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Flameseeker Chronicles: My Guild Wars 2 goals for 2018

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It's the time of year for spring-cleaning and goal-setting, where we look ahead to a fresh start filled with plenty of days left for...

EVE Evolved: A matter of balance in EVE Online

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Throughout its almost 15-year lifetime, EVE Online has walked a fine line between developing new features and iterating on existing gameplay. Development has to...

The Daily Grind: What would you pay for an MMO subscription in 2018?

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Here's something you probably didn't know about Camelot Unchained: Yes, it'll have a sub, but it won't be $15. Mark Jacobs re-confirmed that it'll be...

Leaderboard: Did you preorder WoW’s Battle for Azeroth expansion?

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Last week was a flurry of excitement over World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth's preorders - and the news that the game will probably...
Big time.

Wisdom of Nym: Looking at Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.2

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A lot of times, I spread out my time with Final Fantasy XIV patches, unlocking and finishing up content at a reasonably sedate pace....

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unused place or feature in your favorite MMORPG?

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I really like abandoned places in games. One of my favorite articles ever was about Glitch, after it sunsetted, when I recapped my experience...

Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?

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Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....

One Shots: The jig is up

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What will you when you embark on your pirate career in Sea of Thieves? I know that at least for me, the answer will...
Nuke.

The Daily Grind: What MMO accomplishments are you proud of?

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I was joking around with one of my friends in Final Fantasy XIV the other day as she mentioned that she didn't think she...

LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 best pages on Lotro-Wiki

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Earlier this week, one of my online friends and fellow Lord of the Rings Online player put out a notice that there was now...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative fauna?

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Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I am always fascinated with the beasts, creatures, and enemy NPCs that developers create for MMORPGs. While there...

Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?

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Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...

EverQuesting: EverQuest II is a packrat’s paradise

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While some consider the acquisition of stuff to be distracting to gameplay, others of us know that it is actually a vital part of...
No, it's still not.

The Daily Grind: Do you actually care whether game studios apologize for screw-ups?

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Bungie. Epic. Hi-Rez. Lots of apologies this week for one thing or another. As one of our readers, @Helltrek, put it, "It seems that the...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: So Battle for Azeroth is out for pre-order

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Well, folks, I hope you've made your pre-purchases of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and started playing your allied races. I found out...
So long, guy. You looked good.

The Daily Grind: Has the MOBA bubble burst?

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The past few weeks have not been kind for fans of MOBAs. In a short span of time we've lost Paragon, Master x Master,...
Cars.

Battle Bards Episode 114: Vroom vroom!

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Yes officer, these Battle Bards were well above the speed limit and violated many noise complaints in the local neighborhoods. But it was for...

Tamriel Infinium: Where will the next Elder Scrolls Online ‘chapter’ take place?

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In case you missed it, a couple of weeks back there were a couple of spoilers datamined from the testing files that seem to...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: Ten more World of Warcraft races fans would like to play

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Sometimes, you write a column more or less as a mental exercise, and then World of Warcraft drops an expansion pre-purchase that makes it...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever been griefed in MMOs outside of combat?

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It's a mistake to assume that the term "griefing" in an MMO context only refers to a nasty act in PvP combat, such as...

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