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Alisaie stands, poised and at the ready in Final Fantasy 14 to deliver a telling blow.
Question time: What role—tank, healer, or DPS—do you actually play in MMORPGS, and why?

By Harvey Randall Published

GROUP UP Party finder.

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GROUP UP
A miqo'te in Final Fantasy 14 swims through the water, prepared to play Blitzball.
Blitzball is alive and well in Final Fantasy 14, and I spoke to the community of passionate fans who built an entire 140-page D&D-like system to play it: 'Once you start playing, you just can't stop'

By Harvey Randall Published

BALLIN' "And everyone feels like they're part of something bigger."

BALLIN'
An image for PC Gamer's Terminally Online column, wherein an ethereal floats inside a transmogrification store.
WoW's rough 2.0 transmog overhaul is mostly fixed, and I'm left wondering why Blizzard didn't just take the easy win

By Harvey Randall Published

BAD 'FIT This could've all been avoided!

BAD 'FIT
Calyx, a villain in FF14, holds a stylus pen beneath a graphic for Terminally Online, PC Gamer's own MMO column.
The modern MMO's biggest enemy is difficulty, because pleasing everyone is basically impossible—and yet, they must

By Harvey Randall Published

NOT EASY Devs of the present, I do not envy ye.

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NOT EASY
Krile from Final Fantasy 14 looks ponderous, deep in thought.
Final Fantasy 14's latest patch has me hopeful for the MMO's story again—even though Square Enix still has a lot of good will to recover

By Harvey Randall Published

TRAIN-ING ARC 7.4 is a sign of good things to come.

TRAIN-ING ARC
An image of Edda, a white mage in Final Fantasy 14, desperately reaching out to the screen - overlaid with PC Gamer's Terminally Online art.
Confession time: How long do you stick it out before you abandon a terrible MMO dungeon/raid group?

By Harvey Randall Published

LEAVE GROUP If it sucks, do you hit da bricks?

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LEAVE GROUP
An edited image of Ibelin, from Netflix's The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, sat in a tavern roleplaying with his friends.
I've been roleplaying in MMORPGs like WoW for 16 years, it's the reason I'm here writing this headline—and there's never been a better time to try it out yourself

By Harvey Randall Published

PEOPLE PRACTICE Go be cringe in World of Warcraft, it's good for the soul.

PEOPLE PRACTICE
Koana, a character from FF14's Dawntrail, reads from a tome - overlaid is PC Gamer's design for the Terminally Online column.
Debate: What is your objectively correct keybinding setup for your current MMO, and why is everybody else wrong?

By Harvey Randall Published

IN A BIND If, indeed, you are using a keyboard at all.

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IN A BIND
An image for Terminally Online, PC Gamer's MMO column: Edited to feature three characters from three different action MMORPGs.
In defense of tab-targeting: MMO devs have been trying to put dodge rolls in their games for 10+ years to avoid WoW, and it's never worked

By Harvey Randall Published

ON MY TAB Only difference is, we still need a new game to prove 'em wrong.

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ON MY TAB
Xal'atath and the Warrior of Light face off in an edited header for Terminally Online, PC Gamer's MMO column.
Final Fantasy 14 and World of Warcraft are starting to meet in the middle on modding, and it's a strange new world for MMOs and their AddOn communities

By Harvey Randall Published

SAME DIFF Two households, both alike in genre, in fair AddOn-a, where we lay our scene.

SAME DIFF
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