PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Guild Wars 2 tweaks class balance, adds buyable stools and resource contracts
Guild Wars 2's promised mini-balance-patch has arrived on schedule, and it... sure is a pile of class tweaks. Even Reddit doesn't know quite what...
Anthem will have matchmaking for raids but no loot trading
It's hard not to compare Anthem to Destiny 2 just by the nature of what both games are trying to be. More to the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s leaks and the seduction of partial information
I'm going to start off with a statement that should be fairly uncontroversial but could be otherwise and refer back to it: At this...
The Daily Grind: What abandoned content in your favortite MMO do you want to see return?
I miss Guild Wars 2's dungeons.
I was trawling Reddit the other day when I saw someone raise a half-hearted complaint about the fact that...
EVE Evolved: The rookie’s guide to fitting ships in EVE Online
The ship fitting system is one of EVE Online's most powerful and useful features, but it comes with a pretty steep learning curve for...
The Survivalist: Will ARK Survival Evolved’s Conquest be PvP salvation or ultimately a clustercluck?
If you want to get into ARK: Survival Evolved's PvP scene, aren't willing to deal with the mega tribes and rampant cheating found on...
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds
Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
The Elder Scrolls Online meets with class reps, rolls back Sorc changes as community maxes out Summerfall event
Good news for Sorcerer players in The Elder Scrolls Online. If you hated the thought of having a cast time on your shielding spells,...
World of Warcraft hotfixes out AFK Warfront players and dismisses Azerite armor complaints
Don't you hate when people show up for content in World of Warcraft but then promptly pop AFK and expect everyone else to do...
Gloria Victis tweaks open-world PvP for small guilds, allows leveling via PvP
Just the other day I was noting how few MMORPGs allow you to level your character through PvP - usually, PvP is still treated...
World of Warcraft unlocks a new Raid Finder wing, the community rallies for a book and a mod creator
The second Raid Finder wing of Uldir is open now for players who have no interest in assembling a standard raid group in World...
LOTRO Legendarium: Future classes, business models, and direction
For any MMORPG fan, the future often weighs heavily upon the mind. We get excited about what secrets might be in development. We wonder...
Vague Patch Notes: Trickle-down metagames in MMORPGs
A while back, there was an interesting set of data coming out of a discussion about Overwatch. The discussion was about the concept of...
RIFT Prime is preparing for the Storm Legion expansion
RIFT's progression server is about ready to go where this MMO has only gone once before: into Storm Legion.
On October 3rd, the subscription-only Prime...
Fortnite patches in port-a-fortresses and spiky stadiums
Fortnite's latest patch is out today with a brand-new playground perk for the battle royale king, dubbed Spiky Stadium. This is inarguably a terrible...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 187: The raid in our stars
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new living world episode, Boundless, EverQuest II, Blizzard, Warframe, EVE Online, SWTOR, the petition to save WildStar, and our big site revamp.
World of Warcraft announces Tides of Vengeance with new content and account-wide rep tweaks
If you're enjoying World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth, you're probably OK with more of the same, as long as it's shiny and new....
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Star to Guide Us
We've had just enough time to digest that epic trailer, and now A Star to Guide Us is live. This is the fourth episode...
The Daily Grind: Do you think you’ve aged out of MMOs?
There's this particular template for covering MMORPGs on mainstream gaming websites that I cannot stand: the old "haha, MMOs are weird and old, let's...
Wisdom of Nym: Picking apart Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4 notes
Now we enter the descending period of Stormblood. This isn't exactly a bad thing or a problem or anything; it's just the way things...
