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- Leaderboard: Ninja vs. pirate
- Excelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura
- Exclusive: Rusty Hearts Reborn launch trailer highlights new weapon specializations
- MV Guide: July 23 - 29, 2012
- The Daily Grind: Are you sick of raid progression?
- MMO Week in Review: Elves and gnomes
- EVE Evolved: Adapt or die
- One Shots: A big white blur
| Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Polls, Culture, Opinion, Humor, Miscellaneous, Leaderboard  Everyone seems to take a side on which is cooler: the roguish pirate or the mysterious ninja. Practically all fantasy MMOs have both represented in some way, whether it be World of Warcraft's Bloodsail Buccaneers or Guild Wars Factions' Assassin. If developers really wanted to inject some life into PvP, they'd make it PvN -- Pirate vs. Ninja. In any case, these two pajama-clad murderers are inseparable from our games, and chances are you've come to a conclusion as to which adds more flavor, panache, and coolness to the setting. I'd like to say that we're going to settle this debate today, but whom am I kidding? It's never going to be settled because people are still bickering about Mike vs. Joel, Picard vs. Kirk, and Big Red vs. Doublemint. Let's just say our piece and then commence with a duel at dawn in the comments, m'kay? Continue reading Leaderboard: Ninja vs. pirate
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| Excelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, Previews, PvE, Opinion, Hands-on, Races, Roleplaying, Massively Hands-on, First Impressions, Guides, Miscellaneous  So did ArenaNet rise to the challenge of porting and updating the Asura? We got a good look at the race and its starting zone in the game's final beta weekend event in the hopes of figuring that out. Follow on for our first impressions! Continue reading Excelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura
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| Exclusive: Rusty Hearts Reborn launch trailer highlights new weapon specializations Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Expansions, Game mechanics, News items, Free-to-play  One of the major additions coming with the expansion is the new weapon specializations for the characters, known as job focuses. Eager to know who gets to wield twin swords and who sports demon gloves? Can you guess which lucky character gets to wrap his or her hands around a glaive? Curious as to what's inside a weapon bag? You don't have to wait until tomorrow to find out! You can watch the Rusty Hearts Reborn launch trailer now, exclusively on Massively. Check out the new weapon action after the break. And for more details on the expansion, read Massively's interview with Game Producer Mark Hill and check out the official site. [Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release] Continue reading Exclusive: Rusty Hearts Reborn launch trailer highlights new weapon specializations
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| Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Livestream, Miscellaneous, MV Guide  Every week, the Massively Stream Team 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 each week, so you'll find a variety of titles to watch. During our streamed events, you can participate in the live chat, ask questions to learn about the game, or simply spend some time with Massively staff and readers. (Of course, streaming is 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, and let us know if there's a specific game you'd like to see streamed next week! Continue reading MV Guide: July 23 - 29, 2012
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| The Daily Grind: Are you sick of raid progression? Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Game mechanics, MMO industry, Endgame, PvE, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Dungeons  Raid "progression" is problematic on multiple levels. Games with raid progression create unnatural barriers to entry in guilds (who'd want to recruit someone who's a tier behind in content?). The trappings of raid progression cause powercreep and shatter balance in seemingly unrelated content (like PvP). Only a small number of people ever get to take part. And come the next expansion, of all your progression is effectively nullified. So what about you Massively folks? Are you also sick of MMO "raid progression" being a thing?  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: Elves and gnomes Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  It's been a week of anticipation for Guild Wars 2's final beta event, during which we were treated to a first-hand look at the game's final races, who are totally not elves and gnomes. Massively chatted with ArenaNet's Mike Z, debated the game's anti-endgame, covered this beta's new and improved game mechanics, and discovered a good reason to roll on Sanctum of Rall. The rest of Massively's top MMO stories await you beyond the cut. Continue reading MMO Week in Review: Elves and gnomes
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| Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Expansions, Game mechanics, Professions, Endgame, PvE, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox  Fast-forward to 2011 and the story looked very different. The Dominion, Tyrannis and Incursion expansions introduced new gameplay but didn't heavily iterate on any other features. By the time Incarna released, most of EVE's gameplay and content had been the same for two years and players had nothing new to adapt to. For the Crucible and Inferno expansions, CCP finally iterated on hundreds of small features and even introduced new modules to reboot EVE's "adapt or die" PvP ship design metagame. With a lot of the small things now covered, I think some of the game's big features are due for iteration. In this week's EVE Evolved opinion piece, I look at how EVE players adapt to new challenges and explore several areas of stale gameplay that are in dire need of iteration. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Adapt or die
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| Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Galleries, Screenshots, City of Heroes, Massively Meta, One Shots, Humor, Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, Miscellaneous  Surrounded by the harsh beauty of ice and stone, Jedi Knight Omiko Kell takes a meditative moment to reflect on the weight of her responsibility to the native people and Republic forces struggling for freedom and survival on the desolate and unforgiving planet of Hoth. Does she sway from her primary mission set forth by her Order and help others, or will she let them stand alone in their fight against the Empire, pirates, and mercenaries while she focuses on her Masters' directive?Whichever one gives you the most legacy points, of course. Brooks' full screenshot and a few others are beyond the cut! Continue reading One Shots: A big white blur
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