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- Flameseeker Chronicles: C-C-C-Combo maker
- Wings Over Atreia: Too much of a good thing
- Leaderboard: Champions Online's Defender vs. City of Heroes' Statesman
- MV Guide: November 7-13, 2011
- The Daily Grind: Are alts and mules a form of cheating?
- MMO Week in Review: Don't call them robots
- EVE Evolved: Gallente and hybrid balance
- New ArcheAge video shows off combat moves, giant mobs
- Rise and Shiny recap: Warriors Saga
- The joys of scripting the apocalypse: A behind-the-scenes look at Fallen Earth
| Flameseeker Chronicles: C-C-C-Combo maker Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, Flameseeker Chronicles  Now that we've had some time to absorb the news and talk it over, I wanted to take some time to look at it more closely, particularly the cross-profession combos. Follow along after the jump and let's get started! Continue reading Flameseeker Chronicles: C-C-C-Combo maker
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| Wings Over Atreia: Too much of a good thing Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Opinion, Wings Over Atreia  Now, I know that in the not-even-too-distant past, I openly admitted how much I liked the shiny surveys that popped up occasionally in Aion. Whether they were during events or just out of the blue, the surveys were like a random present just because. And who doesn't like presents? Sometimes you would know what you were getting; other times it would be a complete surprise. I love clicking that little icon and being rewarded with dyes, pets, emotion cards, and other assorted relatively harmless fluff. Yes, I also hoarded the platinum medals and ancient crowns that sprang up infrequently with a near maniacal glee. But there reaches a point when you really can have too much of a good thing (sadly, much like decadent cheesecake) and actually encounter negative repercussions. Last week I mentioned that the leveling rewards, at least under level 25, got to be a little much. But that doesn't compare to the glut of goods available to every player who logged in during the month of October. I was initially appreciative of getting a few of the "October Special" (stacks of multiple scrolls and power shards). However, the surveys got out of hand before long. Click past the cut for (no, not a free gift!) Wings over Atreia's look at how over-gifting can actually be damaging to Aion. Continue reading Wings Over Atreia: Too much of a good thing
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| Leaderboard: Champions Online's Defender vs. City of Heroes' Statesman Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Super-hero, City of Heroes, Opinion, Champions Online, Leaderboard  But what if these two heroes did an epic crossover and engaged in one massive PvP session? Let's go to the board. Champions Online's Defender is the Iron Man of his franchise, a gifted man who built a powerful suit of armor and gadgets to fight crime. With it, Defender has the powers of flight, super strength, energy blasts, and portable artillery -- not to mention being incredibly tough to take out. City of Heroes' Statesman, on the other hand, possesses innate powers of strength, invulnerability, flight, super-speed, and the ability to shoot a lightning bolt up a criminal's bum if the whim strikes him. Who would win in this theoretical battle? Hit the jump to vote, and head down to the comments to back your vote up with crazy superhero logic! Continue reading Leaderboard: Champions Online's Defender vs. City of Heroes' Statesman
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:00 AM PST Filed under: Livestream, Miscellaneous, MV Guide  Every week, the Massively staff logs in to play various MMOs live and in person, and we'd love for you to drop by the channel and visit. We have a combination of regular weekly games and new surprises, so you'll find a variety of titles to take a look at. During livestream events, you can participate in the live chat, ask questions to learn about the game, and simply spend some time with Massively staff and readers. (Of course, livestream events are subject to the whims of outside forces like server-side gremlins once in a while.) Follow along after the jump to see what's on this week's schedule! Continue reading MV Guide: November 7-13, 2011
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| The Daily Grind: Are alts and mules a form of cheating? Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  What do you think? Are alts and mules just another form of cheating, one that allows players with excess character slots or extra accounts unfair advantages? Or are "slave" characters just a natural and necessary part of online gaming?  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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| MMO Week in Review: Don't call them robots Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  This week, Mech fans went nuts for the news that a MechWarrior MMO will finally make its way to our screens in the form of Piranha Games' F2P MechWarrior Online. It's also been another sad week for MMO studios; we learned that both LEGO Universe and Troy Online have been doomed to an early sunset and that Gameforge has laid off 100 employees and canceled two games of its own. Lumber on past the cut for a peek at this week's other top MMO stories. Continue reading MMO Week in Review: Don't call them robots
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| EVE Evolved: Gallente and hybrid balance Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Expansions, Game mechanics, Patches, PvP, PvE, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox  Although railguns were designed by the Caldari, they're hybrid weapons just like blasters, and so they are the long-range weapon of choice for Gallente sniping and mission-running ships. They have good range and tracking speed but have always suffered from slightly worse damage output and alpha strike than beam lasers and artillery cannons of the same size. Countless suggestions for fixes to blasters and railguns have appeared on the forum over the years, but until now they've remained unchanged. As a Gallente pilot and avid Thorax and Dominix fan, I'm very excited by the hybrid balance changes coming this winter. In this week's EVE Evolved, I take a break from the new player experience experiment to take a look at the impact of the upcoming hybrid balance patch and why the announced changes are needed. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Gallente and hybrid balance
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| New ArcheAge video shows off combat moves, giant mobs Posted: 06 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, PvE, ArcheAge  Apparently size matters to the devs at XL Games, as more than a few of the creatures on display dwarf the player characters taking them on. Whether you're into giant flying crabs, fearsome tree monsters, or hordes of undead, there's a little something for everyone in ArcheAge's newest combat clip. Check it out after the cut. Continue reading New ArcheAge video shows off combat moves, giant mobs
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| Rise and Shiny recap: Warriors Saga Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Video, New titles, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Hands-on, Casual, Humor, Rise and Shiny, Livestream  Well, nearly a week later and several hours into the game, I can tell you that there is so much that still needs to be done to the title that it is almost not fair to give you my first impressions. But alas, I have the super-seriously tough job of playing games for a living, so click past the cut and I'll tell you all about it. Continue reading Rise and Shiny recap: Warriors Saga
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| The joys of scripting the apocalypse: A behind-the-scenes look at Fallen Earth Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Interviews, Lore, Free-to-play, Humor, Sandbox  Croall is part of a slimmed-down team of 12 developers who currently develop Fallen Earth's content. Saying that the team is always trying to "push the envelope" when it comes to the stories told, she notes that each area contains the imbued spirit of each writer: "I worked on a lot of the conflict towns early on and we knew that this was a place for people to kill each other, so a lot of the missions ended up being really thinly veiled insults." One of the aspects of Fallen Earth that Croall loves is how crazy the team can get. In one instance, the team decided to redo the starter town of Boneclaw by dropping a missile right into it. "We killed off all the players that were there, all the NPCs, and left it as a radiation zone for a good two months, while we made the new town. We flat out nuked it because it wasn't doing what we wanted it to do. Boom!" While Fallen Earth skirts the line between sandbox and theme park, Croall says the team is devoting a great deal of resources to beefing up the former. "The more features we add, the more ways for players to drive themselves, it makes the world better, it makes it feel like what we saw it as," she said.
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