Opinion

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Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: Everything in MMOs that is pay-to-win

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I have stated before that I have a complex relationship with the term "pay-to-win." On the one hand, it tends to refer to something...

The Daily Grind: What should Guild Wars 2 do beyond Cantha?

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I know that a whole lot is riding on Guild Wars 2 sticking the landing for End of Dragons. It's not just that Cantha...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 322: New World, old problems

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, FFXIV Endwalker, WoW Classic's backtrack, and City of Heroes streaming, with adventures in WoW, New World, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on guild housing and MMO economies.

Casually Classic: Fondly looking back at World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade beginner zones

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Whenever discussion about Burning Crusade turns to which zones players like the best, it's almost always focused solely on the seven additional Outland regions...

Flameseeker Chronicles: The disappointing second half of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga

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Welcome to part two of this overview of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga. Last time, I talked about how the first half of...

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs as the designers intended, or do you go your own way?

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Today's Daily Grind topic comes courtesy of MOP's resident meme-maker, Schlag Sweetleaf, who urged me to write about this after the piece we did...

First impressions: Even in beta, New Genesis is the quantum leap forward the aging Phantasy Star Online 2 needed

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Now this… this is more like it. When I was last spending time with Phantasy Star Online 2, I found it to be a fun...

First impressions: Bless Unleashed’s PC beta is just enough of an improvement over the original Bless

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I'm not going to say I've had a great deal of time with the recent PC beta test of Bless Unleashed -- that's why...
aeiou

Wisdom of Nym: Recapping the Endwalker reveals from Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival

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I ended the first night watching the Fan Festival a bit sad about how long it would be before Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion....
hurr da burr

The Daily Grind: How do you manage your frustration with MMO griefers?

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I was hanging out in an MMO's Discord channel a while back when I skimmed through a convo where some folks were grumping about...
Someone will get that reference.

The Daily Grind: Would you rather be in a guild of strangers or alone in an MMO?

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Back in my day when I started playing MMOs, I took it as pretty well understood that you were going to want to join...

The Game Archaeologist: Dragon Empires, Codemasters’ abandoned MMO

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The name "Codemasters" is far more familiar to European players than North American ones, as the British developer and publisher was active on the...

The Daily Grind: How long do you need to wait to ‘recharge’ your MMO enthusiasm?

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Whenever I leave an MMO -- usually because I'm approaching boredom or burnout -- I recognize that there's a good chance that I'll be...

Massively on the Go: Why Pokemon Go’s COVID changes should stay, not roll back

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Pokemon Go’s already tried rolling back some of its COVID features, and between the original announcement of its June disappearance and the announcement of...
This big reveal worked out super great.

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you watch but don’t play?

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I've seen a few folks in our comments and Reddit lately mention that they like MMOs - but that they're more interested in watching...

Massively Overthinking: Should PvP MMOs offer PvE servers?

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Last week, we covered the revelation that Corepunk is considering adding PvE servers to roster, and I have to say I didn't see it...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: What would it take for big changes in World of Warcraft?

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The last time I wrote an installment of this column, it was in specific response to an interview that contained no small number of...

Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test

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Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...
Fight the other people.

The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal play session length in an MMO?

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One of the things that always strikes me as interesting is the different opinions regarding what an MMO play session should look like. Some people...

Choose My Adventure: How guidance made all the difference in MapleStory

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Boy, am I glad I read the comments. That's not an admission that I very often make when it comes to my online life,...

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