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 Daily Grind: Should gamers be entitled to jump MMO queues if they sub?

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The launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor this week was a bit of a bungle, though not one we've never seen before. Launching MMOs...

The Stream Team: Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Memory Lapse

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Remember last time the end of the DDO free content event was nigh? Massively OP's MJ was racing to do as much as she...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...

LOTRO and DDO extend promo, give away zones, discount expansions, and sweeten subs

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OK, everybody who has had a beef with how expensive the cumulative content is for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons...
Rocky!

Colony sandbox MMO SEED takes a look at various biomes for settlers to explore

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Right now, SEED offers players a fairly comfortable space to start in. It's lightly forested grasslands providing plenty of resources and space to do important...
Sometimes the game hates you trying to understand it.

Final Fantasy XI kicks off its Beat the Heat campaign on June 11

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All heat must be beaten in Final Fantasy XI starting on June 11th. No, that's not when the game is adding some sort of Ambuscade...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Raph Koster’s dev studio Playable Worlds opens a new website and begins the search for game devs

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While the world waits to learn more about what Raph Koster has in store for the MMORPG world with his game, we can at...

GeForce NOW lets game publishers opt-in, Guild Wars 2 and Albion Online decide to opt-out

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The stumble-stepped release of Nvidia's cloud-based games service GeForce NOW is having another wobbling point. Nvidia has elected to let game developers and publishers...

Pathfinder Online moves into open enrollment and makes several updates

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Since it's been some time since we last took a peek at Pathfinder Online, we thought it would be a good idea to see...
Bleak!

Elder Scrolls Online tackles Greymoor bugs, plans Stadia launch June 16

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Since the Greymoor expansion of The Elder Scrolls Online has had a particularly bumpy launch, players have started the necessary evil of working around...

Desert Oasis: Rethinking the Black Desert grindspot debate

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Almost a year ago, I penned a column on grindspot etiquette in MMORPGs. Specifically, I wrote about the commonly accepted etiquette when it comes...

Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall moves from pre-alpha to alpha today

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Goodbye pre-alpha, hello alpha: ArtCraft is officially pushing Crowfall into the next stage of testing. It hasn't been without its setbacks - MMO vets...
Lol

Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon’s cancellation might just be for the best

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After a lot of time spent expecting this particular announcement, yesterday it was finally confirmed that there will be no BlizzCon 2020. This is...

Nordic-themed MMO Odin: Valhalla Rising gets a publishing deal with Kakao Games and a gameplay trailer

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You'll never guess the setting for the upcoming MMORPG Odin: Valhalla Rising. Admittedly, it couldn't be more on the nose unless it were called...

Fallout 76 interview: Bethsoft on One Wasteland, text chat, and other radioactive topics

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After a year and a half of regrettable design and business decisions (not to mention unending castigation in the media and among the community),...
Yeah but WHY though

EverQuest runs into some fresh server problems overnight, EverQuest II releases new podcast

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The server-related headaches for EverQuest just keep coming. Hot off of the heels of last week's extended maintenance, the classic MMORPG's servers found new...
Yeah, it's never happening.

First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2’s technical clownshow mangled its PC launch

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Phantasy Star Online 2 is, bar none, the absolute worst experience I have ever had with trying to get a game working on my...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor, Phantasy Star Online 2 PC struggle during launch week

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If you thought Guild Wars 2's No Quarter was going to be the release champion of this big-launch MMO week, you deserve a whole...
That's not a doll, guy.

The Daily Grind: What are the MMO starting zones that feel most welcoming to you?

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To this day, there is no starting zone in any MMO that has felt as warm and welcoming to me as Ronfaure in Final Fantasy...

The Stream Team: Procuring droid parts in SWTOR

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Last time, Massively OP's MJ discovered a cache of assassin droids in SWTOR, and she knows how to get herself one of her very...

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