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The Daily Grind: Do you seek out empty MMORPG servers?

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Empty MMORPG servers freak me out. It isn't as though I don't play plenty of singleplayer games and sims and RPGs and can't stand to...
To be fair, some of these dudes are probably not good at this.

MMO Week in Review: Gamescom, Legion, and Elder Scrolls lockboxes (August 21, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Gamescom...
hooray sorta

Leaderboard: What’s next for the Diablo franchise?

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Back in July, Blizzard Watch ran a piece wondering whether Diablo III has been abandoned. Matthew Rossi suggested that Diablo's recent seasons have been...
Not what I'm traveling in, probably.

WRUP: Resolving plotlines edition

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As many of you may know, I am the sole writer for What Are You Playing, which means that I'm responsible for coming up...

Grab a Warframe credit booster in time for the Silver Grove launch

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In honor of the launch of the Silver Grove update on PC today, Warframe studio Digital Extremes has granted Massively OP 1001 keys for a three-day...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best inventory system?

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Video game packrats, obsessive compulsives, and that one guildie of mine whose MMO inventory literally has everything he's ever looted: Today's Daily Grind is...
This is not h

Massively Overthinking: The best combat systems in MMORPGs

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One of the big problems in the MMORPG genre as I see it is game studios' inclination to prioritize combat above all else, turning...

Enter to win a Neverwinter 7-day VIP key for PC from PWE and Massively OP

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To celebrate the launch of Neverwinter's Storm King's Thunder expansion this week, PWE has granted Massively OP 100 VIP keys to give away to our readers -- 80 in...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 78: Hot dog!

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Justin and Eliot discuss WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, No Man's Sky, Q2 financials, Path of Exile, and Trove, with mailbag questions on turn-based RPGs and console MMOs.

The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs have special areas for paying players?

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I was poking around in the Guild Wars 2 cash shop this weekend when I realized that ArenaNet is selling teleports to Noble's Folly....

The Daily Grind: How do you decide when MMORPG class revisions have gone too far?

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A bunch of my guildies flocked back to World of Warcraft during its pre-Legion festivities. One of them mentioned in passing that he'd been...

MMO Week in Review: One man’s sky (August 14, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! No...
GOLD (gold)

Leaderboard: Is Black Desert destined for free-to-play in the west?

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On this week's podcast, Justin and I discussed the general MMO blogger sentiment that Black Desert's recent business model drama -- specifically, the addition of...
Sure, it all worked out perfectly, great job.

WRUP: Impossible to test edition

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I have to admit, I've been watching everything going down with No Man's Sky with the interest of an outside observer. I've never been...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks

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MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...

The Daily Grind: Who’s the most relatable NPC in an MMORPG?

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Multiple commenters in Tina's recent Guild Wars 2 column homed in on the character Taimi as being the glue that holds the game's latest...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 77: Improving your lockbox experience

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Diablo III, RIFT, Elder Scrolls Online, Blizzard, Black Desert, and TERA, with mailbag questions on new blood for MMOs and a lockbox rant.
But now, it's more money.

The Daily Grind: What was the biggest F2P ‘save’ in MMORPG history?

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Jess Conditt had a piece on Engadget last week that caught my eye because it's a story you don't hear much anymore: Free-to-play saved...

The Daily Grind: Do you want to see more true mysteries in MMORPGs?

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Last week, we wrote about Kharsek, the Tibia player who was pushing level 999... and almost able to enter a special door marked for...

MMO Week in Review: WoW Legion creeps closer (August 7, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! We've...

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