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Vague Patch Notes: What we mean when we talk about MMO success – and failure

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Yesterday, aside from love being such an easy game to play, MOP's Justin graced us with a Daily Grind asking about why it was RIFT...
ha ha moneymaking go brrrrrrrrrr

Vague Patch Notes: Why stan an MMO with nothing to show for itself?

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We need to talk about Star Citizen, folks. But maybe not in the way you might be thinking. Not about the game's development, which is...
Bad guys. Duh.

Vague Patch Notes: Apple vs. Epic is not good vs. evil

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So Epic has really gone all-in on fighting against Apple here, huh? The company is using Fortnite as a wedge in hopes of bringing down...
WRONG KIND OF SHINE

Vague Patch Notes: How platform considerations impact MMOs

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It wasn't until I had been working in this field for a while - and as a result playing a lot of different MMOs...
I half-see.

Vague Patch Notes: Balance in MMOs is overrated

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Earlier this week, we did a post all about balance in Crucible. It was a detailed post explaining all of the ways that the...
Sky sky sky

Vague Patch Notes: No Man’s Sky is the real reboot success story

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Whenever an MMO of any type has a launch that resembles the Nedelin catastrophe, people start talking about what the studio should do to...
It tracks.

Vague Patch Notes: New World delays to add the game into the game

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All right. Someone has to ask it, and it doesn't need to be me but it's still going to be me because I feel...
KITTY! AGAIN!

Vague Patch Notes: Don’t alter MMO systems for people who never liked them to begin with

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Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...
I half-see.

Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches

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So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
Trying to gather.

Crucible plans voice chat soon along with adjustments to its Heart of the Hive

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The post-release deployment for Crucible has been a bit shaky, something that the team acknowledges in its latest preview for players; no one has...
And it started to grow.

Seed shows off the concept art work for the game’s Kernel

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Sitting at the heart of your colony in Seed is the Kernel, the little structure that kicks off the founding of your settlement. And...
Make them fight.

Vague Patch Notes: MOBAs, battle royales, and shallow genre pools in the online gaming space

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This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...
Similar, but not the same.

Vague Patch Notes: Have we ever really had an MMO sequel?

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In the wake of Justin's recent column on whether or not MMO sequels are a good idea, MOP reader Bobfish had an interesting question...
Lol

Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon’s cancellation might just be for the best

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After a lot of time spent expecting this particular announcement, yesterday it was finally confirmed that there will be no BlizzCon 2020. This is...
Maybe, maybe not.

Vague Patch Notes: The endless allure of the games we never got

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It's kind of weird for me to see the intensely positive reaction people have had to the concept art for the original version of Diablo...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

Vague Patch Notes: Player vs. class in Final Fantasy XI

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I had finally hit level 41 on Red Mage in Final Fantasy XI. That was when the world changed, and if you played the game,...
Bye.

Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?

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Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....
Damn you!

Vague Patch Notes: The ESRB is not your friend, gamers

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So, hey, the ESRB is taking action about lockboxes! Well, sort of. It's adding a notification about lockboxes that doesn't expressly mention or clarify...
Trouble double.

Vague Patch Notes: Maintaining MMO anonymity in the age of parasocial bonding

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In an author's note at the end of the novel The Dark Tower, Stephen King writes frankly that some people will not like how...
This mailbox is mine.

Vague Patch Notes: Chronicles of Elyria’s road to nowhere

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I honestly cannot stop thinking about Chronicles of Elyria. Not in the sense of surprise, mind you; this was pretty much one of the...

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