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Vague Patch Notes: Defining classic servers and progression servers for MMOs
Something that I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days - for no particular reason - is the idea of classic...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 394: To pre-patch or not to pre-patch
Justin and Bree discuss New World's Brimstone Sands, World of Warcraft's Dragonflight prepatch, LOTRO's inbound QOL improvements, City of Heroes Homecoming's big balance patch, and FFXIV's 6.25, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and CoH, plus a mailbag topic on useless inventory clutter in MMOs.
City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue server has Halloween goodness on offer until November 1
Just in case you weren't already aware, the Homecoming rogue server of City of Heroes has been rocking the creepy season all month long...
Aura Kingdom, Skyforge, and City of Heroes Rebirth celebrate Halloween
Like a kid charging up and down the street to knock on every door and gather all of the candy, we're continuing to cast...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare….
Happy Halloween! Or if you prefer, Happy Scare-Related Holidays featuring the Stylings of Ed Casbar and His Electric Teeth. It'd be the best of...
City of Heroes Homecoming has unleashed i27p5’s massive balance and powers level update
It's patch day for the Homecoming, the largest of the City of Heroes rogue servers. Issue 27, Page 5 is rolling out to the...
First impressions of Embers Adrift, the Kickstarted MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucimia
Those who know me will attest that I am not an old-school MMORPG player by heart. Every time I thought about getting into EverQuest...
Global Chat: Landing boots on WoW Classic’s Wrath shores
With WoW Classic's Wrath expansion officially out, plenty of veterans of the Northrend Wars of '08 returned for another tour of duty. Among these...
One Shots: Fresh from the portal of death
When he stepped through the portal and toward a brand-new world, this Dwarf didn't realize that he'd be disintegrated -- and an identical copy...
After weeks of teasing, the City of Heroes SEGS Engine project has released its ‘very alpha’ build
Over the past while we've been covering the progress of the Super Entity Game Server (SEGS) Engine, a fan-run project that's trying to rewrite...
The Daily Grind: How many MMO toons can you juggle at once?
I may have overdone it with the City of Heroes toons.
I'm currently working on a project to level several dozen characters up so I...
City of Heroes fans have (mostly) restored the game’s original 2012 forums
Looking for a forum-based blast from the past out of City of Heroes? Maybe you want to re-read some of the story threads, look...
The Daily Grind: How can MMO devs make tank classes more interesting?
Sometimes Daily Grind topics blossom from extended conversations in the Massively OP office. And indeed, the other day we were tossing back and forth...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unloved class in your favorite MMO, and how would you fix it?
I was trundling around playing on my Lord of the Rings Online server the other night when someone advertised for a Burglar for some...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever returned to an old MMO and fallen in love?
Earlier this month, MOP's Eliot penned a WoW Factor that doesn't quote but certainly does evoke the ol' Heraclitus quote about how you cannot...
Vague Patch Notes: Queues do not tell the story of an MMO’s success
It's time to talk about queues to log in to a game, and you know what game we have to talk about in this...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest activity you’ve charged MMO currency for?
As City of Heroes Homecoming tests long-awaited recycling rules for abandoned names and characters, I've been contemplating what to do with some of the...
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....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 386: Lord of Lord of the Rings Online
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's mini-expansion and IP rights, Dual Universe, Mad World, Wrath Classic's prepatch, Alganon's return, and Guild Wars 2's Steam launch, with adventures in LOTRO, CoH, SWGL, and RIFT, plus a mailbag question on Ultima Online New Legacy.
City of Heroes Homecoming’s Issue 27 Page 4 goes live with its new music-wielding powersets
The testing phase has ended, and the live update is now available for the Homecoming rogue server of City of Heroes. Issue 27 Page...
