Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s clear message of indifference for its most loyal players
I don't like to rant. I like my opinions to be measured and thoughtful. But sometimes I need to cut loose and let something...
Wisdom of Nym: The fullness of Final Fantasy XIV until October
We know now that patch 3.35 and the Deep Dungeon will be landing on July 19th. That's a little bit later than I had...
Guild Chat: Successfully merging MMORPG guilds
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column in which we gather together to help a reader in need solve his or her guild-related quandary....
One Shots: Victory pose
It's an MMO tradition: When you down a particularly nasty boss, you and your party gathers around the corpse, joins hands, and sings about...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Age of Camelot
Today, we take a trip to England, but not the England of our timeline. No, this is the England-That-Could-Have-Been, the England of King Arthur,...
Betawatch: Riders of Icarus moves into head start (July 1, 2016)
Riders of Icarus has not launched yet; it's in head start. Yes, head start before open beta, rather than before, like, launch or something....
WoW Factor: The hope I have for Legion
Every week, in Final Fantasy XI, the three main player nations are competing in a form of passive PvP known as conquest. The nation...
Massively Overthinking: The MMORPG wishes that go unfulfilled
This week's Massively Overthinking question is a short and sweet one posed by Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl.
"What's the greatest unfulfilled dream of MMO players...
Perfect Ten: MMO novel tie-ins
When I was a kid and only slightly more nerdy than I am today, I used to read movie novelizations like crazy. I don't...
EverQuesting: Landmark is offering new races – for a price
I knew that new races would eventually come to Landmark! From the beginning it didn't make any sense to me that Daybreak would ignore something...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Re-engaging lost Guild Wars 2 players
I recently read an interesting opinion piece by Jason Winter that got me thinking about the general sense of apathy that he believes is...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on One Tamriel, Cyrodiil PvP, and housing
For many of us at Massively OP, Elder Scrolls Online won E3, if that’s really a thing, but that's partly because all ZeniMax Online Studios...
Wisdom of Nym: The implications of Final Fantasy XIV’s E3 content
I am honestly fairly sure that I know where the entrance to to the Deep Dungeon will lie when it comes out in July....
EVE Evolved: Can EVE be played casually?
We've heard a lot recently about huge territorial wars raging in EVE Online with thousands of pilots taking part, which some consider to be the ultimate endgame...
One Shots: When magick met wizardry
When magic meets magic, does it shake hands? Give each other a hearty fist bump and catch up on old times? Or does it...
The Game Archaeologist talks to the Asheron’s Call super-fan
A little while back, I received a rather passionate email from Massively OP reader Diego regarding Asheron's Call. He had quite a lot to...
Ask Mo: Was Star Wars Galaxies really that great?
This round of Ask Mo features a question from BalsBigBrother that I've shamelessly poached from the Massively OP Podcast mailbag. The truth is, we've...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO victory fanfares
Interestingly enough, there are a few types of video game music that don't often pop up in MMORPGs for various reasons. One of these...
Perfect Ten: Complaints about Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward, one year later
It's hard to believe that it's actually been an entire year since Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launched. At the time, I played it...
Choose My Adventure: Amnesia and exploration in Project Gorgon
Hello, friends, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. If you’re just tuning in, you need to know that this round of columns is focusing...
