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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Star Trek Online’s patch today continues adjusting patrols rewards

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Here's the bad news for today's patch in Star Trek Online: The Delta patrol missions will be providing less experience at the end of the...

Last Oasis delays early access again, this time to next year

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There's something of a surfeit of survival sandbox MMOs out there, so making sure a game stands out certainly feels more important than ever....

Cyberpunk MMO Zenith just raised more than a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter

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For the last many weeks, we've been covering the Kickstarter drive of Zenith, a cyberpunk MMO courting both PC and VR players. As of...

Desert Oasis: A guide to the best Mediah grindspots in Black Desert

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Of all the Desert Oasis articles I've written so far, by far the most fun I had was doing a guide for two of...
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Eternal Magic moves into open beta today – here’s the new trailer

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Good news, fans of optimization: Eternal Magic is moving into open beta today, and one of the elements that it's boasting is that it...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: No, Battle for Azeroth’s story hasn’t paid off by the end of the war campaign

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You know, I honestly had expected to do something else for WoW Factor this week, and then I was reminded that the war campaign was...

Elder Scrolls Online on the ‘class identity’ that informs its upcoming combat and balance changes

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If you're looking at the headline here and thinking oh no not class fantasy, then be aware: ZeniMax knows it's a loaded term and...
Here we go again.

Second impressions: Astellia Online’s launch version is a solidly average MMO

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So... here's the thing about Astellia Online. You remember my first impressions piece? I freely acknowledged that the game was fundamentally a fine title...

TERA shows off the vistas of its Skywatch: Aerial Island update and announces October events on PC

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TERA on PC is ramping up for a pretty busy few weeks if En Masse's recent announcements any indication. The action MMO has pulled...
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World of Warcraft players take to the streets of Orgrimmar over Sylvanas

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It's been a bit of a weird month as the two big factions of World of Warcraft - no, not the Horde and Alliance...

Star Wars: The Old Republic adds progression for Sorcerers and Sages

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It is always disappointing when an MMO expansion comes along and then gives your character nothing to show for those shiny new levels he...

Amazon says it’s still ‘working hard’ on its MMORPG New World

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Back in May, Amazon Game Studios raised eyebrows when it announced it was taking in-development MMORPG New World’s always-on alpha offline. According to the...
Again? Still?

The Daily Grind: How important do you think player hubs are in MMOs?

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It was really obvious how bad Warlords of Draenor was going to be when the expansion shifted its player centers. There were two cities that...

The Stream Team: MOP experiences Guild Wars 2’s new prologue, Bound by Blood

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There is more content ready to be explored in Guild Wars 2, and Massively OP is up to the challenge! How dangerous could a...
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PlanetSide 2 releases a PlanetSide: Arena cosmetic bundle and back-end improvements

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If you're enjoying your time in PlanetSide: Arena and want to get some of that look in PlanetSide 2, the developers will be delighted to sell you...
Thirsty.

Wakfu’s latest update, the Return of the Thirsters, is now live

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If you play Wakfu but don't follow the associated animated series, you might just think that "Return of the Thirsters" sounds like a vaguely bad...
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Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary crowdfunding drive sees nearly every extra item unlocked

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Last week we told you about an anniversary/crowdfunding event for Chronicles of Elyria which was set to open up new items and new gameplay...
Shiny!

Ultima Online turns 22 years old today, teases upcoming Jolly Roger update

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It's a big day for the seminal game of our genre: Ultima Online is officially 22 years old. "On this day in 1997 thousands of...
We got it back, after all.

City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers are now blocking copyright-infringing characters

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Players on the City of Heroes Homecoming servers enjoyed a privilege they were never afforded during the game's pre-shutdown run time: While NCsoft was draconian...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online PC Science Intel bundle in honor of Awakening’s launch

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With Star Trek Online's Awakening expansion now out in the wild on PC, PWE has kindly granted Massively OP a bunch of goodies to give...

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