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The Daily Grind: What temporary MMO content do you wish would return?

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Massively OP reader Guhracie emailed us a few weeks ago, upset about Guild Wars 2's popular Super Adventure Box. SAB was technically temporary content...

MMO Week in Review: Sadface (March 13, 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! I...
I'll just leave, if I want.

WRUP: A brief and entirely incorrect history of CCGs edition

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The first CCG (which originally stood for "Concerted Card Gouging" but was later changed to "Collectible Card Game" after the Great Acronym Wars of...
Mead mead mead mead mead mead.

The Daily Grind: Does EverQuest Next’s cancellation change your MMO outlook?

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By now you've surely read the news that Daybreak has canceled EverQuest Next. To many of you, it was likely not a surprise, but...

The Daily Grind: How strictly do you hold MMO devs to their ‘promises’?

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to tackle a question from MOP reader Serrenity, who wanted us to talk about...
Plus one.

Massively Overthinking: The state of WildStar

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This week's Massively Overthinking focuses entirely on WildStar, out of whose devs we've been trying to get answers -- never mind reassurance about the game --...

Giveaway: Trinium Wars Steam keys and cash-shop currency [Second wave gone now!]

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Trinium Wars, confirmed by the devs as being a modernized and further developed version of L.A.W, debuted on Steam last week in early access. How...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 54: Something fishy is afoot

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Path of Exile, Guild Wars 2, No Man's Sky, World of Fishing, and AdventureQuest 3D, with a mailbag question on broken dev promises.
EverQuest

The Daily Grind: Where are all the MMORPG themeparks?

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A reader named Rogbarz emailed us toward the end of last year, lamenting the fact that we have a lot of upcoming indie games...
DCUO

The Daily Grind: What do F2P players offer a F2P MMORPG?

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Almost a year ago, we debated the generally accepted wisdom that free-to-play players provide some sort of value to a game. Either they're seat-fillers,...

Massively OP’s guide to MMORPG death penalties

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In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...
ROBOT

WRUP: Is your house robot-proof edition

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Is your house robot-proof, dear reader? No. No, it isn't. Of course it isn't! You have never given a single thought to robot-proofing your...
Like a boss.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained hits the beta crunch (March 4, 2016)

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The Camelot Unchained team is in the midst of a hard crunch period to get the game ready for full beta testing. The good...

Giveaway: Warframe Sands of Inaros booster keys from Digital Extremes and MOP [All gone now!]

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A huge new update lands in online shooter Warframe today: Sands of Inaros reaches PC players today with a brand-new mummy-themed Warframe, a new quest,...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best healing experience?

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In light of the epic reveal of Revival's graphic healing system this week, I thought Massively OP reader Fenryr Grey's recent question to our...
It's not particularly cruel.

Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content

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The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 53: The MMOs of winter 2016

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Justin, Bree, and Matt discuss Blade & Soul, The Division, Black Desert, WildStar, Final Fantasy XIV, and a mailbag question on Destiny 2.
Black Desert

The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?

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Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...
SWTOR agent and Scorpio

The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?

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Last week, Justin and I answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
Combat attire: you're doing it wrong.

MMO Week in Review: Black Desert’s headstart is here (February 28, 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! As...

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