mechanics

When the first two humans decided to get into a fight, they were just pushing one another and telling the other person to quit...

Some MMOs are really good about refining and updating systems introduced early in the game's lifespan, and while they may not be perfect, you can...

If you run Syrcus Tower in Final Fantasy XIV, a lot of the mechanics no longer matter. The first boss, Scylla, literally will not...

We see it a lot in our comment section: A game is either in very early testing or not even yet available for consistent...

It's not a surprise to anyone who reads this that I like Final Fantasy XIV. That having been said, there are also things I really...

Eager to go fight some world bosses in Project Gorgon? The Attack of the World Bosses event is kind of the time to do that,...

I swear this isn't a Thanksgiving-motivated Daily Grind, but it might as well be! I am a big fan of video game cooking skills and...

Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...

As broken as it was, I still did like the foundations behind Final Fantasy XIV's launch setup of abilities. The down side to this system,...

News of over 30 gaming companies taking a united stand against unfairness and toxicity in online game communities sprung out of GDC 2018 a...

Last week, we covered the mechanical issues for about half of the Final Fantasy XIV job lineup. This week, we're covering the other half....

I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...

Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...

Here we are, folks, staring down the barrel of the latest major patch. If you're feeling a minor set of trepidation simply because that...

Guild Wars 2 launched its second expansion, Path of Fire, a few days ago, and as you might expect, a new expansion means some immediate...

For the longest time, logging out of Final Fantasy XI was something of a nightmare. First, you had to get to a mog room,...

Hearing that something is coming "soon" is the bane of every MMO player; it technically qualifies as a time frame, but it's vague and...

No matter what class you play in World of Warcraft, you're probably certain that the developers hate your class in particular and love some...

I was reading a recent Daily Grind article on the topic of unique healing classes and it prompted me to think about the variety...

If you'd lost hope in Pathfinder Online ever making any forward motion again, you should be happy to see that there's a new letter...