Opinion

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Ah yes, teamwork.

The Daily Grind: What do you do in MMOs to calm down?

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At the risk of giving you more information than you all want to hear, lately my anxiety issues have been reaching a fever pitch....

The Daily Grind: Which fantasy race has gotten too tropish for your liking?

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Poor dwarves. Generic humans aside, I've always had a fondness for dwarves in fantasy literature and games. They feel less Mary Sueish than those arrogant...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Cognitive performance and your brain on games

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So far in our exploration of the topics in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
Egi me on.

Leaderboard: Are you playing Blade & Soul?

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Blade & Soul formally launches in the west next week, with its headstart period for preorder buyers opening up today. MMORPG players talk a...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The importance of class fantasies

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Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?

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Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market? I know pay to win is a dirty,...

Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?

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Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...

Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs

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I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...

EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark

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We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
Exploding AoE mine-person.

The Daily Grind: What MMO character type would you be happy to never see again?

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It occurred to me the other day that Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn't actually have a pet class. Every class can sort of...

Choose My Adventure: In which my Shroud of the Avatar plans are foiled

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Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Examining Guild Wars 2’s winter 2016 update plans

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Guild Wars 2 Game Director Colin Johanson dropped a massive amount of information about the direction development will take in the first quarter of 2016...

The Daily Grind: Are MMO player councils useful or pointless?

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Some MMO studios have decided as part of their efforts to foster understanding with the community to implement player councils. These councils, which are...

Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions

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Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR

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Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.

Hyperspace Beacon: How to make a million credits in an hour of SWTOR

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I can’t help but attempt to find some of the most efficient ways to make credits in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I have...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?

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A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
Are you not entertained?

Wisdom of Nym: A musing on malaise in Final Fantasy XIV

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There's no question in my mind that Final Fantasy XIV is still one of my favorite games of all time. It certainly doesn't lack...
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The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for MMOs?

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Massively OP reader Damonvile recently sent us a link to a Medium piece on Steam declaring 2015 the best year for Steam -- ever. Sales...

EVE Evolved: Three things you don’t want to miss in 2016

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In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked back at some of the big highlights EVE Online throughout 2015. It was a year that revolutionised...