Massively Overthinking is a weekly feature in which the Massively Overpowered writers take turns weighing in on a particular MMO-related topic before turning the discussion over to the readership. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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Massively Overthinking: ‘Every MMO inconvenience is someone else’s game’
A while back, someone in our comments (I can't find it again, so I can't remember who!) dug up a quote from Raph Koster...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMO will be next to raise its subscription?
Almost three years ago, our writers and readers came together for a discussion about whether the age of the $15 subscription was coming to...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO grudges we just can’t let go
Back in April, MMO Fallout's Connor and I had a lil tweet convo about grudges. He was joking that there will be aged gamers...
Massively Overthinking: If you could change one thing about an MMO…
Back in April, MOP's Colin posed us an interesting challenge on the MOP Podcast: change one thing about an MMO you don't like that...
Massively Overthinking: The minimum requirements for MMO player housing
We've got housing on the brain lately, thanks to Ship of Heroes' housing beta, Final Fantasy XIV's botched housing lottos, Warframe's new housing, and...
Massively Overthinking: Bots in MMOs – but not the bad bots
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a provocative thread about bots - no, not those bots. Essentially, the Redditor asked whether...
Massively Overthinking: The ideal MMO server setup
Over the last year, we've seen multiple major MMO and expansion launches, and most of them went awry in some way or another. Final...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMO suffers from the most useless housing system?
A few weeks ago, I was showing my seven-year-old around Villagers and Heroes, and she wanted to get herself a house. I warned her...
Massively Overthinking: What do you expect from MMO Kickstarters?
I know, I know. People don't trust Kickstarters anymore. Nor should they, especially now. I think our genre knows this now. For every Wagadu...
Massively Overthinking: How long should MMO expansions be?
Star Wars The Old Republic's Legacy of the Sith struggled for many reasons, but the one I've seen echoed over and over is that...
Massively Overthinking: Does wallet-voting work in modern MMOs?
MOP reader The Grand Nagus recently pointed us to his thread on the Star Trek Online reddit where players were trying to sort out...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Massively Overthinking: Initial thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons
We're just a few days into the launch of Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, one of the highlights of the year and sandwiched...
Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Massively Overthinking: Are you an MMO skeptic or true believer?
A while back, a reader (hi Ken!) posted an infographic into a Star Citizen thread I'd forgotten all about, but it wasn't even the...
Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?
Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2021 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
Believe it or not, we're finally almost done with our entire lineup of turn-of-the-calendar-year content and recaps and tallies. It's exhausting! But I have...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2022
For our first official Massively Overthinking of 2022, we're following tradition: We're talking all about our hopes and fears for the genre in the...
Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions
Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...
