Opinion

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Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour

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Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour is coming to Los Angeles February 16th-18th, but despite its already being sold out, Niantic is still dangling some key...

Casually Classic: When will WoW Classic stop adding expansions?

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This spring, the era of Wrath Classic will officially come to an end when the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch hits ahead of the summer launch....

Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love

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Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
Not dwarves.

The Daily Grind: What gets you to start a new character in an MMO?

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I like making alts. It's just a thing I do. But before I'm going to make a new alt, I have to have something...
Come on, my dudes.

Perfect Ten: Why MMOs should never ditch text chat

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If you ever want to feel what an MMO is like without any sort of text chat, then spend a stretch of time in...

The Daily Grind: What are some of the prettiest high-level zones in MMOs?

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Back in the day, it used to be common for the early game in MMO to be nothing but verdant forests, lush meadows, and...
I live through killing!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss

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Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.

Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February

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Pokemon Go's roadmap for February is out, but once again leakers have deflated some of that potential hype Niantic tends to squander anyway. While...

Choose My Adventure: Genshin Impact is a perfectly lovely single-player RPG

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Before I begin, I want to point out that I promise I didn't write that headline just to get anger clicks. I don't want...

The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too

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In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...

The Daily Grind: What do you think the next viral MMO will look like?

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I am the first to admit that I didn't see Palworld coming. Oh, I knew about Palworld; we'd covered Palworld. We'd also been covering...
Voyage onward.

Wisdom of Nym: The franchise references for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV

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There is not a single game in the history of the franchise that has not been referenced in some capacity by Final Fantasy XIV....
Earrings go here.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG have you played the longest without reaching the level cap?

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For someone who spent a whole lot of time playing Final Fantasy XI back in the day, I sure as heck didn't reach the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best book and paper features?

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A while back, I casually mentioned that I make paper journals for fun. I am an extremely online person, mind you. I work online....

The Game Archaeologist: Dragon Ball Online, the MMO that never made it to the west

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It was back in 1986 that Toei Animation, a Japanese company, brought a new series called Dragon Ball into the world. The initial run...
Oh dear.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best fishing system?

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Fishing absolutely mystifies me. Oh, in real life, I get it: It's a way to be completely lazy, drink beer, and still catch your...
KITTY!

Tamriel Infinium: The history of Elder Scrolls games (before and after Elder Scrolls Online)

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There's nothing quite like that feeling when you first dip your toes into a particular game only to discover that it's part of a...
I did a thing!

Into the Super-Verse: Gearing up as a newcomer to City of Heroes Homecoming

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I was originally going to spend this week opining on why the Incarnate system in City of Heroes didn't really work and why it...
Acceptable!

The Daily Grind: How often should characters miss in combat in MMORPGs?

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The other day, we were talking about City of Heroes at the Massively OP offices because at this point that's like 50% of our...

Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs

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During last week's press event ahead of the Gold Road announcement, Elder Scrolls Online's Rich Lambert said something I thought would turn out to...