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]

The Stream Team: Having a hoppy Leap Day in Marvel Heroes

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Leaping lizards! It's Leap Day, and things are really hopping in Marvel Heroes. Between getting a free toad pet and drowning in XP, how...

Shroud of the Avatar brings in fast travel and new player towns

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More and more these days Shroud of the Avatar is looking like a whole game. It probably helps that the game seems to update...

RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March

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Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March. "DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...

The Stream Team: Launching into Black Desert for real

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The time has finally come: Black Desert has launched. At least the head start has. That means anything MassivelyOP's MJ does from here on...

PSA: Celebrate Leap Day in Marvel Heroes with a free pet and bonus XP

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Leap Day comes only once ever four years, and Marvel Heroes is celebrating by giving out free frogs and gratuitous amounts of XP. And...

Perfect World’s Arc platform now offers its own daily quests

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Perfect World's Arc platform is getting a big facelift, which is good news for anyone confused by the old layout and navigation, but the...
I can see I'm going blind.

MMORPGs celebrate The Revenant’s Oscars

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If your MMORPG has a Revenant class, you'd best not be missing the opportunity to plug it today, as the movie celebrates its three...

Elder Scrolls Online DLC adds loot NPC, reinstates RvR forward camps

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ZeniMax has a few last bits of PvP info to push out before The Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC goes live in March. Of...
Ice cold.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 is a return to form

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I've expressed my misgivings about Final Fantasy XIV's first major post-expansion patch before. It wasn't terrible, but it didn't really hook me in like...

How player healers will cure disease and set bones in Revival

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In my very first MMORPG, I was obsessed with the idea of becoming a healer -- not someone who cast healing spells but someone...

Daum compensates Black Desert players for headstart server mixup

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A goof-up on the Black Desert headstart servers over the weekend saw some North American players unintentionally placed on the wrong servers, and Daum...
SWTOR agent and Scorpio

The Daily Grind: Is MMORPG voiceover/voiceacting worth the cost?

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Last week, Justin and I answered a podcast listener question about voiceover localization in MMORPGs, and I thought it dovetailed nicely with a question Massively...
Combat attire: you're doing it wrong.

MMO Week in Review: Black Desert’s headstart is here (February 28, 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! As...
Top gear indeed.

Allods Online explains gearing changes for the New Order update

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The New Order hitting Allods Online is going to be changing how players acquire gear in a big way, and it's going to be...

Elite Dangerous contemplates allowing players to name star systems

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It's one thing to make a great cosmic discovery that puts you in the history books. But wouldn't you like to name that star,...

The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 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...

Guild Chat: Fitting a character to a new roleplaying guild

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Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we get together to help readers in...
Glub glub.

Leaderboard: What do you think of Black Desert so far?

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Headstart for Black Desert's began this morning, at least if you preordered. Are you watching from the sidelines or already lost to the grind? If you're in and enjoying...

One Shots: I heart you

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Valentine's Day is already well behind us (and greatly before us), but the love among the MMO community never dies down. Today we have a...
The Guitar Hero rush hit us all.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for having an army of alts?

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One of the things that makes me happy about World of Warcraft's next expansion is that cosmetics are becoming more unified. Unlock a plate...