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Wake the metal.

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The magical DPS

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Unlike with the melee DPS, magical ranged damage actually had one of its members that changed a whole lot. Hooray! But the other two...
I need some help.

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The healers

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As soon as I started going through the abilities added to Final Fantasy XIV's healers, I immediately muttered to myself "oh, some people are...
Gotta run to gun.

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers tour: The ranged DPS

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Huh. This is a really weird contrast in this batch. Obviously, there are only two ranged DPS to cover, but in Stormblood that didn't matter...
No belts

MassivelyOP’s Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers media tour coverage

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A new expansion is on the way for Final Fantasy XIV, with early access starting up in less than a month. But what if you...

Warframe of Mind: Should Digital Extremes ditch RNG in endgame loot drops?

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Here's a question for you: Should a game that eschewed random loot boxes at the request of players use RNG loot drops for rare...

Choose My Adventure: The Agent, the Eagle, and the Sith in Star Wars The Old Republic

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Things have come to a head in my Star Wars: The Old Republic adventure, and it all wrapped in rather neat fashion for the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 has my favorite flying mounts

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When Guild Wars 2 announced that the central mechanic of its Path of Fire expansion was going to be mounts, a lot of people...

Not So Massively: StarCraft II co-op is one of online gaming’s greatest hidden gems

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Between the disappointment of the current World of Warcraft expansion, the abandonment of Diablo III, and other... unpleasantness, I find my lifelong fandom of...
Toss me a cure, will you?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers in benchmark and letter form

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One of the nice things about the rules around the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers media tour is that seeing the big job change video means...
Very mature.

Global Chat: Catching the WoW Classic fever

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You've got the fever, she's got the fever, everyone's got the fever for WoW Classic these days! The launch announcement and beta testing has...

One Shots: Armed and fabulous

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Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
The stuff that you have, does someone have a claim on it?

The Daily Grind: Would you ever consider hosting a rogue server for an MMO?

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Ages ago, there was a server emulation project for Final Fantasy XI. The coding got hit with a cease & desist, unfortunately, and to the...

EVE Evolved: Getting ready for the Invasion in EVE Online

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EVE Online's Invasion expansion lands in just two days on May 28th, and there are plenty of things you can do now to make...

LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO does Lord of the Rings justice

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Oh. Oh no you didn't, Kotaku. You didn't just sit there, scratching your head for an easy post, and then write up an essay...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers kicks its leveling up a notch

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The train for Torchlight Frontiers rolls on, and not just because it literally has a class about summoning a train. The latest patch for the...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: Crazy speculation on turning back the clock for World of Warcraft

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There's a game I like to play - wait, no, that's a lie. There's a game I do play called "Oh, I Made Myself Sad."...
Sometimes the theme is just disappointment.

Vague Patch Notes: On fans and fanboys in MMORPGs

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When you play Final Fantasy XIV, you are going to be stuck playing one of an assortment of jobs, with no actual customization to distinguish...
Sorry, guys.

The Daily Grind: What could your favorite MMO do to attract new players?

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Every MMO wants more people to play it. That's kind of the nature of the thing. While no one working on Secret World Legends is...
This was once controversial!

Perfect Ten: Helpful tips for returning to City of Heroes in 2019

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With the (community-led) rebirth of City of Heroes in 2019, a rather interesting problem has arisen for this superhero title: Namely, players who never...

Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community

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One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...

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