Year in Review – July 2017 (editorials) By Bree Royce - November 28, 2017 4:03 PM 0 LOTRO Legendarium: Simply walking into Mordor The Daily Grind: If you could reboot any currently operating MMO, which one would you pick? Guild Chat: The fairest way to govern guilds Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood’s story and the lack of MacGuffins Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s mid-term report card EverQuesting: Falling for EverQuest II’s new progression server, Fallen Gate Pokemon Go’s first anniversary report card The Daily Grind: How would you define an MMO gankbox? Massively Overthinking: MMO ragequitting How I got married through World of Warcraft The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs? EVE Evolved: Does EVE Online need more conflict-drivers? Wisdom of Nym: Diving into Omega in Final Fantasy XIV Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 in review The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would do better with a different business model? Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s mid-term report card Choose My Adventure: Starting out fresh in DC Universe Online The Survivalist: Osiris New Dawn is doing early access right even amid disappointments LOTRO Legendarium: Mordor’s pre-order is flat-out ridiculous Massively Overthinking: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry How to find the right MMORPG as a couple Guild Chat: What to do when your MMO guild is close to imploding Wisdom of Nym: The numbers game in Final Fantasy XIV Hyperspace Beacon: The sexual harassment problem in SWTOR Perfect Ten: 10 little things I love about Final Fantasy XIV Checking out RIFT 4.2: Celestial Storm Choose My Adventure: Two approaches to whining about DC Universe Online Massively Overthinking: Building a better MMORPG economy No, exploitative gacha mechanics are not a good idea for western devs MMO Burnout: Nintendo’s ARMS and the Switch in public and private The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest II East EVE Evolved: The Agency could become a great daily reward system in EVE Online The Soapbox: The disastrous Pokemon Go Fest was just Niantic being Niantic, and that has to stop The Daily Grind: When was the golden age of MMOs, or has it happened yet? Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 One Path Ends is live, plus first impressions of Siren’s Landing Perfect Ten: Observations on Secret World Legends’ relaunch Tamriel Infinium: The problem with Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind plot is the twist The Soapbox: Getting to the heart of toxicity in MMOs Massively Overthinking: How should MMOs make money in a world without lockboxes? First Impressions: Splatoon 2 is a lobby shooter for socializers Guild Chat: Damage control after MMO guildmate poaching Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV issues that don’t exist yet… but will
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 One Path Ends is live, plus first impressions of Siren’s Landing