This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post.

This week, World of Warcraft saw subscriptions rise to 7.4 million ahead of its long-awaited pre-Warlords of Draenor patch. Meanwhile, news rolled in from EVE Vegas, where CCP and players discussed the ships of the Rhea update, the allure of spaceship spreadsheets, the importance of community involvement, and the new player experience and potential for permadeath.

Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.

	WildStar's Nexus Report on megaservers and the state of the game
	Art director Matt Mocarski leaves WildStar
	Carbine's Donatelli and Moore on WildStar's population and philosophy
	WildStar's megaservers deploy this week

	Final Fantasy XIV announces its first expansion, Heavensward
	Final Fantasy XIV's 2.4 trailer tosses the giant crab
	Final Fantasy XIV announces special Game of the Year edition

	Warner Bros. confirms Turbine layoffs
	Test driving LotRO's Beorning class
	These LotRO Update 15 vids are all about the Beorning
	Watch previews of LotRO's new Gondor zones and epic battle

	ArcheAge's northern continent opens November 4
	SWTOR's experience boost enables altaholics, story-lovers
	The case for mounts in Guild Wars 2
	Elder Scrolls Online game director talks Update 5, performance upgrades
	Kingdom Under Fire II took seven years and $50M to complete
	Elite gets mining on October 28, premiere event on November 22
	Working As Intended: But I already have that game
	Camelot Unchained is a go for pre-alpha testing
	Here's an early look at Star Citizen's planetside gameplay
	Seldon Crisis removes Asimov references following IP dispute
	Confronting the 'unbundling' of MMORPGs
	WoW grants players a 100% chance to get heirlooms for Draenor
	DCUO's 12th DLC pack coming 'later this year'
	SWTOR dev spoilers from the NYC cantina tour
	Star Trek Online's Delta Rising cinematic has... arisen
	Chinese World of Warcraft fan has created a flying machine
	Here's everything that happened at Star Citizen's Citizen Con 2014
	Try out an early discipline builder for Star Wars: The Old Republic
	The science of language, community, and MMORPGs

	The Stream Team: The daily grind for gilda in ArcheAge
	The Stream Team: Checking out Chaos Heroes Online
	The Stream Team: WildStar megaservers are here
	The Stream Team: Build it better in Massively's second Landmark competition
	The Stream Team: Sightseeing in Swordsman
	The Stream Team: Making the most of Rogue on Marvel Heroes Monday

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Tags: final-fantasy-xiv, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, massively, warlords-of-draenor, wildstar

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