Columns

Enjoy a run-down of our recent long-form pieces, both game-specific and more general. You might also be interested in our list of all of our columns and recurring articles. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?

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Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...

Path of Exile’s Scourge revamps skill tree, adds passive masteries and guild hideouts

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While Path of Exile's new Scourge league is fitting for Halloween, the expansion also brings some goodies and changes that will last beyond the...

Massively on the Go: Dealing with virtual harassment and stalking in MMOARGs

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Gamers have been discussing the real-world issues that arise in augmented reality games, especially Pokemon Go, for years. In fact, Raph Koster himself addressed...

Tamriel Infinium: Looking back at Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind

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In 2002, the Elder Scrolls CRPG franchise took its biggest step forward to date with the release of its third game, Morrowind. While Arena...
Not the point.

Vague Patch Notes: All MMO play and no work makes Jack a dull boy

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Here is my hard-hitting New World review: I haven't played it and don't have any urgent impetus to do so, but maybe it's great. It...
New World

Vitae Aeternum: New World through the eyes of an Elder Scrolls Online and EVE Online player

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When I heard that Amazon Game Studios was releasing an MMO, my plan was to watch from the sidelines until such time that all...
Into the unknown.

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the Tower of Zot

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So this is an interesting deviation from the usual set of dungeons that we see in the media tours. Normally, the dungeon that media...
Saw.

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the ranged physical DPS jobs

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Out of all the different roles in Endwalker, I'd argue that ranged physical DPS is the easiest one to understand. Not in the sense...
Tnak

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the tank jobs

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So I'm not going to lie to you here: If you're happy with your tank job of choice in Shadowbringers, you're going to be...
Exploding time.

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the magical DPS jobs

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Looking at the magical DPS jobs in the Endwalker expansion is kind of a trip. Two of them are, if I'm being honest, largely...
And the rest.

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the healing jobs

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Let's be real about something: The Endwalker expansion for Final Fantasy XIV was always going to make healers feel a bit like "Sage and...
Slice.

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the melee DPS jobs

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I'm going to start this particular part of the Final Fantasy XIV media tour by just reassuring everyone who's reading that if you were...
Walking.

The Daily Grind: What do you most want to know about Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker?

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Today is the day when all of the Final Fantasy XIV fandom's namedays have come at once. Yes, it's the media tour reveal day, when...

Vitae Aeternum: New World excels and entertains despite uninspired gameplay design

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After more than 20 levels’ worth of time in New World, you’d think I’d have a pretty good handle on why this game has...
Cars!

Wisdom of Nym: More speculation about future Final Fantasy XIV jobs

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I'm going to be entirely candid with you, folks: You all probably know by now when the media tour embargo lift is at this...

Vitae Aeternum: New World lacks customization, but that can be fixed

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Welcome to our first installment of Vitae Aeternum, an ongoing column in which multiple writers of MassivelyOP plan to bring you coverage, opinions, rants,...

Stick and Rudder: Recapping everything Star Citizen showed at the latest CitizenCon

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The digital CitizenCon event has, for all intents and purposes, come and gone, lining up a series of seven different video panels that were...
Vindcated.

The Daily Grind: What’s the most obscure MMO you’ve played?

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You are probably aware of the fact at this point that we have an ongoing series of posts in which we ask whatever happened...

One Shots: Might as well be staring at the sun

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Not surprisingly, there are hordes of Massively OP readers crawling over every square inch of the recently launched New World, often with their cameras...
Hooray, I won!

The Daily Grind: Are you good about remembering old MMO account details?

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Theoretically, you should have all of your account credentials for various MMOs set up so that if you decide to go back after a...

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