‘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.
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The Stream Team: The Mo Mania IV SUBtember Streamathon
A tradition that Massively OP's MJ missed last year due to the lightning curse was the annual MO Mania SUBtember Streamathon. Trust us, she...
Massively Overthinking: The weirdest ways we’ve leveled in MMOs
One of my favor flavors of fluff post we do occasionally is report on folks who have accomplished fame by leveling "wrong" in MMOs,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying grind in an MMO?
A few weeks ago, the MOP work chat was positively hopping over an unusual subject: Guild Wars 2's mount grinds, specifically the skyscale. One...
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Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
Elder Scrolls Online compensates players for Tales of Tribute ranking bug as megaservers go offline
When Update 35 launched, competitive players of Elder Scrolls Online’s Tales of Tribute card game were met with an unfortunate bug that snarled up...
The Stream Team: Concluding Character Growth in Guild Wars 2
If there was anyone who needed some character growth in Guild Wars 2, it would be Snargle Goldclaw. And Massively OP's MJ has been...
Elite Dangerous’ plans for console to PC transfer are still on track while the ‘Thargoid death star’ increases speed
This week's Discovery Scanner digest from Elite: Dangerous has some potentially good news for console players looking to move to the PC version. Testing...
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The resurrection and renewal of Guild Wars 2's original living world season continues next week with the revival of episode four next week. It's...
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Console fans of The Elder Scrolls Online are seeing their patience rewarded as their version of the MMORPG is seeing the new Update 35...
One Shots: Where’s Utakata this week?
Part of the sublime joy of One Shots is being able to follow around different Massively OP readers in their adventures through MMORPGs. Out...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs bring back the fog of war?
The other day, I was reminded by a fellow Lord of the Rings Online player of something that I had completely forgotten: That the...
Elite Dangerous firms up dates for console to PC transfers as players spot a possible Thargoid ‘death star’
Over the past few months, Elite: Dangerous has been talking up plans to let console players transfer their accounts to the PC version. Readers...
The Daily Grind: Will New World’s big overhaul lure you back?
I have to say that I'm a little surprised at how little the New World preview earlier this week rippled across the MMO genre....
Massively Overthinking: Who’s really paying for MMOs?
Two years ago, we did a piece on dark patterns in MMO design, and in the comments, a reader named Shadex De'Marr penned a...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
Guild Wars 2 is giving away free mount skins as part of its 10th anniversary promo
If you haven't poked your head into Guild Wars 2 this week, you're going to want to do so, as ArenaNet is doing something...
The Stream Team: Unmasking Purist sympathizers in Guild Wars 2
Although the Death Counter's full belly proved otherwise, Guild Wars 2 decided that Massively OP's MJ was too inactive too during the fight routing...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 387: Do the Dune
Justin and Bree discuss Dune Awakening, Gamescom, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV Buried Memories, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths, Guild Wars 2's wacky Steam launch, New World's dungeon finder, and World of Warcraft, with adventures in LOTRO plus insanity in Chimeraland.
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