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Blade and Soul moves swiftly to compensate for misplaced chests
A problem with the wrong goodie chests being handed out to Blade and Soul players has created a sour ripple across the community --...
Vague Patch Notes: Yes, sandbox MMOs need tutorials and guidance, too
I'm going to make some sandbox fans a little miffed right here with my opening premise. Yes, your sandbox MMO needs tutorials and probably...
Guild Wars 2’s summer roadmap teases Steam, July 19 update, and next living world episode
As promised, ArenaNet has delivered Guild Wars 2's roadmap for the rest of the summer today, starting with the revelation that the third episode...
City of Heroes Homecoming is testing a new bard-themed control powerset for i27p4
Well this is convenient: Just as I was thinking about playing some City of Heroes, the Homecoming rogue server drops a juicy beta patch...
The Stream Team: Going on a Guild Wars 2 Snargle hunt
What's a Snargle? Actually, it's a who. But that doesn't even matter: It's got such a cool name that when Massively OP's MJ's friends...
Aion unveils the Hero System arriving with its upcoming patch 8.3
You know what the problem is with PvP balance in Aion in North America? Probably that it's very difficult, but a nested problem is...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What could Guild Wars 2’s fourth expansion be about?
Ever since ArenaNet's studio leadership came out early in the year and confirmed that planning has begun on a fourth expansion, players have no...
Massively Overthinking: Solved problems in MMOs
One of the most annoying pet peeves this genre seems to spin up frequently is some companies' tendency to treat solved problems as unsolved...
Guild Wars 2 releases a guide to the basic mounts players can ride across Tyria
Guild Wars 2 has mounts. That's not exactly news to regular players of the game, especially since the feature has been in the MMORPG...
Blade and Soul’s Warden class gets a fire sword specialization
If you are already carrying around a sword large enough to cleave a building in twain, you might as well go whole-hog and light...
Aion EU swaps out PvP battlefields for the Hero Battle system and adds a button that grants a level 80 toon
How do you answer the problem of balance in PvP instances? If you're the EU version of Aion, you effectively remove player-built characters out...
Think you can balance skills in Guild Wars 2? Give it a shot!
So right now balance in Guild Wars 2 is a contentious issue, due to... well, some community feelings about contentious balance efforts, let's put...
The Stream Team: The tail end of Guild Wars 2’s Looking Back
After running through Guild Wars 2's Looking Back achievement, Massively OP's MJ ran into a roadblock at the very end preventing her from completing...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
One Shots: This griffin knows what you did last summer
Greetings! We'll kick off today with this Guild Wars 2 pic from reader Don, who said, "I took this screenshot of my Human Engineer...
Blade & Soul shares the patch notes for the upcoming Infinite Inferno update
Like clockwork, the devs of Blade & Soul have put forth the patch notes for that update's next update ahead of the game's release....
The Stream Team: Starting the long journey towards Elementalist mastery in Guild Wars 2
Normally, MOP's MJ is the Guild Wars 2 streamer supreme, but this time around, MOP's Chris is going to be starting off a journey...
Vague Patch Notes: A love letter to the people going above and beyond in the MMO genre
Let's just lead off with a very simple statement. Hey there, teams out there working on MMOs and doing more than you need to?...
Guild Wars 2 tweaks its latest balance patch: ‘The team wants to make it right’
Given all the fuss and fizzle over Guild Wars 2's balance patch this week, you might be surprised to see that ArenaNet has actually...
Massively Overthinking: Is MMO class balance achievable – or even desirable?
This past week, a chunk of the endgame-focused Guild Wars 2 community was up in arms over the profession balance update and the perception...
