FFXIV Duty Finder
Not even two weeks ago I published a post about dungeon finders being dangerous for the future of MMOs, and today I see a video published on the official FFXIV…
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July 4, 2013
Don’t punish people for grouping
My time in MMORPGs lately has been, admittedly, sporadic and brief. I attribute this mainly to the fact that while the genre continues to grow larger, the games themselves conversely…
July 1, 2013
Keep gameplay consistent
A few weeks ago, when I was writing about themeparks with inaccessible end-games, Graev and I had a side conversation about consistency. We came to the conclusion that MMOS should…
June 27, 2013
Ideal MMO Group Size
What is the ideal MMO group size? I've been giving raids a lot of thought lately, but the most enjoyment I get out of MMOs comes from a really good…
June 15, 2013
All Raids Should Be Flexible
Three days ago Blizzard announced a new raiding difficulty: Flexible Raids. Flexible falls between Looking for Raid and Normal difficulty, and scales depending on the number of players you bring…
June 11, 2013
WildStar Raids Won’t Be Vanilla WoW
The topic of 40-man raids came up on our gaming community forums the other day when someone mentioned that WildStar might be trying to attract the 'vanilla' WoW crowd. Everything…
June 9, 2013
Why I’m excited for WildStar
Over the past few days I've had this horrible pit in my stomach caused by an acute lack of MMOs to play. Looking around to remedy my situation, realizing nothing…
May 13, 2013
Leveling Isn’t Necessary
Just like PvP, leveling isn't necessary. In fact, I think leveling and designing leveling is not only a waste of time for developers, and as a result a direct waste…
May 4, 2013
Vertical vs. Horizontal Progression: Can one ever really exist without the other?
I was thinking tonight about what to write tonight (I'm suffering from some massive writer's block) when I decided to catch up on the Camelot Unchained videos that released while…
April 29, 2013
Emphasize Community Content
My last post was all about de-emphasizing the role of guilds in content and gameplay. I think in order for that dynamic to work, server communities must be given enormous…
April 20, 2013
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