classes
Riders of Icarus offers players the chance to pre-create a new Trickster
The next class for Riders of Icarus is arriving with the launch of the Rise of the Trickster update, the appropriately named Trickster class....
World of Warcraft’s class design AMA examines the how and why of tuning changes
No matter what class you play in World of Warcraft, you're probably certain that the developers hate your class in particular and love some...
Check out footage of Blade & Soul’s Maestro in action
If you were hoping for some reason that the Maestro in Blade & Soul would be all about conducting a stirring symphony, that's definitely...
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind has a new trailer, and it’s all about bears
Let's be real, here: The real new class being added for The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is the War Bear. The Warden is just...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: The healers
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!Healers! You need them in Final Fantasy XIV. Seriously, they're vital, and not just to make...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Ranged DPS jobs
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I have to say that the Live Letter was a wee bit frustrating in places. How...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Caster DPS jobs
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!If there's one field of jobs that's never really locked me in during previous Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Melee DPS jobs
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!Oh, melee DPS, you matter to me. You matter to a lot of people, in fact....
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Tank jobs
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I really wanted Samurai to be a tank. There's not a lot of specific reasoning for...
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Samurai and Red Mage impressions
Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!It should come as pretty much no surprise that one of my first focal points when...
Cloud Pirates explains how best to play the Heavy Reinforced Galleon
If your goal in Cloud Pirates is to pilot the most specialized ship possible, you probably aren't going to enjoy the Heavy Reinforced Galleon....
The Daily Grind: How much does optimization affect your MMO play?
When I feel like lying to myself, I tell myself that I don't care about optimizing my characters in MMOs. I even sometimes convince...
Diablo III’s Necromancer beta is back from the dead
The Necromancer beta for Diablo III was around for a short time, then swiftly died off and went quiet as Blizzard tinkered with various...
Pantheon unveils the second part of its early Monk preview
Harsh environments, energetic punches, and the ever-present specter of death, all of this can be found within the archive of the most recent Pantheon:...
Rend’s mix-and-match class system is deeper than it appears
Start small, grow wide: This is the class philosophy in the upcoming survival sandbox Rend. While there are only four classes in the game,...
Diablo III brings the Necromancer closed beta to life
It's time to start dredging up corpses and making them do what you want in Diablo III, because the Necromancer closed beta has arrived....
TERA launches its Valkyrie patch Honorbound today [Update: It’s live now!]
At first it was called the Paragon. Then, players revolted, and it was renamed to the Valkyrie. But whatever you call the newest class...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the healer skills Final Fantasy XIV could delete
Tomorrow, we're getting the end of the Heavensward story quests in Final Fantasy XIV, which means I need to start looking at Heavensward as...
The Daily Grind: Do you roll multiple MMO characters of the same class?
I'm closing in on "done" -- my own peculiar version of done, anyway -- on my ninth character in Guild Wars 2. I've rolled...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?
Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...