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Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
RuneScape Dragonwilds’ latest update addresses crashes, map holes, and event cooldowns
Don't worry, folks: Jagex's RuneScape Dragonwilds devs insist that they touched plenty of grass this past week, and now they're back in action to...
Some Final Fantasy XIV servers have already chewed through much of the new Cosmic Exploration content
Sure, players of Final Fantasy XIV can gather and craft anywhere, but the latest patch to the MMORPG now lets them gather and craft...
New World’s PvP-centric Season of the Divide arrives May 13 with the Hardcore seasonal world
Hallelujah, we're finally getting a huge blast of info out of New World this afternoon. Let's start with the big news: Season 8 is...
Wisdom of Nym: Things I want out of Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Occult Crescent
It is a fact almost universally acknowledged that human beings are never happy with where they are currently located; instead, we almost constantly wish...
Piratical survival MMO Crosswind showcases a boss fight in latest pre-alpha gameplay video
At the middle point of March we were introduced to Crosswind, an in-development free-to-play survival MMO set in an "alternative age of piracy" that's...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes celebrates 11 years on Steam
A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that's pushing 14 years old - 11 of them on Steam: "Throwback to...
The Stream Team: Turning back to tanking in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has once again found himself bit by the MMORPG tanking bug. Mostly because his stream of Final Fantasy XIV last week saw...
World of Warcraft’s anniversary Classic servers hit Phase 4 on May 1
All right, let's make something clear for the World of Warcraft fans: It's almost time to go back to Zul'Gurub again. But this isn't...
Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
Massively Overthinking: Putting the Elder Scrolls Online cadence into perspective
Last week, far and away the biggest MMORPG news was the fact that Elder Scrolls Online finally revealed its new cadence - and its...
Throne & Liberty adjusts difficulty for solo dungeons, updates rewards for bosses and instances
The solo dungeons waiting within Throne & Liberty's Hall of Illusion have gotten a bit of a tweaking in this week's patch, with a...
Blade & Soul Neo’s second Moonwater Plains update arrives with two new dungeons today
NCsoft Blade & Soul NEO is rolling out a new chapter today - actually the second chunk of its massive Moonwater Plains chapter. "Available...
Single-player ‘simulated MMORPG’ Erenshor officially begins its early access run
There are a number of reasons why someone would want to play a simulated old-school MMORPG without actually, you know, playing an existing real...
DC Universe Online is celebrating Superman Day with Superman emblems and costumes
Faster than a speeding bullet. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The main character of an upcoming film directed by James...
BitCraft lays out its combat and territory philosophy and its plan to stay ‘resilient to griefing’
Happy Monday! Let's talk about griefing. Specifically, griefing in BitCraft, as studio Clockwork Labs has released a new dev blog on the topic along...
Marathon unveils gameplay details and September 23 release, Destiny 2 preps Codename Frontiers
It was very easy to assume that the reprise of Marathon, Bungie's in-development PvPvE extraction shooter, was in very real danger of not releasing;...
Last Epoch showcases April 17’s new faction, new and reworked skills, and quality-of-life additions
While Last Epoch might have shuffled its next update out of the way in order for Path of Exile 2 to make its bellyflop,...
Ultima Online’s second update for New Legacy is here with new tameables and the Forsaken Bloodline dungeon
Broadsword hasn't been overly chatty about Ultima Online's New Legacy alternative ruleset server since it launched last fall, but the studio has been busy...
Blizzard takes players on a tour behind the scenes of World of Warcraft’s Season of Discovery
The basic goal when World of Warcraft's development team announced the Season of Discovery for WoW Classic has long been discussed, but a new video...
