Opinion

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Choose My Adventure: Setting up Camp in Trove

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of Choose My Adventure: Trove edition. Last week, as you may recall, I took my first steps in the...

The Daily Grind: What are your fall MMO gaming plans?

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Hope you had a good summer, 'cause it's pretty much over. Yes ma'am, we're staring right into the pumpkin spice corridor known as "fall,"...

Jukebox Heroes: My top six favorite MMO soundtracks of all time

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In ranking MMO soundtracks, there are a lot of ways to do it. You can pull out individual tracks or praise a game for...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 28: PAX Primal

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 F2P, Atlas Reactor, The Park, SWTOR, Marvel Heroes, and WildStar, plus mailbag questions on Elder Scrolls Online, podcast meta, and more GW2.

PAX Prime 2015: Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil might be better on Xbox

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I know the majority of us on this site are PC players. I include myself in that group. And being a part of the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO testing experience you’ve ever had?

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I know I'm not alone in feeling beta-fatigue. I hear the same things I feel from you folks in our comments and from our...

Not So Massively: HOTS’ ranking woes, LoL’s server move problems

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League of Legends finished setting up its new North American server in Chicago, reducing ping times for east coast players but dramatically increasing them...
Ninja by mechanics, not by occupation.

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s melee DPS

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I main melee DPS on my main character in Final Fantasy XIV, but it was never really by design. Originally I was quite happy...
Some elves have no eyes any more. Be sensitive.

WoW Factor: Wild guessing about Demon Hunters

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So what's the deal with World of Warcraft's Demon Hunter? We just don't know yet. But the space to speculate is pretty awesome. I mentioned...

The Daily Grind: How much money have you spent on MMO player housing?

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I've got player housing on the brain this week, as decorating my Nar Shaddaa sky palace has accounted for most of MMO playing time here...

PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation

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There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...

Guild Chat: Finding MMO fun without your guildmates

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Good news, everyone: I'm back with an unexpected edition of Guild Chat for you! Observant Massively Overpowered readers might have noticed that I rotate...
I'd buy one.

The Daily Grind: Would you buy toys based on your favorite MMO?

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I'm not going to lie - I want a goblin playset from Final Fantasy XIV. They've got so many fun accessories to play with,...

Nexus Telegraph: Five ways to get ready for WildStar’s F2P

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WildStar's free-to-play transition -- with the accompanying massive feature patch -- hasn't gotten a set date yet, but with the update in closed beta...

PAX Prime 2015: Sword Coast Legends makes a great first impression

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I like to think that it's not the hype getting to me when I talk about Sword Coast Legends. When I first saw the...

The Daily Grind: The best MMO ever will be announced tomorrow

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Tomorrow, it will happen. Tomorrow, the curtains will be pulled back and the greatest MMO ever will be announced. Millions will gasp. Thousands will swoon....

PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor

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Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...

Leaderboard: Which MMO devs would you like to see in an epic rap battle?

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Sometimes the MMO industry is so absurd that all we can do is laugh at it. OK, not sometimes, most of the time, and...

The Soapbox: The fun and frustration of SWTOR’s housing system

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When I was a kid, I had far too many Star Wars action figures, vehicles, and playsets. And when I say kid, I actually...
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The Daily Grind: How can MMOs create personal progression in a post-levels world?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Craywulf wants us all to sit back in our armchair designer, er, armchairs and tackle a design problem some gamers are convinced...