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]

Tree of Savior debuts new PvP battle mode, extends scavenge challenge

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Are you the best Tree of Savior player on your block? Do your friends come over to your house and marvel at your mad...

Shroud of the Avatar counts down the final days to its persistent world

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We are just two days away from Shroud of the Avatar's final wipe and debut of its persistent world (albeit one that's still in...

Virtus Gaming hopes to be the next big thing for MMORPG communities

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Last week, we were contacted by the purveyor of a new online gaming social media platform called Virtus Gaming. Drew Duncan's his name, and...
Does this word mean something different to you?

LawBreakers’ Assassin is totally gonna gank you

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Last week, Nexon previewed LawBreakers' Enforcer role. This week, it's all about the Assassin. "With her razor-sharp blades, powerful Romerus energy shotgun, and hyper...
I need healing.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about leveling in Final Fantasy XIV’s future

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Speculating about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is something that I engage in quite a bit, but the fact is that there's an...
Gods.

Skyforge releases its one-year anniversary trailer

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The anniversary event for Skyforge has been running for a little while and is scheduled to come to an end very soon on July...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

Pokemon Go: Stock plummet, trolling, design fails, and crossing the Canadian border

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Here's our near-daily smorgasbord of inane Pokemon Go stories. I'm sorry. Two kids from Alberta, Canada, crossed the border into the US state of...
Glub glub.

Black Desert Online’s Korean version adds in a new region and underwater combat

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Now that Black Desert Online has landed in North America and is humming along nicely, it's sometimes easy to forget that the game has...

Chronicles of Elyria debates day and season length, delays store

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Put yourself in the shoes of a developer and ask: How long should a day/night cycle be? What about the seasons? What if those...
And it burns, burns, burns.

Check out the unboxing of the BlizzCon 2016 swag bag

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Let's be real here. If you purchased BlizzCon 2016 tickets several months back, you weren't doing it for the thought of goodies. You were...
what

Defiance ditches its brand-new auction house

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Easy come, easy go: Just two months after Defiance added a game-wide auction house, the title is now removing it entirely. According to Trion Worlds,...
Let the crows fall, let them tumble.

The Daily Grind: Do you think of yourself as an MMO PvPer?

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Whether I've consciously realized it or not, I've been a PvPer since my first FFA PvP sandbox, Ultima Online, in 1997. Since then, I've...

MMO Week in Review: The patch before the patch before Legion (July 24, 2016)

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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! World...

EVE Evolved: When was EVE Online’s golden age?

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In the latest Massively Overthinking article, our Patreon patron Duane got us thinking about whether the golden age of the MMO industry has passed or MMOs are actually in...

The MOP Up: Planet of Heroes comes into orbit (July 24, 2016)

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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...
Ultima Online

Ultima Online newsletter addresses Publish 94, special moves, and armor enhancing

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Ultima Online's latest newsletter is short and sweet: Broadsword Producer Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong confirms that the team is still working on Publish 94, shooting...

Leaderboard: Is Black Desert’s new subscription value pack pay-to-win?

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Black Desert players are on fire over the new subscription value pack. Well not literally on fire, but damn close. MOP reader Sally pointed us...

Discover a long-lost empire in Neverwinter’s next update

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Cryptic's been adding new content so regularly to Neverwinter that what was one a 14-page adventure booklet is now a mighty campaign tome large...

One Shots: Strange voyages

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As cool and iconic that Star Trek ships look, I've always thought they also came across as fragile, with pieces sticking out here and...
When it lost me.

The Daily Grind: What MMOs did you like more when you started than later on?

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When I first started playing Warhammer Online as part of Choose My Adventure ages ago, I had a lot of fun. Until I leveled...