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Legends of Aria’s new bard and vitality regen system sounds an awful lot like Star Wars Galaxies’
Let me just put it out there: Bards are the best class archetype in all of RPGs, let alone just MMOs, which is why...
Legends of Aria bows to the RNG gods of enchanting
With its launch right around the corner, Legends of Aria is spinning up the hype-and-info machine to re-introduce this fantasy MMORPG to the masses....
MMO Week in Review: Wouldn’t it be awesome if Guild Wars 2’s next season were Cantha
It was a surprisingly solid week for Guild Wars 2, not so much because of one specific thing but because of the deluge: ArenaNet...
Here’s how Legends of Aria’s new PvP ruleset changes will work when it hits Steam early access
Following Citadel Studios' announcement yesterday that it'll be launching Legends of Aria's Steam early access on August 6th, alongside a big patch that takes...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 230: A tale of geeks and gamers (and the Legends of Aria interview)
Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann for a deep-dive into the launch patch, plus we discuss Villagers & Heroes, SWTOR, Neverwinter, DCUO, and WoW, with a mailbag topic about City of Heroes' spiritual successors.
Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players
Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...
Latest Legends of Aria experimental server patch introduces Colossal mini-bosses
A new patch has hit the Legends of Aria experimental server, bringing with it a brand-new type of PvE encounter in the form of...
Legends of Aria’s meaty cooking revamp adds ingredient-based buffs and gardening harvests
True story: I love video game skills like cooking and gardening in MMOs, chiefly because I do not love them in real life -...
Legends of Aria details the upcoming Allegiance system revamp in its latest dev blog
As development on Citadel Studios' upcoming sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria chugs steadily along, the devs are continuously tweaking and revamping the game's systems,...
Legends of Aria’s latest update brings changes to the mount system, introduces ‘horses that don’t suck’
Earlier this week, indie sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria received its Point Release 5 update which, among other things, brought big changes to the...
Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2
It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You...
Choose My Adventure: The almost-zen of crafting in Legends of Aria
Funny how this run of Choose My Adventure arrives after we've had a discussion about designed downtime, because the crafting and gathering in Legends...
Legends of Aria launches its experimental server with a new death system
One of my favorite mental images when I see the word "experiment" is some mad goblinoid scientist poking at things they have no right...
Massively Overthinking: Designed downtime in MMORPGs
In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Choose My Adventure: Fear and loathing in Legends of Aria
As promised, this round of play in Legends of Aria featured greater focus on my combined magic and steel, though I definitely was leaning...
Legends of Aria makes its roadmap public as it preps its experimental test server
Legends of Aria's new community lead has a new letter for the playerbase this week, and while it's not bristling with critical info, it's...
Choose My Adventure: New tools, same flailing in Legends of Aria
So, full disclosure here: This edition of Choose My Adventure is going to come from a perspective of limited play time. My "real" job...
Legends of Aria is working to fix a nasty bug putting player homes into foreclosure
If you thought you were coming to virtual worlds to avoid the stresses of real life - like, say, paying off your mortgage -...
Choose My Adventure: Running for my life in Legends of Aria
Welp, we're in the deep end now. Legends of Aria definitely is the sandbox that's giving me the hard knock schooling on sandbox MMORPG...
