MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

The Stream Team: Celebrating with fireworks in Guild Wars 2’s Dragon Bash

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It's a bit of a holiday in the states, full of fireworks and explosions (hopefully of just more fireworks!). Massively OP's MJ will be...
You made it sing, all right.

Into the Super-verse: A quick-and-dirty guide to picking the right City of Heroes archetype – Redside edition

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The fun thing about City of Heroes is... well, there are lots of fun things. But one of the fun things is that the...

Perfect Tenception: Our ten perfectest Perfect Tens (since last year) – 2019 edition

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For the last two years on the Fourth of July, I've posted up my Perfect Ten list of my favorite Perfect Tens Justin and...
Uh... hmm.

Another DDOS e-thug has landed jail time – this one owes Daybreak $95K

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We get so many tips about MMOs being DDOSed that we often don't even cover them unless they stretch on for days or there's...
I don't even know.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to show off in an MMO?

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It's a holiday here in the United States, and more specifically it's a holiday we usually celebrate by blowing things up in colorful displays...

10-year-old Runes of Magic’s crafting festival has begun

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Runes of Magic had admittedly fallen way off my radar over the last while, right up until our own MMO Cartographer dipped back into...

Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll

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Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...

Human male Brawlers are now available in TERA’s Fists of Velika update on console

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There are many of us here aboard the MassivelyOP Yacht that have strong opinions about gender-locked classes, and very clearly a lot of our...

Everything you need to know about MapleStory’s brand-new Pathfinder class

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Last week, classic MapleStory dropped a brand-new class, Pathfinder, a legendary arcane archer who's a bit like Legolas and Gandalf all rolled into one....
But THIS time it'll work.

Bless Unleashed explains the lore of the Dreamscale Ruins

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One of the first rules about fighting any sort of trickster god is to be really sure that it's dead before you walk away....
Very mature.

WoW Classic’s closed beta will end with an in-game event in July 12

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World of Warcraft Classic beta testers, do you think, after your 17000+ bug reports, that the game is ready to finish up its fixes...

Bai can now reach a new level of power in the latest Closers patch

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I'll admit that I'm not following the lore of Closers very closely, so it took me a moment to process that there's a group...

Roblox’s latest transmedia synergy event is with… Stranger Things

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If you had "transmedia synergy" on your MMO bingo card, you're going to be happy about this post right here. Roblox is apparently leaping...
Donkeys cannot use horse gear.

Black Desert’s latest patch kicks off a new summer event and tweaks guild skills

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Black Desert's having a bit of a good run the past week, what with the launch of the Shai and the announcement of a...
A bunny must jump.

Massively OP’s guide to Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ unlocks and progress

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The new expansion is out! After what felt like basically a year of waiting (but was closer to six months), Final Fantasy XIV's third...

Atlas launches single-player mode beta amid promises that multiplayer is the team’s ‘priority’

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Well here's something unexpected from a game that missed its own launch date back in December: Atlas is actually ahead of schedule on its...

Astellia invites you to enter the Colosseum in its latest trailer and heads for its next closed beta

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Often in action combat MMOs, the story or world built around it is secondary -- arguably tertiary -- to the feeling of getting in...
Smug twit.

The Daily Grind: What one modern feature would you bring to WoW Classic?

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Want to send your ardent World of Warcraft Classic proponent into an unscripted fit of rage? Insist strongly that while the retro server idea...

The Stream Team: Moglomancer madness in AdventureQuest 3D

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AQ3D just introduced its Moglin "pet" class to the Moglin Kickstarter backers and Massively OP's MJ is so excited to try it! Unfortunately, it...
Not this.

EverQuest and EverQuest II kick off the Summer Spectacular as time-locked expansion servers advance

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The summer spectacular has arrived in EverQuest and EverQuest II. No mediocrity with summer for you, it's all the spectacular here. The events run...

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