guild wars

Official Site: Guild Wars
Studio: NCsoft
Launch Date: April 26, 2005
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: B2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

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Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?

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In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...

The Stream Team: Fighting titan blight in Guild Wars 2

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Massively OP's MJ is finally out of the Kodan village in Guild Wars 2. Now, she gets to explore the wilds of Janthir. However,...
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The Daily Grind: Do you use your own character builds in MMORPGs?

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I've been hyperfixating on builds in Guild Wars 2 since returning for Janthir Wilds, and it's actually the first time in that MMO that...

Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?

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Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...

Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?

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Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
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Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you bring a whole squad of pets and minions

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Pet classes are not really my jam. I don't want my companion to be doing the tanking or damage or healing or whatever, and...

The Stream Team: Pondering post-poo and politics plans in Guild Wars 2

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After a night of poo and politics, Massively OP's MJ wonders what exactly is the next step in Guild Wars 2's story. What are...

One Shots: Even monsters should brush their teeth

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Imaginations being what they are, I've spent perhaps too much time thinking about what sentient monster lives are like when we're not beating the...
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Massively Overthinking: Do you expect compensation for MMORPG trainwrecks?

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Earlier this week, Blizzard admitted that a major bug had resulted in serious and permanent data loss for some World of Warcraft players, including...
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Vague Patch Notes: When leveling too quickly becomes a problem in MMORPGs

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Last week, I talked about how slow leveling design could become a problem. In that piece (and the one before it - it's become...

The Guild Wars 2 community prepares Foostival events for fans in France and Germany

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Voulez-vous aller a une fete pour Guild Wars 2? Parce que ca arrive bientot! There, see, those French lessons did pay off for work....

The Stream Team: Picking up journeykin poo in Guild Wars 2

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After settling in her new homestead a bit, it's time for Massively OP's MJ to get back to work in Guild Wars 2. The...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 486: Amazon’s daring October gambits

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's early access, World of Warcraft's data loss fiasco, SWTOR's Mac client, Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Pantheon's December early access, and New World's Aeternum and season, with adventures in GW2, WoW, and LOTRO.

One Shots: And suddenly, the bushes rustled

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What weird and wild adventures is Utakata up to in Blade and Soul this week? Apparently it involves staying up way past a little one's...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MMO combat playstyle (as opposed to class or role)?

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MMO classes don't merely have to be divided into the traditional tank/DPS/healer categories. There are plenty of other ways to separate classes and even...

Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend

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We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...

The Stream Team: Home on the Janthir Wilds range in Guild Wars 2

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Oh give me a home, where the Janthir bees roam Where the Kodan and the journeykin play; Where seldom is heard, the Death Counter's word And I...

Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s new PvP mode Push actually has a lot of potential

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This past weekend, I spent a solid amount of time battling in Guild Wars 2’s PvP, surprising even myself since it’s been a couple...

LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO’s cosmetic system should be overhauled

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Here's a fun bit of trivia for you newcomers to Lord of the Rings Online: Did you know that for most of the first...

Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem

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As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...

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