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Lord of the Rings Online boss is ‘very psyched’ about possible big lag fix
Everybody's number one complaint with Lord of the Rings Online is, of course, server performance and lag. And it's to this end that Standing...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMO cash-shop offerings you refuse to buy?
I know I've spent a nice stack of cash on Lord of the Rings Online in the last couple of years. Two of my...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as Jell-O flavors
During last year's April Fools' Day, I wrote about the important topic of MMO NPCs as muffins. At the time, I felt my work...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs limit how many characters we can roll?
I know, this is a hard question for someone who loves alts - including me. But it's relevant because of Embers Adrift's inbound hybrid...
Massively Overthinking: When an MMO has everything and so much of it
Last week, when No Man's Sky released its native Mac client, MOP's Chris and I fell into a discussion about the game being so...
LOTRO Legendarium: A breezy trip through King’s Gondor
It was only this past spring that I took my level 100 Minstrel through the lands of Gondor in Lord of the Rings Online....
Lord of the Rings Online fixes fishing, lifts Treebeard’s level cap, and preps Midsummer
Today's Lord of the Rings Online patch is a small one, chiefly tweaking last week's Gondor Renewed release. Standing Stone Games says it's fixed...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 424: Blue Protocol, red Diablo
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, Elder Scrolls Online Necrom, Blue Protocol's delay, Swords of Legends Online's sunset, WoW Classic's WoW Token, PSO2 housing, Tarisland CBT, and Embers Adrift's new model, with adventures in LOTRO, plus MMOs for families.
Lord of the Rings Online welcomes its Midsummer Festival this week
Most weddings are good for a single day of celebration and entertainment, but when it comes to the union of Aragorn and Arwen, it's...
The Stream Team: Sailing in to Three-Barrel Cove in Dungeons and Dragons Online
MOP's Chris is continuing to feed his personal need for more Dungeons and Dragons Online! This time around, he'll be making his first foray...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is level boosting in LOTRO worth it?
While I make my way through the new King's Gondor zone in Lord of the Rings Online -- impressions coming next week, hopefully --...
Lord of the Rings Online says hello to King’s Gondor, farewell to Shadowfax
It's been a week of transitions for Lord of the Rings Online. The fantasy MMO said farewell to the speedy Shadowfax server following its...
Here are the full patch notes for tomorrow’s Lord of the Rings Online Gondor Renewed
It's really happening, and it's happening soon: Players return to the refreshed Gondor aka King's Gondor in tomorrow's Lord of the Rings Online Update...
Choose My Adventure: Plumbing the challenging Delera’s Tomb in Dungeons and Dragons Online
This week's Choose My Adventure ended up being a bit more challenging than I had expected it to be. Primarily because my level five...
Dungeons and Dragons Online makes it harder to spot dangerous situations
In an MMO that has legitimately lethal traps littered around its many instances, Dungeons and Dragons Online teaches patience, situational awareness, and the wisdom...
Lord of the Rings Online takes us back to Gondor this week with Update 36
After only two and a half weeks of testing, Lord of the Rings Online's Update 36 is bringing us back to Aragon's homeland this...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best skybox?
A while back, I was playing Lord of the Rings Online when a player in chat remarked that he had spied a specific constellation in the night sky. How often do you look up?
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
The Daily Grind: What do you hope Amazon’s LOTR MMO does differently from LOTRO?
In the comments of our pieces on Amazon's second go-round with the Lord of the Rings IP in the MMO space, multiple MMO gamers...
The Stream Team: Playing actual Dungeons & Dragons
So what happens when Massively OP's MJ can no longer play Dungeons & Dragons Online on D&D night because something is mega wrong with...
