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- The Anvil of Crom: Celebrating the selfless gamer
- Global Chat: November 6-12, 2011
- The Daily Grind: Are beta weekends a good timeframe for testing?
- SWTOR pits the Trooper against the Inquisitor
- League of Legends prepares for Fizz patch
- This Week in MMO: Really? Bigpoint? Edition
- The Mog Log: Class philosophy
- The Tattered Notebook: What free-to-play means for EverQuest II
| The Anvil of Crom: Celebrating the selfless gamer Posted: 13 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Culture, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Anvil of Crom  Those "sometimes" are usually during the pre-Christmas release window when game publishers all get together and decide to make our entertainment lives miserable by releasing 35 badass titles at once. Hello geniuses, how's about we stagger the badassery throughout the year; you'll still be rolling in money and your customers won't be rushing through one title to get to the next. Anyway, I'm continually on the lookout for interesting tidbits from Funcom's Hyboria, and over the past couple of weeks I've been struck by a noticeable uptick in what I'm going to call the quality community. Since AoC's 2008 launch, the game's community has been alternately awful and tolerable, and whether that's because of the game's mature rating (and the immature people it attracts) or some other factor, it's been a rare occasion when I've had cause to highlight the nice folk. Continue reading The Anvil of Crom: Celebrating the selfless gamer
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| Global Chat: November 6-12, 2011 Posted: 13 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Global Chat, Miscellaneous  This week's Global Chat is all about choices -- be they social or in our gameplay, we like to have as many as we can. Follow along after the break to see what some of our readers had to say about choice in MMOs last week! Continue reading Global Chat: November 6-12, 2011
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| The Daily Grind: Are beta weekends a good timeframe for testing? Posted: 13 Nov 2011 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  Prior to launch, RIFT used a series of beta weekends to give players a chance to test, and Star Wars: The Old Republic has been following the same footsteps. On the one hand, this is enough time to get a feel for the game and test it out without letting you get too invested in your accomplishments. On the other hand, it also means that it's hard for players to really level past a certain point, thus leaving the higher levels more difficult to test -- if not impossible. So what do you think? Are beta weekends a good trend, or is it too little time?  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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| SWTOR pits the Trooper against the Inquisitor Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:30 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Video, Classes, PvP, Star Wars: The Old Republic  On one hand, the Trooper is said to have an advantage in terms of health, armor and range, with plenty of tricks to keep the Inquisitor at bay and, er, dead. On the other hand, the Inquisitor's Force powers and double-bladed lightsaber may make for a completely unfair fight against the Force-less Trooper. The devs reveal a few tidbits about the two classes' philosophy while they're calmly laying out the smack talk. The Trooper comes off as a "shoot first and ask questions later" type of character, while the Inquisitor is portrayed as a mastermind pulling the strings from behind the stage. You can watch the full video after the jump! Continue reading SWTOR pits the Trooper against the Inquisitor
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| League of Legends prepares for Fizz patch Posted: 12 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Video, Patches, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, MOBA  Ranged carry champions are the focus of rebalancing efforts in the coming patch, with Caitlyn, Kog'maw and Graves being nerfed and Corki, Miss Fortune and Tristana due for buffs. With tournament season approaching, Riot is being careful to make these changes very minor to avoid upsetting current lane balance. Sona's auras are being nerfed a little, which isn't a surprise as Sona's usually the obvious choice for support. The season two summoner spell changes we discussed earlier in the week will also be going live with this patch, along with revamped mastery trees. Skip past the cut to watch the full video in HD. Continue reading League of Legends prepares for Fizz patch
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| This Week in MMO: Really? Bigpoint? Edition Posted: 12 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Video, Culture, MMO industry, News items, Opinion, Humor, Warhammer 40k, DC Universe Online, WildStar  Welcome to another super-exciting edition of This Week in MMO. On this episode, host Gary Gannon and a pair of Mikes have a bit of fun with the announcement that Bigpoint will be taking the helm of an MMO based on the super-trendy A Game of Thrones. Meanwhile, is WildStar a theme-park or a sandbox? Well, we don't know, but the TWIMMO guys have a bit to say on the matter. DC Universe Online gets a wild playerbase boost after its transition to free-to-play, and speculation abounds as to whether the upcoming Warhammer 40: Dark Millenium Online MMO could be free to play. For the full show, just jump on past the cut. Continue reading This Week in MMO: Really? Bigpoint? Edition
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| Posted: 12 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Classes, Game mechanics, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log  If it isn't obvious, I've been thinking a lot about classes, how they work in the games, and where the two different implementations succeed or fail. So I'm going to start off by taking a look at classes as an overarching construct, what they should be providing for both games, and what the developers seem to want from the classes in a game-wide sense. If this sounds about as interesting as watching paint dry, next week we'll be taking a break to talk about moogles. For now, though, let's talk about what a class should have. Continue reading The Mog Log: Class philosophy
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| The Tattered Notebook: What free-to-play means for EverQuest II Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook  As expected, there are lots of mixed emotions from the players regarding this new transition. Here at Massively, readers generally welcomed the move with open arms, but on the official forums and on the fansite EQ2Flames, there was a lot more trepidation. That's understandable because this move could change quite a lot going down the road. In this week's Tattered Notebook, we'll look at what the free-to-play transition means for the future of EQII. Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: What free-to-play means for EverQuest II
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