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]

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‘Throne war’ MMO Crowfall explains the art of its visual storytelling

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Most of the active storytelling you're going to get in Crowfall is going to be done and explained by the premise of the game itself;...

City of Heroes Homecoming delays move, plans EU server, offers XP boots, and battles toxicity

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Remember how we were all preparing for an outage for the City of Heroes rogue servers run by the Homecoming team this weekend? It's...

Nexon’s huge first quarter financials made EA and Blizzard look downright shabby

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While EA and Activision-Blizzard reported truly meh first quarter 2019 earnings, Nexon was out there making the case for why somebody ought to pay...

Secret World Legends players host Cabal pride recruitment event tomorrow

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Still hunting around for a good cabal in Secret World Legends? While the game might not be as active these days, the community certainly...

Star Citizen’s latest developer video premieres a ‘wheeled warrior of wickedness’

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Yesterday when Star Citizen dropped its latest concept ship sale for Concierge players - for the Tumbril Ranger motorcycles - we guessed that not...
glargh and suchlike

Warhammer Online lives on thanks to a free-to-play private server

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Our own Justin Olivetti jokingly referred to our site as "Massively Emulated" in private chat for what should now be patently obvious reasons, so...
Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: Guessing at the next World of Warcraft expansion announcement using math

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Here's the genesis of this particular article: I saw speculation over on Blizzard Watch that we were about a year too early for a World...
How long? For what?

Age of Conan celebrates 11 years of operation with an anniversary event

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It turns out that the age of Age of Conan now goes to eleven, as the game is celebrating its 11th anniversary this year. There's...
This is Thancred.

Final Fantasy XIV producer letter addresses gender-locking and job balance in Shadowbringers

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The revelation of having no new healer job and two new gender-locked races added to Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has prompted no small amount of...
Sir.

Elder Scrolls Online issues an apology over the Elsweyr adventure plagiarism debacle

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It was just supposed to be a fun little promo item to help spark excitement for The Elder Scrolls Online's next expansion, but the free Elsweyr...

The Daily Grind: Are we watching the AAA video game market burst?

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About four years ago, I wrote one of the pieces I'm still most proud of: It essentially argued that the MMO industry was suffering...

The Stream Team: Secret World Legends’ bag opening bonanza

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Even though she promised, you never thought this day would come: Massively OP's MJ is going to finally open a bunch of her bags...

Massively Overthinking: Do you play MMO characters you like – or characters that are objectively good?

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Earlier this week, some Massively OP writers were hanging out in team chat talking about favorite City of Heroes powersets from back in the...

Blade & Soul is bringing back the Dragon’s Bounty event for the release of the Scarlet Tears update

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Blade & Soul has already talked plenty about the new Scarlet Conservatory raid coming with the release of its upcoming Scarlet Tears update, but...

Dual Universe elaborates on its upcoming talent tree system

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The devs of Dual Universe promised in their last alpha patch rundown that they would be offering more insight into the upcoming talent tree...

Path of Exile studio says it has no plans to make other games right now

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Path of Exile's Grinding Gear Games has been tearing up the forums and Reddit addressing its playerbase's big questions lately - it even prompted...

Fallout 76’s Pioneer Scouts and vendors roll out as players debate taxes and the game’s MMO feel

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Fallout 76's latest Wild Appalachia update rolled out this week, implementing the Pioneer Scouts faction and quests, new backpacks that boost carry weight, legendary...

Star Citizen’s latest concept ship sale is actually for… motorcycles

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When DK tipped me this story, I joked that I could just write "Star Citizen. Motorcycles. $450" and you guys would just go and...

City of Heroes’ Homecoming servers port to Canada this weekend, server status page is live

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The City of Heroes Homecoming servers are packing up their bags and moving to new hosting this weekend, so you should probably expect some...
Toss me a cure, will you?

Wisdom of Nym: Where is our last area for Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers?

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There seems to be something we haven't learned yet about Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, and if you know anything about me, you know that makes...

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