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Vague Patch Notes: Community workarounds don’t excuse broken pieces of MMOs

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It's many years in the rear view now because these days it's someone else's show, but there was a time when Choose My Adventure...

LOTRO Legendarium: Should LOTRO’s raids be made accessible to all?

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Despite playing Lord of the Rings Online since beta and covering it professionally since 2010, there is a big part of the game that...
Ahoyhoy?

Vague Patch Notes: When you like the idea of an MMO more than the game itself

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So I was reading Chris' recent CMA entry on The Secret World, and I found myself in a curious state. I definitely agree with his initial...

Perfect Ten: Obnoxious MMO buzzwords found in press releases

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So say that you write for MassivelyOP. Or say that you work for another news site while wistfully refreshing MassivelyOP's front page hoping to...
NOW PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND! GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND PUNCH YOUR BEST FRIEND!

Vague Patch Notes: Pretty is boring in MMOs

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So NCsoft unveiled Throne and Liberty and it looks... pretty? I guess? But it looks pretty in the worst way. It looks pretty in the...
Oh boy, not ready.

WoW Factor: No one is attacking you for liking World of Warcraft

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Let's just go ahead and give away the conclusion of this article right in the first line: There is no grand conspiracy of people...
We fought a bear.

Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s array of bear-based threats

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Hey, if you've never played World of Warcraft, there's something you should know: This is a game with a lot of bears. You might not...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Zion, the brainchild of Tad Williams and Ultima Online devs

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It has almost become a running joke in MMO circles that pretty much every new studio and new title these days was founded by...
This is not that story.

Vague Patch Notes: Bro, do you even play your MMO?

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So Guild Wars 2 had some problems with the process to unlock its siege turtle mount. As launched, it required players to take part in...

Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs

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In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...
Sad elk in snow.

LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online

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Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...
Lock'd

Vague Patch Notes: So why do MMO developers gender lock?

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Last week's Vague Patch Notes on MMO lore and its impact on design decisions produced a lot of good comments along with a smattering...
Long long gun

Vague Patch Notes: Lore is not an excuse for bad MMO design decisions

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In a previous column, I wrote about how gender-locking classes is bad. This is because it is bad. It is bad in all conceivable...

Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO armor is completely ridiculous

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This is probably a rant best saved for another day, but I want to know when it became completely acceptable not to demand that...

Into the Super-Verse: The joy of travel powers in superhero MMOs

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I lived for level 14. Before level 14 was torture -- after was bliss. I speak, of course, of City of Heroes "back in the...
Boring, boring, boring.

Vague Patch Notes: The metaverse doesn’t exist and isn’t a good idea either

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You can't swing your arms at this point without hearing about "the metaverse" in some capacity, which is supposedly the reason why Facebook changed...

The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999

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For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: What I expect from MMO character cosmetics

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There are many reasons to be deeply cynical about the sterile, lifeless morass that appears to be what people like Mark Zuckerberg see as...

Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression

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While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMO healers

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It's time for yet another column in Perfect Ten wherein we talk about a given player archetype, but this one's going to be a...

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