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EverQuesting: The gaffe of gating EverQuest II’s content behind a sub

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With last week's release of GU100 in EverQuest II, an interesting conversation reared its head again -- a not necessarily flattering one for Daybreak. While...

Perfect Ten: The final minutes of beloved MMORPGs

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"This is how the world ends," T S Eliot wrote in his famous poem, "not with a bang, but with a whimper." That might well...
Both hands!

The Daily Grind: What elements tend to endear classes to you in MMORPGs?

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It's not difficult to find a unifying theme through my main classes in various games. I mainline Enhancement Shaman and Retribution Paladin in World...

The Stream Team: May the Fourth (and free cartel packs) be with you in SWTOR

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What's better than spending May the fourth (be with you) in SWTOR? Spending it with MassivelyOP’s Larry and MJ in SWTOR! The duo continues...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Weighing in on the Guild Wars 2 WvW poll

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The first WvW poll is about to close and the votes have been flying in during the last few days, driving home that Guild Wars...

The Daily Grind: Have you revisited an old MMO character lately?

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The Gnome Warlock you see in the above header is the original Syp, created pre-Burning Crusade in October 2006. She's probably one of my...

Path of Exile patch adds nine new divination cards

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While bug fixes are always a welcome part of patches, a little extra content is always appreciated! Path of Exile's patch 2.2.2c deployed today,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry

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Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.

Jukebox Heroes: City of Heroes’ soundtrack

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In the history of MMORPGs, City of Heroes might well go down as having one of the most passionate communities in the genre. People didn't...

The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?

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Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...
Originals of the species.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s first patch 3.3 live letter

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I don't know why, but I was kind of surprised by the sheer volume of discussion about Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.3 in the...

The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when you levelcap in an MMORPG?

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I recently levelcapped another character in Guild Wars 2, my Asura Guardian, and yet as soon as she dinged, some of the spark of...

EVE Evolved: Fixing EVE’s New Player Experience (again)

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It's become almost a running joke in the comments of articles that EVE Online is a great game to read about but not nearly...
SREAM?

The Daily Grind: What could get you to love a MOBA?

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I am very admittedly not a fan of MOBAs, despite the fact that I quite liked the map type that birthed the genre in...

Leaderboard: What must a classic WoW server have to make you play it?

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Word yesterday that Blizzard has invited the "progressive vanilla" Nostalrius emulator team to Blizz HQ, presumably to discuss World of Warcraft and not the...

The Daily Grind: What MMORPG has the best personality?

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A while back I came to the realization that, for me, a game's personality can be just as much of a make-or-break factor as...
Next year in Lion's Arch.

Guild Wars 2 kicks off its first World vs. World poll

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Are you a dedicated WvW player in Guild Wars 2 with strong views about what project the developers should be working on next to...

Global Chat: What can MMORPG devs do to foster community?

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One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...

The Daily Grind: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?

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Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...
Work it over.

Massively Overthinking: Trinities and quaternities in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic was inspired from Jake, who wrote in to us wondering about roles in MMORPG classes and group content: "What happened to roles?...

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