player housing
Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.
EverQuesting: Celebrate everything Nights of the Dead with our EverQuest II guide
I may be disappointed with the lack of caring I feel is being shown to EverQuest II players by Daybreak/Columbus Nova, but that doesn't mean I...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.1 in review
Let me make an agreement with you, dear readers: this column about Final Fantasy XIV will not talk about the housing situation in Shirogane...
Final Fantasy XIV brings around its annual Halloween event on October 19
Another All Saints' Wake is approaching once more in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means players will need to deal with the usual antics...
Perfect Ten: Why no one should recommend World of Warcraft ever
Last week, MOP's Justin (friend to man and beast alike) posted his list of MMOs he would recommend people play. It was a pretty...
Naoki Yoshida apologizes for Final Fantasy XIV housing mess, outlines future plans
If you missed this particular bit of drama, here's the TL;DR recap. Final Fantasy XIV releases patch 4.1, which includes the new housing wards....
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV has a serious housing problem for basically no reason
Patch 4.1 arrived in Final Fantasy XIV, and the Shirogane housing rush came and went exactly how everyone familiar with the game had been...
Fractured introduces its complex horizontal leveling system
Since this past summer, we've had our eye on Fractured, yet another SpatialOS MMO on the way to hard drives everywhere. If it’s not on...
Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 4.1 (and no, you can’t get a house)
Yes, Final Fantasy XIV has dropped patch 4.1; if you were trying to get a house, you both already knew that and are already...
Wisdom of Nym: The key bits of Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.1 patch notes
Here we are, folks, staring down the barrel of the latest major patch. If you're feeling a minor set of trepidation simply because that...
Final Fantasy XIV releases patch notes for patch 4.1
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is almost here, but just because the patch isn't coming out until October 10th doesn't mean you...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
RIFT provides a free upgrade for housing dimensions
Unexpected bonuses are always a delight, true? RIFT players are in for a treat later this week, as Trion Worlds is improving its housing...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)
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...
Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward
Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...
Massively Overthinking: Weighing in on Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire has been live for just a week now, and while various members of the Massively OP staff have...
The Daily Grind: What would an old MMO have to do to win you back?
Something odd hit me recently. As I was sitting and planning my MMO play schedules, I realized that whatever announcements about expansions we get...
Ultima Online’s F2P mode launches spring 2018, limits housing, boats, and banks
Two decades after launch, Ultima Online is still going strong, and as we reported over the weekend, soon - spring 2018, to be exact...
Legends of Aria reschedules ‘final alpha’ for September 28
All of the big pieces of Legends of Aria are coming together for the game's so-called "final alpha" test later this week. Originally slated...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
