Facebook
Patreon
Paypal
RSS
Twitch
Twitter
Youtube
News
New Games
Updates
Industry
Community
Events
Interviews
Science
Sunsets
Week in Review
The MOP Up
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Warm Fuzzy Stories
Opinion
The Daily Grind
Perfect Ten
Vague Patch Notes
Working As Intended
Lawful Neutral
Progress Bar
Massively Overthinking
Reverse Engineering
The Soapbox
Jukebox Heroes
Epic MMO Battles
MMO Mechanics
Columns
Vitae Aeternum – New World
WoW Factor – World of Warcraft
Casually Classic – WoW Classic
Tamriel Infinium – Elder Scrolls Online
Wisdom of Nym – Final Fantasy XIV
Flameseeker Chronicles – Guild Wars 2
LOTRO Legendarium – Lord of the Rings Online
Stick and Rudder – Elite & Star Citizen
Hyperspace Beacon – SWTOR & SWG
Desert Oasis – Black Desert
EVE Evolved – EVE Online
EverQuesting – EverQuest Franchise
Wandering Wraeclast – Path of Exile
Chaos Theory – Secret World Legends
Warframe of Mind – Warframe
Games
MMORPGs
Multiplayer Online
The Game Archaeologist
Fight or Kite: PvP MMOs
Not So Massively
Into the Super-Verse
Tales from the Holodeck: VR
Massively on the Go
Four Winds
The Survivalist
From the Depths
MMO Cartographer
MMO Burnout
Some Assembly Required
Design Mockument
Betawatch
Make My MMO
MMO Guides
Obscure MMOs
Forgotten MMOs
Community
Giveaways
Choose My Adventure
Massively Uplifting
One Shots
Leaderboard
Storyboard
Guild Chat
Global Chat
Why We Play
Ask Mo
WRUP
Justin’s MMO Timeline
Podcasts
Massively OP Podcast
Battle Bards
Streaming
Twitch
Videos
YouTube
About
Credits
Patreon
Tips
Search
Become a Patron
Tips
Podcast
Classic
Mastodon
Facebook
Patreon
Paypal
RSS
Twitch
Twitter
Youtube
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
your username
your password
Forgot your password? Get help
Privacy Policy
Password recovery
Recover your password
your email
A password will be e-mailed to you.
Massively Overpowered
News
New Games
Updates
Industry
Community
Events
Interviews
Science
Sunsets
Week in Review
The MOP Up
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Warm Fuzzy Stories
Opinion
The Daily Grind
Perfect Ten
Vague Patch Notes
Working As Intended
Lawful Neutral
Progress Bar
Massively Overthinking
Reverse Engineering
The Soapbox
Jukebox Heroes
Epic MMO Battles
MMO Mechanics
Columns
Vitae Aeternum – New World
WoW Factor – World of Warcraft
Casually Classic – WoW Classic
Tamriel Infinium – Elder Scrolls Online
Wisdom of Nym – Final Fantasy XIV
Flameseeker Chronicles – Guild Wars 2
LOTRO Legendarium – Lord of the Rings Online
Stick and Rudder – Elite & Star Citizen
Hyperspace Beacon – SWTOR & SWG
Desert Oasis – Black Desert
EVE Evolved – EVE Online
EverQuesting – EverQuest Franchise
Wandering Wraeclast – Path of Exile
Chaos Theory – Secret World Legends
Warframe of Mind – Warframe
Games
MMORPGs
Multiplayer Online
The Game Archaeologist
Fight or Kite: PvP MMOs
Not So Massively
Into the Super-Verse
Tales from the Holodeck: VR
Massively on the Go
Four Winds
The Survivalist
From the Depths
MMO Cartographer
MMO Burnout
Some Assembly Required
Design Mockument
Betawatch
Make My MMO
MMO Guides
Obscure MMOs
Forgotten MMOs
Community
Giveaways
Choose My Adventure
Massively Uplifting
One Shots
Leaderboard
Storyboard
Guild Chat
Global Chat
Why We Play
Ask Mo
WRUP
Justin’s MMO Timeline
Podcasts
Massively OP Podcast
Battle Bards
Streaming
Twitch
Videos
YouTube
About
Credits
Patreon
Tips
promise
The Daily Grind: How much tolerance do you have for unfulfilled MMO promises?
Eliot Lefebvre
-
May 28, 2023
27
Every MMO promises things that it doesn't deliver on. Final Fantasy XIV promised open-world roaming Primals that free companies could kill and then summon...
ADVERTISEMENT
THE LATEST POSTS
The Stream Team: Peitha’s plan of resistance in Guild Wars 2
November 28, 2023
Nexon’s early access 5v5 action shooter Veiled Experts will sunset December 14
November 28, 2023
Whatever happened to EA’s 3v3 arena shooter Rocket Arena?
November 28, 2023
Quantic Foundry’s survey examines the motivations of gamers drawn to sci-fi settings
November 28, 2023
Massively OP Podcast Episode 447: MMO hackers, headstarts, and proliferations
November 28, 2023
TOP CONTENT
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s siege turtles and updated End of Dragons elite specs
December 2, 2021
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter explains future patch plans and graphical upgrade plans
February 19, 2022
Into the Super-verse: Is there any hope left for the future of superhero MMOs?
June 11, 2022
Why I Play: Diablo III – From pre-release to Reaper of Souls
March 31, 2023
The Soapbox: Single-player open worlds will never equal those of MMORPGs
September 13, 2021