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Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid
A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in were all over the map. Some people avoid games that trigger their various...
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Crowfall is blowing up in the best way since hitting beta, with guild...
Yesterday, Crowfall’s J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair sat for their latest ACE Q&A, with happy news for fans of the crowdfunded game that just hit beta in August. “Last month was the single best...
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Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs
Back in August, MOP’s own Justin wrote a piece on his Bio Break blog about moderation in gaming that resonated with me. He described his initial crush on World of Warcraft in the first couple of years...
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Crowfall plans guild alliance features, mounts, and mass production crafting...
As the beta test of Crowfall continues to roll on, the folks at ArtCraft Entertainment are keen to add what it considers to be “must have” features to the game. One such feature is the ability for...
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PAX Online 2020: Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, Amazon, and Crowfall devs on...
What could online gaming look like going forward? That was the overall topic discussed by a number of devs as part of in a panel at PAX Online 2020, which was hosted by Margaret Krohn from Ashes of...
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Crowfall just picked up former SWG comms director Diane ‘Tiggs’ Migliaccio as...
There’s a fresh face over at Crowfall, though it’s one long-time MMORPG veterans will remember: Crowfall has picked up a new community manager, Diane Migliaccio. ArtCraft mentions only a few games,...
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Crowfall says its new Shadowbane-inspired class design will create an...
Yesterday, several members of the Crowfall dev team sat for an AMA with DownToQuest Twitch, and while the whole broadcast isn’t up for non-subscribers as we type this, several fun clips are, with...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 289: Microsoft and Bethesda sitting in a tree
Justin and Bree discuss Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethsoft, Fallout 76, Conan Exiles, Elder Scrolls Online, Echo of Soul, Phantasy Star Online 2, Final Fantasy XVI, and Crowfall, with...
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Today’s Crowfall patch adds guild alliances, mounts, and performance boosts
Crowfall’s much-touted guild alliance update has arrived to the beta today, along with the rest of the 6.100 content, which includes the alliance system, mounts, faction banking, crafting improvements,...
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Crowfall’s October ACE Q&A livestream discusses expanded build options coming...
The month of October is all about update 6.2 for Crowfall, which will be all about deepening the build variety for players of the throne war PvP MMO. The game’s ACE Q&A video for this month took a...
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Crowfall hosts a week-long series of sieges to stress test the game and...
The devs of Crowfall are trying their best to squeeze out as much performance from the game as possible, but to do that, they need data. That’s where a week of Dregs campaign sieges comes into play....
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Crowfall begins detailing specialization changes for each of the game’s classes
When we first reported about Crowfall’s plans to expand class specializations in update 6.2, we noted that there was an in-depth look at what’s changing for the Ranger class. Little did we know,...
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Crowfall shares more specialization changes for the Cleric, Frostweaver,...
Last week, we noted that each of the classes in Crowfall started getting deep dives into upcoming specialization updates due with the MMO’s next beta version — you can get those briefs here. It now...
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Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe’s snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer’s poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game’s founder, J.C. Baillie, posting on Twitter about...
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Crowfall aims for a ‘revival’ with this month’s update
Crowfall’s next big patch is coming soon to the beta with the optimistic title of The Revival. And hey, maybe it will inject a greater deal of excitement into the game’s beta, especially with more...
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Massively Overthinking: Does early access kill an MMO’s buzz?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I were flipping through Steamcharts checking in on Torchlight III, and we were a little dismayed at what we saw: At least on Steam, the game’s...
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Interview: Crowfall’s Rhea Shelley on what to expect from Revival’s big class...
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been covering update 6.200 arriving in (the now beta) Crowfall. The Revival, as ArtCraft is calling it, introduces significant changes for the character talent and build...
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Crowfall’s developers discuss Domains and Update 6.3
As Crowfall’s development team takes a moment to bask in the delivery of a big patch — and before it starts ramping up for Update 6.3 — ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair sat down to cover all...
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Fight or Kite: Is Crowfall ready to be your daily MMO?
A question that comes up consistently for any Kickstarter MMOs is whether or not the game is ready to be played. Love it or hate it, Kickstarter games have often opened up player access to these games...
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Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at least try it to be able to politely turn it down. This doesn’t work, mind you; my kid who...
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