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WoW Factor: The good and the bad of World of Warcraft’s patch 7.2 date
Boy, this is a time I am glad to be wrong. I was outright worried that Blizzard was going to hold patch 7.2 for...
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to multiplayer survival sandboxes
Welcome to The Survivalist! Ya'll might have noticed that I have gravitated a bit from my happy home of deep, immersive virtual worlds (possible...
Perfect Ten: Memories of an Anarchy Online noob
My initial foray into MMORPGs was, to put it nicely, quite ungraceful. I wasn't even aware that they were a thing until about the...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #18-13
Last week we were off to a great start as we listened to the first batch of player-voted favorite MMO themes. As I said...
Hyperspace Beacon: If you’re not playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, why are you still subbed?
Let me start this article by answering my own headline: It's partly because I'm an idiot and cannot let go of this IP.
Star Wars:...
Here’s why everyone’s pissed off about City of Heroes NPCs in NCsoft’s MOBA
Yesterday, NCsoft took the lid off a secret it's clearly been working on for a while: The company means to introduce a notorious and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Creating a better balance in Guild Wars 2 raiding
One of the major concerns aired by the Guild Wars 2Â playerbase regarding raid content is the risk of juicy raid-only story details being gated...
The Soapbox: What the Mass Effect Andromeda kerfuffle ought to teach us about games criticism
Today is the official release of Mass Effect: Andromeda, which was preceded by the frankly baffling decision to allow people access to an early...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s removed skills, Ranged/Caster edition
Well, folks, by all reasonable estimation we're going to have the final story patch of Heavensward next week. Why? Because there's no more March...
EVE Evolved: What’s the deal with EVE’s PLEX changes?
This week CCP Games announced that some big changes are on the way for PLEX in EVE Online. The PLEX or "30-day Pilot's License...
LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances
If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...
Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever
I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...
Guild Chat: Dealing with MMORPG guild inactivity
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered community gets together to help crack guild problems presented by readers in...
What ever happened to Darkfall, Fallen Earth, and Runes of Magic?
It bears repeating that here on Massively OP, we cover an immensely wide field of live games -- so many that it can sometimes...
Wisdom of Nym: Abilitiy revisions for Final Fantasy XIV: Melee edition
I had really hoped for something a touch more substantial about Stormblood from this weekend's event, but we got what we got. Thus we...
Jukebox Heroes: Your favorite MMO themes, #24-19
What are the best and most popular MMO theme songs of all time? A couple of weeks ago I posed this question to the...
The Soapbox: Everyone’s being dumb about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s lightsaber
A couple of years ago, The Force Awakens introduced us to (among other things) a lightsaber that looks poorly made, like a little kid...
EverQuesting: The Domino effect on Daybreak and EverQuest II
Yup, it's true. It was a sad day when Emily Taylor confirmed that she was indeed leaving Daybreak. When John Smedley's tweet popped up...
Tamriel Infinium: The secret plot of Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind
More than a handful of die-hard Elder Scrolls fans do not like the direction that Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind is taking. As someone who...
The Perfect Ten: A plague of MMO bears
I have long been of the opinion that there are few more terrifying animals on this planet than bears. Sure, there are sharks, the...
