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Battle Bards Episode 191: Digging up the past

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Today’s episode of the Battle Bards was phoned in — phoned in with 2800-baud modems from the 1990s, that is! Steff, Syl, and Syp...

The Daily Grind: How do you occupy yourself when your MMO is offline all day?

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As promised, Daybreak's entire suite of MMORPGs is offline for 24 hours today, which means DCUO, EverQuest, and PlanetSide 2 fans are going to...
Tink tink.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?

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Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO public transport system?

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We talk about mounts an awful lot in this space, but what about the other ways that MMOs help us get around? Most all...

Project_N is a new throwback MMO designed by an EverQuest lead game designer

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We certainly have no shortages of MMO projects in which fans and developers alike are seeking to return to Ye Olden Dayz of game...

Rumor: EG7 and Daybreak might be prepping PlanetSide 2’s Rogue Planet for its own company

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Daybreak corporate sleuth and TheoryForge crewmate @MSandersonD has uncovered another Daybreak gem: new corporate registrations for Daybreak-related companies. California and Delaware filings show that...

The Stream Team: Returning to EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows

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She never did beat that monstrous Morbigog the Pit Horror in EverQuest II's Chaos Caverns, but Massively OP's MJ does not feel like returning...

The Game Archaeologist: The ballad of Fansy, EverQuest’s famous bard

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It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...

EverQuest II dives into the Plane of Shadows with this week’s content drop

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The days may be getting longer, but that only means that the shadows are increasing in force. Yesterday, EverQuest II dared its players to...
I'm sure it's a coincidence.

Casually Classic: In defense of a good ‘looking for group’ tool in World of Warcraft

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While World of Warcraft certainly made a number of questionable design decisions over the years, for my money one of the absolute best moves...
May I be granted your items?

EverQuest II’s producer talks up incoming events, TLE progression, the PvP server, and GU 117

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Spring is slowly arriving to our hemisphere of the globe. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, pollen counts are rising, and the producer of...

The Stream Team: Blasting to the past through EverQuest II’s Chronoportals

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Sure sure, there's still an expansion to play through in EQII, but how is Massively OP's MJ supposed to pull herself away from all...

Five pioneering game titles that laid the groundwork for MMORPGs

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The easy (and tired) joke to make is that WoW was the first MMO, but there were plenty of ambitious multiplayer games that predate...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons can learn from previous expansions

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Any expansion announcement for any MMO is always a cause for excitement, but it's been four years since Guild Wars 2 shipped a new...

Perfect Ten: 10 ways that MMOs kind of used to be worse

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Believe you me, I know quite well the arguments that have been rehashed over the years about how the MMORPG genre and these online...

The Stream Team: Frolicking Frogloks as EverQuest turns 22 today!

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Do you remember playing EQ back when it launched? If so, you probably might be feeling old now as EverQuest turns 22 today! But...
Still struggling.

EverQuest marks its 22nd anniversary with events, producer’s letter

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Wake up sheeple! If you thought today was going to be a normal, ordinary day -- you're dead wrong! It's the 22nd anniversary of...

EverQuest II’s PvP server eyes beta in early April, GU 117 beta starts March 17

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The most recent Kander's Candor podcast, by Kander's own admission, was more of a general one for the most part as it brought along...

Massively Overthinking: Picking the ‘wrong’ MMORPG class

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Last month, the MMORPG subreddit slept on a good thread about picking classes in MMOs. Let's wake this sucker up. "Am I the only...

The Stream Team: Barrels of beer (and fun) in EverQuest II’s Brewday

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Having already missed Erollisi Day, Massively OP's MJ is not going to miss out on EverQuest II's Brewday! Who knows how much beer her...

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