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EVE Evolved: What went wrong with the Shadow of the Serpent event?

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Last week's EVE Online patch added the massive Shadow of the Serpent event, a game-wide storyline arc that pits players against the Serpentis and Angel...

One Shots: Totes adorbs

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My call out for favorite fantasy races a while back did spur a few of you to share screenshots depicting your beloved species. Kristina...
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The Daily Grind: What inspires you to ignore another player in an MMO?

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For a variety of reasons, I do not have the ability to remove people from the universe at a whim. I cannot simply make...

The Game Archaeologist: Eight launch trailers from classic MMOs

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When YouTube first became a thing, I dismissed it as a site that was mostly preoccupied with people talking into cameras in an attempt...
Must we?

Betawatch: World of Warcraft and the art of pre-patch trolling (July 7, 2016)

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We have a launch date for World of Warcraft's next expansion, but we don't have a date for the pre-patch before the expansion launches....
Even-handed.

Perfect Ten: The 10 components of a ‘fair’ MMO PvP fight

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I spend a lot of my time thinking about MMO PvP. You might not realize it, but I'm actually a really big fan of...

Chaos Theory: Loot bags and golems galore for The Secret World’s fourth birthday

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There may have been moments over the past 12 months when fans feared this time would never come, but it has: Happy fourth birthday, The Secret World! It's...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s clear message of indifference for its most loyal players

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I don't like to rant. I like my opinions to be measured and thoughtful. But sometimes I need to cut loose and let something...
Plenty.

Wisdom of Nym: The fullness of Final Fantasy XIV until October

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We know now that patch 3.35 and the Deep Dungeon will be landing on July 19th. That's a little bit later than I had...

Guild Chat: Successfully merging MMORPG guilds

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column in which we gather together to help a reader in need solve his or her guild-related quandary....

One Shots: Victory pose

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It's an MMO tradition: When you down a particularly nasty boss, you and your party gathers around the corpse, joins hands, and sings about...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Age of Camelot

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Today, we take a trip to England, but not the England of our timeline. No, this is the England-That-Could-Have-Been, the England of King Arthur,...
Ride or... just ride, actually.

Betawatch: Riders of Icarus moves into head start (July 1, 2016)

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Riders of Icarus has not launched yet; it's in head start. Yes, head start before open beta, rather than before, like, launch or something....
Opposition.

WoW Factor: The hope I have for Legion

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Every week, in Final Fantasy XI, the three main player nations are competing in a form of passive PvP known as conquest. The nation...

Massively Overthinking: The MMORPG wishes that go unfulfilled

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This week's Massively Overthinking question is a short and sweet one posed by Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl. "What's the greatest unfulfilled dream of MMO players...

Perfect Ten: MMO novel tie-ins

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When I was a kid and only slightly more nerdy than I am today, I used to read movie novelizations like crazy. I don't...

EverQuesting: Landmark is offering new races – for a price

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I knew that new races would eventually come to Landmark! From the beginning it didn't make any sense to me that Daybreak would ignore something...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Re-engaging lost Guild Wars 2 players

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I recently read an interesting opinion piece by Jason Winter that got me thinking about the general sense of apathy that he believes is...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on One Tamriel, Cyrodiil PvP, and housing

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For many of us at Massively OP, Elder Scrolls Online won E3, if that’s really a thing, but that's partly because all ZeniMax Online Studios...
It's not just me, right?

Wisdom of Nym: The implications of Final Fantasy XIV’s E3 content

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I am honestly fairly sure that I know where the entrance to to the Deep Dungeon will lie when it comes out in July....