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Massively Opinionated: Which MMO would be the most innovative if launched today?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, and Jason debate underrated games, MMO development cycles, and the most innovative MMOs.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Understanding Guild Wars 2’s Mordrem Guard

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If you pay attention to the images I use throughout my Flameseeker Chronicles articles, you'll notice that one of my favourite characters to include...

Hyperspace Beacon: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch

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When Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for Star Wars: The Old Republic, certain activities will not be available in game anymore -- specifically, quests...

Not So Massively: For the King’s Kickstarter, Hearthstone’s match controversy

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don't really...

Sword and Bored: To the rescue

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Mo deals with the effects of a PvP flag while trying to evade players and NPCs during his escape from town.
Why must you disappoint hopes?

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s ranged DPS

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Honestly, ranged damage is a field that's never quite appealed to me as much as other options for doing stuff. Not just in Final...

EVE Evolved: New roles for capital ships

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In the past two editions of EVE Evolved, I looked at the Aegis sovereignty warfare overhaul and how it played out in a recent...

EverQuesting: EverQuest franchise expansion announcements erode more trust

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Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because...

The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online

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"The future in your hands." This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...

MMO Burnout: Star Wars Uprising

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When I heard that Disney's first foray into the new Star Wars gaming universe was a mobile-only RPG, it made me sort of angry....

Marvel Heroics: Rating Squirrel Girl and Cyclops

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Like many kids who grew up in the 1980s, I developed a deep fondness for action figures, including G.I. Joe and Transformers. I'll never...

Tamriel Infinium: Six great things to do in Elder Scrolls Online that aren’t endgame

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Two weeks ago, ZeniMax launched the Imperial City DLC for Elder Scrolls Online, and yet I have little desire to check the new content...

Not So Massively: Destiny loses court case; MOBAs try new toxic chat punishments

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Destiny's ex-composer Martin O'Donnell won a major court case against his former employer, giving him back shares in the company that are now worth...

Sword and Bored: TEF

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Mo dumps his loot at a junk vendor and learns all about temporary enemy flagging.

MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies

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MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...

Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve

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While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...

Why I Play: Final Fantasy XIV

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We used to do a column called Why I Play on Massively-that-was, and while I didn't originally plan on rezzing it here today, I did return...
This is less annoying, sure.

WoW Factor: Between now and Legion

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I'm going to be very surprised if we see World of Warcraft: Legion before June 2016. The odds are good that a beta announcement is...

Chaos Theory: Tips and tactics for The Secret World’s Manufactory dungeon

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After my initial dev tour through The Secret World's Issue #12 , I couldn't wait to get back into the newest dungeon, The Manufactory,...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 craziest skills in Project Gorgon

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It's no secret that many of us in the Massively OP office have a little bit of a game crush on Project Gorgon. Personally,...

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