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– Star Wars Galaxies
– Star Wars: The Old Republic
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Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Indie sandbox MMO Galaxies of Eden talks crafting and economy, shares a pre-alpha housing test
Looking for Star Wars Galaxies without playing Star Wars Galaxies? Then you probably have your eyes on Galaxies of Eden, the ambitious indie sandbox...
The Daily Grind: Do you play humans or non-humans in most MMOs?
A while back, I saw a thread on Reddit about how most MMO players pick humans, and questions like this always startle me because...
SWG Legends has brought back the Galactic Moon Festival for Halloween – with new stuff
Halloween has returned to Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, though of course, there's much more to it than the original SOE festival...
Star Wars The Old Republic brings combat styles for Sith Warrior and Bounty Hunter advanced classes to PTS
It appears that Star Wars: The Old Republic is ramping up its combat style testing efforts. Now that the Sith Assassin and Sorcerer classes...
Global Chat: The good, the bad, and the ugly of New World
There is no shortage of opinions on the recently launched New World -- and no shortage of drama either. On top of all of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gatherers?
My husband is usually not the kind of person who gets obsessed with crafter-centric MMORPGs, but New World has turned him into a gatherer:...
SWG Legends caught exploiters mass-deleting ‘thousands’ of game objects
If you got booted out of Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends yesterday, know that a malicious exploit was the reason, and while...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is hoping to release Bespin apartments by Christmas
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends posted its latest newsletter over the weekend, and the big news is Bespin part two and plans...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
One Shots: Boom, said the world
You'd think that a world that's already been nuked into a radioactive wasteland wouldn't need any additional bombs lobbed at its surface, but several...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why do we know so little about Fate of Gundabad?
Over the past few months, my general sense of rising hope for Lord of the Rings Online has been tempered by a nagging disquiet...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
Massively Overthinking: How much would you pay for an MMO sub in 2021?
A few weeks back, MMO YouTuber Napyet tweeted that he liked Fallout 76's private servers but that compared to MMORPGs, the subscription for the...
Combat style testing for Star Wars The Old Republic now moves to the Assassin and Sorcerer classes
Public testing for the new combat styles of Star Wars: The Old Republic's classes rolls on. As of yesterday, the game's PTR has started...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 338: No power in the multiverse can stop Raph Koster
Justin and Bree discuss Elyon, Lost Ark, New World, Crowfall, LOTRO, and Raph Koster's multiverse, with adventures in Runes of Magic, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on when leaving an MMO isn't an option and whether WoW is still an MMO.
Star Wars: The Old Republic makes a mystery merchant always available
According to Wookieepedia, the man known as Kai Zykken is "a male Human who was captain of the Corellian Run Scoundrels, a pirate gang...
Star Wars The Old Republic talks system design as a new KOTOR remake is unveiled
The gameplay loops that keep players chasing goals in Star Wars: The Old Republic is all powered by system design, which is the topic...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
