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- Tamriel Infinium: Outside the box healing and tanking in The Elder Scrolls Online
- Neverwinter's next expansion heads to Icewind Dale
- Massively Speaking Episode 287: Avada Kedavra!
- 212 devs are working on Star Citizen, dogfighting launch 'shortly after PAX'
- Guild Wars 2's Battle for Lion's Arch has begun
- Here's 17 minutes of Heroes of the Storm gameplay
- Blizzard unleashes Diablo III: Reaper of Souls commercial
- The Daily Grind: Does griefing in MMOs reflect a sinister personality?
- Watch a dev tour of Defiance's Gunslinger DLC
- Not So Massively: D3's loot revamp, PoE's mini-expansion, and DayZ's cooking skill
- Landmark video diary hints at the Pulverizer, new harvesting tools
- Final Fantasy XI easing up on world transfer costs
- Trion Worlds confirms that End of Nations is on hold in favor of MMO titles
- Lord of the Rings Online fully automates character transfers
- Heroes of the Storm enters technical alpha testing
- City of Steam heads to Steam with a fresh new server [Updated]
- WildStar not sending out more mass beta invitations... for this phase
- Marvel Heroes brings closed beta access for Mac players
- The Mog Log: Making the most of Final Fantasy XIV macros
| Tamriel Infinium: Outside the box healing and tanking in The Elder Scrolls Online Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, New Titles, PvE, Opinion, Guides, The Elder Scrolls Online, Subscription, MMORPG, Tamriel Infinium  Of course, building a DPS class is easy, right? What about something that requires a bit more concentration? What about a tank or a healer? Building a DPS character is a bit less difficult than tanks or healers, but that doesn't make them any less difficult to play. Still, your playstyle does change, and your focus changes if you want to tank or heal. I asked Calls1gn to build us a few tank and healer classes, too. I wanted a Dragonknight healer because there are few DK abilities that have anything to do with healing, and I wanted a Sorc tank because -- well, just because. He delivered. Continue reading Tamriel Infinium: Outside the box healing and tanking in The Elder Scrolls Online
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| Neverwinter's next expansion heads to Icewind Dale Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Expansions, MMO Industry, Patches, PvP, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, Neverwinter  Module 3: Curse of Icewind Dale is slated to release "later this spring," according to a news blurb on Cryptic's Arc website. Players can expect "new PvE content," new features, and "completely different ways to PvP." The Neverwinter dev team has released a brief preview trailer for Module 3, and you'll find it behind the break. Continue reading Neverwinter's next expansion heads to Icewind Dale
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| Massively Speaking Episode 287: Avada Kedavra! Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Podcasts, MMO Industry, News Items, Massively Meta, Massively Speaking, Miscellaneous  Get all of our opinions and analysis on the most important stories of the past week right here on Massively Speaking, the industry's leading MMO podcast. And if you have a comment, question, or topic for the podcasters, send an email to podcast@massively.com. We may just read your email on the air! Get the podcast: [RSS] Add Massively Speaking to your RSS aggregator. [MP3] Download the MP3 directly. [iTunes] Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. [Stitcher] Follow the podcast on Stitcher Radio. Listen here on the page: Read below the cut for the full show notes. Continue reading Massively Speaking Episode 287: Avada Kedavra!
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| 212 devs are working on Star Citizen, dogfighting launch 'shortly after PAX' Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:30 AM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Dev Diaries, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Star Citizen, Buy-to-Play  Those teams include a whopping 212 developers, which Roberts says is more people than typically work on a triple-A console title and which makes SC the largest space sim project in history. In terms of alpha progress, Roberts says that CIG will unveil the long-awaited dogfighting module at a special backer-only pre-PAX event. It will be playable "shortly after PAX." There's much more to the post, including updates from all of CIG's studios, so grab your favorite beverage and click through the links below to get caught up.
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| Guild Wars 2's Battle for Lion's Arch has begun Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Video, Events (In-Game), Lore, Patches, News Items, PvE, Guild Wars 2, Buy-to-Play  Players will engage in a desperate struggle to take back one of the game's most important cities and a major hub for players. The city of Lion's Arch has fallen to a vicious surprise attack from sylvari super villain Scarlet Briar, backed by her army of Tyria's dark forces and an arsenal of war machines. Her weapons of war include the massive airship drill Breachmaker, which continues to bore deep beneath the city's harbor. Under the shadow of this mechanical monstrosity, players must now rally to reenter Lion's Arch to challenge Scarlet's army, and perhaps face the villain herself.Massively's Anatoli Ingram spoke with ArenaNet's Colin Johanson last week about what to expect from the update. [Source: ArenaNet press release] Continue reading Guild Wars 2's Battle for Lion's Arch has begun
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| Here's 17 minutes of Heroes of the Storm gameplay Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:45 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, MOBA  Heroes of the Storm is currently in closed alpha testing, though plenty of screens and playable character info have been sighted in the wild. Click past the cut to have a look at the gameplay vid! Continue reading Here's 17 minutes of Heroes of the Storm gameplay
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| Blizzard unleashes Diablo III: Reaper of Souls commercial Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Expansions, MMO Industry, Diablo III  Blizz is certainly no stranger to TV commercials, and this cinematic trailer gives us a glimpse into the good-vs.-evil plot of the new expansion that's set to go live on March 25. You can now update to the pre-patch which already includes plenty of goodies to tide you over before launch, and be sure to watch the commercial included after the jump below. Continue reading Blizzard unleashes Diablo III: Reaper of Souls commercial
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| The Daily Grind: Does griefing in MMOs reflect a sinister personality? Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  While the study focused on the 5% of participants who cause comment moderators the most grief on the internet, over here in MMOland I'm wondering whether this study would map equally well to griefers in video games since we might define griefing in a virtual world the same way: causing someone distress because it's pleasurable for the griefer. That guy who ganks your lowbie and corpse camps you for an hour might not be so socially well-adjusted in the real world after all, in spite of what griefer-apologists have been claiming all these years. What do you folks think? Does griefing in MMOs reflect a sinister personality?  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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| Watch a dev tour of Defiance's Gunslinger DLC Posted: 03 Mar 2014 06:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Video, Patches, Previews, MMOFPS, Defiance, Buy-to-Play  The Gunslinger DLC will take players on a trio of new mission arcs and deliver good-looking Western gear to go along with the theme. The DLC will also include nine additional co-op arenas and a new system of scoring arenas that gives incentives for teams that work together. Check out the developers' tour of this update in a 14-minute video that includes commentary, feature spotlights, and story missions in action.
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| Not So Massively: D3's loot revamp, PoE's mini-expansion, and DayZ's cooking skill Posted: 03 Mar 2014 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Trailers, New Titles, Patches, War, Trading Card Games, Consoles, MMOFPS, Miscellaneous, Not So Massively, MOBA 
Continue reading Not So Massively: D3's loot revamp, PoE's mini-expansion, and DayZ's cooking skill
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| Landmark video diary hints at the Pulverizer, new harvesting tools Posted: 03 Mar 2014 04:30 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, EverQuest Next, Dev Diaries, Sandbox, Crafting  Next up is lead animator Aaron Carlson, who shows off mining animations, followed by VFX artist Lisa Charriere, who explains what SOE's thinking in terms of particle effects. Finally, we're treated to a sneak peak of the Pulverizer, which is a new tunneling tool currently in the works. Click past the cut for the full video! Continue reading Landmark video diary hints at the Pulverizer, new harvesting tools
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| Final Fantasy XI easing up on world transfer costs Posted: 03 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Business Models, Subscription  Starting on April 1st, the price to transfer a character between worlds in the game will go from $25 down to $18. Even better, players will no longer have to wait 90 days before utilizing this service again, as the time between transfers will be reduced to a mere three days. Go ahead and put your April Fools' quip in the comments section. You know you want to do it.
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| Trion Worlds confirms that End of Nations is on hold in favor of MMO titles Posted: 03 Mar 2014 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Business Models, MMO Industry, News Items, War, Miscellaneous, MOBA  As we informed EON's community last fall, internal development on End of Nations was put on hold in late 2013 while we evaluated potential paths forward for the title. We're currently focusing the company's energy and creativity on Rift, Defiance, Trove, ArcheAge and some new projects that we will be revealing soon.Last summer, Trion reclaimed the game from developer Petroglyph with the intent to retool it as a MOBA. After Trion's layoffs and restructuring in August, CEO Scott Hartsman told Massively that the team was still working on and evaluating the title. The official website is no longer functioning.
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| Lord of the Rings Online fully automates character transfers Posted: 03 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Business Models, Free-to-Play  "We are pleased to announce that as of today, Monday, March 3rd, automated character transfers are available to all players for both Free People and Monsters," Turbine posted on the forums. "This is something you have been requesting for some time, and we are very excited to have the service ready for you now!" Players can move characters between servers by purchasing transfer tokens through the LotRO Market website. One token is $24.95, three tokens is $69.95, and six tokens is $134.95. Unfortunately the new system will not take Turbine Points, nor will it allow players to transfer between NA and EU servers. Turbine said that players have a "limited time" to request a transfer with Turbine Points by contacting support.
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| Heroes of the Storm enters technical alpha testing Posted: 03 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, News Items, MOBA  Players who cannot wait to get in on the game, even with placeholder graphics and numerous bugs, should make sure that their Battle.net accounts are up to date and have opted in for the beta. Again, invitations will be extremely limited at first, although the roster of testers will expand as time goes by. If this sounds like your sort of gig, make sure you've opted in, and stay hopeful that Blizzard will grant you a coveted invitation mail.
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| City of Steam heads to Steam with a fresh new server [Updated] Posted: 03 Mar 2014 12:30 PM PST Filed under: Business Models, Events (Real-World), Patches, News Items, Browser, City of Steam, Steampunk  Coupled with the latest game version 2.4 ([which] will also be available on the established server), the new server will provide improved team-up function, restructured tourney events, new level content (lvl 50-60), and of course exciting new server event. This time, new server events will become goal-based so that they are capable of benefiting as many players as possible.The studio tweeted that the Steam launch might be slightly delayed but that developers are "talking with Valve to make the launch ASAP." Massively alum Matt Daniel dived into City of Steam in December to scope out last year's Arkadia relaunch. [Update: Mechanist has postponed the Steam launch thanks to "critical issues (discovered) when testing (the) live server on the Steam version." The studio promises an update during local business hours.]
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| WildStar not sending out more mass beta invitations... for this phase Posted: 03 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, News Items, WildStar, Subscription, Buy-to-Play  Wait a second -- this phase of beta? No, the tweets don't say that there's another beta phase incoming, but that's certainly the implication, which would mean that the game is creeping that much closer to an open beta and a possible release date. So that's good news, although it still doesn't make up for the fact that anyone not already in will be stuck on the outside for the rest of this phase. [Thanks to Siphaed for the tip!]
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| Marvel Heroes brings closed beta access for Mac players Posted: 03 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Classes, Free-to-Play, Marvel Heroes, Mac 
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| The Mog Log: Making the most of Final Fantasy XIV macros Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, PvE, Opinion, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log, Subscription  That's one of the things that macros can help address, but it's not even close to the only thing. You can use your macros to make your rotation tighter, you can combine necessary abilities, you can mark targets, and you can even toss in a text line on every ability use. (But that does get kind of spam-heavy.) So let's look at some simple macros that will make your Final Fantasy XIV experience that much cleaner. Continue reading The Mog Log: Making the most of Final Fantasy XIV macros
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