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Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Wisdom of Nym: Expert crafting and better crafting challenges in Final Fantasy XIV
Cosmic Exploration arrives in Final Fantasy XIV not this week but next, which means that we've got a little more time before it's present....
The Stream Team: The further training with friends in a Final Fantasy XIV return
MOP's Chris and his crew are once more in Final Fantasy XIV this week for some tune-up as the random dungeons beckon and the...
One Shots: What happens in Undermine stays in Undermine
Looking for a place to indulge in every explosion-related vice that you can imagine? Then head right down to Undermine, friend, and be a...
Final Fantasy XIV reruns its callback campaign and engages a new guild recruitment promo
Final Fantasy XIV appears to be eager to both draw in lapsed players and marshal free companies (aka guilds) in order to draw everyone...
Massively Overthinking: The one about open-world randos in MMOs
MOP's Chris is fast becoming my muse: It was his remark about Marvel Heroes that inspired this week's Massively Overthinking.
"Some of the best fun...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with level scaling in MMOs
Last week, as I talked about the problems with horizontal progression, long-time commenter Rick Mills asked if I would write a column about level...
Perfect Ten: The accursed MMORPG dungeons of no return
So it came to be that I did face my Judgment, and I sat between that greatest of all Game-Masters o'er all the online...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity story content
Let's start at the very beginning, as The Sound of Music informed me that is a very good place to start: This column will...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its spring-themed Hatching-tide event, which begins April 9
We've been informed by reliable sources that these days eggs are a big deal, which makes it an even bigger deal that Final Fantasy...
Design Mockument: Which of the healthiest 2025 MMORPGs have space for a sequel?
Every year, Justin and I write all of our End-of-Year Eleven posts, and every year one of those is for the healthiest games going...
Massively Overthinking: The things that broke us from old beloved MMORPGs
Last week, MOP's Chris and I were discussing his husband's obsession with Sea of Thieves; he runs with a set crew that generally leaves...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off its North American PvP tournament on April 18
Before the addition of Crystalline Conflict to Final Fantasy XIV, the game's ranked PvP content was a matter of dropping two groups into an...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 512: Equinox Homecoming is not horsing around
Justin and Bree discuss the new horse mystery MMO Equinox Homecoming, the reveal of RuneScape Dragonwilds, Stars Reach's Kickstarted, FFXIV's Seekers of Eternity, and Black Desert's console sunset/upgrade, and LOTRO's housing rush, with adventures in LOTRO and World of Warcraft, plus a mailbag topic on frugal gaming.
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs where you can actually afford to buy eggs
I don't know about you folks, but eggs are a staple protein in my household, and these past months watching egg prices soar upward...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity content
Here we are again with a new Final Fantasy XIV patch, and while there is a lot of interesting stuff happening on the story...
The Stream Team: Tuning and training for the next Final Fantasy XIV raid
MOP's Chris and his crew are coming back to Final Fantasy XIV, but some of them are not quite ready for the recently added...
One Shots: Neon to the max!
I certainly hope you weren't looking for a neutral color scheme that will go great with those IKEA cabinets and chairs you bought last...
Massively Overthinking: Do you multibox in MMORPGs?
Last week on Twitter, I saw someone refer disparagingly to EVE Online as "the multiboxing game." I want to talk about the concept of...
