Columns

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In a world of self-inflicted wreckage.

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up WildStar

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Writing about WildStar at this point feels weird. Obviously, I just finished up playing the game for this feature for four weeks. It feels fresh...

Hyperspace Beacon: If you’re not playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, why are you still subbed?

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Let me start this article by answering my own headline: It's partly because I'm an idiot and cannot let go of this IP. Star Wars:...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Creating a better balance in Guild Wars 2 raiding

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One of the major concerns aired by the Guild Wars 2 playerbase regarding raid content is the risk of juicy raid-only story details being gated...
My track record has been pretty good!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s removed skills, Ranged/Caster edition

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Well, folks, by all reasonable estimation we're going to have the final story patch of Heavensward next week. Why? Because there's no more March...

EVE Evolved: What’s the deal with EVE’s PLEX changes?

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This week CCP Games announced that some big changes are on the way for PLEX in EVE Online. The PLEX or "30-day Pilot's License...

One Shots: The Candy Man

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If you have a sweet tooth or diabetes, you may want to avoid the temptation that we're about to put in your path with...
Smug twit.

The Daily Grind: Will World of Warcraft hold its 7.2 patch until June?

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On October 24th, World of Warcraft launched patch 7.1, which contained a lot of not-quite-ready-for-launch Legion features and a bit of content. Since then,...

LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances

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If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...
Oh, well, good.

Betawatch: The Repopulation is back in the saddle again (March 17, 2017)

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It has been an odd and not altogether happy ride for The Repopulation, but the good news is that the game is back into...
Such a lovely place.

Choose My Adventure: A high-level venture in WildStar

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First and foremost, before I start talking about my last week of adventures in WildStar, I'd like to thank the developers for giving me...
hooray sorta

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat feedback?

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I'm quite fond of 20XX, but I really hate the upgrades you can pick up in the game that eliminate hit stun. Sure, it...

Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark

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Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...

Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever

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I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...

Guild Chat: Dealing with MMORPG guild inactivity

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered community gets together to help crack guild problems presented by readers in...
Where you at, ArenaNet?

The Daily Grind: What were you disappointed to not hear about from PAX East?

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As the man on the ground at PAX East this year (and every year), I bear the brunt of your displeasure if there was...

What ever happened to Darkfall, Fallen Earth, and Runes of Magic?

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It bears repeating that here on Massively OP, we cover an immensely wide field of live games -- so many that it can sometimes...
Stab some stuff.

Wisdom of Nym: Abilitiy revisions for Final Fantasy XIV: Melee edition

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I had really hoped for something a touch more substantial about Stormblood from this weekend's event, but we got what we got. Thus we...

Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #24-19

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What are the best and most popular MMO theme songs of all time? A couple of weeks ago I posed this question to the...

One Shots: No more worlds to conquer

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There's that special joy that every screenshotter knows when you're able to get that perfect angle, that photogenic pose, and then capture it for...

Betawatch: The soft launch of Revelation Online (March 10, 2017)

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Revelation Online departs the hallowed halls of Betawatch this week, having emerged from closed beta into open beta. No more wipes are planned, and...