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The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2018?

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Last week, as part of MOP's 2018 awards rollout, we asked you about the best trend of the year for our genre. We were...

Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2019

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With 2018 drawing to a close and 2019 rushing up to meet us, the Massively OP team has regrouped for another round of bold and goofy predictions for the year ahead. We’re feeling pretty good after our successful predictions from last year! What’s in store for the MMO genre next year? Here’s what we think.

Leaderboard: What was the best mobile MMO of 2018?

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While 2017 was a big year for mobile, 2018 was even bigger, as more and more MMORPG companies, from CCP Games and NCsoft to...

EverQuesting: Why I’m hesitant to jump on Daybreak’s lifetime membership deal bandwagon

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Well there's something I wasn't expecting, and I admit it: I am not really sure what to think about it. Daybreak just jumped on...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded jointly to ZeniMax Online Studios and Square-Enix...
Fences!

Vague Patch Notes: Understanding systems before you talk about them

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Here's a fun question to consider. What were Emblems of Valor and Emblems of Heroism designed to do in World of Warcraft? Yes, they were...
Blood flight.

The Daily Grind: How consistent are your MMO character names?

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I seem to be something of an abnormality among MMO roleplayers, because most of the time I play the same character across multiple games....
bye, felicia

Choose My Adventure: Summarizing our MMO adventures in 2018

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Sometimes I wonder how people think things work behind the scenes here at Massively Overpowered, so let me give a little peek behind the...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019

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Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to CCP's dramatic VR pullout and EVE Online layoffs...

The Daily Grind: Do you start over when you come back to an MMO?

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In looking over my history with MMORPGs this year, one trend leaps out at me: In pretty much every old favorite that I returned...
Because it's not real.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 201: Under siege from new content

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Justin and Bree discuss holiday events across the MMO world, PlanetSide Arena, SWTOR's Jedi Under Siege, Elite Dangerous, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Pantheon, with mailbag questions on MMO-like communities and ditching MMO quests.

Massively OP’s 2018 MMO Video Game Music Awards

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We have been talking a lot about what we've been playing this year and what we're looking forward to in 2019 and beyond, but...

Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2018?

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Every year for the last many years, we've done some sort of award for the most underrated MMO, or even the year's sleeper hit....
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Best Not-So-Massively Game of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Best Not-So-Massively Game, which was awarded to Warframe last year. As you might surmise, the...

The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2018?

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I have a feeling I know what the answer to this question is going to be for a lot of folks - WildStar is...
It's actually fine.

Wisdom of Nym: No, Final Fantasy XIV reliability isn’t a bad thing

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There's a common criticism of Final Fantasy XIV that I frequently see and agree with. The argument goes that basically, five years out from the...
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Massively OP’s 2018 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of 2018

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2018 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Story of the Year, which was awarded to The Great Lootbox Debate last...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal as of 2018?

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We don't give out a formal end-of-the-year award for MMO graphics at Massively OP. It'd be almost impossible to come to a consensus. As...

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