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]

Choose My Adventure: Figuring out the crazy train of Torchlight Frontiers’ Railmaster

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So it turns out that the CMA readership would really like to see me run around with a murder train following me. This week's...
Oh no, manchildren!

Final Fantasy XIV’s GARO collaboration ends with patch 5.1; get your rewards now

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You remember the Final Fantasy XIV collaboration with GARO, right? It's hard to forget it; where else can you get an invisible shield, mechanical ponies,...

Black Desert brings the desert dragon Nouver to the PS4

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It's time for PlayStation 4 owners of Black Desert to go on a world boss hunt. Today's update to the sandbox MMORPG has brought...
Oh no.

Astellia Online’s class evolution system is now live

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Astellia Online fans are in for a treat today as the still-got-that-new-car-smell MMORPG just pushed out its formal class evolution system with today's early-morning...
Fine, whatever.

World of Warcraft’s newest allied races boast pint-sized cuteness

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Long rumored to be the next (and final) allied races of World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion cycle, the Vulpera and Mechagnomes are...

The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO experiences you feel you missed out on that can’t possibly be recreated now?

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A while back, at the height of the WoW Classic hype, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit by an author who expressed...

Massively Uplifting: From weddings to memorials, gamers celebrate life in AQ3D, GW2, BDO, LOTRO, WoW, and more

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It's an alphabet soup of good (MMO) vibes this month! While many may have returned to the school of hard knocks this fall, plenty...

Path of Exile offers some stats on which enchantments are the most popular in the Blight League

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I love pie, which is why I probably can grasp pie charts the easiest out of all of the graphs, and there's lots of...

RuneFest 2019: Old School RuneScape’s Morytania expansion, Twisted league, group ironman, and clans

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What's in store for Old School RuneScape in 2020? Plenty. Before the big stage reveal at this year's RuneFest 2019, John Colgrave, product manager...
Eyes cream.

World of Warcraft previews patch 8.3, Visions of N’Zoth, and plans Dire Maul for WoW Classic October 15

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Hard on the heels of World of Warcraft patch 8.2.5 comes the reveal of patch 8.3, Visions of N'Zoth, the next (and likely final) major...

Mortal Online opens up a new starting zone for players with today’s Haven update

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The word "haven" means a lot of things, but almost all of them relate to a feeling of safety. In a game like Mortal...

Camelot Unchained’s support class testing moves on to the Dark Fool

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While the Minstrel class in Camelot Unchained is by no means finished, the weekly update now notes that the folks at City State Entertainment...

Albion Online offers a closer look at its new Outlands PvP area

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Oh, great! Another new video from Albion Online with Robin Henkys and what looks like the world's most comfortable chair! Let me just open...

Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid’s recent dev blogs cover everything from PvP to instancing

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Pantheon fans, if you haven't swung by the official site in a few days, you definitely should. Visionary Realms' Brad "Aradune" McQuaid has been...
There is actually quite a lot of this.

Wisdom of Nym: The space remaining in Final Fantasy XIV

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If we get more than two more expansions in Final Fantasy XIV, we're going to be moving into some interesting territory: Players are at level...

Shroud of the Avatar dates next SotACon event, releases more Episode 2 bundles

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Sometimes you have to root around in the Shroud of the Avatar update digest to find the interesting stuff. Digest #352 kind of has...

Fight or Kite: Impressions of Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, a solid fantasy battle royale nobody is playing

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A mere fortnight ago, the team behind Ashes of Creation took its MMO combat testing ground known as Apocalypse and opened the doors on...
Bless this hot mess.

EVE Online previews its October patch and releases its monthly economic report

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The October release approaches swiftly for EVE Online, with the update scheduled for October 8th (in the wee hours of the morning for most players...

Secret World Legends’ Moons of Madness spinoff gets a creepy ARG

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Halloween is right around the corner, and while Secret World Legends fans are still in a holding pattern for actual new content in that...
The vista

WoW Classic continues un-layering layered servers, video examines WoW Classic’s meaningfulness

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Blizzard continues to shut down layering across various realms in World of Warcraft: Classic, with another batch having deactivated the intentionally temporary measure to...

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