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Global Chat: Do numbers rob MMOs of fun?

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Have developers and players grown so used to mechanics and number crunching that we've collectively lost something important along the way? That's the concern...
Scratching an itch.

Global Chat: Phantasy Star Online 2 tips and tricks

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As you... may have heard, Phantasy Star Online 2's PC launch was all sorts of horrible, especially from an installation perspective. Belghast over at...
Paladinhood.

Global Chat: The right gear for the right occasion

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Some of us are the types of players who are more than satisfied to get one be-all, does-all suit of gear and wear that...

Global Chat: Does SWTOR fail in the end for (Han) soloers?

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As his name suggests, FibroJedi is a big Star Wars: The Old Republic player -- but even so, he is not above criticizing the...

Classic EverQuest’s server merge update turned into almost two days of downtime

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Crucible wasn't the only game struggling with downtime yesterday. Over in the land of classic MMOs, EverQuest fans were in agony over an extended...

Global Chat: Just say ‘no’ to coin weight!

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When Pantheon recently announced that it would be adding coin weight to its inventory management system, little did the devs know that they were...

Global Chat: Suffering through Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box

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Guild Wars 2 fans have developed a cult following around the seasonal Super Adventure Box, but as much as some love it, others have...
I'm an excellent fighter.

Global Chat: The problem with being bad in MMOs

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Have you ever felt weirdly reluctant to go the full "dark side" in a video game that offers morality meters? MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom...

Global Chat: That moment when you realize you chose the wrong MMO class

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Have you ever gotten deep into a character's journey in an MMO -- and gradually realized that you'd picked the wrong class for you...

The Daily Grind: How have pandemic responses affected your MMO socializing?

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Last week, my kids and I were playing Trove when I realized that global chat was absolutely filled with blabbering about the virus. It's...

Global Chat: Becoming a bear in Wizard101

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You've created characters to play in MMOs, but have you ever actually wanted to be a permanent part of one? Tom Purdue over at...

Global Chat: High adventure in Dungeons and Dragons Online

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If there was ever an MMO that was made for parties to adventure together, it is Dungeons and Dragons Online. Telwyn over at GamingSF...
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Global Chat: Is Animal Crossing New Horizons an MMO?

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One trend that we have noticed over the past decade or so is the blurring of lines between "regular" video games and MMORPGs. It...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 264: Don’t feel blue, MapleStory 2

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris discuss the pandemic's positive impact on gaming, MapleStory 2, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, and Warhammer Online, with adventures in Animal Crossing, Star Trek Online, GW2, SWG Legends, Dauntless, and FFXIV, and an epic lightning round mailbag.

MMO blogging community fights quarantine boredom with ‘Blapril 2020’ project

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With so many MMO gamers and bloggers stuck at home this month, any distraction from real-world doldrums is both welcome and needed. To address...

Global Chat: Don’t mess with my GeForce Now

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The titanic struggle going on right now between cloud-based game streaming platform GeForce Now and studios who are pulling their titles from it is...
That's Trek for you.

Cryptic is killing off cross-game chat in Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online

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One of the best features of Cryptic's MMOs over the years was the fact that players could communicate cross-game in a unique multi-server global...

Global Chat: Neverwinter is ‘damn good fun’

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You know what's an interesting trend among MMO bloggers lately? It seems that many of them are heading back to Neverwinter -- and enjoying...

Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?

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The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...

Global Chat: Do you binge-play MMOs?

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With TV streaming services that dump entire seasons of shows on us at once, we have become a society that is used to binging...

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