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Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
The Stream Team: Hopping back to Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns
Now that Massively OP's MJ has finally obtained her skyscale in Guild Wars 2, she can fly around all the zones. That means...
The Daily Grind: What are the most underrated and underutilized weapon types in MMORPGs?
Before it came to a close this year, I did some Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box with my kid, and I swung by...
One Shots: Resting up for the Dawntrail ahead
With a huge new storyline coming to Final Fantasy XIV, you know it's important to prepare your catdude for the journey ahead. I'm talking...
The Daily Grind: Are you a map completionist in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, my husband was playing Guild Wars 2, and suddenly he sat back and declared that he'd finally, after all these...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s never-ending Nayos grind
Is Guild Wars 2's Nayos grind ever going to end? Massively OP's MJ sure hopes so. She's not sure how much more she can...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 467: The end of an ArcheAge
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge's sunset, the cancellation of BlizzCon 2024, Escape from Tarkov's no good very bad day, Age of Water's early access launch, and the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Fallout 4, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on defensive characters in MMOs and whether Crowfall has any kind of future.
One Shots: …and that’s how I became hoarse
While you may be completely freaked out when confronting an enemy six times your size, it's important not to show fear. In fact, one...
The Daily Grind: What’s the 2024 expansion that has you the most excited?
While the launch dates for upcoming MMORPGs are a tricky and uncertain affair, what's more assured is an array of expansions that are on...
Vague Patch Notes: When MMO designers build traps for players
So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...
ArenaNet shifts more resources to Classic Guild Wars as it turns 19 years old
Just a few weeks ago, the MassivelyOP team gathered round to speculate on what the Classic Guild Wars anniversaries might look like (and what...
New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian
Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
The Stream Team: A whole new World 3 in Guild Wars 2’s SAB
It's a whole new world 3 in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. OK, maybe a whole new world is a slight exaggeration (how...
The Daily Grind: Do alternate and classic servers risk alienating existing MMO fans?
Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that "alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet," as the...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs and ‘fresh piece of gum’ syndrome
Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention,...
Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update
Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation
Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...
The Stream Team: Fashion distractions and Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2
It's not as if Massively OP's MJ is using Guild Wars 2's introduction of a fashion view today to distract her from the SOTO...
