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Fallout 76 buffs the stash and nerfs endgame mob XP with today’s patch
Are you over the Fallout 76 canvas bag thing now that you're actually getting the canvas bag? Cool cool. So now let's get back...
The Nexus Telegraph: What other MMOs should learn from WildStar’s demise
The shutdown of WildStar stings in a way that other shutdowns haven't. It's hardly the first game I've covered closely that has stepped away to...
Global Chat: Saying farewell to a fellow MMO blogger
The MMO blogging community is a pretty tight-knit one. Most of us know each other (or of each other) and read each other's blogs...
Global Chat: Investigating LOTRO’s progression servers
The new Lord of the Rings Online progression servers are proving to be of significant interest to MMO players and bloggers alike, with some...
Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs
You know that old chestnut about how the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist? The greatest trick...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage is balanced right, even if you don’t like that
This extra this week entirely comes from me doing the intellectual equivalent of pouring a mixture of lemon juice and salt directly into an...
MapleStory 2 outlines big changes coming to the game’s dungeon and raid rewards
Players haven't had a whole lot of time to get a sense of what does or doesn't work in MapleStory 2's endgame, but there...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is testing easier acquisition and upgrades for Masterwork gear
The designers on Star Wars: The Old Republic aren't totally happy with some quirks of the Masterwork gearing system at the moment. It's too...
Check out how the RaiderZ reboot iz coming along
Remember how RaiderZ was getting a reboot? Yeah, probably not, but it's happening. PWE shut it down here in the west back in 2015...
Wisdom of Nym: The first reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival
Well, gosh. That was sure a lot of news for Final Fantasy XIV over a weekend, huh? Expected news, sure, but therein lie some of my...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida
In contrast to the high-octane trailer that had opened the day, the final event for the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival...
FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Shadowbringers promises new story, new regions, and new jobs
The plan was to fan a spark into a flame, but now it's getting dark, so who'll remember your name? (Apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda...
WoW Factor: The smart World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon
Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal length for MMO group content?
An average run of content in Final Fantasy XIV is going to take me about half an hour... usually. It's actually more fiddly than...
Secret World Legends’ Dark Agartha is open
Have you ever been ambling through Agartha in Secret World Legends and thought that the place seems oddly foreboding and sinister? The good news...
Path of Exile’s Betrayal brings back Bestiary, Incursion, and Delve plus better housing
Every time Grinding Gear games puts out a new update or expansion for Path of Exile - and they come like clockwork - it creates...
WoW Factor: The dumb World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon
It's easy to just think of this year's BlizzCon as having dumb stuff on display for Diablo, but let's be real here - there were...
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King vs. Legion
It was just a couple of days ago when Bree was sharing that I felt like Wrath of the Lich King was the best...
MapleStory 2 shows off a developer run of the Shadow Altar dungeon
The next major patch for MapleStory 2 lands on November 8th and brings with it a nice helping of new content, but what will...
Interview: Neowiz on Bless Online’s now-live Ruins of Shaqqara and the state of the game
Neowiz's beleaguered MMORPG Bless Online is live with its first big update since launching out of its open beta early access last month. Ruins of...