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]

So the WoW Classic Classic fresh start anniversary launch last night was pretty smooth

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If you're starting to get that déjà vu feeling in WoW Classic, it's because 2024 is looking like 2019 is looking like 2004. The...

Four Winds: The early leveling experience in Amazon’s Throne & Liberty

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In the last edition of Four Winds, I covered the opening hours of my journey through Throne and Liberty. Overall, the tutorial island did...

Final Fantasy XIV Mobile devs promise the game will be more than a ‘bite-sized mobile experience’

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There was some understandable skepticism and general recoil after the announcement that Final Fantasy XIV is getting a mobile spinoff, but the developers at...

Daybreak confirms work on EverQuest 3 is happening, though it might not be called EverQuest 3

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It would be easy to presume that the future of EverQuest is largely about putting forth new expansions for the existing two titles instead...

Stars Reach unveils the earliest stages of its player housing homesteading system

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Development on Playable Worlds' Star Wars Galaxies-esque MMO sandbox Stars Reach is continuing at an apparently speedy pace: The latest dev blog heralds the...

PlanetSide 2 confirms NA server merges, plans new assault facilities and faction-agnostic mecha for 2025

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This year marks 12 years since the launch of PlanetSide 2, which means that the game is now older than PlanetSide was when the...
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The Daily Grind: What one simple fix would help your favorite MMORPG?

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In the comments of the 490th MOP Podcast, multiple people chimed in to talk about Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion after I said...

The Stream Team: A Prison of the Planes in Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Who would tour an abandoned prison complex? Massively OP's MJ and her DnD night crew, that's who! Also, a cloud giant commander, Nimbus ar'Yorg,...

Massively Overthinking: Breaking the load-bearing mechanics in MMORPGs

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The parable of Chesterton's Fence has been making the rounds on social media this week in a political context, but I want to talk...

Path of Exile 2 early access hands-on: A Witch, a Sorceress, and a Ranger walk off the gallows

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When a game you've been eagerly waiting for invites you to come play it one weekend, you nonchalantly check your calendar and... haha, just...

WoW Classic Classic launches tonight with fresh progression servers and some changes

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It's (re)launch day for WoW Classic, as Blizzard opens the doors this evening to a batch of fresh start megaservers around the globe starting...

Black Desert releases villainous turkeys on PC once more and applies new class skills on mobile

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There's more than one MMORPG that's pitting players against evil turkeys. The PC version of Black Desert is also getting in on the foul...
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Albion Online improves boss lairs with its newest Horizons patch

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Yo dawg, Albion Online heard you like bosses in your boss lairs, so the game made your boss lair more bossy so you get...

New World is merging 12 of its crossplay servers just weeks after the Aeternum launch

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Amazon's New World has a longstanding pattern: It opens new servers, and then it closes some more. We're just a month and change into...
Yeah, that'll do it.

Vague Patch Notes: The ridiculous marketing doublespeak around MMORPGs

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There is a lot to make fun of when it comes to New World, and it comes in many forms, from excusing bad decisions...

Lord of the Rings Online is revamping Mines of Moria for the December 4 launch on the legendary servers

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In the secret places of Lord of the Rings Online, the developers of legend dug too deep and unleashed a slew of antiquated instances...

Tarisland confirms new epic raids, more Twisted Dreamland, and a Christmas event for December

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Are you having fun exploring the snowy zone of Blight Dragon Elegy or clawing feebly at the legendary weapon grind in Tarisland? Well don't...

Throne & Liberty patches in its sprouts system and 2 star dungeon tier – well, kinda

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As promised, Throne and Liberty released its 1.8.0 update overnight - this is the update whose key feature, as we've been covering, is the...

Star Citizen confirms a full wipe is coming with alpha 4.0 as it readies for tomorrow’s IAE free-fly event

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It's been a little while since players of Star Citizen's alpha have seen a full reset to their earnings, items, and progress. That's going...

The WoW Classic Classic anniversary rollout is getting an Oceania server after all

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When Blizzard announced World of Warcraft Classic Classic would run with megaservers - PvE in US West, PvP and Hardcore in US East -...