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Wisdom of Nym: The rotating rewards of Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events

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I'm not going to lie here: I'm really pretty disappointed with the rewards on offer for Granblue Fantasy's anniversary event. An event summon that functionally...

EVE Evolved: The war on bots in EVE Online

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The news dropped recently that EVE Online will be adding some new limitations and restrictions to its free-to-play tier, which may seem odd to...

Jukebox Heroes: Eldevin’s soundtrack

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I can't say that Eldevin has ever risen very high on my MMO radar, but over the past year or so I've noticed that...

LOTRO Legendarium: The return of skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online

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Out of all of Lord of the Rings Online's additional features that it has added post-launch, skirmishes have my vote as one of the...
True strength is inside. But leveling should really help.

WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part three: Leveling and scaling

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Remember earlier this week when I was talking about the difference between leveling as a part of the game vs. leveling as a chore?...

The Survivalist: Space Engineers sloughs off early access and launches with revamped survival

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Wouldn't you know it: One survival game has a big week and others want to follow suit! Space Engineers sheds its early access coil...
Keeping your garden.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s not the MMO endgame – it’s the sudden stop at the end

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When I first pitched the Vague Patch Notes that ran a couple weeks back, it prompted a big long discussion with MOP's editor Bree...

Perfect Ten: Totally rad ’80s cartoons that would make bodacious MMORPGs

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In another reality where our passion for MMORPGs is matched only by the power of nostalgia for the greatest era of cartoons, we would...

Choose My Adventure: Running for my life in Legends of Aria

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Welp, we're in the deep end now. Legends of Aria definitely is the sandbox that's giving me the hard knock schooling on sandbox MMORPG...

Massively Uplifting: Black Desert’s lantern memorial, a gift of sight in Wizard101

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Gamers get a bad rap. Studios are seen as heartless villains. Mainstream media is quick to demonize us, and we can be quick to...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers overhaul jobs, part two

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It's a testament to how well the balancing on Final Fantasy XIV works that none of the jobs discussed this week or last week are...

Into the Super-verse: Taking a closer look at City of Heroes’ Paragon Chat

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Welcome to Massively OP's brand-new column covering superhero MMORPGs -- past, present, and future! One might even say it's a continuation of our past...
Whoops.

WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part two: The Heart of Azeroth

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We're continuing on in our tour of why people are upset about the current World of Warcraft expansion, and I think it's important to note...

The Survivalist: When survival sandboxes are more MMO than actual MMORPGs

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Ever since Life is Feudal announced at the end of last month its dedication to developing a deep roleplay-focused server, I haven't been able...

Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!

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It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: Ten steps for understanding MMO systems

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As I write this, I'm in the middle of putting together my first impressions for Anthem. This takes some doing and would probably be easier...
I am not throwing away my shot.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers overhaul jobs, part one

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There are four jobs that we know of which are getting some major reworking in Shadowbringers. For a game with fifteen jobs, that's not so...

Jukebox Heroes: Mabinogi’s six best music tracks

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When evaluating an eastern MMORPG that boasts a huge soundtrack, I am often filled with a mixture of dread and anticipation at the start...

LOTRO Legendarium: Examining 2019’s amazing producer’s letter

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I swear, the news never fails to make a monkey out of me. Just the other day I was grousing about how it was...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

Jukebox Heroes: The 10 greatest MMO soundtracks of all time (as voted by you)

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A few weeks ago we witnessed the showdown of the ages (or at least the epoch known as "late January 2019"), as Massively OP...

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