combat
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of dodge and joust mechanics in MMOs?
Deep in the bowels of a Reddit thread about WildStar vs. WoW Classic a while back, several people mentioned WildStar's combat as being...
Population Zero outlines the basics of arming yourself with weapons
If you're going to survive in Population Zero, you'll need weapons. Fortunately, it looks like the most basic varieties of weapons won't be...
AdventureQuest 3D is revamping combat to make it more fun, even when you die
Combat is supposed to be fun in AdventureQuest 3D. Is it currently not fun? That's not important; what's important is that it could...
Bless Online shakes up and builds out its combat system
With its early access debut coming next month, Bless Online has a lot riding on how well it can present itself to a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst discrepancy in combat pacing?
Back when I played TERA for a feature on Massively-that-was, I found myself playing both a Warrior and a Lancer. Playing as a...
Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha
Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to...
Ship of Heroes shows off the new combat features for its upcoming alpha test
It's not really a superhero game unless you're fighting someone or something, right? So Ship of Heroes has a certain obligation to give...
AdventureQuest 3D overhauls classes and combat
Not content with the current state of the world, AdventureQuest 3D pushed out a patch this week that overhauled its classes and...
The Daily Grind: What one character option would you remove from your favorite MMO?
Good news, MMO fans! You're getting to redesign your favorite MMO's entire combat system. The bad news is that you're doing so by removing...
The Black Death on headshots and insta-kills
Combat is the primary focus for this week's update to The Black Death. The not-at-all-depressing sandbox decided to jettison parrying in favor...
Gloria Victis sings a song of improved combat and performance
Sometimes it's the small details that makes a patch memorable. For Gloria Victis, it's something as simple as additional music during character creation,...
Gloria Victis shows off the results of its combat upgrade
We don't mean to surprise you, but Gloria Victis involves a whole lot of fighting things. You have various sharp bits of metal...
Absolver demonstrates its flexible combat system, plans August 29 debut
"Combat is your art. And mastering the medium is essential to becoming an Absolver."
Multiplayer action RPG Absolver is putting great stock in its...
Legends of Aria rewrites Shards Online’s combat system
When Legends of Aria emerged from Shards Online, it changed more than just the name. In the first Aria-era dev diary,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat feedback?
I'm quite fond of 20XX, but I really hate the upgrades you can pick up in the game that eliminate hit stun. Sure, it...
Chaos Theory: Speculating on The Secret World’s relaunch
Well, it wasn't the news I was hoping for, but I'll still take it! This week we learned about Funcom's plan to relaunch...
DC Universe Online adjusts abilities to have a little more impact
The stat revamp for DC Universe Online is an ongoing process with a lot of moving parts, and that means that none of...
Conan Exiles schools you in the art of combat
In an unexpected move, Conan Exile's combat system will play out abstractly using dice and lengthy columns of hit tables and damage effects....
Conan Exiles shows off its crafting and thrall systems
What are MMO NPCs good for, really? Usually they're either part of the quest system, trainers or vendors, or targets for our sharp, pointy...
Kings and Heroes posts a quick video of its combat
Do you remember Kings and Heroes? You don't remember it, do you. It's that online co-op dungeon crawler that entered early access...
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