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How many times a day do you think about aetherial gear in Final Fantasy XIV? If the answer is more than "zero," I'm honestly...

Guild Wars 2 players will be able to get their collective hands on Heart of Thorns very soon, and that's a good thing. The...

Some of the changes made to pantheons with the most recent Skyforge update are the result of systems just not working. The clan system...

None of the elite specializations in Guild Wars 2 has been received wholly without comment or objection, and the Scrapper is no exception. Designer...

There's no real winning in an MMO over the long term, but being listed as the first person to clear something on a server...

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...

The world of Aelion in Skyforge can't stop being invaded for two minutes, it seems. Mechanoids are invading, and you know that means smashing...

At times, it seems like the entire history of Darkfall is one major adjustment after another. It hasn't been long since the game completely...

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

My new roommate wants so badly to like Defiance. She bought two of the ultimate collector's editions after they were deeply discounted. Yet for all...

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...

Some people are just set up to be superhumans. Take Champions Online's Grond - the guy was injected with an experimental serum, got more...

RIFT has done pretty well for itself with four specific callings since launch, and that means that the Primalist has a lot to live...

The original purpose of Albion Online's learning point system was to create a balance mechanism for players with varying amounts of time to spend...

It hasn't been all that long since the first major update to Skyforge, but the developers are pushing full steam ahead on the game's...

If you've been playing Neverwinter on the Xbox One, you've had to deal with a bit of update lag. There's no way around it,...

Tribes: Ascend is getting updates again, with the first update hitting the test server soon. So what are you expecting? A bit of balance...

Have you been thinking to yourself that Shroud of the Avatar would be better if you also had the chance to engage in a...

Crafting and gathering has never been a primary goal of mine in Final Fantasy XIV so much as a secondary one. It's something extra...

Yesterday, we noted that Champions Online seemed to have missed out on its anniversary event, which is a bit sad for players of the...