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Fire and blood rains down on Blade & Soul

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The only thing worse than one overpowering force hellbent on revenge... is two. This is the threat coming to Blade and Soul with its...

Hyperspace Beacon: What was not said in the SWTOR 2018 Roadmap

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Star Wars: The Old Republic players leaped for joy when Producer Keith Kanneg finally released the winter and spring 2018 roadmap last week. It was...

Interviewing an Asheron’s Call Shard Slayer: On griefing, doxxing, losing mates, and winning MMOs

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Last month, I put together an article and pair of videos discussing Asheron's Call's Shard of the Herald event to celebrate the game's first deathiverary....

RIFT datamining looks at Prime server and Patch 4.4

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With the opening of RIFT Prime on March 7th, players are showing an increased interest in this nearly seven-year-old MMO. One thing that everyone...

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Mac

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In 2003, Sony Online Entertainment tried an experiment to reach out to the (then) small-but-growing community of Mac users. The company released EverQuest Macintosh...

Closers posts development roadmap for the first half of 2018

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The flashy and colorful action MMO Closers is going to work hard to keep its players interested in the months following the game's release....
SELFIE

Just Survive patches in construction improvements and looks forward to account-wide progression

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Construction has gotten better in Just Survive with the game's most recent patch. For one thing, you can more quickly repair base damage with...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: Why can’t Blizzard stop messing with everything?

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It's funny to me that people had such an aggressive reaction to the changes coming to Hunter pets and damage formulas in Battle for...
Really studying the heck out of a skull.

World of Warcraft previews its upcoming Legacy loot mechanics

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For all the good that World of Warcraft's level scaling has brought to the game, it has made farming for old appearances slightly more...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Actual mechanical issues for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV, part one

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There are a lot of people who are quick to complain about issues with their personal favorite jobs in Final Fantasy XIV. No matter...
See, it's always dark and you need to have someone carrying a torch instead of fighting, and wait, come back.

Indie MMORPG Saga of Lucimia embraces gated content

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You should probably not be terribly surprised to hear that Saga of Lucimia, an upcoming MMO that is staking a claim on the hard-as-nails...

EverQuest announces ‘true box’ progression server

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These days, EverQuest seems to exist to be a test bed for different progression server concepts. Its community certainly doesn't tire of starting all...

Pantropy works to simplify crafting and protect players from offline raids

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With $24k out of $94k raised so far, the German mech shooter Pantropy has a long road ahead of it in its Kickstarter campaign. The...

AdventureQuest 3D comes to a head with the Dragons of Ashfall

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The third and final chapter of AdventureQuest 3D's epic Dragons of Ashfall is now live. After months of battling up and through a volcano,...

Chaos Theory: Do you need to sub to enjoy Secret World Legends?

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A question I am asked quite a bit about free-to-play games is whether or not one needs to sub to really play. It is...
Wheelie!

The Daily Grind: What do you think about ‘buying runs’ in MMORPGs?

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Long ago in classic Guild Wars, I used to be fond of buying runs - probably the earliest was the Beacon's Perch to Droknar's...
EXPLOSIONS! Overpowering.

Destiny 2 empowers players to set Nightfall strike challenge levels, prototypes raid features

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Destiny 2's Nightfall strikes are in the wings, waiting for their turn to receive some love and adjustments. This should happen soon, as Bungie...

Pokemon Go adds Rayquaza, European shop events, and raid fixes

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Hey trainers! Legendary pokemon Rayquaza joins the raid fun "for a limited time" in Pokemon Go beginning today through March 16th. "In celebration, Pokémon originally...

Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?

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Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...

Warframe is disabling trials (raids) for system-wide revamp

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Not a day has gone by this week that we haven't had some big Warframe news, so let's make it four in a row:...

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