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The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate timed content in MMOs?

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The last thing you want to worry about when you're playing a video game, especially an immersive one like an MMORPG, is a damn...

Leaderboard: Do you play Star Wars Galaxies’ emulator?

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Welp, here we are: Star Wars Galaxies would be turning 14 years old today, had it been allowed to live. SWG is much beloved around...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO daily quest you’ve ever done?

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My husband and I are in the process of introducing the concept of household chores to our five-year-old son. Not yet having realized life...

MMO Week in Review: Secret World Legends’ soft launch (June 25, 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! Ready...

Massively Overthinking: Forced socializing in MMORPGs

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Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...
Somewhere far away from here.

WRUP: This is the train to your backyard edition

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This is the through train to your backyard, making stops at your neighbor's backyard, the creepy alley behind the convenience store, the old field...
Shoot at me bro.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 122: This Stormblood’s for you

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Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's Stormblood launch, Destiny 2, ESO Morrowind, Anthem, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on patch numbering, fencing, and non-combat MMO progression systems.

Enter to win a SMITE Cu Chulainn or Camazotz skin from Hi-Rez and MOP

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Live in SMITE today are both the previously revealed mana-based god Cu Chulainn and the unique Code of Chivalry event, which introduces a morality bar to the MOBA and...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?

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During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG developer would you most like to meet in person?

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Be you press or player, one of the advantages of going in person to a convention (or any other gaming event!) is surely the...
ANGRY.RAR

MMO Week in Review: FFXIV Stormblood and E3 2017 (June 18, 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! Botched...
This is not Eureka.

WRUP: Can’t talk, Stormblood edition

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Can't talk. Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is in early access. Blah, blah, What Are You Playing, comments. Stormblood. ​Andrew Ross (@dengarsw): ​I have E3 homework to...
Shoot at me bro.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs and multiplayers of E3 2017

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E3 is drawing to a close, with its reveals over and done with -- all that's left is processing our interviews and hands-on pieces....

Bless Online isn’t canceled in the west after all; Neowiz will self-publish

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Last week, both Neowiz and Aeria Games confirmed that Aeria is no longer serving as the western Bless Online publisher -- worse, Bless appeared to be entirely...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 121: Tap for Magic MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss the Magic: the Gathering MMORPG, Fractured, Bless, WoW, Secret World Legends, Wild West Online, and MMO inventory mechanics.

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Fluidic Antiproton Wrist Lance for Xbox One

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In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's season 13 Escalation for console, PWE has granted Massively OP a stack of Fluidic Antiproton Wrist Lances, a...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG most deserves a sequel?

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I was writing a post earlier this week with a pair of screenshots labeled sequentially -- "eso1.jpg" and "eso2.jpg" -- which mentally startled me...

The Daily Grind: Have you picked up any bad habits from MMORPGs?

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Star Wars Galaxies came close to wrecking my typing skills. Because semicolons functioned as linebreaks in macros and in chat in SWG, I got...

MMO Week in Review: New MMORPGs on the horizon (June 11, 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! This...
It's hurtful.

WRUP: Don’t act all high and mighty because you have a face edition

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Carol, listen to me, I'm tired of having this argument. We keep going back and forth over it, and it always comes down to...

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