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Vague Patch Notes: MMORPG accelerationism is a stupid sucker’s game
The most recent Warframe update starts with a solid chunk of story, and the story that it tells is that of a time loop....
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Biggest MMO Disappointment
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Disappointment, which was awarded to Digital Extremes abandoning Wayfinder last year....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst for letting you earn (rather than buy) in-game cosmetics?
Every MMO on the market these days will let you slap down some money to look prettier. This, in and of itself, is fine....
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Secret Level episode and Amazon’s odd priorities
Last week, Amazon's Prime Video launched its Secret Level anthology series of short animated episodes based on a variety of games. Included in this...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best New MMO Class
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best New MMO Class, which was awarded to Elder Scrolls Online's Arcanist...
The Daily Grind: Do you stick to a uniform naming convention in MMOs?
Names are always a contentious and personal topic for MMORPGs, as they are our "face" by which others know us. And there are really...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play
Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s 2025 ‘living roadmap’
Covering New World's new "living roadmap" for 2025 seems like something I should have gotten to sooner, but in my defence I've been battling...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Trend
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Trend, which was awarded to the silver lining of MMO...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG launched the best event of 2024?
I'm well aware that this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to answer because it used to be an award, and it...
Wisdom of Nym: Reflecting on Final Fantasy XIV’s custom delivery clients
Tomorrow's patch will mark the latest in the long line of custom delivery clients in Final Fantasy XIV, but oddly enough I don't think...
The Soapbox: The Dauntless Awakening update is just as bad as advertised for veteran players
I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't have to write that headline.
I've been a Dauntless fan and player for many years now, getting...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to Overwatch's MMO-esque-PvE bungle. (Yes, we...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best character customization as of 2024?
Star Citizen has an unfortunately bad reputation... well, kind of everywhere, including among its own dearest fans, but today I want to call out...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Most Improved MMO
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Most Improved MMO, which was awarded to World of Warcraft Retail last...
The Daily Grind: How long can you keep up a regular MMO weekly task?
Final Fantasy XIV does not have a shortage of weekly tasks to complete at any given interval, and there are several that remain regular...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s run in 2024
How do we sum up the entire year of Lord of the Rings Online? That's always a hard task, but if I had to...
MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Rogue Server
Welcome back to Massively Overpowered's formal end-of-the-year awards!
Today's award is for the Best MMO Rogue Server, which was awarded to Warhammer Online: Return of...
The Daily Grind: Do certain seasons of the year bring you back to MMOs?
As the years start to flicker by faster, I've observed that certain seasons tend to bring out different gaming desires and habits in my...
