raiding
Lineage 2 Revolution’s Valakas’ Fury expansion marked the opening of two new servers
The Lineage franchise is having one heck of a summer thanks to the revitalization of Lineage II with the impending Aden server, but Lineage...
Massively on the Go: The Witcher Monster Slayer shows why Pokemon Go is still the best
Nearly a year ago, Niantic employees did a GDC presentation on Augmented Reality design practices, though it seemed a bit more like best practices...
Swords of Legends Online drops first raid, Xuanjiu Jade Palace, tomorrowday
Swords of Legends Online is hoping to pique your interest with its first big raid: Xuanjiu Jade Palace. It's a 10-to-20-player dungeon. "In the...
Casually Classic: Making the call to quit WoW or not
A week ago I didn't think I'd be sitting here and writing this, but I'm done with WoW Classic -- and with this column.
As...
Lost Ark KR offers a preview video of the Abrelshud raid ahead of its July 28 launch
We're appreciative that Lost Ark is headed to our side of the globe, and we're not going to look the gift horse of the...
Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs
Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...
Swords of Legends Online launches a summer event and battle pass, previews its first raid in a livestream
The summer season has officially arrived to Swords of Legends Online, bringing along some new activities and a new battle pass full of cosmetics....
Perfect Ten: The 10 stages of returning to an old favorite MMO
In my illustrious career of sitting on my butt and mashing the 1-4 buttons over and over, I've returned to many MMOs like an...
Casually Classic: Why it’s so good to Zangarmarsh and chill in WoW Classic
Burning Crusade's Outland shows all the hallmarks of being a playground for developers to flex and try new things. I always was amused at...
Blizzard further experiments with WoW Classic’s same-faction battlegrounds
Implementing same-faction battlegrounds for some of the wildly unbalanced WoW Classic servers seemed to us to be a no-brainer, but Blizzard isn't fully happy...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO Fest 2021 might be the last great GO Fest
Still cleaning out your pokemon collections, trainers? I know I still need to! Pokemon Go’s recent Go Fest 2021 was a return to form...
Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade entry ditch
With this year's Burning Crusade Classic, the dynamics of leveling in WoW Classic shifted just as they did originally. Before Burning Crusade came along...
Vague Patch Notes: Playerbase size doesn’t have to be everything in MMOs
I'm already worried about Crowfall. Not because of personal experiences, mind you; I haven't yet played it or anything, and all I have to...
World of Warcraft’s finale for the Sanctum of Domination raid reveals a major character’s fate
We try really hard to avoid spoilers here when we're talking about story stuff on Massively Overpowered. It's possible, for example, that you are...
The Daily Grind: Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever played an MMO?
A few weeks ago, I logged into WoW Classic and was chatting with my guild when one of our community made a startling confession:...
Swords of Legends Online’s AMA addresses monetization, content, and name reservation SNAFU
At the tail end of June, Swords of Legends Online threw out a whole bunch of event dates including a livestream and an AMA,...
WoW Factor: Why Blizzard’s line about story beats is so frustrating
So the most recent roundup of interviews with World of Warcraft's staff deeply hurt me on a fundamental level. Like, this was the sort...
SWTOR announces Legacy of the Sith expansion with new planet, PvE content, and combat styles
Star Wars The Old Republic fans, it's time to get excited, at least if you missed the leaks from early today, as during its...
Swords of Legends Online reveals post-launch roadmap and battle pass systems
If you missed Gameforge's Swords of Legends Online stream last night, you missed some big announcements that are appeasing the game's fledgling community, including...
