Opinion

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The Daily Grind: What is the best-designed MMO class you’ve ever played?

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There are good MMO classes and bad classes. There are well-designed ones and ones that just never gelled. But every once in a while,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 158: We are all heroes

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Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV, Closers, Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Secret World Legends, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on lockboxes without gambling and sunsetting working MMORPGs.
Everyone likes me, Amelie.

Overwatch is hiring a creative writer for… reasons

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Here is a riddle for you: What would Overwatch, a game that's so far featured far more backstory than actual ongoing story, want with...

Flameseeker Chronicles: My favourite Guild Wars 2 Friend/Ships stories

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Friendships and social interaction are everything when it comes to enjoying MMOs in my mind, so you can imagine how much I adore the...

The Daily Grind: How do we solve the broken MMO dev cycle?

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Massively OP reader Yuri has posed us an interesting chicken-or-the-egg question for this morning's Daily Grind. "People got burned on paying for unfinished games and...
Oh great.

Leaderboard: What kinds of MMORPG purchases do you consider pay-to-win?

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I know I'm not alone in noticing that MMO gamers of late seem to have become sharply divided on how to define the term...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Actual mechanical issues for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV, part one

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There are a lot of people who are quick to complain about issues with their personal favorite jobs in Final Fantasy XIV. No matter...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO sunset had the biggest impact on you?

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If you've been playing MMOs long enough, you've probably lived through at least one sunset of a beloved game world. In fact, I bet...

EVE Evolved: Solving EVE Online’s botting problem

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Practically every MMO on the market today has had to contend with botting and the range of issues that come with it, and EVE Online...

Global Chat: What is the population of Guild Wars 2?

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Does it matter how many people are playing your MMO? For some, yes, it does. It's at least of passing interest to others, especially...
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

The Daily Grind: Are there MMO characters you don’t want to play but wouldn’t delete?

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My primary servers on World of Warcraft are easy to spot, because they both have a dozen characters on them. Then there are a...

The Daily Grind: What skills would you like to see added to MMOs?

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One of the features that captivates and draws players to Project Gorgon is the quirky indie MMO's design of infusing the game with a...

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up our adventures in Project Gorgon

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There's a familiar situation to players of tabletop games wherein a sidequest becomes more important than the main quest, and you wind up taking...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the absolute best if you’re a whale?

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At the end of every year, I always do a Daily Grind on the most expensive MMO to play at that exact moment, with...
I'm going to write that MMO about the snarky robot I always wanted to!

Massively Overthinking: Could bots save dying MMORPGs?

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Last week, a reader named Chris, who is writing a paper on the MMO industry and revivifying sunsetted games, dropped an intriguing question into...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: How could multiclassing work in World of Warcraft?

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Not so long ago, our editor-in-chief was talking about how World of Warcraft needs some form of multiclassing system. So let's talk about how...

Chaos Theory: Do you need to sub to enjoy Secret World Legends?

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A question I am asked quite a bit about free-to-play games is whether or not one needs to sub to really play. It is...
Snap.

The Daily Grind: Would you cheat in an MMO if you could get away with it?

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A friend of mine in Final Fantasy XI cheated at one point in a way no one was ever going to find out. He...
NOW PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND!

Battle Bards Episode 115: EVE Online

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Forgettable ambient noise or entrancing space sounds? This is the debate that’s at the core of today’s episode, as the Battle Bards take on...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 sexiest monsters of Monster Hunter World

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I remember my first time. Unlike many hunters, I didn't stalk her. In fact, she bumped into me. I was just strolling down the...

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