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Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind: Warden, story, PvP, & gameplay trailer

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Last week, Massively OP's Larry Everett attended a press event for Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind chapter and brought back a veritable guar-load of information...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 105: Samurai and Smedley

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Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's fanfest reveals, John Smedley's new Amazon studio, Path of Exile's expansion, Skyforge's console plan, and the Dociu/Taylor moves, with mailbag questions on level scaling and replacing favorite games.

Leaderboard: If you solo in MMORPGs, why?

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Solo players in MMORPGs are a strange case, chiefly because they are treated like an outlier when they aren't. The fact is that almost...

The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?

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As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...
Looks like home.

MMO Week in Review: Smed prolly gets Amazon Prime for life now (February 19, 2016)

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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! This...

The Daily Grind: What do you think about slavery as a concept in MMORPGs?

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Last week, MJ and I were discussing a stream she was planning on Conan Exiles where she planned to help friends capture "thralls" to...
Ham ham ham ham ham.

WRUP: This ham is your ham edition

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Hello, reader. Hello, and good morning. Or should I say... good ham? That sounded clever before I typed it out. Look, the point is...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever boycotted an MMORPG?

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Blizzard Watch ran an editorial yesterday quoting former marine biologist and World of Warcraft Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street on the subject of...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?

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Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers. "I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 104: WoW Token resistance

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WoW tokens, Ashes of Creation, Guild Wars 2, and Revelation Online, plus financials on Blizzard, NCsoft, Nexon, Square, and Funcom, with a mailbag question on playing what you love vs. going with the crowd.

The Daily Grind: Where are all the sports-themed MMORPGs?

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On those rare occasions when we mention EA's FIFA series, usually relating to court cases over online gambling, I'm always struck again by how...

MMO Week in Review: Homestead, Head of the Snake, and piles of money (February 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! It...
You were hoping for a picture of Tgek'dmal, I know.

WRUP: Point of order edition

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This installment of What Are You Playing will now come to order. We'd like to begin with a few points of order, starting with...

The Daily Grind: Which no-housing MMORPG needs housing the most?

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During our Elder Scrolls Online housing stream earlier this week, Larry and I joked about World of Warcraft's half-hearted and ineffective attempts to satisfy...
Oh, thanks.

Massively Overthinking: Unholy MMORPG hybrids

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Massively OP reader and frequent tipster Gibbins wants us to play match-maker. "I love the wonderful world that Bethesda created with the Fallout franchise, not...
Morrowind, feat. Westly's Orcs

Massively OP Podcast Episode 103: Back to Morrowind

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Justin and Bree discuss ESO Morrowind and Homestead, PWE, SolForge, Conan Exiles, DDO, Marvel Heroes, LOTRO, and SWTOR, with reader mail on WildStar and Hero's Song.

The Stream Team: House hunting in Elder Scrolls Online Homestead

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Every adventurer needs a place to hang his or her hat... or helmet. This week, ZeniMax Online Studios gave all Elder Scrolls Online players...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most cash you’d spend on an in-game MMORPG house?

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You guys know I'm a die-hard Elder Scrolls fan, so please understand I'm coming from a place of love when I say this: Elder...

Grab a CBT2 key for Webzen’s dark fantasy action MMO MU Legend

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Feb 7: Webzen has let know that the first batch of keys it sent us wasn't working and sent us a new batch. If...

The Daily Grind: What MMORPGs are you no longer anticipating?

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Many months ago, an /r/mmorpg Redditor posted up a reverse sort of award list: a list of MMOs he had stopped anticipating. I hung onto...

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