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Massively OP Podcast Episode 288: ArcheAge again
Justin, Bree, and Mia discuss ArcheAge 2, TERA, LOTRO, Wizard101, Corepunk, Raph Koster's new MMO, and Star Citizen, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, Black Desert, Echo of Soul, SWG Legends, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag discussion on the Final Fantasy XI mobile remake.
Missed Lord of the Rings Online’s Weatherstock XII last weekend? Rewatch it here!
After being delayed from its original July date due to the summer Lord of the Rings Online's server meltdown, Weatherstock XII finally happened this...
One Shots: When nerfing goes too far
We've all seen classes and gear hit with the nerf bat from time to time in MMOs -- hey, it's a fact of life!...
Global Chat: Which MMO has the least annoying inventory system?
Inventory is something we have to deal with in, oh, pretty much every MMO that we play. Some games are far more generous with...
LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet consistency of Lord of the Rings Online
I want to start this LOTRO Legendarium column today by talking about, well, by talking about World of Warcraft. Like probably many of you,...
LOTRO’s next ‘mini-expansion’ content update includes boar mounts and a $100 edition
We already knew that Lord of the Rings Online is working on a Gundabad expansion for 2021, but before that arrives, there's a big...
Massively Uplifting: MMOs from LOTRO to ESO bring comfort, healing, camaraderie, and charity
Summer may be ending, but good deeds and uplifting stories aren't! Throughout August we've been surrounded by stories of kindness, generosity, and goodness within...
The Soapbox: Feeling the loss of an MMO community
Back in 2012, I was almost a year deep into Lord of the Rings Online and enjoying my time both in the game and...
Lord of the Rings Online sees more login issues, gives update on race change tokens
With all of the issues causing game disruption over the past month, Lord of the Rings Online players are understandably sensitive toward any further...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 286: Cantha, Shadowlands, and New World
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, WoW Shadowlands, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWTOR, Wurm Online, SWG Legends, and Guild Wars 2, plus reader mail on reviving old zones, recovering from burnout, and Mo himself.
The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?
I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on...
One Shots: Chilla with my gorilla
It's always a parade of fluffy, furry, and feathery friends when One Shots asks readers to share their favorite pets, and today is no...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s expansions from worst to best
Every once in a while, it's a lot of fun to sit down and rank things in your favorite geeky franchises. A while back,...
PSA: OK procrastinators, you’re running out of time to get your free LOTRO and DDO stuff
Last spring, when the pandemic was ramping up here in the US and states were closing down everything in a panic, MMO studios around...
Global Chat: Is MMO crafting obsolete?
Tipa over at Chasing Dings recently posed an intriguing question to her friends and readers: Does crafting have any place in the modern MMO?...
LOTRO extends summer festival while servers are still being fixed
Are Lord of the Rings Online's servers getting better? From anecdotal evidence, it appears so, although the recent instability hasn't completely vanished from the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 285: Exit En Masse
Justin and Bree discuss En Masse's closure, Amazon's Lost Ark, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Wurm Online, Population Zero, and Torchlight III, with adventures in SWTOR, WoW, SWG Legends, and The Sims, plus reader mail on MMO customer service and MMO talent trees.
New week, old problems: LOTRO can’t seem to fix its servers
If you logged into Lord of the Rings Online this week hoping for an easy road to Mordor, think again. There are a whole...
The Daily Grind: Do you do side quests in your MMOs?
I realize this question doesn't apply to all MMOs: Some MMOs don't have quests at all, while in others, there's no way you're leveling...
Players petition for better servers as LOTRO’s second wave of instability continues
A second period of server instability in the past month is plaguing Lord of the Rings Online, even as Standing Stone Games said that...