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I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s most underused zones in Classic

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No, I'm still not done with thinking about the game's zones and how they relate to Classic. Because while I've already covered the zones...

Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games...

Massively OP’s complete 2018 awards debrief and annual recap

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As we did in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 - it's becoming a real tradition here! - today I'm going to recap our annual awards and...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2019?

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I always have a ridiculously long list of MMOs I'm anticipating every year. In fact, we usually write our list of anticipated games several...

Battle Bards Episode 135: Battle for Azeroth

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It’s Battle Bards vs. Battle for Azeroth — and only one victor will come out of this alive! Actually, the podcast trio is delighted...

Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO of 2018?

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Last week, we announced our award for MMO of the Year; it once again went to Final Fantasy XIV. You might notice that XIV...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s year-end report card for 2018

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Every year, I place Star Wars: The Old Republic on a scale and weigh it against the Bartle Taxonomy, giving the different aspects letter...
This went over great.

Vague Patch Notes: How to make your points and exit gracefully from online debates

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It's 2019, people. Let's do this. And by do this I of course mean learn to actually debate things in a way that might wind up changing...

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future looking into 2019?

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One of the most popular roundups we do every single year is about the healthiest MMORPGs in the genre. I love it because it...
Why must life be so hard?

Leaderboard: Will you be playing PlanetSide Arena?

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Last month, Daybreak officially revealed its first truly new game in several years: PlanetSide Arena, a large-scale battle royale title set in the venerable...
Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?

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With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...
Kerstab.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2018

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A not-inconsequential part of me misses the days when every MMO would pump out boxed expansions. I like buying boxes of stuff I like...
Dropping an album.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO freebie you’ve ever gotten?

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I, like 99.99% of the world's population, loves free swag. I love me dorky t-shirts I'll never wear, I crave stress balls that pop...

The best Massively OP community Daily Grinds of 2018

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Assuming the archives are correct, the first Daily Grind ever was penned by Krystalle Voecks on November 3rd, 2007, a day after Old Massively...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 203: New year, same old loot

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris team up for an end-of-the-year roundtable to recap our massive annual awards rollout, our holiday gaming fun, and the Atlas launch.
happy birthday to me

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2018: Maintenance mode, shmaintenance mode

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Today we're finishing off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2018! Coming in at #1 on our list is the one where ArenaNet yanked Classic Guild Wars out of maintenance mode and gave it some love.
Burn it down!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2018 in review

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Sometimes I wind up starting these a bit early because there's just not much to write about; other times I'm writing well in advance...
THE LAW

The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO resolutions for 2019?

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So here we are in 2019. It looks a lot like 2018, really. But it's a new year, and this is usually the point...
Art!

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2018: World of Curationcraft

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Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2018! Coming in at #2 on our list is Occupy White Walls, the MMO that's literally about art curation.
It's Lord of the Rings. There's your elevator pitch.

LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online

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Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...

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