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The Survivalist: ARK’s Homestead update builds on disappointment

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After all the time waiting for Studio Wildcard to deliver on its promise of integrating the super popular S+ building mod into the core...

Fight or Kite: Clawing my way back into Guild Wars 2’s WvW

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All aboard and welcome everyone to a brand-new series here on Massively Overpowered: Fight or Kite, our new column focusing on PvP across the...
The other side.

Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to the Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival

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So we've now had our final fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV, and for heaven's sake we managed to get one big hype-derailing moment...

Jukebox Heroes: Rappelz’ soundtrack

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When you cover a metric ton of MMOs and other related games professionally, it becomes an interesting task to keep them all straight in...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part four: Story

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The fun thing about bringing up the story of World of Warcraft is that you inevitably have some folks who will immediately crop up and claim...
I want a milky way.

WoW Factor: Battle for Azeroth’s alternative story experiment

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As part of a WoW Factor column experiment relating to our March 2019 article, we've taken a stab at an alternative version of WoW's plotline.
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Lawful Neutral: Dancing around Fortnite’s copyright lawsuits

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Welcome friends to the inaugural post of Lawful Neutral on Massively OP. I'm Andy, but you know me better as Serrenity, writer of comments...

Into the Super-verse: Five reasons to be excited for City of Titans

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When NCsoft closed City of Heroes' doors in 2012, it was anything but a normal MMO closure due to a lack of interest and...

Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors

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As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
I'm doing this why, exactly?

Vague Patch Notes: Finding motivation within MMOs

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Here's a fun question to ask yourself when you're doing basically anything in an MMO: Why am I doing this? It's usually at once...

GDC 2019: Here’s how CCP’s 10,000 player battle tech demo went down

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Developer CCP Games currently holds the world record for the largest PvP battle in gaming history, which was awarded in recognition of January 2018’s...

Warframe of Mind: Can we catch up in Warframe’s story before TennoCon?

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I have mixed feelings about TennoCon 2019. Don't get me wrong -- I am excited as all get out and look forward to going!...

Hyperspace Beacon: Which Star Wars Galaxies emulator should I try first?

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As a longtime Star Wars fan and former Star Wars Galaxies player, I've known there were plenty of emulators out there ripe for playing...

Tamriel Infinium: A conversation with The Elder Scrolls Online’s Abnur Tharn

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For my first assignment at Massively Overpowered, I wanted to make a statement. No fluff piece or softball interview is good enough for our...

Choose My Adventure: Fear and loathing in Legends of Aria

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As promised, this round of play in Legends of Aria featured greater focus on my combined magic and steel, though I definitely was leaning...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Fear not this night – there is hope for Guild Wars 2’s future

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The last two weeks of February were devastating to the Guild Wars 2 community. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced the layoffs of nearly...
Toss me a cure, will you?

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the Tokyo Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival

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This one feels as if it took half of forever. Combined with the leaks, the lack of hints, the speculation, and the general lack...

Not So Massively: Welcoming a new era of online games and gaming

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Hello, Massively Overpowered readers! Not So Massively is back, with a new captain at the helm. My name's Tyler. If you're active in the MMO...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s storyline is about to go off the rails

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The most compelling stories that emerge from EVE Online are usually tales of player-based conflict, dastardly deals, and political intrigue, but the game's core...

EverQuesting: EverQuest turns the big 2-0

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Today is a pretty big day in Norrath: EverQuest turns the big 2-0! Impressive. Twenty years is quite an accomplishment. Even more impressive than...

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