Year in Review – Nov 2018 (editorials) By Bree Royce - December 4, 2018 4:40 PM 0 WoW Factor: When long-term progress in World of Warcraft isn’t Hyperspace Beacon: Five tools to up your roleplay game in SWTOR Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games Vague Patch Notes: The meaning of ‘meaningful’ in MMORPGs LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to prep for legendary servers The Daily Grind: What wildly implausible settings would you like for an MMO? BlizzCon 2018: What the heck happened? Wisdom of Nym: How many antagonistic sides do we have in Final Fantasy XIV? The Daily Grind: What makes a game feel like an MMO to you? The Survivalist: Conan Exiles’ Picts, pets, and pokey arrows Perfect Ten: MMOs that aimed at the future… and missed Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King vs. Legion EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s 14th anniversary retrospective, from Columbus Nova to Chaos Descending The Daily Grind: Are you hostile to mobile MMORPGs? Leaderboard: Are you playing on Lord of the Rings Online’s progression server? WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG should have never been made? The Game Archeologist: Halo Universe EVE Evolved: Making the most of EVE Online’s Onslaught expansion The Daily Grind: What one piece of advice would you give to new MMO players in 2018? Wisdom of Nym: Predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival Jukebox Heroes: Worlds Adrift’s soundtrack Path of Exile’s Betrayal brings back Bestiary, Incursion, and Delve plus better housing Perfect Ten: MMOs that cater to the time-limited player The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal length for MMO group content? Leaderboard: Is a ‘WoW Immortal’ a very real possibility? Hyperspace Beacon: Everything you need to know about Star Wars The Old Republic’s guild changes Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship The Daily Grind: Would you play a Wheel of Time MMO? WoW Factor: The smart World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey The Daily Grind: Do you consistently pick the same classes and playstyles in MMOs? Wisdom of Nym: The first reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival The Daily Grind: Is the movement against LFG just privileging a different type of MMO player? Massively OP’s 2018 gift guide for the MMO fan First impressions of Fallout 76: The confusion that binds all gamers together MassivelyOP’s 2018 PC hardware gift guide Perfect Ten: How MMOs teach us to be thankful Hyperspace Beacon: Five things you need to do before SWTOR’s 5.10 update The Stream Team: Touring Star Citizen’s alpha 3.3.5 drop Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2018 Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage is balanced right, even if you don’t like that The Survivalist: Giving thanks for survival, from the genre to Conan Exiles Massively Overthinking: The MMO things we’re grateful for Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs The Game Archaeologist: Castle Infinity, the MMO that was literally rescued from a dumpster The Daily Grind: How do people misunderstand your favorite MMOs? Wisdom of Nym: Making proper predictions about Final Fantasy XIV’s next jobs The Survivalist: ARK’s Extinction makes bases extinct EVE Evolved: Where can EVE Online go from here? Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018 Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection The Stream Team: Farewell, WildStar Vague Patch Notes: Having fun in an MMO doesn’t actually mean it’s any good Hyperspace Beacon: We have the Star Wars The Old Republic story all wrong The Nexus Telegraph: What other MMOs should learn from WildStar’s demise Leaderboard: How much does an MMO’s IP influence your interest in it?