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]

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The Daily Grind: If you quit WoW in 2021, where did you go?

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A while back on Reddit, I saw a question asking former World of Warcraft players where they've gone. It's not a novel question; we've...

The Stream Team: Making moves against the mastermind in Elder Scrolls Online

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Although he likely considered himself a mastermind, Massively OP's MJ easily sussed out the culprit behind the deaths of the officials in ESO's Blackwood...

Aura Kingdom’s Valleys of Ice Hearts update brings a level cap raise, new dungeons, and a true class master feature

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It's time to get frosty in Aura Kingdom as the anime MMORPG has added the Valleys of Ice Hearts update, bringing with it a...

RuneScape talks up the first Ninja Strike update of 2022 and Oasis Restoration community rewards

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New year, new Ninja Strike update to RuneScape! The game's latest weekly newsletter is heralding the first "scattershot" quality-of-life update made by the Ninja...

Fractured Online shares a preview of every combat school in the sandbox

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Fractured Online is continuing to roll out its re-introductory series of dev blogs that showcase the sandbox MMORPG's feature set, with the latest one...

The Elder Scrolls Online teases 2022 release theme with mysterious clues

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Yesterday, streamers, podcasters, YouTubers, and lowly game journalists began receiving a suspicious package teasing the next year-long theme for The Elder Scrolls Online. The...

The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off another region roaming event on January 20

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The Elder Scrolls Online has run events before where players were rewarded for going back to previous zones, and the game is doing so...
It burns, burns, burns.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ongoing balance pass

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So how's your job doing in Final Fantasy XIV right now? Mine are a mixed bag, and I know I'm not alone in this...

The Wagadu Chronicles plans its first alpha test for sometime this February

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If you've been keeping the Twitter account of The Wagadu Chronicles on your feed, you know that the game has been teasing a big...

The Daily Grind: Do you have any real-life foibles you carry into MMOs?

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My husband likes to tease me because I have this thing about consumables. If I have two lotions or soaps or snacks, I am...

MMO Week in Review: Lord of the Putting Those Plans On Hold For Now Online

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Standing Stone Games floated - and then withdrew - yet another set of controversial changes for Lord of the Rings Online this week, this...

The MOP Up: Vendetta Online adds 27 custom missions

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Vendetta Online warped into the new year with a slew of events, more functionality for capships, and 27 additional custom-made missions. Reader Jason keyed us...

The Stream Team: Taking a return trip to Dungeons and Dragons Online

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While most of the Dungeons and Dragons Online livestreams have been with MJ, this time it's Chris's turn to step into the shoes of...

One Shots: It’s not easy being green

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Kermit the Frog famously said that "it's not easy being green." But I think he was an ungrateful amphibian who didn't comprehend that his...
Not the problem.

The Daily Grind: What kind of update would bring you back to a lapsed MMO?

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If the biggest thing that kept you away from Elyon was the lack of an ability to arrow things in the face, the game's most...

Second Life’s original founder rejoins the project to create the ultimate metaverse

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I swear, every time I have to write the word "metaverse" these days, a part of my soul dies and my eyes get a...

Lost Ark collects all of its gameplay and class summaries in a single ‘new player guide’ location

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As Lost Ark's February 11th launch date looms ever closer, the game has been eager to highlight aspects of itself, from its overall gameplay...

Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning fixes key open RvR issues, continues to work on Land of the Dead

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Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning busted out its first patch of 2022, bringing an Unforgiving Seas weekend warfront along with it. Two small...

The Game Archaeologist: Talking 25-year-old Tibia with CipSoft

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It's not every MMORPG that can boast that it started back in the late '90s and is still going strong even today. However, Tibia...

Guild Wars 2 takes another crack at WvW restructuring

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Restructuring Guild Wars 2's World vs. World scene has become ArenaNet's white whale, especially after the studio had to prematurely call a failed test...

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