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Massively OP Podcast Episode 373: Bots are bad, ‘mkay?
Just and Bree discuss Lost Ark's bots, FFXIV's mods, Star Trek Online's Stormfall, Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle, and Wrath Classic beta, with adventures in LOTRO and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on Black Desert's perceived decline.
Choose My Adventure: Some classic mission running in the City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server
So yes, it would appear that missions are indeed the most rewarding thing to do in City of Heroes: Rebirth.
That would probably be the...
PSA: World of Warcraft Classic prepares to discontinue the character clone service on July 26
The character clone service in WoW Classic was an interesting approach to how the game handled The Burning Crusade Classic vs. the vanilla experience;...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2022: Black Desert revenues take a hit, EVE Online hangs in there
If you were curious about how Pearl Abyss is performing since its Q4 announcement - during which we learned that both of its core...
Diablo III dev shares behind-the-scenes stories for its 10th anniversary
First of all, it's been 10 years since Diablo III launched on May 15th, 2012, and that makes us all so old. Second, it's...
Final Fantasy XI welcomes its 20-year anniversary today
As of today, it's been two decades since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, which makes this a pretty notable anniversary for the...
Final Fantasy XIV assures players that the deadline for claiming houses is still May 26
Here's the good news: If you were one of the players affected by the Final Fantasy XIV bug bug that gave you a winning...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the grim specter of continuity lockout
This particular column was inspired by a question by regular reader, commenter, and friend to man and beast alike Scott Leyes, who originally posed...
WoW Classic interview doubles down on Wrath Classic’s lack of a dungeon finder
If fans hoping that community pressure might convince Blizzard to change its mind on the controversial decision to exclude a dungeon finder from the...
EVE Fanfest 2022: CCP delivered free food to EVE Online players waylaid by the Fanfest COVID outbreak
It's been over a week since EVE Online players from around the world met up in Reyjkavik, Iceland, for EVE Fanfest 2022, the first...
One Shots: Ideal locales for tourist traps
Sometimes I wonder if our adventurers in these virtual worlds stumble upon locales so pretty and arresting that they pause and go, "You know...
Storyboard: The fatal flaw of overreaching villain plans in MMOs plotlines
So the other day, a friend and I were talking about villainous schemes in MMO storylines. Specifically, we were talking about why World of...
World of Warcraft is testing a ‘social contract’ for its players in 9.2.5
"For the love of the Titans, please be a decent person to your fellow players."
That is not what the new social contract in World...
Final Fantasy XIV is finishing its housing bug corrections on May 16
As promised, so it has come to pass; a new letter from Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida has confirmed that the...
Massively Overthinking: If you could change one thing about an MMO…
Back in April, MOP's Colin posed us an interesting challenge on the MOP Podcast: change one thing about an MMO you don't like that...
Global Chat: How you can help your MMO’s community
Are you a net positive or a negative for the MMORPGs you inhabit? If you'd like to be the former, MMO Folklorist has 10...
WoW Factor: Excitement and trepidation about World of Warcraft bringing back talent trees
So you probably don't need me to tell you at this point that I'm looking forward to having talent trees back in World of...
An untitled prequel novel for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight has surfaced on Amazon
One of the things that was conspicuously missing from World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's initial announcement was the concurrent announcement of anything that might be...
Final Fantasy XI releases its May version update and unveils a new event
The new May update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and you have to go help out Maat. Sure, the guy had been a...
Perfect Ten: The many-colored dragon rainbow of the MMO sphere
Dragons are ubiquitous. When I wrote a Perfect Ten describing every single MMO bestiary, I noted that no matter what game you're playing, no...
