MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

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The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO lore bothers you more than it probably should?

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Pandaren in World of Warcraft have always bothered me. Not because the expansion that introduced them was bad (it was certainly better than the expansions...

Make My MMO: Temtem’s alpha 0.3 expands co-op, Star Citizen goes to space

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Temtem's alpha expanded a little wider with the opening of Kisiwa island, new quests, and the dawn of full...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0

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Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...

The Stream Team: A first look at collecting critters in Temtem

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With as much as Massively OP's MJ is crazy about collecting pets, it might be hard to believe that she has never played an...

New World discusses opting out of PvP, addresses colonialism concern

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While we continue to wrap our heads around the fact that New World not only emerged from its self-imposed exile but also announced a...

The Daily Grind: What is the best written MMO character?

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In the past couple of Lord of the Rings Online expansions, I've noticed that the writing team has kind of created a breakout character...
Finally.

Betawatch: New World will return to testing and a launch after all

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I freely admit that I thought we had already heard the last we would ever hear about New World and that it had been banished...
yay sure

Shroud of the Avatar rolls out Release 73 with its first iteration of GM tools for players

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The latest release for Shroud of the Avatar is giving players the power to serve as GMs. Before you get too excited about this fact, you...
He's a stranger. You don't know him.

OrbusVR brings around the Festival of Strangers for its winter holiday

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So let's say a bunch of weird white-furred ape-men invade and smash up your village, leading you to form a party to beat them...

Fractured declares its break-all-the-things stress test a mess, gleefully plans next one

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It's not often you hear MMO developers outright call their own stress test a "mess" with a cheeky grin, but hey, expect no less...

Bless Unleashed discusses adjustments to open world PvP after open beta feedback

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Yep, Bless Unleashed has open world PvP in its Xbox One open beta. Yep, it went about the way you'd expect judging by the...
trek star

Star Trek Online brings back Hearts and Minds for Friday the 13th (again) and a new Tzenkethi Red Alert

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Boy, the Star Trek Online devs sure likes taking this one out of the mothballs, don't they? They did it for Halloween, they did...

Path of Exile’s Conquerors of the Atlas and Metamorph League launch today

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It's a big day for Path of Exile PC players as Conquerors of the Atlas arrives on the platform. If you heard MJ squeeing...

The Stream Team: It’s Frostval vs Mogloween in AQ3D’s Friday the 13th event

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If you had to choose between Frostval or Mogloween, which would it be? Massively OP's MJ is actually faced with that choice in a...

Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions

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The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends plans Life Day, new heroics, and a contest judged by George Lucas’ son

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SWTOR and Fortnite aren't the only games in our wheelhouse that are jumping on the Star Wars Rise of Skywalker hype train. According to...
Yeah, this is a thing.

WoW Factor: How WoW’s Corruption system breaks the redeeming features of Titanforging

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Last time around in WoW Factor, we took a nice healthy look back at how itemization has evolved in World of Warcraft over the years....
Cruisin' down the street in my six-four.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off another free login campaign until January 14

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Lots of stuff gets updated in Final Fantasy XIV, but maybe you're not regularly subscribed to see all of it. That's what the game's free...

Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise

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Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to the buyouts of Trion Worlds and CCP...
No galaxy brain here.

World of Warcraft lets you turn traitor in patch 8.3 with a little help from N’zoth

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Yes, you will be able to turn traitor against your own faction in the next World of Warcraft patch. No, it's probably not what you...

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