factions

Factions is a standalone expansion for Guild Wars that released on April 28, 2006. It may also refer to the combat module release of Origins of Malu.

It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s Uncle Owen problem

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When Star Wars: The Old Republic first released, an old Star Wars Galaxies argument popped up, and the crux of that argument was this:...

Perfect Ten: Fresh approaches for familiar MMORPGs

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Short of taking a blow to the head, there's very little I can suggest in the way of experiencing a familiar MMORPG for the...

Indie sandbox MMO Tree of Life officially launches on August 17, won’t include PvE-only servers

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Here comes another MMO emerging from early access! We're talking about Korean sandbox import Tree of Life, which hit beta last year following a...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Mordor expansion is officially live with a launch trailer

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After just a brief delay (but still probably way too soon), Lord of the Rings Online has officially launched its Mordor expansion. I'm sure...
SWEAR TO ME

Lord of the Rings Online explains the Allegiance system in Mordor

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We're probably not going to blow your mind by saying this, but here it is anyway: Mordor in Lord of the Rings Online is...

LOTRO’s new allegiance system will take you to fantastic places

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One of the new major systems that's coming with Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor deals with your pledged allegiance to certain Middle-earth factions....

Puzzle Pirates sails into the Dark Seas

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Fourteen years into its quirky voyages, Puzzle Pirates still hasn't exhausted unknown ports of call. The MMO announced this week that it is starting...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

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Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...

Chaos Theory: Week one impressions of Secret World Legends

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It's been a week since Funcom threw open the doors of Secret World Legends' headstart to everyone and removed the NDA. That's seven days...

Chaos Theory: Guide to The Secret World’s Templars faction

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It's Templar Time! After looking at the Illuminati and delving into the Dragon, it's now time to tie up this trio of guides and...
Piracy doesn't pay forever consistently, I suppose.

Revelation Online explores the motivation of the Pirate Crew faction

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Pirates! It's pretty easy to understand the motivation of pirates most of the time; pirates want to get stuff by taking it from other...

Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World’s Dragon faction

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When it comes to chaos, do you tend to run away (possibly screaming), or run toward it? If you lean toward the latter, you...

Perfect Ten: What the mainstream games media doesn’t get about MMORPGs

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Ever since becoming an MMORPG player and especially since covering these games professionally, I've realized one of my greatest pet peeves is the attitude the...
Fresh-ish.

ArcheAge Erenor Eternal update dev tour: Trading revamp and new zones

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Have you got the urge to explore? ArcheAge's Erenor Eternal launches this evening, bringing three brand-new zones for players to gallivant about in. Of course,...
I win I win.

Star Trek Online debuts new lockbox items, deploys Escalation console patch

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Over the years, Star Trek Online has featured a number of ships and enemy factions from one-off episodes, including an entire group of enemies...

Preview: Behind the gates of RuneScape’s Menaphos, opening today

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One of the worst teases in a game for me is to see a place and not be able to go and explore it....

The MOP Up: Revelation Online’s monthly challenges (June 4, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Albion Online’s black market is a brilliant solution for a sandbox economy

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Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys has a fresh video out today explaining the game's black market. Albion is one of those fairly rare MMORPGs...

The MOP Up: Pox Nora’s PS4 launch (May 28, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

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