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One Shots: Larger than life
If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
Lawful Neutral: Why Josh Hawley’s lockbox regulation Senate bill is dead-on-arrival
There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...
Guild Wars 2’s attribute-selectable gear balancing patch – and a new chair – are live today
Guild Wars 2's latest balancing update is live today, with a promised overhaul of attribute-selectable gear - that is, gear for which you can...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 has my favorite flying mounts
When Guild Wars 2 announced that the central mechanic of its Path of Fire expansion was going to be mounts, a lot of people...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
The Daily Grind: What made you leave the last MMO you quit?
The last few years, I think I've had a healthier relationship with MMOs, chiefly because I've pressured myself less into playing things I knew...
One Shots: Armed and fabulous
Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
The Daily Grind: How far behind are you in your MMO’s main storyline?
From LOTRO to FFXIV, from Guild Wars 2 to SWTOR, the backbone of the modern solo MMORPG experience is the main storyline. And whether...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a big overhaul of attribute-selectable gear
For a flat-progression MMO that wasn't originally designed to be heavily focused on gear, Guild Wars 2 has certainly trended that way in recent...
Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community
One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...
Fight or Kite: Features MMOs could borrow from successful esports titles
This week I wanted to try something a little different in our PvP-centric Fite or Kite column and take a look at a number...
One Shots: Look – but don’t throw
It's pretty common to be frustrated by MMOs showing you things that you can't ever touch or play. Whether it be fantastic races that...
Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions
Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...
Guild Wars 2 temporarily disables map completion key rewards over teleport exploit
This is why we can't have nice things: ArenaNet was forced to disable some map rewards in Guild Wars 2 last night thanks to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 220: Everybody gets a dragon!
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, lockboxes, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, ZeniMax, and New World, with a mailbag question about epic MMO character creators.
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s War Eternal
After playing through Guild Wars 2's new Living World episode, War Eternal, which is live today, I am still speechless. This is, in my...
One Shots: What am I looking at here, exactly?
I guess I was asking for pure nightmare fuel when I issued a challenge last week to create the most disturbing and deformed avatars...
Global Chat: Is it worth it to subscribe to MMOs?
MMO blog Altar of Gaming has a fascinating series going on in which Rimuru is evaluating whether or not it's worth picking up a...
Massively Overthinking: Do you play MMO characters you like – or characters that are objectively good?
Earlier this week, some Massively OP writers were hanging out in team chat talking about favorite City of Heroes powersets from back in the...
Guild Wars 2’s War Eternal living story episode launches May 14 – here’s the trailer!
ArenaNet has this morning announced that the final episode for Guild Wars 2's fourth season of living story content, War Eternal, will officially launch...
