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One Shots: Resting up for the Dawntrail ahead
With a huge new storyline coming to Final Fantasy XIV, you know it's important to prepare your catdude for the journey ahead. I'm talking...
The Daily Grind: Are you a map completionist in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, my husband was playing Guild Wars 2, and suddenly he sat back and declared that he'd finally, after all these...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s never-ending Nayos grind
Is Guild Wars 2's Nayos grind ever going to end? Massively OP's MJ sure hopes so. She's not sure how much more she can...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 467: The end of an ArcheAge
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge's sunset, the cancellation of BlizzCon 2024, Escape from Tarkov's no good very bad day, Age of Water's early access launch, and the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Fallout 4, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on defensive characters in MMOs and whether Crowfall has any kind of future.
One Shots: …and that’s how I became hoarse
While you may be completely freaked out when confronting an enemy six times your size, it's important not to show fear. In fact, one...
The Daily Grind: What’s the 2024 expansion that has you the most excited?
While the launch dates for upcoming MMORPGs are a tricky and uncertain affair, what's more assured is an array of expansions that are on...
New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian
Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
The Stream Team: A whole new World 3 in Guild Wars 2’s SAB
It's a whole new world 3 in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. OK, maybe a whole new world is a slight exaggeration (how...
The Daily Grind: Do alternate and classic servers risk alienating existing MMO fans?
Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that "alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet," as the...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs and ‘fresh piece of gum’ syndrome
Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention,...
Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update
Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation
Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...
The Stream Team: Fashion distractions and Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2
It's not as if Massively OP's MJ is using Guild Wars 2's introduction of a fashion view today to distract her from the SOTO...
Guild Wars 2’s retro Super Adventure Box returns today with World 3 Test Zone updates
Retro music at the ready, folks: It's time to go back to Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2 as the one-time April Fools'...
Choose My Adventure: Battling New World tank builds, the wider meta, and personal stubbornness
New World is getting under my skin.
I'll better explain myself soon, but before I do, I want to point out that this sudden frustration with...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box
Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...
Guild Wars 2 players can now ‘game, grow, and touch grass’ with officially licensed… plant seeds
There is a lot of plant life growing all over the world of Guild Wars 2 - and some of it even isn't trying...
The Stream Team: Achievement junkie mode unlocked in Guild Wars 2
With so many achievements left to nab in Guild Wars 2's Astral Ward and Nayos areas, Massively OP's MJ is on the prowl. She...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 and FFXIV boost their soundtracks
Where are my MMO soundtrack lovers today? Guild Wars 2 announced that it's going to be selling a vinyl edition of its Secrets of...