RvR stands for “realm vs. realm,” usually a reference to faction-based player-vs.-player warfare, and frequently (though not always) in the context of more than two realms.
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A very World of Warcraft Christmas
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WoW Factor: How WoW’s Corruption system breaks the redeeming features of Titanforging
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World of Warcraft lets you turn traitor in patch 8.3 with a little help from N’zoth
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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
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Warframe of Mind: Previewing Empyrean and Railjacks with Digital Extremes
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Corepunk is a new top-down Dutch game with all the MMORPG trappings
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