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LOTRO Legendarium: Are LOTRO’s new PvP servers a good idea?

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If you haven't been tracking this, you should be aware that Lord of the Rings Online has been running the new "Tournament of the...
This isn't how it had to be.

Perfect Ten: An entirely accurate and unassailable history of pet classes in MMORPGs

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Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...
Paladinhood.

Global Chat: The right gear for the right occasion

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Some of us are the types of players who are more than satisfied to get one be-all, does-all suit of gear and wear that...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 274: Greymoor, BlizzCon, and Guild Wars 2

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Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor, Guild Wars 2 No Quarter, LOTRO and DDO's new monetization, and BlizzCon's cancellation, with adventures in ESO, Fallout 76, GW2, SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Minecraft Dungeons, plus mailbag topics on international releases and dream MMOs.

EverQuest’s new Aradune server struggles with nasty queues

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Not to be left out of the launch fiascos of last week, EverQuest is struggling in getting its two new progression servers operating the...

The Daily Grind: Are gaming subs due for a comeback?

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When I first started at Massively-that-was, over 10 years ago now, I remember it being a crash-course not in MMOs, which I knew backward...

PlanetSide 2 player passes one million kills and becomes a ‘killionaire’

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PlanetSide 2 recently welcomed its first "killionaire," as player Mentis2k6 reached one million kills on a single character. In honor of the occasion, Daybreak...
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Phantasy Star Online 2 is a fun treasure buried under antique contrivances and inconveniences

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When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends shows off Bespin, paves the way for Empire Day 2020

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Things are still being updated in the rogue server known as Star Wars Galaxies Legends in 2020, and the latest community transmission newsletter has...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?

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A few weeks back, I was swapping my SWG Legends character to a new class when my five-year-old daughter started begging me to swap...

Old School RuneScape continues improving the Chambers of Xeric, announces a Darkmeyer release date

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Old School RuneScape continues to stay busy on the news front with another round of Poll #71 improvements to the Chambers of Xeric and...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Raph Koster’s dev studio Playable Worlds opens a new website and begins the search for game devs

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While the world waits to learn more about what Raph Koster has in store for the MMORPG world with his game, we can at...
Yeah but WHY though

EverQuest runs into some fresh server problems overnight, EverQuest II releases new podcast

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The server-related headaches for EverQuest just keep coming. Hot off of the heels of last week's extended maintenance, the classic MMORPG's servers found new...

Perfect Ten: Unconventional MMORPG magic classes

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Earth. Fire. Air. Water. These elements are all well and good if you want to summon Captain Planet for some reason, but they make...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 273: ArcheAge Unraveled

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Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, PSO2 PC, Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor, Guild Wars 2's No Quarter, EverQuest, Daybreak, Sea of Thieves, and EVE Echoes, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, ESO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on rogue server security and digital rights.

RuneScape shows off the art of Archaeology, OSRS begins making changes to the Chambers of Xeric

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Jagex's two games are back in our news rotation once again, with RuneScape showing off its artwork for Archaeology and Old School RuneScape applying...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about offline play in MMORPGs?

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I spend a... lot of time in Star Wars Galaxies on the SWG Legends rogue server. I poke fun at myself for this, but...

Battle Bards Episode 169: Wild Things

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Do you ever walk on the wild side in MMOs? Do you have a penchant for beastly races that aren’t merely reskinned humans? Then...

Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same

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A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...

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