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This is some Michael Bay contrast.

Wisdom of Nym: What we’re likely to see at Final Fantasy XIV’s PAX East 2024 panel

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I realize at this point my general dislike of heading up to Boston for the annual haunted plague box that is PAX East is...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are best primed for retirement gamers?

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A conversation with MOP's Carlo the other day made me wonder about this topic. Folks who were 40 or so when the first MMOs...
Get to it.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite underappreciated MMORPG?

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It can be hard to judge what quite constitutes an underappreciated MMORPG in any given context. It's easy to say that you feel like...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10 fashion tips to make your LOTRO character pop

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Forget raids or the epic books or even Bingo Boffin; we all know that the true endgame in Lord of the Rings Online is...

The Daily Grind: What’s the last MMO or online RPG you played on a recommendation?

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As much as we like to hold ourselves up as ironclad individuals above the influence of others, c'mon, we all feel the tug and...
City again.

Into the Super-Verse: Tips for building your character in City of Heroes

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I mentioned the other day exactly how much effort I have been putting into my characters at the top end of City of Heroes...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unlucky MMO?

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A few weeks back when Fractured Online was contending with yet another round of exploits, rollbacks, and downtime, MOP reader Gidja remarked that perhaps...

Massively Overthinking: Are survival games the new MMO?

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A few Overthinkings ago, a MOP commenter said something that seemed very simple but still hit me really hard, to the point that I'm...
No. It's the children who are wrong.

Vague Patch Notes: You might be the reason you no longer love this MMO

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Despite its ubiquity in sitcoms throughout the '90s, I have never had a single relationship end with the other person saying, "It's not you,...
Great. Grand, even.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst about constantly re-inventing itself?

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For years now there has been a recurring chorus among World of Warcraft fans of not wanting to re-learn how to play the fan's...

Well Fed: An exploration of the Final Fantasy XIV official cookbook

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Welcome back, my fellow gaming gourmands, to Well Fed, the column that answers the question: Are gaming and MMO cookbooks any good? And this...

Perfect Ten: 10 MMO monsters we don’t feel bad killing over and over again

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While many MMORPG players would (and probably have) beat up on the fluffiest of lambs and the cutest of otters if a loot table...

The Daily Grind: Do you cull your MMO character rosters at all?

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I don't think I'm going that far out on a limb by saying that there are a lot of MMO altoholics in our audience....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 461: Dune Awakening rises from its slumber

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Justin and Bree discuss Camelot Unchained, Final Stand Ragnarok, WoW Cataclysm Classic, Dune Awakening, New World, and Albion Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on BitCraft and our thoughts on the merits of early access.

Working As Intended: 10 more City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see

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Back in February, I revived Working As Intended to run a flurry of City of Heroes articles on the heels of Homecoming's formal license,...

Vitae Aeternum: New World’s dungeon finder is a welcome addition

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A few weeks ago, New World finally launched its cross-world expedition group finder, otherwise known as a dungeon finder. While it was arguably overdue,...

First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway

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At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...

The Daily Grind: What’s your current backup MMORPG?

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I'm really enjoying what I'm considering my second wind in MMORPGs, fam. I had a rough spot in the mid-teens after the original Star...

Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft’s ‘bold experiment’ work?

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A tantalizing question mark on World of Warcraft's 2024 roadmap has a lot of the community talking and guessing, and MMO blogger Kaylriene looked...
Roar.

Wisdom of Nym: So how are we going to sort out Final Fantasy XIV’s Vana’diel crossover?

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There is an odd relationship between Final Fantasy XIV and crossovers. There are, broadly, three categories of crossover that the game has engaged in. The...

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