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]

Steam and Discord keep trying to copy each other

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Where does your allegiance lie: Steam or Discord? It won't really matter either way, considering that both online services are trying so hard to...

Black Desert partners up with controversial exploiter, community explodes

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The Black Desert community is up in arms this week after Pearl Abyss highlighted one of the game's Twitch streamers as a "featured partner."...
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The Daily Grind: Do you take the lead in MMO groups?

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There are many different sorts of leaders in group content. There are the people who are "leaders" in the sense that they set the...

The Stream Team: First anniversary shenanigans in Secret World Legends

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Secret World Legends turns one next week (but the Secret World IP turns six soon after). And what would a birthday party be without...

Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset added a new hour of music and 7,224 lines of dialogue

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You might be finding yourself enchanted with Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset's pretty visuals, but what about the delight that your ears are sampling? ZeniMax gave...
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Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV prepare a crossover while the latter prepares for a patch

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We still don't yet know what rewards you'll get in Final Fantasy XIV for hunting the great beast Rathalos, but we know that the...

Saga of Lucimia brings a new character creator and elemental magic to Release 10

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Mark your calendars for June 29th, because on that day Saga of Lucimia is going to turn back on its test server to give...

The Stream Team: Celebrating the start of summer in the second half of AQ3D’s Dragons Graveyard

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What better why to celebrate the start of summer than in a cemetery? OK, fine, but this isn't an ordinary graveyard! Massively OP's MJ...
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The Repopulation details the changes for art assets and how they help players

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The odds are high that when you walk through an MMO's landscape, you are not thinking about art assets beyond "this looks pretty" or...

EverQuest patches up as EverQuest II brings back Moonlight Enchantments

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Yesterday EverQuest pushed out a catch-all patch that made a slew of changes to several of the game's quests, spells, and events. It's one of...

RIFT issues another progression server challenge, loses lead raid developer

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It's time to play the catch-up game with RIFT, starting with this week's new challenge by the devs to progression server players. For the...
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Blizzard appears to be reactivating old WoW accounts – go check yours [Confirmed!]

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If you have a dormant World of Warcraft account, best give it a check: Redditors are reporting that their accounts are currently activated without...

Trion throws open Defiance 2050’s gates for another beta round this weekend

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Trion is running yet another beta round for Defiance 2050 as the reboot heads to open testing on PC this weekend, starting tomorrow afternoon...

The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2018 Sale

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Valve's summer Steam sale is here, complete with a space theme. Here's what's notable in the pile this year and a bit beyond Steam...

Champions Online slashes prices on freeform characters, three for 60 bucks

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At the beginning of June, PWE announced big changes for Champions Online: It was planning to drop the game's optional monthly subscription in favor...
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Closers details the effects of removing the game’s fatigue system

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When you're enjoying a game, the last thing you want to be told is that it's time to stop playing for a while because...

Blade and Soul crushes summer boredom with its Celestial Dawn patch

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Aww, don't be sad, weird little old man with long pierced bunny rabbit ears! I know you're feeling left without purpose, now that you're...

Hyperspace Beacon: Future plot points for SWTOR and other unanswered lore questions

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Last night, BioWare Creative Director Charles Boyd and Community Manager Eric Musco were guests on the Passionately Casual Podcast to discuss the lore of Star Wars: The...

Neverwinter counts 18M players as it celebrates its fifth birthday

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Eighteen million! No, that's not how many dollars you've dumped into your Steam account; that's just about how many people have played Neverwinter in...

Bless Online patches in a 3v3 arena and class buffs as players call for server merges

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Bless Online is trucking out a brand-new patch today. The highlight is the Certanon Arena, essentially a 3v3 best-of-five PvP minigame for level 45...