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It's Lord of the Rings. There's your elevator pitch.

LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online

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Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...

The Stream Team: Solving the second half of Secret World Legends’ Krampusnacht puzzle

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What do you call an investigation mission that take time to suss out? Massively OP's MJ calls it awesome! Secret World Legend's 2018 Krampusnacht...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends has a Krampusnacht content gift – here’s your guide

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Whoot! Secret World Legends delivered a nice surprise gift for Krampusnacht 2018: new content! As in, new new, not returning-from-TSW new. Not just "stuff"...
Not paying attention is not a mark of honor.

Massively OP’s guide to MMO Thanksgiving 2018

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Unlike with Halloween and Christmas, it seems like MMORPG developers never quite know what to do with the Thanksgiving holiday. Vastly fewer games celebrate...

All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2018

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Fun fact: I live pretty far from my nearest family, so I don't have to get to go home and partake of the American...

Massively OP’s 2018 gift guide for the MMO fan

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Hello, readers! It's pre-holiday-shopping-season sale time again, and our sales team has put together a selection of artisanal hand-crafted MMOs and not-so-MMOs for the...

EVE Evolved: Making the most of EVE Online’s Onslaught expansion

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EVE Online's Onslaught expansion goes live in just a few days on November 13th, and it looks like it has a little bit of...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five tools to up your roleplay game in SWTOR

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As you all know, I like to roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic. In fact, creating characters and creating struggles for them within...

Hyperspace Beacon: Obtaining the Masterwork armor in SWTOR Update 5.10

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I'm torn on this new armor achievement system in Star Wars: The Old Republic. On the one hand, everyone can get the armor eventually....

MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018

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Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legend’s Samhain 2018 community events

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If you thought that all Samhain had to offer was official Secret World Legends missions and events, you'd be mistaken. A-machete-through-the-skull sorely mistaken. In...
Dark down.

EVE Vegas 2018 is this weekend: Here’s what to expect from the show

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It's that time of year again when internet spaceship nerds descend on Las Vegas to get incredibly drunk find out what the future holds...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legend’s 2018 Samhain is music to my ears

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It's the most wonderful time of the year With radios playing and ghost that are slaying the ones who come near It's the most wonderful time of...

EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s expansion prelude event, Against the Elements

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Sometimes it feels like forever before the next expansion comes -- even when it's regular every year! That's what this year has been like...

EVE Evolved: The rookie’s guide to fitting ships in EVE Online

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The ship fitting system is one of EVE Online's most powerful and useful features, but it comes with a pretty steep learning curve for...
No need to whale about it.

Massively on the Go: Our guide to legendary and EX raiding in Pokemon Go

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It's a bit odd to say this about a Pokemon game, but raiding in Pokemon Go is kind of a big deal. Multiplayer has always been...

World of Warcraft explains what you have to do to get your Mag’har Orcs and Dark Iron Dwarves

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With all of the possible goals vying for your attention in World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth, it might be that you've overlooked the...

Working As Intended: Returning to Star Wars Galaxies – in 2018

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If you've followed the Massively OP Podcast this summer or read any of my ramblings in Daily Grinds and WRUPs, you probably know that...
No, not like this.

Massively on the Go: Guide to Pokemon Go’s battle system basics

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As much as I love some of the game's systems that encourage social play, Pokemon Go's obtuse battle system from the start was problematic. It's...

The Survivalist: Which sci-fi crash site survival sandbox should you play?

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Survival sandboxes have certainly come a long way in the last couple of years. Not only has the number of new genres exploded (as...