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Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs

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Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...

The Guild Wars 2 community prepares Foostival events for fans in France and Germany

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Voulez-vous aller a une fete pour Guild Wars 2? Parce que ca arrive bientot! There, see, those French lessons did pay off for work....

The Stream Team: Picking up journeykin poo in Guild Wars 2

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After settling in her new homestead a bit, it's time for Massively OP's MJ to get back to work in Guild Wars 2. The...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.

One Shots: And suddenly, the bushes rustled

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What weird and wild adventures is Utakata up to in Blade and Soul this week? Apparently it involves staying up way past a little one's...
Gosh, that was a mistake.

The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MMO combat playstyle (as opposed to class or role)?

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MMO classes don't merely have to be divided into the traditional tank/DPS/healer categories. There are plenty of other ways to separate classes and even...

Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend

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We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...

The Stream Team: Home on the Janthir Wilds range in Guild Wars 2

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Oh give me a home, where the Janthir bees roam Where the Kodan and the journeykin play; Where seldom is heard, the Death Counter's word And I...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 485: EVE’s blockhead blockchain move

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, New World Aeternum, EVE Frontier, Nightingale, and Wayfinder, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs as spectator sports and the best MMO ambient soundtracks.

Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s new PvP mode Push actually has a lot of potential

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This past weekend, I spent a solid amount of time battling in Guild Wars 2’s PvP, surprising even myself since it’s been a couple...

LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO’s cosmetic system should be overhauled

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Here's a fun bit of trivia for you newcomers to Lord of the Rings Online: Did you know that for most of the first...

Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem

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As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...
Heroic!

Storyboard: Who gets to be the hero of an MMORPG?

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When Guild Wars 2 launched, there was a contingent of people who were very, very annoyed about Trahearne. There were a lot of players...

Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year

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By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...

Guild Wars 2 players are building absolutely INSANE houses with Janthir Wilds’ homesteads feature

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I've only just unlocked my new player house in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds and haven't dug my claws into the feature, but for...

The Stream Team: Ex-spear-imenting with Guild Wars 2’s newest weapon

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Last week, Massively OP's MJ got stuck in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds story, needing to train a spear mastery before continuing. After battling...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 484: September MMO mailbag show

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Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag to discuss MMO limitations, megaservers, studio dealbreakers, age accessibility, aggro, and offline MMO content, plus there's adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.

Guild Wars 2 presents PvP Push pre-test plan as plushies pounce your purse

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As promised, the prototype beta for Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Push, is kicking off this afternoon, open to everyone as of 3...

The Daily Grind: What are some quietly impressive things in your fave MMO that nobody notices?

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When my husband and I went back to Guild Wars 2 for Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago, he booted up the game for...

Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week

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Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...

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