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]

RuneScape provides information about Gate of Elidinis drop rates as it prepares for Halloween

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Have you been running through RuneScape's Gate of Elidinis skilling boss fight over and over again, wondering why you can't get that one freakin'...

Fractured Online reworks consumables and tweaks armor penetration ahead of free-to-play transition

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Following the news that Fractured Online is tweaking its content roadmap and going free-to-play, Dynamight Studios has followed through on its planned updates with...

Lord of the Rings Online says Legacy of Morgoth is on track for early November launch

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"Everything seems to be cooking along just fine." That's the word from Lord of the Rings Online's team regarding the upcoming early November release...
Pop?

Wisdom of Nym: The dark side of role quests in Final Fantasy XIV

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I haven't been shy talking about liking the role quests that are currently available in Dawntrail. Indeed, I think that Final Fantasy XIV has...

Ashes of Creation players spill the beans about pre-alpha testing as verbal and written NDAs lift

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If you've got Ashes of Creation targeted in your gaming news and social feeds, then you probably woke up to a deluge of information...
Go over there!

Albion Online players are not happy with new P2W bundles that fast-track skill learning

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Last week, Albion Online decided to offer up something new for players to purchase: warden mastery packs, a series of four new bundles with...

The Daily Grind: How detailed should MMORPG character creation sliders be?

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A few weeks back, there was a fabulous thread on Twitter that dug deeply into the concept of character creation in video games, specifically...

MMO Week in Review: New World’s promising Aeternum, Star Citizen’s big promises

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New World was the big MMORPG story this week as Amazon officially brought the game to consoles under the Aeternum banner, though PC players...

The MOP Up: Lost Ark readies a two-gate raid and server transfers

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Lost Ark is pumping out two updates in October, with one already live and a new raid, transfers, and cosmetics coming on October 23rd:...

Stick and Rudder: On CitizenCon day two, Star Citizen talked MMO design and full 1.0 release

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Sure, we've had one day of CitizenCon, but what about second day? The weekend event for the 12 year-old sci-fi sandbox Star Citizen has...

The Stream Team: Entering a goth phase in Final Fantasy XIV’s All Saints’ Wake event

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It's Halloween time in Final Fantasy XIV, and this year's event is getting into a pop goth phase. Or maybe it's not a phase?...

Dungeons and Dragons Online is launching its 64-bit server next week

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Dungeons and Dragons Online is getting mighty ambitious with a new event called Lanterns in the Mist that's currently winding its way through testing....

One Shots: Come into my lair, sweetling

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As we creep toward Halloween, our crack One Shots photojournalists were on the ground in various games grabbing us first-hand demonstrations of the season's...
Blues?

The Daily Grind: Do you fight wipes or try to reset in MMO group content?

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So a mechanic just turned half of your group from being participants in a fight into rapidly expanding clouds of vapor. There are two...

Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen talks tools, gear, social features, and Squadron 42 at CitizenCon day one

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It's that time of year again for fans and followers of Star Citizen to come together in-person and digitally to see what's next in...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen opens CitizenCon, Fractured eyes F2P, Fractured Veil and Shadow’s Kiss sunset

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Star Citizen's CitizenCon event kicked off this morning under a cloud of drama as backers tuned in to see where the game and S42...

Star Wars The Old Republic officially kicks off public testing of Game Update 7.6

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Did the features promised last week for Star Wars: The Old Republic get you excited to fire up the public test server and try...

LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria

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With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...

New World see trick-or-treating and Baalphazu, Marquis of Terror, return for Halloween

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New World is having a second day in the sun this week, thanks to its release on console and its new Aeternum edition, but...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a weekly MMO routine or are you more freeform?

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World of Warcraft's "weekly reset" on Tuesday eventually became the anchor point around which entire routines were built, including mine. I like the predictability of...