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Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn

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Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.

Snag an AQ3D ‘GDC blade’ from Artix and Massively OP

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Back at GDC, AdventureQuest 3D whipped up a special in-game sword for folks who stopped by the booth: the GDC Blade. But as Artix's...

The Daily Grind: What one thing should MMORPGs do to increase player retention?

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Zubon at Kill Ten Rats recently spied a lovely tidbit over on Dr Richard Bartle's blog. Bartle, I shouldn't need to type, is considered...

Leaderboard: The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind ‘chapter vs. DLC’ fee debate

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In the comments of a Daily Grind last week, a few commenters tangented into debate about The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind pricing. See, the original...

The Daily Grind: Do you roll multiple MMO characters of the same class?

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I'm closing in on "done" -- my own peculiar version of done, anyway -- on my ninth character in Guild Wars 2. I've rolled...

MMO Week in Review: PAX East awards, EverQuest’s 18th, and ESO’s battlegrounds (March 19, 2017)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! A...
Be kind

WRUP: Better living through obsolete technology edition

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Are you the sort of insufferable dillweed who wastes everyone's time during a social gathering talking about how humanity should never have moved on...

Massively OP’s PAX East 2017 awards and best-in-show reader vote

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We've finished rolling out all of our PAX East content this year, and we've put our MMORPG-addled noggins together to try to choose our...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?

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Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...
This guy, dudes.

Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design

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Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...

Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP

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Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up settlements (and...
She's being added, but most of her clothing isn't.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 108: PAX East power-up

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Justin and Eliot discuss PAX East, Shards Online aka Legends of Aria, TERA and Trove on console, Final Fantasy XIV, Dauntless, Kritika Online, and Conan Exiles, plus mailbag questions on Eastern MMOs and permadeath.

Grab a Paladins closed beta key for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 from Hi-Rez and MOP

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Hi-Rez's team-shooter MOBA Paladins hits closed beta for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 today, expanding the game beyond its 8 million open beta players...

Paladins closed beta keys for Xbox One

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To access the Paladins console closed beta on Xbox One: 1. Log into your Xbox One, then navigate to the Store Tab 2. Select "Use a...
This isn't anything like Overwatch and I don't know why you'd say that.

Paladins closed beta keys for PlayStation 4 (North America)

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To access the Paladins console closed beta on PS4: 1. Log into your PlayStation 4, then navigate to the PlayStation Store 2. In the left-hand column,...

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs are you currently playing?

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After a long time of fighting my habits, I have finally figured out that I just need to stick to one MMO, maybe two,...
There's a lot of ground to cover.

MMO Week in Review: PAX East so far (March 12, 2017)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! PAX...

The Daily Grind: How often do you play outside your comfort zone in MMORPGs?

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During the first couple of years I played MMORPGs, I was a pretty timid gamer in terms of my comfort zone for actual content. It...
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WRUP: I am not hiding illegal weapons in a lizard edition

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Good morning! How are you? I'm good. I'm very good. I am not hiding illegal weapons in a lizard. Can I get you something?...

Massively Overthinking: That moment when your MMO looks like a ‘fire sale at an exotic pet store’

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Massively OP Podcast listener John recently sent us a really great question that saw Justin and me sharply divided in terms of our responses,...

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