mmo mechanics

News of over 30 gaming companies taking a united stand against unfairness and toxicity in online game communities sprung out of GDC 2018 a...

I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...

Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...

Guild Wars 2 launched its second expansion, Path of Fire, a few days ago, and as you might expect, a new expansion means some immediate...

I was reading a recent Daily Grind article on the topic of unique healing classes and it prompted me to think about the variety...

I am finding it hard to believe that we are two months into 2017 already, especially since I've had so many pressing Guild Chat...

The holiday season is finally upon us: My decorations are resurrected from their dark corner of my storage closets once more, Jack Frost is...

Ever since I considered the responses to a Massively Overthinking article in which a developer asked if a prestige system to encourage replaying an...

No Man's Sky has been on my hotly anticipated list for so long, and you might remember that it has had particular mention in a...

I'm currently bogged down in an over-the-shoulder crafting blur, vicariously depleting gold and recommending several YouTube-approved crazy material gathering runs as I get my...

The recent E3 hubub about The Elder Scrolls Online new level syncing mechanics being extended has got me thinking all about the mechanics behind zones in MMOs,...

I usually keep MMO Mechanics quite general by looking at several games as examples to highlight my point regarding the mechanics of choice in each article,...

The recent news about EverQuest Next's cancellation has renewed the debate about whether or not MMOs should get sequels, which have given me plenty...

The inspiration behind this edition of MMO Mechanics is a recent conversation I had with my housemates about the column and the inner workings...

In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...

It's my favourite time of the year once again: The mulled wine is flowing, the festive lights are all aglow, the weather outside is...

In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...

I really enjoy being a guest on Larry Everett's video series Massively Opinionated, a series in which MMO enthusiasts answer some tough questions and...

MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...

I love a good boss fight as much as the next MMO player, and I'm sure I'm not alone in favouring fights that really...