leveling
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part three
One of the things that bothered me about Warlords of Draenor was how bad it felt to play. It was unexpected. I don't inherently...
World of Warcraft shows off its Legion leveling experience
The leveling experience of World of Warcraft: Legion is going to be rather different from previous expansions, starting with the fact that the answer...
A Tibia player is on the verge of unlocking a decade-old reward
Tibia is an old game. Very old. Old enough that the developers could add a more-or-less throwaway joke a decade ago, a door that...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about leveling in Final Fantasy XIV’s future
Speculating about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is something that I engage in quite a bit, but the fact is that there's an...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs did you like more when you started than later on?
When I first started playing Warhammer Online as part of Choose My Adventure ages ago, I had a lot of fun. Until I leveled...
Riders of Icarus kicks off two events to get people out in the world
The world of Riders of Icarus really is full of things. Familiars to collect, animals to ride, levels to gain. Plus, there's more content...
The Daily Grind: What do you collect in MMOs?
At its heart, every single MMO is a game about collecting things. Most games have a number of very obvious things to collect; collect...
Defiance now has a game-wide auction house
Don't you hate when a new gun drops in Defiance and you don't need it? If the developers would implement a gun that shot...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most satisfying level up you’ve ever experienced in an MMO?
As much as I've been enjoying my time in Final Fantasy XI and seeing stuff that was previously inaccessible, one of the big things...
EverQuest II introduces Experience Vials with its next major update
We all have a friend or two in MMOs that's a really good player but really lousy at actually leveling. Some people just don't...
Overwatch outlines its progression system and patches in new gameplay
Characters in Overwatch do not level. You can play nothing but Tracer day in and day out, and she's still going to have the...
Wisdom of Nym: Materia melding on tome gear in Final Fantasy XIV
One of the big additions with Final Fantasy XIV's patch 3.2 was tomestone gear with materia melding slots. This is something very new for...
WoW Factor: Levels and legends in the Legion alpha
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion rolls on, with the vague hope that we might actually have a beta tag by...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal progression rate in an MMO?
One of the things that I like about the original Guild Wars was that leveling was pretty much locked into the same speed from...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 notes
It's patch day, ladies and gentlemen! All right, so it's the day before patch day. It's close to patch day. It's patch day adjacent....
The Daily Grind: Does powergaming ruin the MMORPG experience?
A recent article on Kotaku tells the author's tale of being powerleveled by a friend through Diablo III. "You might think that there's no 'wrong'...
Blade & Soul’s first major patch arrives on February 10th
The great part about games that were localized after being out in their native country for some time is that there's no dearth of...
New Overwatch video explains progression systems and the two that didn’t work
Progression is a nice thing. Everyone likes the feeling of being better in some small way after playing a game for two hours. When...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is having a double experience weekend after Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Let's not mince words: We all know that a new film set in a galaxy far, far away is coming out in the very...
PSN users find level boosts for Destiny on the PSN store
Good news, Destiny players on the PlayStation with a desire to bypass a good chunk of leveling! You belong to a rather narrow subgroup,...
