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.

The Elder Scrolls Online this week announced more changes for its endgame veteran ranks system against a backdrop of fairly credible rumors concerning its console launch date and future business model.

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

	Is 2015 the Guild Wars 2 expansion year?
	Guild Wars 2's Season 2 finale is past the point of no return

	Elite: Dangerous players aim to chart out the whole galaxy
	Frontier is expanding Elite's dev team, feature set
	Elite: Dangerous rolls back decision on billionaire rollback

	Ten thoughts on LotRO's 2015 plans
	LOTRO maps out 2015, vows to address server populations

	Opinion: Who benefits from MMO early access?
	That Play2Crush thing is called Crowfall
	Opinion: Of course I care what you're doing in MMOs
	The most popular Massively posts of 2014
	Fight through the underworld in DCUO's new DLC
	SWTOR devs looking at lag issues, prepping 3.0.2 and 3.1 updates
	Final Fantasy XIV's year in review
	Pathfinder Online's Ryan Dancey on early adopter experience bonuses
	You'll soon be able to buy WoW garrison followers directly
	Learn to beat World of Warcraft's newest raid... in 60 seconds
	New Kickstarter sandbox Identity promises 'complete freedom'
	Choose My Adventure: TERA's Fate of Arun
	DDO looking at Warlock class, level cap bump in 2015
	See Black Desert's impish Tamer class in action
	CCP shows historical player age distribution in EVE
	MapleStory 2 features expensive housing, limited land
	Warcraft movie director open to sequels, hints at WoW cross-promotion
	Another university is adding League of Legends scholarships
	Black Desert Korean OBT exploits lead to permabans
	Smedley wants to talk more about monetization
	Perfect World founder seeks to take the company private
	Lizard Squad hacker arrested for cyber-fraud
	Rumor: BioWare's Shadow Realms 'totally rebooted'
	RuneScape player raises over $1200 for a pizza delivery tip

	The Stream Team: Hands-on with The Repopulation's starter experience
	The Stream Team: Prowling ArcheAge's Perinoor Ruins
	The Stream Team: Ramping up for TERA's Fate of Arun
	The Stream Team: Starting from scratch -- a Landmark beta tutorial

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