Opinion

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The Daily Grind: Is personal challenge or group challenge more important to you in an MMO?

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In any kind of MMO, there are a lot of different challenges to endure. They do, however, tend to split a fair bit between personal...

Battle Bards Episode 177: Gone with the wind

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As the weather howls and gusts around us, the Battle Bards stand in the middle of it all with their heads lifted up, listening...

The Soapbox: The joys of MMO collecting

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I’ve often sat and pondered exactly what it is that I enjoy about the MMO experience. After all, being educated about your own likes...

The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs have fallen off your radar?

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The joke around the Massively OP office is now that Chris is covering Star Citizen news with his angle of expertise, the rest of...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: No, Shadowlands is probably not going to be terrible

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I've noted many times at this point that World of Warcraft does not seem to have done a great job with Shadowlands, at least from what we've...
It ensues.

The Daily Grind: How important is player-generated content to you in MMOs?

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When I look at the current crop of top MMORPGs, I'm dismayed to realize that not a single one of them has anything significant...

Massively Overthinking: How to deal with cheater scum in MMORPGs

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I'm sure it was a random coincidence, but last week two different Star Wars Galaxies emulators posted about steps they were taking against cheaters...

The Survivalist: First impressions of Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion

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Framed. Convicted. Exiled. Now, shipwrecked? What do the fates have in store for me next? Perhaps this Isle of Siptah will be my redress....

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO getting greedy with its fall content update?

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Boars. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. OK, let's talk about one of those things, at least in a roundabout way, because there's no escaping the fact...
It's actually fine.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the newly announced Final Fantasy XVI

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So, uh... hey! Final Fantasy XVI! That's a thing we learned about yesterday, huh? I'm sure we're all shocked that Naoki Yoshida's very specific dismissal of...
Boosh.

The Daily Grind: What common MMO developer reassurance doesn’t reassure you at all?

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At one point, I was tossing an idea around for a Perfect Ten column about a Kickstarter drinking game. It didn't go anywhere, ultimately...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert Mobile is not just a mobile copy of Black Desert

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Last week, I taught my freshman classes basic email etiquette. In a time of distance learning, it's an important skill to teach. We looked...

Perfect Ten: 10 amazing hidden quests in World of Warcraft

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Finding quests in World of Warcraft is not exactly what you would call "difficult," as the game famously stuck giant floating exclamation marks over...

First impressions: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new Mission hunts and the Terra Escalation

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There's another big content update on the way to Dauntless on September 17th, and this one has a few new poisonous tricks up its...

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO for pure grinding?

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I have a few MMOs that I go to when I want traditional questing or dungeon hopping, but when I'm in the mood for...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 288: ArcheAge again

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Justin, Bree, and Mia discuss ArcheAge 2, TERA, LOTRO, Wizard101, Corepunk, Raph Koster's new MMO, and Star Citizen, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, Black Desert, Echo of Soul, SWG Legends, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag discussion on the Final Fantasy XI mobile remake.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s new Sunqua Peak fractal, live today

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While Guild Wars 2’s Cantha-centric End of Dragons expansion may not be coming until next year, players eager to visit The Empire of the...
Crafthole.

First Impressions: Craftopia is an enjoyably laid-back but extremely unrefined bit of survival sandbox gaming

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You start by blowing up the world. Literally – a button is pressed and then the entire planet explodes. But that’s OK because you’re then...

The Daily Grind: How much do MMOs succeed on faith vs. mechanics and fanbases?

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A while back, MOP's Eliot, Chris, and I were discussing Last Oasis and why it didn't take off. Collectively, I think we determined it...

Not So Massively: The dos and don’ts of stealing from MMOs

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Recently I played through the new PC port of the open world RPG Horizon Zero Dawn. While playing it, I was struck by how...

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