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]

Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore talks about the challenges and benefits of its newly installed weather system

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It's not always sunny in Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore. Namely because the game now has a day/night cycle, but also because the devs introduced...

Lego Universe rogue server pushes out huge update with beta still on the way

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If you don't even recall LEGO Universe, don't blame a faulty memory. The short-lived MMO was only on the scene from 2010 to 2012...

Shroud of the Avatar fixes ‘several mount issues’ and closes an overly lucrative item sale loop

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There are some bug fixes that have been applied to Shroud of the Avatar, which normally wouldn't really be something that lands in our...
Kershadow

Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV add to its tanks?

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So we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Endwalker will add new tricks to every job in Final Fantasy XIV. We don't...

TitanReach answers questions about development, items, and future content

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The devs of the indie MMO TitanReach decided that it was time to pluck a few player questions and provide some answers to those...

Mortal Online 2 adds new enemies and improved PvE AI behaviors in newest patch

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If the preview video from Mortal Online 2 got you excited at the prospect of being smashed by a giant troll, your moment of...

Swords of Legends Online’s AMA addresses monetization, content, and name reservation SNAFU

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At the tail end of June, Swords of Legends Online threw out a whole bunch of event dates including a livestream and an AMA,...

Zenith now lets players wave to NPCs in order to start dialogue with them

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If you're going to be playing Zenith, the VR MMO being developed by Ramen VR, you'd better make sure you have your controller straps...

The Daily Grind: Do you plan your MMO play around bonus experience mechanics?

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Rested experience mechanics are actually one of my favorite systems in online games. They've taken many forms over the years, from Ultima Online's power...

MMO Week in Review: Delay of Dragons

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Any other week, the news that Magic Legends is closing down and laying off the team before it launches, SWTOR is getting a Christmas...

The MOP Up: PUBG Mobile snaps its fingers and bans millions

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This may well be one of the largest banhammer strikes we've ever seen: PUBG Mobile announced that over the course of a week, it...

One Shots: Fantasy splash pad

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I'm oddly fascinated with water effects and physics (what little there is) in MMOs, especially when games try to portray large lakes or oceans....
Burnsauce.

The Daily Grind: How much does freedom to experiment matter to you in an MMO?

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I admit that I was never a huge fan of how easy resetting talents was after a point in World of Warcraft, but I...

LOTRO producer talks Gundabad, Brawler, and LI revamp in new stream

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Lord of the Rings Online's new producer, Oleg "Raninia" Brodskiy, is helping SSG make big strides toward becoming more communicative and transparent ever since...

Pantheon previews the Monk class and talks about its QA process

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You've heard a lot about Pantheon and have seen plenty of its screenshots and concept art, but how about taking that next step to...

Camelot Unchained crafts bandits, the Hamadryad race, cliffs, and inclement weather

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We're starting off July, meaning it's time for Camelot Unchained to share updates for work done this past June. In the game's latest dev...

Swords of Legends Online’s name reservation dissolves into chaos

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On Friday, Swords of Legends Online opened the doors to its name reservations. And just like Jurassic Park's initial tour, this event dissolved into...

LOTRO Legendarium: A tale of two progression servers

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Truly, this is a momentous week in the history of Lord of the Rings Online, if for nothing else than the addition of two...

Blizzard announces next Hearthstone expansion, sells a WoW 6-month sub bundle in its summer sale

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There's quite the little bundle of news updates coming out of Blizzard's games, so we've elected to tie them all together into a nice...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs don’t love you back?

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If you can excuse an abstract exercise in anthropomorphism, this morning I'd like to talk about how MMOs treat us. While these are games...

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