Massively Overthinking: Prestige systems in MMORPGs
Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer -- I don't know for which game --...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPG housing have login and maintenance rules?
A Massively OP reader named MrPoolaty recently wrote in to us to talk about the resumption of Final Fantasy XIV's housing demolition timers. See,...
Massively OP accepts the SMITE charity challenge
Video games can be a selfish pleasure, but we often help out others in various ways when we play, like assisting with quests and...
The Daily Grind: Is gaming being ruined by hype?
Last week, one of my favorite MOP commenters, DeadlyAccurate, linked us to a Cracked article discussing how gaming is "being ruined by hype." Using...
MMO Week in Review: WoW’s magic is back (September 11, 2016)
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!
Blizzard...
Leaderboard: How many MMORPGs have you played to the cap?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently posed us a question that I thought would make for a good Leaderboard since the answers can be binned...
WRUP: Do to the Ri to the Toh edition
Late on Friday evening, my wife told me that she had seen this character's name. That is a real thing. A character named "Doritoh."...
Enter to win a First Assault starter pack from Nexon and Massively OP
Open beta for Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online kicked off earlier this summer as a free-to-play title on Steam....
Massively Overthinking: What’s the worst MMORPG for duos?
Massively OP reader Styopa recently wrote in to us to propose that we write about the best MMORPGs for duoing. I was all set...
The Daily Grind: What class from a non-MMO do you want to see in an MMORPG?
Last week, I was chatting with my husband about SMITE and Overwatch, and I joked that I reaaaaaallly needed to stay away from both...
MMO Week in Review: Legion’s laudable launch (September 4, 2016)
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!
So...
Leaderboard: Where does Legion fit in the ranking of WoW’s expansions?
Poll after poll has shown that World of Warcraft players generally consider Wrath of the Lich King to be the very best WoW expansion....
Leaderboard: Is Amazon Game Studios building an MMO?
Massively OP reader Filur tipped us off this week about Amazon Game Studios' big unboxing event for its unannounced video game later this month,...
WRUP: Typecasting edition
There's nothing worse than being typecast. You play two action roles in films, suddenly you're the action movie guy. Be the romantic lead in...
The Daily Grind: How would you judge WoW Legion’s launch?
MMORPG launches seldom go to plan. Trainwrecks are inevitable. Never spend a vacation day on an MMO release date -- that's the conventional wisdom.
And...
Massively Overthinking: Please complain about MMOs, loudly and insistently
Last weekend, the blogosphere exploded over an article that essentially told the MMORPG community to shut up, sit down, and stop complaining about things...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMORPGs as a single main character or as a stable?
Long ago, I used to be a two-character kind of MMORPG player. I had a main, and then later I'd make a chief alt,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 80: Enter the Legion
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, RIFT, Trove, EverQuest II, Wargaming, Funcom, Star Citizen, SOTA, and TERA, with mailbag questions on gaming/life balance and dungeon bookmarks.
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 celebrates four years (August 28, 2016)
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!
Guild...
Leaderboard: Which gaming genre do you play most often besides MMORPGs?
My earliest PC games were space sims, 4X games, and then, naturally, RPGs -- especially sandbox RPGs. MMORPGs seemed like a natural evolution for...
