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- The Anvil of Crom: A four-month F2P report card
- League of Legends Shyvana patch delivers Shaco buffs and more
- Global Chat: October 23-29, 2011
- The Daily Grind: Are there lore elements you feel don't get used enough?
- The Mog Log: Another course
- The Tattered Notebook: My top six scares in EQII
- The Road to Mordor: Party planning committee, assemble!
- ArenaNet unearths treasure trove of lost Guild Wars concept art
| The Anvil of Crom: A four-month F2P report card Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Business models, MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Anvil of Crom  It's been nearly four months since the devs rolled out the freemium Unchained patch, and that's ample time for me to have formed a few opinions (and to have revised a few others). Join me after the cut for some discussion on what works, what doesn't, and what I hope to see going forward. Continue reading The Anvil of Crom: A four-month F2P report card
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| League of Legends Shyvana patch delivers Shaco buffs and more Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Video, Game mechanics, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, Not So Massively  In a new LoL patch preview video, Riot delves into the details of the upcoming Shyvana patch set to introduce the champion alongside a series of balance changes and gameplay tweaks. In addition to the draconic champion's arrival, players will find new champion Graves has been nerfed following feedback demonstrating that he's a little overpowered. Monkey King WuKong will be getting buffs to his offensive capabilities and his decoy ability will see a series of bug-fixes that should make it a more useful skill. Read on to find out how Shaco is being buffed and what's happening with Dominion, to watch the full patch preview video, and to have your say on whether this is a good patch. Continue reading League of Legends Shyvana patch delivers Shaco buffs and more
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| Global Chat: October 23-29, 2011 Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively meta, Global Chat, Miscellaneous  This week's Global Chat -- just like the news and stories on Massively last week -- is a combination of the fun and the somber. Our readers had plenty to say about both, so jump past the cut and take a look! Continue reading Global Chat: October 23-29, 2011
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| The Daily Grind: Are there lore elements you feel don't get used enough? Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Lore, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  Maybe you felt like the Scarlet Onslaught deserved more attention in World of Warcraft. Maybe you want more stories in Final Fantasy XIV centering around the individual nation conflicts. Perhaps you just wanted to see another series of missions in City of Heroes to wrap up some loose ends from Praetoria. Whatever the case, are there lore elements you feel don't get used as often as they deserve? Or do you think that most of the stories in your game of choice feel just the right length?  Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
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| Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Expansions, Opinion, Consoles, The Mog Log  Now, let's say you go into that restaurant, sit on one of the broken chairs, and get on the phone to call Square-Enix and tell it to make another expansion for freaking Final Fantasy XI already. Seriously, Wings of the Goddess is practically fossilized at this point. We're on the game's eighth year of operation in North America -- midway through the ninth in Japan -- and boxed editions of WotG require a team of university archaeologists and possibly carbon dating to identify. I never claimed it was a great analogy. Continue reading The Mog Log: Another course
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| The Tattered Notebook: My top six scares in EQII Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Events, in-game, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook  Since this week is all about frights and spooks, I present to you some of the top scares in EQII, be they zombies that jump out at you, raid mobs that turn your hair white, or death by sewing. Read on for some truly scary tales! Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: My top six scares in EQII
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| The Road to Mordor: Party planning committee, assemble! Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Free-to-play, The Road to Mordor  Part of the appeal of LotRO to me is that it isn't just all about killing and leveling; it's also about exploring and living in this virtual Middle-earth. Life for the Free Peoples means celebrating even in the midst of oppressive evil, and it's in keeping with the spirit of the enterprise to throw a shindig now and then. Turbine's given us quite a few tools and resources to use when assembling a party, and I thought that today we'd take an unusual detour from the Road to Mordor and go through the steps of throwing a memorable and enjoyable soirée. Ready to cut loose? Footloose? Good! Let's tear up the dance floor! Continue reading The Road to Mordor: Party planning committee, assemble!
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| ArenaNet unearths treasure trove of lost Guild Wars concept art Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Guild Wars, Culture, Lore, MMO industry, Wallpapers, News items, Dev Diaries  In a new devblog, ArenaNet's David Campbell unearths a treasure trove of previously unseen concept art for Guild Wars' Eye of the North expansion. David explains that these five postcard-style pieces were experiments by the art team to create distinctive environments using a variety of colour palettes. Among the postcards, you'll find forested areas, epic cliff-faces, enclosed valleys and even frozen tundra.
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