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Massively OP Podcast Episode 47: The sky’s the limit!
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Elder Scroll Online, TERA, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on a LOTRO reboot and volunteer worlds.
Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR losing its MMORPG cred?
One of the recurring gamer complaints about Star Wars: The Old Republic is that it's becoming less and less an MMORPG over time. With Knights of the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
Wisdom of Nym: The next stop on Final Fantasy XIV’s magical expansion tour
The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be announced this year. We all know it. I suppose there's a chance it won't happen,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?
I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...
MMO Mechanics: MMORPG mechanics predictions for 2016
In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...
The Daily Grind: What do you do in MMOs to calm down?
At the risk of giving you more information than you all want to hear, lately my anxiety issues have been reaching a fever pitch....
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them...
The Daily Grind: Which fantasy race has gotten too tropish for your liking?
Poor dwarves.
Generic humans aside, I've always had a fondness for dwarves in fantasy literature and games. They feel less Mary Sueish than those arrogant...
Leaderboard: Are you playing Blade & Soul?
Blade & Soul formally launches in the west next week, with its headstart period for preorder buyers opening up today. MMORPG players talk a...
WoW Factor: The importance of class fantasies
Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?
Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market?
I know pay to win is a dirty,...
Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?
Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...
ARK: Survival Evolved announces mod contest, shows off the poop-eating dung beetle
Surviving is never the only challenge in ARK: Survival Evolved; the devs keep things interesting with various competitions and contests. And the newest contest...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs
I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...
EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark
We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...
The Daily Grind: What MMO character type would you be happy to never see again?
It occurred to me the other day that Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn't actually have a pet class. Every class can sort of...
Choose My Adventure: In which my Shroud of the Avatar plans are foiled
Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Examining Guild Wars 2’s winter 2016 update plans
Guild Wars 2Â Game Director Colin Johanson dropped a massive amount of information about the direction development will take in the first quarter of 2016...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO player councils useful or pointless?
Some MMO studios have decided as part of their efforts to foster understanding with the community to implement player councils. These councils, which are...
