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The Daily Grind: How do you handle interest in multiple MMOs?

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Friends and readers know that I have a serious issue with being overwhelmed in all of the MMORPG options out there. I keep wanting...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online gets ramped up for launch (July 7, 2017)

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It's really just about time for Albion Online to launch, isn't it? Less than two weeks to go, now, so the title is winding...
Stepping back across time.

How I got married through World of Warcraft

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I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...

Massively Overthinking: MMO ragequitting

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Ragequitting. Most of us have probably done it once or twice from groups or single-player games or even MMO sessions in our time. My...

The Daily Grind: How would you define an MMO gankbox?

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A couple of weeks ago, our own Justin wrote a Daily Grind wherein he suggested that EVE Online was a gankbox, earning him some argument...

Pokemon Go’s first anniversary report card

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July 6th, 2017, marks Pokemon Go's first year anniversary. Love it or hate it, it's a game that quickly made a global impact. It's been released...

EverQuesting: Falling for EverQuest II’s new progression server, Fallen Gate

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A new time-locked expansion server got rolling last week in EverQuest II -- are you on board? I wasn't initially planning to participate; my...
There are red flags, that's the point.

The Daily Grind: When do you know it’s time to stop playing an MMO?

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It's possible I just haven't played a large enough number of MMOs, but I'm relatively certain that there are no games which pop up...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s mid-term report card

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At the beginning of every year, I give the games that I am embedded in a letter grade centered around the four different player...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo

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The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...

The Daily Grind: How often should MMOs release new classes?

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Some MMOs seem to have no problem with tossing in new classes like candy, while others might see an addition roughly every time Halley's...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 125: Secrets, Mordor, and Argus

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Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, LOTRO, RIFT, Kritika, and Master X Master, with mailbag topics on MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies and following the MMO crowd.

Global Chat: Want to see a Magic trick?

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So what does the blogging community think of the first IP-related new MMORPG to be announced in years in Magic: The Gathering? It's a little...

The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO achiever are you?

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Yesterday's post on Richard Bartle's new unplayer matrix got me thinking once again about my quibbles with the original Bartle quotient, which won't surprise...
What are we even doing here?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood’s story and the lack of MacGuffins

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I think I was about halfway through the Stormblood story when I noticed that it was avoiding more or less every single bit of...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG craft skills can you do in real life?

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I've just gotten back from a family trip during which I bumped into various family members with some interesting craft skills, from gardening to jewelcrafting...

Guild Chat: The fairest way to govern guilds

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which I get together with the Massively Overpowered readership to help one reader in need solve...
Technically by this point we're talking Ninja, but let's not quibble.

The Daily Grind: If you could reboot any currently operating MMO, which one would you pick?

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It probably won't surprise you to know that we spend a lot of time in work chat behind the scenes of Massively Overpowered discussing...

LOTRO Legendarium: Simply walking into Mordor

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It has been a whirlwind week of news and reveals for Lord of the Rings Online players. Standing Stone Games finally pulled back the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO does stealth the best?

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While I have dabbled in the stealthy arts in MMORPGs, usually I choose to be a lot more straight-forward when it comes to hostile...

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