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Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Blunder, which was awarded to Blizzard's Diablo Immortal disaster last year. This...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offered the best PvP experience in 2019?
You might recall that in 2018, we swapped out our award for best PvP MMORPG. Neither our writers nor our readers in the years...
RuneScape discusses initiatives to monitor extreme player spending as part of a ‘duty of care’
A bit of backstory here: In September of this year, a Parliamentary report on addictive technologies like gaming monetization pointed to the case of...
The MOP Up: Skyforge gets toxic (in a good way)
Just because the newest area in Skyforge is described as a "toxic wasteland" doesn't mean that you should change your vacation plans. Gullible players...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Best MMO Player Housing, which was awarded to EverQuest II and RIFT last year....
One Shots: An epic year
Every one of us deserves to look and feel a bit epic from time to time in MMORPGs, even if it's all in our...
The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO lore bothers you more than it probably should?
Pandaren in World of Warcraft have always bothered me. Not because the expansion that introduced them was bad (it was certainly better than the expansions...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Not-So-Massively Game of the Year
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Not-So-Massively Game of the Year, which was awarded to Warframe last year. The games...
The Daily Grind: What is the best written MMO character?
In the past couple of Lord of the Rings Online expansions, I've noticed that the writing team has kind of created a breakout character...
MMO Burnout: Pokemon Sword and Shield is fun but not innovative
I have a vivid memory from when I was younger - about 12 or so - of walking through the local Walmart with my...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2019 predictions
The day has come: the day when we look back at last year's predictions for this year and see how we did. Yep, this...
WoW Factor: How WoW’s Corruption system breaks the redeeming features of Titanforging
Last time around in WoW Factor, we took a nice healthy look back at how itemization has evolved in World of Warcraft over the years....
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Biggest MMO Surprise
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Surprise, which was awarded to the buyouts of Trion Worlds and CCP...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2019?
Thanks to MOP reader Agemyth's suggestion way back in 2016, we’ve been debating the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s first Blue Mage extension
Here we are. The newest Final Fantasy XIV patch is as much a proof of concept as the original Blue Mage launch was, showing how...
Massively OP’s 2019 Awards: Worst MMO Business Model
Massively Overpowered’s end-of-the-year 2019 awards continue today with our award for Worst MMO Business Model, which was awarded to Star Citizen last year. This faux-ward...
The Daily Grind: Do sealed doors in MMOs bother you?
I am well aware of the reasoning behind why there are several doors in Final Fantasy XIV on buildings you cannot enter. The point is...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019
Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
