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‘Buy-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that have box or download fees associated with them but do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid B2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s mid-term report card

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At the beginning of every year, I give the games that I am embedded in a letter grade centered around the four different player...

The Daily Grind: How often should MMOs release new classes?

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Some MMOs seem to have no problem with tossing in new classes like candy, while others might see an addition roughly every time Halley's...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 125: Secrets, Mordor, and Argus

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Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, LOTRO, RIFT, Kritika, and Master X Master, with mailbag topics on MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies and following the MMO crowd.

The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO achiever are you?

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Yesterday's post on Richard Bartle's new unplayer matrix got me thinking once again about my quibbles with the original Bartle quotient, which won't surprise...

Elder Scrolls Online is granting a free sub benefits trial event starting Wednesday

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If you're bored on July 4th when the US is busy eating hot dogs and blowing off fingers, welp, I can't help you there....

The MOP Up: Warframe’s Chains of Harrow (July 2, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: Moonglow

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I don't say it enough: I am truly impressed by how our readership manage to bring out the beauty in MMORPGs through their screenshots....
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

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Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...

Elder Scrolls Online player shares her cosplay secrets

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The face of Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is the Dunmer Naryu, who has featured prominently in more than one promotion of the expansion. One cosplayer...
See, that's the joke of the name.

The Daily Grind: Do you want to see a Guild Wars 3?

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At this point, everybody who cares even a little about Guild Wars 2 knows that it's getting an expansion later this year; even most...

The Stream Team: Visiting Vvardenfell’s library in The Elder Scrolls Online

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Last time, Massively OP's MJ left her new Warden in the impressive library in Vvardenfell. There were so many stories to read and songs...

Elite: Dangerous players find Thargoid bases prior to this fall’s invasion

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The Thargoid menace may already be encroaching into Elite: Dangerous' galaxy, well before the planned invasion for later this year. Sharp-eyed pilots have discovered...

Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate

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Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...

The Stream Team: Lavastorm Heritage Quests in EverQuest II

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Massively OP's MJ has been slowly streaming through all of EverQuest II's Heritage Quests (slowly, because there are more than you can shake an...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Fashion Wars wishlist for Guild Wars 2

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I've recently been spending an increasing amount of my time improving the looks of my Guild Wars 2 characters: Although I have always greatly appreciated the...

E3 2017: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s The Crew 2

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I'm a kart racer. Oh sure, I enjoyed Cruisin' USA and San Fransisco Rush as a kid, and of course I played Gran Turismo a little, but...

Watch Secret World Legends’ official launch trailer

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If you're a The Secret World fan who hadn't already given Secret Worlds Legends a shot -- and given this weekend's exploits and downtime, we wouldn't blame...

The MOP Up: Gamescom’s big opening by Angela Merkel (June 25, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: En garde!

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It's hard to deny that one of Final Fantasy XIV's newest classes marries style and substance, particularly if you're into a certain swashbuckling aesthetic. Skoryy...

Massively Overthinking: Forced socializing in MMORPGs

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Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...

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