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Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons

Justin Olivetti - June 2, 2017 30

It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...

Massively Overthinking: 2017’s MMORPG zeitgeist

Bree Royce - June 2, 2017 27

This time last year, I polled the Massively OP writers for their opinions on which MMOs had had the best year, or half year,...

Here’s how ArenaNet is improving Guild Wars 2’s WvW

Bree Royce - June 1, 2017 23

As announced yesterday, ArenaNet is taking the month of June to patch the crap out of Guild Wars 2's PvP scene, and these are...

Guild Wars 2 signs on Wizards of the Coast dev as narrative designer

Justin Olivetti - June 1, 2017 6

What is Wizards of the Coast's loss is ArenaNet's gain. Michael Yichao announced on Twitter yesterday that he was leaving the Dungeons & Dragons company...

Guild Wars 2’s June feature pack is all about PvP and WvW

Bree Royce - May 31, 2017 14

So here's a new one for Guild Wars 2: The game's getting a "competitive" feature pack patch in June. The blog post was tweeted out...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 season 3 finale predictions

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 30, 2017 16

I've had enough time to fully reflect on my Guild Wars 2 Living World season 3 experience to date and wanted to circle back through...

The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry

Justin Olivetti - May 27, 2017 12

When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...

Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors

Eliot Lefebvre - May 24, 2017 22

There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....

One Shots: Head of the class

Justin Olivetti - May 21, 2017 32

What do you do if you're a sentient stone head who has been tasked with centuries of guard duty? You probably do a lot...

Check out Bog Otter’s guide to returning to Guild Wars 2 as a Heart of Thorns noob

Bree Royce - May 18, 2017 10

So let's say you're somebody like MOP's Justin -- somebody who liked Guild Wars 2 way back in the day but didn't consider picking...

Boot up your Age of Conan account for a free level 80 toon on its ninth birthday

Bree Royce - May 17, 2017 14

So, Age of Conan players. Let's talk. I know this year has been kinda rough on you. You found out, as we did, that...

Sometimes this is easier said than done.

Guild Wars 2 drops extensive class balance patch

Justin Olivetti - May 17, 2017 20

Players logging into Guild Wars 2 yesterday might have found that their classes were changed quite a lot, thanks to a rather extensive balance...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more

Justin Olivetti - May 16, 2017 5

On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.