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Massively Overthinking: FOMO and time-limited events in MMORPGs
Earlier this week, Daybreak told players it wanted to get back to time-limited events in DC Universe Online. "Events make logging in every day...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up free trials for December
If you've been away from Final Fantasy XIV, perhaps December is the month when you'd like to give it another try. Really, what else...
Wisdom of Nym: Our first preview of Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 3.5
The last patch of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is on its way. It's not here, of course; we'll have to wait until January for...
Perfect Ten: Moments to be thankful for in MMOs
It's the holiday once again, and somehow I've wound up on Thanksgiving Day here in the US. You may not be reading this on...
Wisdom of Nym: Thankfulness for Final Fantasy XIV
I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that I'm on a bit of a low pulse for Final Fantasy XIV at the...
Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history
Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...
Choose My Adventure: Don’t call it a comeback
Hello, dear readers. Would you like to tell me what to do for a while?
Choose My Adventure has been absent from the site for...
Wisdom of Nym: At the end of the world for Final Fantasy XIV
It's kind of weird to think about the fact that we just passed the four-year anniversary of the end of an era in Final...
One Shots: A lovely holiday
If you were a dragon, what kind of dragon would you be? Perhaps you'd go traditional, with the whole "giant world-devourer" aspect. Maybe you'd...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 90: BlizzConcerns
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss BlizzCon 2016, WoW's new cadence, Diablo III's content plans, the Nostalrius legacy server standoff, Funcom's financials, and Revelation Online.
Wisdom of Nym: An uncomfortable season for Final Fantasy XIV
My original plan for this week was to dive into the newest parts of the the Palace of the Dead, but I shan't mince...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.45 adds more Palace of the Dead and Anima quests
It's time to go even deeper into the Palace of the Dead in Final Fantasy XIV. The latest patch for the game has arrived,...
Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween
You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...
Wisdom of Nym: The scariest stuff in Final Fantasy XIV
As a horror game, Final Fantasy XIV fails, due largely to the fact that it isn't a horror game and never attempts or pretends...
The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years
I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...
Global Chat: Stormblood, One Tamriel, New World, and the ‘antisocial epidemic’
The announcement of Final Fantasy XIV's second expansion, Stormblood, is sure to inject more life and excitement into this beloved MMORPG. A couple of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV console support, storage woes, and PvP servers
First things first. If you missed this before, I already did put together my thoughts about what little we know of Final Fantasy XIV's...
Leaderboard: Will Blizzard ever port World of Warcraft to console?
This past summer in a Daily Grind, we were discussing the issue of "dumbing down" in MMORPGs, specifically in World of Warcraft, when a...
