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Wisdom of Nym: Reviewing Final Fantasy XIV’s new housing rules

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I've been leery for a long while now of Final Fantasy XIV's "you get your details just before patch day" stance vis-a-vis the housing...
Different?

Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV have too many content subdivisions?

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Here's a fun question for you about Final Fantasy XIV: What's the difference between a trial and a raid in the endgame? At first glance...

Whatever happened to Ascent: the Space Game, Aura Kingdom, and Fragmented?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends 2018 – new year, new game, new goals

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What does Secret World Legends have in store for 2018? For the world, or for me? Either answer includes Season 2 of the story!...

Hyperspace Beacon: The case for mature-themed guilds in the SWTOR community

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I am a huge advocate for guilds that can remain friendly to the under 18 crowd. One of my favorite Star Wars: The Old...

The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide

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A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
Not pictured: Rabbits. We don't know what they'll look like yet.

Wisdom of Nym: The final countdown before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2

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We still don't technically know when Final Fantasy XIV is launching its next patch, but we can also figure it out. It was always...

Jukebox Heroes: Black Prophecy’s soundtrack

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With just about a year of live operation to its name before closing, Black Prophecy wasn't really here long enough to cement itself into...

LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018

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Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...
This is not hard to do.

WoW Factor: Guessing at Battle for Azeroth’s release date using math

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The "when will Battle for Azeroth" speculation train is rolling once again because it looks like patch 7.3.5 is just around the corner. We...

Perfect Ten: 10 tips for crafting a unique MMO character name

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Tell me if you've ever been here: You just finished spending way too much time pouring over options in the character creation screen and...

Flameseeker Chronicles: 2018 Guild Wars 2 predictions

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I adore looking back on last year's predictions about what's to come in Guild Wars 2 in the next twelve months: Even when my predictions...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s case for asymmetric and asynchronous gameplay

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If there's one thing that EVE Online does better than any other MMO on the market today, it's persistent gameplay on massive scales. The now-famous...
This was only the start.

Wisdom of Nym: Materia and stats in Final Fantasy XIV

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When Heavensward was the current expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, we were introduced to the idea that you could meld materia onto valuable endgame...

The Game Archaeologist: Neocron

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It's the distant future. The high-tech battle armor you wear sharply contrasts with the ruins of civilization that you traverse. You spot an enemy...
No, you don't get it, she has no eyes.

WoW Factor: The fate of the class orders post-Legion, part 2

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Back before the winter break, I took a look at how the various class orders are going to handle the increased conflict between the...

Massively OP’s 2017 awards debrief and annual recap

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As we did in 2014, 2015, and 2016, today I'm going to recap our annual awards and other meta articles from the end of 2017....

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2018?

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I didn't intend to leave Star Citizen off my personal list of most-anticipated MMOs this year, but I think it's the first time in...

Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR could add in 2018 to turn itself around

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Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2017

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Last year was positively stuffed with updates, expansions, and cool stuff. A lot of years I struggle to remember which major updates happened in...

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