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Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope
One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...
Perfect Ten: Fresh approaches for familiar MMORPGs
Short of taking a blow to the head, there's very little I can suggest in the way of experiencing a familiar MMORPG for the...
Perfect Ten: The circles of MMORPG combat hell
And so it was as I traveled across the many spheres and realms of MMOs, I came to realize one simple truth: War is...
Perfect Ten: Observations on Secret World Legends’ relaunch
Everyone has those sacred video game cows that are dearly special to them, carry personal meaning, and trigger fear and anxiety when messed with....
Perfect Ten: 10 little things I love about Final Fantasy XIV
A reader recently sent in a letter asking Justin to explain why he (Justin) had never really connected with Final Fantasy XIV despite giving...
Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise
When Daybreak announced last year that it was cancelling the highly anticipated EverQuest Next project, the series' forward momentum lurched to a halt. This wasn't...
Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
Perfect Tenception: Our ten perfectest Perfect Tens (since last year) – 2017 edition
Massively OP's Perfect Ten column, helmed since the days of Old Massively by Justin and now by both Justin and Eliot, is one of my...
Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate
Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
Perfect Ten: MMO grouping advice you shouldn’t bother giving
It's time for a new expansion in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means for me that a lot of people are going to not...
Perfect Ten: What the mainstream games media doesn’t get about MMORPGs
Ever since becoming an MMORPG player and especially since covering these games professionally, I've realized one of my greatest pet peeves is the attitude the...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that died too soon
Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors
There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....
Perfect Ten: The perfect MMO cosmetic system
Whenever I hear about or get into a new MMO, one of the very first things I'll be asking is if the game has...
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world
Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...
Perfect Ten: The City of Heroes basic Archetypes ranked
So it's just about that time again - we're remembering when City of Heroes launched and when it said goodbye. Which is a bit...
Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs
Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...
Perfect Ten: Conversations with anthropomorphic concepts of MMO studios
Every so often, a man needs to have a conversation with some anthropomorphized concepts. I do that every few years. In the past, I've...