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Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
The Daily Grind: Do you think useful MMO tools get misused by the community?
DPS meters, in theory, are a really great tool for players who want to push the envelope in content. That is, however, just in...
Final Fantasy XIV offers its first glimpse of the dungeons in Stormblood
There will be a lot of dungeons to explore in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. That's not a spoiler, that's a fact of life, just...
WoW Factor: Breaking up is surprisingly easy to do
The classic break-up line is "it's not you, it's me." It is, of course, usually a lie, and it often gets followed up shortly...
World of Warcraft is testing Mythic keystone changes for patch 7.2.5
There have been good parts and bad parts of Mythic keystones in World of Warcraft, and the team is planning to address the latter...
LOTRO confirms a multi-boss raid for its Mordor expansion
When it comes to Mordor, is there any zone better suited to large, epic endgame fights? Yet when Lord of the Rings Online players...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in review – expert dungeons
It's benchmark time, friends! I have, no the surprise of no one, already run the benchmark and played around with the character creator (I...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10th anniversary interview with Standing Stone’s Rob Ciccolini
As Lord of the Rings Online players revel in the varied activities of this year's 10th anniversary celebration, the crew at the newly formed...
Guild Wars 2 legendary armor for raiders launches next week
ArenaNet's Paul Ella has a fresh blog post out this afternoon revealing the plan for legendary armor in Guild Wars 2. If you're my...
Revelation Online invites players to climb the Tower of Pain
There is a place in Revelation Online they call the Tower of Pain. And it's been the ruin of many an adventuring group, mostly...
NetEase soft-launches WoW-like mobile MMORPG Crusaders of Light today
Soft-launching today on both the iOS and Android markets is a new mobile MMORPG from Netease dubbed Crusaders of Light. It was originally released...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer safe strategies or fast strategies in MMOs?
There's an interesting discussion which pops up on the Final Fantasy XIV Reddit from time to time regarding the differences between American and Japanese...
Video: Everything you need to know about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 5.2 War for Iokath, live today
After a week-long delay, Star Wars: The Old Republic launches its first major patch to the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion as Update...
Neverwinter’s Shroud of Souls endgame quest comes with a new companion
Endgamers are getting lots of love in Neverwinter's Shroud of Souls campaign. That's the takeaway from today's PWE dev blog, which covers the new...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs, from hardcore to casual and back again
Massively OP reader Suikoden wrote this great question to the podcast -- too good to let just Justin and me answer it. It's a...
Carbine cracks down on WildStar Primal Matrix exploiters
Let this post serve as another reminder that cheating is bad, and if the game is too hard or time-consuming for you to win...
Final Fantasy XI’s April update arrives with a new Ark Angel ally
It's been a very long time since the Ark Angels have been a going concern in Final Fantasy XI, but they were most definitely...
Global Chat: The fallout over Secret World Legends
The fallout over The Secret World's reboot into Secret World Legends has spread far and wide over the MMO blogging community, with many expressing...
Perfect Ten: More terminology the MMORPG genre needs
Many moons ago (so, a few months), I wrote a column about terminology that we need for the MMO genre. This made our Editor-in-Chief...
Skyforge prompts players to investigate the Emerald Stream
There's a new outbreak of a heretofore unknown species of Phytonides in Skyforge, which is... not normal, but it's well within the usual wheelhouse...
