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Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria might be the biggest MMO Kickstarter we’ll see all year (May 7, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the story-driven MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria stormed Kickstarter Keep and is still going strong. It raised a third of...
Yes.

WRUP: The MOP album track listing edition

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Before the album comes out, check out the full track listing for our debut album, Straight Outta Co-Opted Culture. Hello (skit) How Did We Get Here...

The Daily Grind: Is change in MMOs a blessing or a curse?

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Lately I've been dwelling on the topic of change in MMORPGs. It's one of the foundational principles of the genre, that these titles aren't...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria racks up the funding (May 6, 2016)

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On May 3rd, Chronicles of Elyria started its Kickstarter campaign. On May 4th, the developers were already hitting significant funding milestones. On May 6th,...
quartier21/room D at Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria, by Manfred Werner - Tsui (used via Wikimedia Commons permission)

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be involved in modding their games’ subreddits?

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Reddit is a complicated place with more than its fair share of drama, and that drama spills over into the gaming space from time...

Massively Overthinking: The sandbox MMORPG disconnect

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This week's Massively Overthinking was inspired by a reader who decided to go by Sandboxless in Seattle when he penned this note of frustration to us. I...
Both hands!

The Daily Grind: What elements tend to endear classes to you in MMORPGs?

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It's not difficult to find a unifying theme through my main classes in various games. I mainline Enhancement Shaman and Retribution Paladin in World...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Xbox One boar mount from PWE and Massively OP

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Just in time for this week's Neverwinter: The Maze Engine release on Xbox One and its brand-new mount system, PWE has granted Massively OP 50 mount...

The Daily Grind: Have you revisited an old MMO character lately?

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The Gnome Warlock you see in the above header is the original Syp, created pre-Burning Crusade in October 2006. She's probably one of my...

The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?

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Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...

The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when you levelcap in an MMORPG?

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I recently levelcapped another character in Guild Wars 2, my Asura Guardian, and yet as soon as she dinged, some of the spark of...

MMO Week in Review: Nostalrius as ‘ambassadors’ for the vanilla community (May 1, 2016)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! This...

The MOP Up: Allods’ Gibberling Festival (May 1, 2016)

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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...
SREAM?

The Daily Grind: What could get you to love a MOBA?

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I am very admittedly not a fan of MOBAs, despite the fact that I quite liked the map type that birthed the genre in...

Leaderboard: What must a classic WoW server have to make you play it?

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Word yesterday that Blizzard has invited the "progressive vanilla" Nostalrius emulator team to Blizz HQ, presumably to discuss World of Warcraft and not the...
This was entirely unsafe even in the planning stages.

WRUP: Congratulations to the winners of a personal deathtrap and their next of kin edition

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Back in July of last year, we promised our dear What Are You Playing readers that they would be entered to win a personal...

The Daily Grind: What MMORPG has the best personality?

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A while back I came to the realization that, for me, a game's personality can be just as much of a make-or-break factor as...
Wow, look; nothing.

Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar prepares for no more wipes

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Shroud of the Avatar is into its final countdown as a game without permanence. Sure, the most recent update required a character wipe as...

Global Chat: What can MMORPG devs do to foster community?

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One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...

The Daily Grind: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?

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Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...

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