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]

This is not that lightsaber, but I care so little I'm not hunting down a picture.

Star Wars: The Old Republic explains the Bolster changes in Patch 5.1

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Players who logged in to Star Wars: The Old Republic after patch 5.1 and jumped right into PvP probably noticed right away that their...

ArcheAge invites your guild on an adventure this week

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This week's ArcheAge patch has kicked off a string of events to keep you occupied well into February. To start with, the fantasy MMO has whipped...
Fight for something, probably, whatever.

World of Warcraft is bringing back Southshore vs. Tarren Mill for patch 7.2

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At this point in World of Warcraft, Southshore is a plague-filled crater and Tarren Mill has gotten a complete architectural overhaul. But back in...
Item by item.

The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO patch notes?

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I read the patch notes. I've always read the patch notes. When I was first playing Final Fantasy XI and you had to deal...

See how Camelot Unchained’s visuals have evolved

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There was a neat little post on Reddit yesterday in which a Camelot Unchained fan, DasLPSchaf, created a graphic showing some of the visual...

Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores

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I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...

Blades of Orterra takes you on a swordfighting adventure across the sky

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You have to be crazy, inspired, skilled, ambitious, or all of the above to attempt to create an MMO all by yourself. Here at...
Worlds Adrift

Worlds Adrift attempts to make the fastest ship ever

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One of the big selling points of Worlds Adrift is the ability to create your own airships from scratch. The devs definitely put a...
If I had known then what I know now, I... would have felt no different, really, but it might have mitigated stuff.

WildStar explains shift in dungeon reward philosophy

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Don't look now, but WildStar has incited an underground revolution involving its dungeon reward philosophy. In the upcoming Power of the Primal Matrix update,...

World of Warcraft explains how you’ll upgrade your maxed-out artifact weapon

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How attached are you to your World of Warcraft artifact weapon? On one hand, the developers have outright told the community that these weapons...
Well, all right, then.

Sea of Thieves talks about its technical alpha

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Sea of Thieves is revving up both its testing and communication after some downtime during the holidays. As such, the team is back for...

The Stream Team: SWTOR’s Skytroopers assault the Gravestone

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Having ended on a cliffhanger last time, Massively OP's Larry and MJ will be jumping straight into the SWTOR action today. They must now...

Blade & Soul’s Wings of the Raven February 8 update includes two huge raids

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Two weeks from today, Blade & Soul is getting what surely has to be its thousandth patch by now since launching here in the...
Back, back, back in time.

Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday expansion debuts on console February 14

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Star Trek Online's Agents of Yesterday, last summer's nostalgia-drenched expansion, will warp from PC to console on Valentine's Day, a press release from PWE...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side

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In third grade, my teacher sent home a report card with the note that "Justin is wonderfully strange." Ever since then, I never found the...
Die, die, die!

Crowfall details the mechanics of death, resurrection, and swapping characters

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You will die while playing Crowfall. That's pretty much inevitable. But you will also never die in Crowfall, because you are not your character;...

Black Desert’s Margoria expansion sends gamers to the high seas today

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Suit up and man the decks, me hearties: Black Desert's Margoria expansion is going live today. "The Margoria Expansion pushes the limits of what is...
Not the only way you get around.

Revelation Online details the many ways to travel the world

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There's a bit of a problem with Revelation Online when it comes to transportation. You get wings, you see, and that begs the question...
Are you going to HIT me?

Riders of Icarus launches its Sandstorm update

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There's a giant raid boss named Sandstorm wandering out in the world of Riders of Icarus, so naturally, players are expected to go kill...

The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you dread repeating on alts?

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As a habitual and lifelong altoholic, I am quite used to walking a new generation of characters in the footsteps of their forefathers and foremothers....