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]

ArcheAge recovers from server merges, re-activates housing

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In the tumultuous annals of ArcheAge, this month's server merge might be remembered most for... being pretty smooth, overall. As the team brought the...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time you played an MMO ‘wrong’?

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Over the weekend, MMO blogger and Massively OP frequenter Wolfyseyes posted what I thought was a fantastic piece on playing MMOs "wrong." Eschewing other...

MMO Week in Review: Destiny’s child (September 10, 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! Assuming...

Runes of Magic prepares to merge servers in the US and Europe this month

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Runes of Magic fans, get ready: Server merges are on the way. Gameforge says it's merging all of its English, German, American and Polish servers...

The MOP Up: Skyforge gets a dark rush with the Revenant (September 10, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Looking at Secret World’s ‘dangerous’ roleplaying scene

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"It was supposed to be fiction, but the developers and then the fans started blurring the edges of the game. It turned out that the...

Guild Chat: Dealing with the ‘it’s me or the MMO guild!’ ultimatum

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Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered readership can band together to help a gamer-in-need with...
Head games.

PAX West 2017: Playing Kritika Online’s upcoming Psion class in Shattered Table

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En Masse recently introduced the newest class coming to Kritika Online, and while visiting the studio's offices during PAX West 2017, I was able...

One Shots: I think I’m turning Japanese

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I've got your picture of me and you You wrote "I love you," I love you too I sit there staring and there's nothing...
Tasty.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best consumable items?

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Back at launch, I had a lot of affection for playing a Warrior with Alchemy in World of Warcraft. Sure, I missed out on...

LOTRO’s insane player Olympics return next week

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What do you get when you take a bunch of stubborn and foolhearty Dwarves, get them tanked on ale, and then start boasting about...

PAX West 2017: Taking ‘control’ of TERA on console

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It's all about the controller: My En Masse Entertainment PAX West office visit last weekend included a hands-on with TERA on console. Now, I have...

AdventureQuest 3D revamps the Greenguard Forest

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Even as AdventureQuest 3D continues to press forward with its development, it hasn't resisted looking back to see what older content could use a...

Camelot Unchained wows DragonCon attendees with thousands of battling bots

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Camelot Unchained wasn't in attendance at PAX West last week, but it had a good reason: The team was at DragonCon instead for a...

The Game Archaeologist: Climax’s Warhammer Online

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Let's begin with a little personal history. Back in 2008, I decided to get into the blogging scene by jumping on board the latest...
Only 90s kids

Marvel Heroes is bringing Venom to consoles – but only for two weeks

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Want to experience the heights of joy and the depths of despair in the same sentence? Here you go, straight from Marvel Heroes' Facebook...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite pop culture reference in an MMO?

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I will never be completely sure of it, but I like to think that the "Deep-Toads" of Lord of the Rings Online's Moria are...
This guy, though... he didn't get it.

Final Fantasy XIV players to host in-game events, charity stream for hurricane relief Saturday

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Hat tip to MMO blogger Aywren, who picked up on a Final Fantasy XIV-based Direct Relief charity event "to raise awareness and bolster hurricane...

The Stream Team: Fighting through Secret World Legends’ Darkness War dungeon

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Before Massively OP's MJ can say see ya later to Secret World Legends' Blue Mountain, she needs to take one more trip into the...
Drift-slidin' away.

Betawatch: Worlds Adrift takes criticism and updates free tools (September 8, 2017)

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Nobody likes being criticized, ever. But it's a reality of life, and so Worlds Adrift has been taking the feedback from players about the...

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