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 there is only one World... 

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 on the planet Ilum... 

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 the experience that... 

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 outsiders what made... 

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, many think the... 

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, which isn’t the... 

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 to their marathon... 

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 have PvP, nor were... 

“Fatalities are one of the sweetest extras that Age of Conan brings and the added graphic of blood splattering on the screen never seems to get old. ” The one problem I was plagued with at the outstart of the Age of Conan was the fact that the versatility of character classes was not reflected in the 3 races that a person could choose from. The races of Aquilonian, Stygian and Cimmerian can be seen as Roman, Arabic and Germanic... 

“The thing that I have found in my years of playing is that people are people, childish 40 yr olds are still childish 40 yr olds whether they are role-playing an elf running a bar or tea-bagging an enemy in PvP. You do not lose these people by choosing either of these extremes. Learn to respect each other’s choice and play the game already.” MMORPGs – The ultimate game for roleplay gamers with a desire to fellowship. As in anything there...