Presenting Gloria Victis, a brand new MMORPG on the horizon by a small indie company by the name of Black Eye Games — which houses over 30 experienced developers—some which have worked on The Witcher and Neverwinter Nights. Imagine that you land in a world 20 years after chaotic and bloody events swept across the entire continent in a wave of wars, crusades and unexplained murders. You are a pivot in the middle of the conflict... 

First Improve Upon The Questions That You Ask… What Class/Race Should I Pick? Many times while playing MMO’s I see this very question in General Chat. My question to those of you who ask this is, why do you want to be a “flavor of the month”? Do you know what happens to flavor of the month classes? They get nerfed into holy hell and become classes that take effort to win with. So why not pick a class that you actually like... 

If you’ve been playing MMORPGs for as long as I have, you know that The World of Warcraft, while being the most successful of the genre, managed to set a hard rift in the timeline of MMO games. What do I mean? Well prior to WoW the MMORPG standard was one way, then after Blizzard changed the game to cater to a more casual crowd – well most developers since have tried to adopt a similar model. Well the problem has been that... 

Nothing spreads faster than a false, toxic rumor. Bioware’s Star Wars The Old Republic suffered this truth after releasing their first major patch (1.1) on the 18th of January only to have PvP exploiters ruin the party for everyone. In a matter of minutes after the patch was released, the official forums exploded with threads of people calling it the new NGE, saying that they quit and posting a blatant lie that the turrets... 

Playing MMORPGs online can be intense fun. I recall my first foray into raiding was with an adult guild in Everquest II. This guild gave us realistic goals, decent deadlines and prepped us for the challenge of raids and PvP. It was something I gladly took my Fridays off to do and we would joke over vent, discuss the newest movie releases, wives, girlfriends and other random mundane things. Being with this guild shielded me from... 

At the end of this year (12/15/2011) Star Wars Galaxies will be officially over, servers will be taken down and the game will be done. Although it has been dead for quite a few of us who played at launch, it was still very much a live game to many role-players and social gamers who held on. Some are taking it really, really hard. Since SWG was such a big deal to gaming, especially MMORPG we figured a memorial is in order to show... 

Jumping the Shark – It’s a term that came about after the hit 60′s show Happy Days decided to have their cultural icon of a bad boy Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli jump a shark in an episode. The series flopped hard after that and the legendary phrase was forever adopted to mean a decision that causes a show (or in this instance a game) to fail. There have been many speculations on MMOs jumping the shark,... 

In my opinion the warrior is THE most important member of the 4 Archetypes when it comes to group combat. On his own a warrior is only as good as his veteran status coupled with his equipment. I don’t care who you are, if your life (as in hit points or health) has no positives in a battle then you will eventually be worn down and killed. In a dungeon raid a warrior without leech puts his entire life in the hands of the healer,... 

With the upcoming Star Wars based game The Old Republic from Bioware there is a chance that many newcomers to the MMORPG experience will make it their first. One thing about MMORPG’s that is constant is the varying opinions on them. Some people will lament their time playing an Everquest or a World of Warcraft while others will tell you they are the best thing ever. You will hear tales of guys who had their wives leave them due... 

It will be difficult to not use Star Wars Galaxies as an example of Sony Online Entertainment’s decision making but I will try not to. There seems to be a pattern of releasing strong games and patching it into relative worthlessness for PvP. Which leads me to believe that the major decision makers over at SOE are not fond of this type of gameplay. When Everquest 2 was initially released, SOE anounced that the game would not...