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EverQuesting: An EverQuest II Heritage Quest guide

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Now that you know the tips and tricks for running EverQuest II Heritage Quests in an efficient manner, it's just a matter of choosing...

Tamriel Infinium: Exploring the lore behind Elder Scrolls Online’s Shadows of the Hist

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I’m ashamed to admit that the Argonians are probably my least favorite of all the Elder Scrolls Online races. Perhaps this can be traced back...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s new Living Story has launched

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Wowee, is it ever a massive day in the life of my favourite MMO! If you log in right now, you'll notice three greatly...
I need healing.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about leveling in Final Fantasy XIV’s future

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Speculating about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is something that I engage in quite a bit, but the fact is that there's an...

EVE Evolved: When was EVE Online’s golden age?

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In the latest Massively Overthinking article, our Patreon patron Duane got us thinking about whether the golden age of the MMO industry has passed or MMOs are actually in...

The Game Archaeologist: Sega’s 10six MMO

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If you were to think of Sega and MMOs, chances are the only thing that would come to mind is the Phantasy Star Online franchise....
Aw yeah.

Wisdom of Nym: Why I adore Final Fantasy XIV’s Deep Dungeon

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Let me start by getting my biggest beef with the Palace of the Dead out of the way right off: I don't like the...

EverChaosing: Adapting Pokemon Go for The Secret World and EverQuest II

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So there's this thing right now. It's kind of a craze. Maybe you've heard of it? Pokemon Go? Yeah, I thought so. The thing...

Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs

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Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
Just admit it's launch day.

The Soapbox: Calling an MMO launch a launch

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It's launch. Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...

MMO Mechanics: Creating engaging crafting mechanics

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I'm currently bogged down in an over-the-shoulder crafting blur, vicariously depleting gold and recommending several YouTube-approved crazy material gathering runs as I get my...

Jukebox Heroes: MMO tunes from the 1990s

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I'll admit that I have a particular fondness for older video game music. I still scour the archives of NES and Genesis libraries for...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: Titanforged items and content relevance

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If you've missed discussion of it elsewhere (including on this here site, even), World of Warcraft is rolling out a new system for item...

EverQuesting: A guide to running EverQuest II Heritage Quests efficiently

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Have you experienced EverQuest II's Heritage Quests? If not, then you haven't truly experienced EQII! While basically all MMORPGs have level grinds and dungeons,...

Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016

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In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s mid-term report card scored by Bartle’s taxonomy

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Well, BioWare, it’s half-way through the year. It’s time to look at how you’ve done with Star Wars: The Old Republic and what can...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Season 3 Predictions

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If I've read the words "content drought" under your name in the comments section recently, you will be as delighted as I am to...
Gambler.

Wisdom of Nym: The missteps of Final Fantasy XIV’s main scenario through Heavensward

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There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...

EVE Evolved: What went wrong with the Shadow of the Serpent event?

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Last week's EVE Online patch added the massive Shadow of the Serpent event, a game-wide storyline arc that pits players against the Serpentis and Angel...

The Game Archaeologist: Eight launch trailers from classic MMOs

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When YouTube first became a thing, I dismissed it as a site that was mostly preoccupied with people talking into cameras in an attempt...

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