest flatterers in the world. When we're not making avatars to...
I've got a lot of problems with you people!

The Daily Grind: What would tempt you to buy something in an MMO when you hate the business model?

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Longtime commenter and friend to man and beast alike Danny Smith mentioned recently that there's a rumor of Blizzard putting World of Warcraft allied race...

Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes welcomed me into MMOs

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As we approach the first anniversary of City of Heroes' revival on the rogue server circuit, I wanted to take this opportunity to share...

Betawatch: Crowfall hands out rewards, guides people in necromancy, and covers race disciplines

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Darn it, Crowfall, could you be bothered to have a unifying theme this week? Look, it's good that you're giving out monthly rewards to backers,...

Chaos Theory: Guide to love and heartbreak in Secret World Legends’ latest event

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If I made a New Year's wish upon a falling star, it wouldn't be far-fetched to think getting new content in Secret World Legends...
When it comes.

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – The Burning Crusade

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So it seems pretty likely at this point that we are going to keep going through the various World of Warcraft expansions with Classic servers...
THE BACK OF MY HAND!

The Daily Grind: Which MMO consumables are the most completely useless?

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It's very obvious why Final Fantasy XIV has items like Antidotes. These medicines are consistently present across the series, so they need to be in...
Phun phor the phamily.

Vague Patch Notes: Phantasy Star Online 2 might be in a better place than you think

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A couple years back (this being the definition where "a couple" means "I can't remember precisely how many"), I was talking with a friend...

The Soapbox: Why does it feel like I don’t have time for an MMO when I really do?

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This guest Soapbox was commissioned through MassivelyOP's Patreon program and is authored by Steve "Sray" Blouin, a name our longtime commenters will surely recognize...
We got it back, after all.

Perfect Ten: Dead MMOs resurrected via rogue servers

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Last December, the Massively OP 2019 Awards gave its "Best Trend" nod to the rise of rogue servers in the MMO genre. Preservation of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What Eye of the North means for Guild Wars 2

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Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga has so far been filled with plenty of nostalgic callbacks to the original Guild Wars’ Eye of the North...

The Survivalist: Is Conan Exiles done with free DLC – or are we getting a true expansion?

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While Funcom's latest investor note focused mainly on DUNE, there was a little tidbit of big import nestled in there about the current IP-based...
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Wisdom of Nym: That’s a very large fan festival you got there, Final Fantasy XIV

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Odd as it might be to say, I don't really have a lot more to say just yet about tomorrow's patch for Final Fantasy...

Not So Massively: Imagining a true MMORTS

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MMOs and RTS are two of the genres of game I play the most. Given that, you'd think I'd be a big fan of...

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