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The Stream Team: A Charr decoy in Guild Wars 2
In order to protect the informant, Massively OP's MJ continues her first big mission with the Order of Whispers by planning a bait and...
Guild Wars 2’s latest balance patch tackles spec tradeoffs and defensive passives
As promised, Guild Wars 2's latest balance update is live for players today, with tweaks for multiple specs and passive defensive traits.
"Many elite specializations...
Guild Wars 2 maps out dates for upcoming events and patch releases for the rest of 2022
There are not many months left in the Year of This Weird Algorithm 2022, and it looks like Guild Wars 2 is ready to...
The Daily Grind: How many MMO toons can you juggle at once?
I may have overdone it with the City of Heroes toons.
I'm currently working on a project to level several dozen characters up so I...
Myst Online introduces a new fan-made Age to its open-sourced world
The next Age of Myst Online is here -- but this time it's the players, rather than the development team, that's taking the community...
City of Heroes fans have (mostly) restored the game’s original 2012 forums
Looking for a forum-based blast from the past out of City of Heroes? Maybe you want to re-read some of the story threads, look...
Blade and Soul holds contest to celebrate the incoming Musician class
Are you ready to rock out with Blade and Soul's Musician class when it arrives on October 12th? NCsoft certainly hopes so, as the...
The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘mapping’ in explorable MMORPGs?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on "vestigial organ" design in MMOs, and I mentioned Guild Wars 2's leveling system as being...
Aion Classic’s Wrath of the Storm update goes live with new instances and improved sub benefits
Update 2.4 has been the talk of Aion Classic for the past few days now, but the time for talk is over and the...
Blade & Soul adds a new dungeon, Halloween, and the Musician class on October 12
Are you ready for the Symphony of Destruction in Blade & Soul? No, this doesn't mean the MMORPG is collaborating with Megadeth, but it...
Vague Patch Notes: Mandatory content and game design in MMOs
Let me tell you about my second roommate in college. He was named Kyle, and he was benefiting from the fact that I had...
Overwatch 2 plans to combat player toxicity and secure accounts with a ‘defense matrix’
Wrath what? Blizzard doesn't have time to think about the immediate past when it has another launch coming right around the corner. Next week,...
The Daily Grind: How can MMO devs make tank classes more interesting?
Sometimes Daily Grind topics blossom from extended conversations in the Massively OP office. And indeed, the other day we were tossing back and forth...
The Stream Team: Heading home to continue Guild Wars 2’s personal story
No, she doesn't get distracted at all. Nope. Not at all. Massively OP's MJ already started playing Guild Wars 2 by skipping all the...
Aion EU teases the arrival of its own version of Aion Classic
Players of Aion here in North America have been playing a classic version of the MMORPG for a while now - since last June,...
NCsoft’s Throne and Liberty, still gunning for 2023, drops a new playtest gameplay video
Back in August, NCsoft told investors that it had delayed its next big game, Throne and Liberty, yet again - this time into 2023....
The Stream Team: The ongoing leveling adventures of a Guild Wars 2 Elementalist
MOP's Chris is coming back to Tyria once again as he continues to slowly make his way through the levels of Guild Wars 2....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unloved class in your favorite MMO, and how would you fix it?
I was trundling around playing on my Lord of the Rings Online server the other night when someone advertised for a Burglar for some...
Lineage II Aden kicks off its sixth L2 Pass for players
It's not exactly news that Lineage II Aden (which is the solo-focused version of Lineage II, by way of reminder) has battle passes. The...
The Stream Team: Aion’s lucky 13th birthday
Who says the number 13 is unlucky? Certainly not Massively OP's MJ! It is, in fact, her favorite number. And being the 13th one...
