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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite underappreciated MMORPG?

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It can be hard to judge what quite constitutes an underappreciated MMORPG in any given context. It's easy to say that you feel like...
Breath of the Whatever

Craftopia releases its spring update with future technology, mithril, and more

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It really would have been easy to just sort of kick Craftopia into the dumpster when Pocketpair had an actual runaway success on its...
Ollllld.

The Daily Grind: Does your choice of computer hardware influence your MMO decisions?

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If you have a Macintosh, your choice of MMO gaming is a bit more restrained than it is for others. It's not nonexistent, of...
There is another shore, you know.

Final Fantasy XIV will launch on Xbox on March 21

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Well, it looks like the beta for Final Fantasy XIV on the Xbox Series X|S is not going to last particularly long after all....
VORP

City of Heroes: Homecoming patches numerous fixes for power sets and Advanced Task Forces

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It's been only a few weeks since City of Heroes' newly legitimate Homecoming servers saw the i27p7 update roll out, but there's another update...
WRONG KIND OF SHINE

Final Fantasy XI previews its March update and the next Vana’Bout event

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The Final Fantasy XI patch previews just hit different when the patch is just rotating Ambuscade objectives. Sure, it's nice that this still happens...
Treasured.

Waven extends its tutorials and cleans up some guidance with its latest patch

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Tutorials are kind of important when video games want people to actually play instead of stare blankly at the screen murmuring "so how do...
Sink it.

EverQuest II adds the remainder of its tradeskill achievements for the year ahead of time

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All right, so if you're playing EverQuest II, you have plenty of achievements tracking throughout the entire year as the Year of Darkpaw rolls...
Huh.

The Daily Grind: Are there MMO systems you long ago gave up on understanding?

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"I do not understand how Ninja is supposed to be played," he said, "and at this point I have given up on understanding it."...
They're friends.

Final Fantasy XI adds a new Master Trial against the guardians of Adoulin

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The next major Final Fantasy XI patch will not actually involve going to war against a month, but it certainly sounds like it will....
He's a bit ouchy.

Mortal Online 2 opens up its test server for a new balance patch

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It's frankly upsetting when you think of players on Mortal Online 2 who for too long have cowered behind shield, resolute and confident in...

Embers Adrift adds more solo content and bulletin board system with its January update

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So Embers Adrift has a bit of a situation. The game is very decidedly focused around having people group up and take on challenges...
Acceptable!

The Daily Grind: How often should characters miss in combat in MMORPGs?

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The other day, we were talking about City of Heroes at the Massively OP offices because at this point that's like 50% of our...
Look, sir! Cats!

Albion Online’s latest guide explains the nature of its world and how players can explore it

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If you have never played Albion Online before, it can feel a little bit daunting to start, especially if you know that it's a...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG that you love is terrible for new players?

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All MMORPGs are kind of garbage at onboarding new players. There are a lot of reasons for that, and a lot of games are...
Pot Ions.

Albion Online drops a guide to alchemy, opens apps for its player Round Table

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The first and perhaps most important thing to understand about how crafted potions behave in Albion Online is that these potions are sometimes best...
We have Anduin at home.

Tarisland outlines balance plans based on closed beta feedback – including raid loot

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So the good news for people looking forward to Tarisland is that the developers have consolidated the major feedback from the game's closed beta...

World of Warcraft’s Seeds of Renewal update is set to go live tonight

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The epilogue for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is here... in many ways. Sure, today's Seeds of Renewal update literally includes an epilogue for the...
Come back, Zinc!

The Daily Grind: How do you handle your playtime for multiple MMOs?

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Playing more than one MMO can be tricky. Not just in terms of trying to remember what all of the systems in various MMOs...
It appears to be... a rock.

World of Warcraft previews the Azerothian Archives arriving in Seeds of Renewal

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Remember when Archaeology was the hip happening new thing in World of Warcraft? That didn't really work out, but the Azerothian Archives content that's...

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