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Hyperspace Beacon: Five tools to up your roleplay game in SWTOR

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As you all know, I like to roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In fact, creating characters and creating struggles for them within...

Hyperspace Beacon: Obtaining the Masterwork armor in SWTOR Update 5.10

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I'm torn on this new armor achievement system in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the one hand, everyone can get the armor eventually....

MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018

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Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legend’s Samhain 2018 community events

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If you thought that all Samhain had to offer was official Secret World Legends missions and events, you'd be mistaken. A-machete-through-the-skull sorely mistaken. In...
Dark down.

EVE Vegas 2018 is this weekend: Here’s what to expect from the show

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It's that time of year again when internet spaceship nerds descend on Las Vegas to get incredibly drunk find out what the future holds...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legend’s 2018 Samhain is music to my ears

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It's the most wonderful time of the year With radios playing and ghost that are slaying the ones who come near It's the most wonderful time of...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s expansion prelude event, Against the Elements

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Sometimes it feels like forever before the next expansion comes -- even when it's regular every year! That's what this year has been like...

EVE Evolved: The rookie’s guide to fitting ships in EVE Online

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The ship fitting system is one of EVE Online's most powerful and useful features, but it comes with a pretty steep learning curve for...
No need to whale about it.

Massively on the Go: Our guide to legendary and EX raiding in Pokemon Go

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It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been...

World of Warcraft explains what you have to do to get your Mag’har Orcs and Dark Iron Dwarves

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With all of the possible goals vying for your attention in World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth, it might be that you've overlooked the...

Working As Intended: Returning to Star Wars Galaxies – in 2018

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If you've followed the Massively OP Podcast this summer or read any of my ramblings in Daily Grinds and WRUPs, you probably know that...
No, not like this.

Massively on the Go: Guide to Pokemon Go’s battle system basics

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As much as I love some of the game's systems that encourage social play, Pokemon Go's obtuse battle system from the start was problematic. It's...

The Survivalist: Which sci-fi crash site survival sandbox should you play?

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Survival sandboxes have certainly come a long way in the last couple of years. Not only has the number of new genres exploded (as...

Massively on the Go: Our guide to which Pokemon you should keep (or send away)

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There's so much involved with Pokemon Go for new (or returning) players to adjust to that even knowing what's "good" can be hard to figure out....

EVE Evolved: Ship fittings for EVE Online’s Secrets of the Abyss event

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EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has been live now for several months, adding the first ever solo instanced PvE game mode in...
PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND!

Massively on the Go: Our basic guide to Pokemon Go gameplay and questing

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Pokemon Go has come a long way since its early days of just catching and gym battling. Those are still core gameplay elements, but there's...

Massively on the Go: A guide to (re)learning how to catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go

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So, you're in Pokemon Go, and you just saw a Pokemon. You clicked the little beast and now are in the catch screen. Just straight flick those...

Massively on the Go’s guide to returning to Pokemon Go: Focus on community

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I've noticed a bit of a renewal for Pokemon Go thanks to large improvements by Niantic starting with Generation 3. With raids, quests, real-world weather affecting...

Hyperspace Beacon: Making roleplay events deeper in SWTOR (or any other MMORPG)

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From time to time, I like to break from talking about the latest news from Star Wars: The Old Republic to talk about what...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legend’s first MEGAversary

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Next week marks one year down for Secret World Legends, but the party has already started! From June 20th through July 17th, 2018, players...