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Global Chat: Why is Blizzard so sluggish?

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World of Warcraft: Legion and Blizzard's recent decisions were at the forefront of a couple of recent MMO blog posts as of late, their authors...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 32: WildStumble

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Project Gorgon, Ultima Online, WildStar, Dragon's Prophet, EQ franchise expansions, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on armchair game dev and catering to whales.

The Daily Grind: Does your MMO archetype reflect your personality?

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A few months ago, blogger Tipa on West Karana wrote a post wondering whether the roles we play in MMOs reflected on our roles...

Sword and Bored: Costume designer

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Mo gets to mess around with his MMO's cosmetic outfit system. Amilya "helps" him, of course.
Every so often, you need to take a look at the banner you're marching under to make sure it still echoes your beliefs.

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s magical DPS

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The purpose of magical damage in Final Fantasy XIV is to ruin everything. Really. You get a huge group of enemies together, and then...
Well well well, how the turntable.

The Daily Grind: Who’s your favorite MOBA champion?

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I've been playing League of Legends quite a bit lately, but I haven't settled on a favorite champion yet. I'm a MOBA newb, so...

EVE Evolved: Bring on the big expansions again!

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When EVE Online's development switched from two major expansions per year to ten smaller releases, the benefits were pretty difficult to argue with. EVE...
HELLO WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN LONG DIVISION

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has your favorite cosmetic system?

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The Secret World is not my game of choice, but I sure did like its system for appearances. Clothing was just... well, clothing. You...

EverQuesting: EQ to release The Broken Mirror expansion November 18th

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EverQuest fans excited for the game's next expansion should mark Wednesday, November 19th down on their calendars -- that's the day The Broken...

The Game Archaeologist: The assassination of Lord British

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At the end of August 2015, the fledgling Shroud of the Avatar community gathered together for a massive PvP fight. This wasn't to be...

The Daily Grind: How closely do you follow MMOs prior to launch?

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MOP commenter Tandor Shadewalker recently made me think about what the game industry was like prior to widespread use of the internet. If you'll...

Leaderboard: Have you played Elite: Dangerous?

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I've got the space sim bug again. Well, OK, I never really lost it, but work and other hobbies occasionally make immersing myself in...

EverQuest II: Expansion for progression servers, merges and free transfers for production servers

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The results are in! During the big expansion reveal livestream yesterday, EverQuest II’s Executive Producer Holly Longdale announced the outcome of the most recent...
And it's gone.

Choose My MOBA: LoL vs. Dota 2 vs. SMITE

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A while back I became a fledgling MOBA fan thanks to Infinite Crisis. Unfortunately for me, Turbine decided to kill its DC universe battler...

EverQuesting: EQII expansion Terrors of Thalumbra launches November 17th

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It's happening in less than two months: EverQuest II's 12th expansion is releasing on Tuesday, November 17th. The dev team announced the date and...

The Daily Grind: What kind of physics-based gameplay do you expect in a next-gen superhero MMO?

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When I first read Massively OP Kickstarter donor MagmaFist's Daily Grind submission, I suspected him to be a big fan of Gravity/Force Fields Controllers in...

Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions

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In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...
Sneaking around, as you will.

Ascent updates its interface amidst a galactic smuggling crisis

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Did you vote for Galactic President Prolapser in Ascent? Possibly not, but everyone has to deal with what's happened as a result of his...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing

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I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...

The Daily Grind: Give a shout-out to your favorite retired MMO characters

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We all have them: MMO characters we invested time, love, and no small amount of effort in making them all they could be... after...

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