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The Daily Grind: Where’s the sweet spot for challenge in your MMO of choice?

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A while back, I spotted a graph on the Path of Exile subreddit that I'm pretty sure will resonate with lots of gamers and...
It's in the right spirit.

The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to save a gankbox MMO?

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Back in July, Pearl Abyss raised eyebrows by announcing plans to curb Black Desert guilds abusing wardecs to murder rival players with impunity. "It...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

Vague Patch Notes: Internet killed the MMORPG star

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If you ever need to understand why MMORPGs today look so different from how they looked back in 1997, there are a lot of...

NetEase announces another new MMO studio: Rich Vogel’s T-Minus Zero Entertainment

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NetEase has made no secret of its goals for expansion in the west: It managed to snurch Jack Emmert away from Daybreak to build...

Ultima Online is running an in-game lottery for hopeful New Legacy alpha testers

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Let me set expectations right upfront: Ultima Online's latest newsletter mentions New Legacy and even includes some pics from the game's legacy system, but...
No galaxy brain here.

The Daily Grind: Which deeply held MMO belief have you totally changed your mind about?

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Let's normalize changing our minds in the face of better evidence and data, eh? I grew up in MMOs when it was fine and sometimes...

Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre

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As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?

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I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...

The Daily Grind: Have your opinions on MMO PvP changed over the years?

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One of the first columns I penned for MOP after we went indie was a column about what I wanted from serious MMO PvP....

Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past

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Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...

War of Dragnorox pivots to Eternal Tombs moniker with new combat style and beta signups

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If you ever missed the days of classic MMOs like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call when live gamemasters put on events for the...

Massively Overthinking: Old zones vs. new zones in MMORPGs

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I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online lately, in both very old zones from Moria and earlier and some of...
It ain't 2001 any more.

The Daily Grind: What MMO feature hasn’t been developed as well as it probably should’ve since the dawn of the genre?

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Underwater anything. That's my pick. Ultima Online didn't have swimming, just boats, but Classic EverQuest rather impressively had full-scale underwater zones and underwater combat from...

Ultima Online announces a July 7 summer solstice BBQ event

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If by next weekend you're still angling for some BBQ and aren't all partied out, and you also love classic MMOs, you're invited to...
I am not supporting this lizard-shooting quest.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever joined a volunteer guide program in an MMORPG?

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The recent Anarchy Online debacle, whereby Funcom dumped its long-running Advisors of Rubi-Ka volunteer program with very little notice, really irked me, even as...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best ‘shopping’ experience?

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We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever. I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...
It's a NICE DOOR.

Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?

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MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...

BioWare finally confirms Star Wars The Old Republic’s move to Broadsword

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This announcement is almost redundant at this point since we've had so much confirmation from Star Wars The Old Republic developers already, but here...

Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies

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Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...
Old.

Vague Patch Notes: Examining the MMO tiers, from the Big Five to maintenance mode

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I've mentioned many a time that one of the ideas behind the Vague Patch Notes column here on MOP is to have a place...

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