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Carried.

Vague Patch Notes: Yes, tutorials are a good thing in MMORPGs

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For those of you who haven't been reading the site for a while or just don't keep this in your head, I'm going to...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with weirdly defensive fanbases

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I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...

The Soapbox: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, mortality, remembrance, and last chances

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Earlier this week, at least at the time of this op ed's writing, I completed the main story for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, and...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ideas LOTRO totally should steal from other MMOs

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It's only natural for people who play multiple MMOs or are aware of what's happening in other titles to foster a sense of envy....

Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance

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Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...

The Game Archaeologist: World of Warcraft in the 1990s

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MMORPGs don't pop out of nowhere, ex nihilo, to suddenly be enjoyed by players across the globe. Good ones take several years, dozens of...
Everybody dies.

WoW Factor: MMORPG raiding is not special

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You all remember The Incredibles, right? I know that these days the hot take is to try to spin the film as some sort...
Dragonball Z jokes get you banned.

Vague Patch Notes: Many kinds of challenge and many kinds of fun in MMOs

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Earlier this week, MOP's Bree and I were discussing my plans in Final Fantasy XIV as part of the Dawntrail early access launch. Now,...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark

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Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...
Pretty sure seeing this attack coming for you means nothing but good things.

Vague Patch Notes: Have a seat for your MMO

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I could play Final Fantasy XIV on my PlayStation 5, but I don't want to. And as weird as it might sound, the reason...

LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?

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You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...
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Vague Patch Notes: Housing is really back in MMORPGs

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I haven't really had anything to say about Guild Wars 2's upcoming Janthir Wilds expansion thus far because... well, I'm not our GW2 columnist,...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: MMOs where you travel back in time for some reason

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We're all time travelers! We travel to the future at the rate of one second per second. Every single machine you will ever operate...
No, I will not use metaverse pictures.

Vague Patch Notes: Chasing the metagame in MMOs isn’t the metagame at all

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So a few weeks back, I did a column on what the metagame actually is in MMORPG, and then I discussed how noob traps...

Perfect Ten: 10 reasons World of Warcraft is pure cozy comfort

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There's something weird and fun that happens in my brain around this time of year, which is that I start to get into a...
Eventually

Vague Patch Notes: Why do so many MMOs fail?

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We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...
Hey-nonny-nonny

Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO guides you find in the wild

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Look, folks. I'm a simple man, but I figure out how to handle my own things. I put my pants on one leg at...

The Game Archaeologist: Runes of Magic, an MMO that made millions disappear

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In more ways than one, the year 2004 was a pivotal one for the MMORPG community. Even as games like City of Heroes, EverQuest...

Perfect Ten: My top 10 favorite MMOs across two decades

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Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...

LOTRO Legendarium: Moria, Gundabad, and LOTRO’s lessons on underground design

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In late 2008, Lord of the Rings Online released its first and highly touted expansion, Mines of Moria, featuring the iconic Dwarven underground kingdom...

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