Year in Review – October 2022 (editorials) By Bree Royce - November 1, 2022 10:29 PM 0 The Game Archaeologist: Dark Ages, the weird lovechild of Celtic lore and Lovecraftian legends Wisdom of Nym: The problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s consumables and buffs Choose My Adventure: Returning to the very beginning of Lost Ark Fight or Kite: Forget Overwatch 2 – Gundam Evolution meets your anime FPS needs Perfect Ten: Ten quirky and interesting MMOs worth trying Vague Patch Notes: Why are mobile MMOs Like That? Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs? WoW Factor: Is Dragonflight the last chance for World of Warcraft? LOTRO Legendarium: Are LOTRO’s missions a little too good? Stick and Rudder: Everything we learned from Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2022 presentations Wisdom of Nym: Looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV’s imminent patch 6.25 Massively on the Go: Comms failures exacerbated Pokemon Go’s underwhelming raid day Not So Massively: Eternal Card Game is a solo-friendly hidden gem Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows Vague Patch Notes: Finger-pointing in the MMO and multiplayer games industry Four Winds: The refinement of item enhance systems in MMOs, from Granado Espada to Black Desert Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs? WoW Factor: Was the faction split ever good for World of Warcraft? LOTRO Legendarium: Four options for character leveling in LOTRO Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s original Manderville Man First impressions of Embers Adrift, the Kickstarted MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucimia Choose My Adventure: Getting into the routine with Lost Ark’s Machinist Fight or Kite: Hands-on with Nexon’s Warhaven – medieval arena mayhem with a touch of magic Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare…. Vague Patch Notes: MMO quality and the bandwagon fallacy Four Winds: Lost Ark and the refinement of MMO item enhance systems WoW Factor: Thoughts on the two-pronged pre-patch rollout for Dragonflight LOTRO Legendarium: 10 reasons to get psyched about Before the Shadow (that aren’t the new zones) Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s Brimstone Sands and Nightveil Hallow Wisdom of Nym: Taking stock of the additions with Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25 Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s greatsword and world revamp Choose My Adventure: Alone in the crowd of Lost Ark’s endgame Perfect Ten: 10 things to understand about MMO Bards Vague Patch Notes: Defining classic servers and progression servers for MMOs Massively Overthinking: Do you have a love/hate relationship with specific MMO content? WoW Factor: The Dragonflight pre-patch talent trees fix a lot of problems in WoW Lawful Neutral: How extremism and terrorism slither into online gaming The Game Archaeologist: The radically different design of early EverQuest II Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s potential future destinations and expansions for Variant Dungeons