RvR stands for “realm vs. realm,” usually a reference to faction-based player-vs.-player warfare, and frequently (though not always) in the context of more than two realms.
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The MOP Up: Speedrunning World of Warcraft (October 15, 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...
Halloween events in Path of Exile, Master X Master, RIFT, EverQuest, Ultima Online, and AQ3D
It's almost a full-time job to stay on top of all of the MMO and MOBA Halloween events popping up all over the place!...
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A diverse smattering of projects kept the Camelot Unchained team busy this past week, per the game's newsletter report. It sounds as though players...
Dark and Light encourages you to beat up goblins for sweet, sweet candy
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Massively Overthinking: Three-way RvR and ‘fair’ PvP in modern MMOs
MOP reader Sally Bowls is on a roll with the good questions lately! She lobbed us one this past weekend that seems a good...
World of Warplanes 2.0 introduces conquest mode, bombers, and respawn
Live in World of Warplanes this week is a 2.0 reboot that's striving to be more than just another patch. Wargaming is calling it...
Gloria Victis escalates the PvP conflict with guild territory control
Let's do a little catch-up with Gloria Victis today, shall we? We'll start with the medieval sandbox's September 22nd patch, which added a new...
The Stream Team: Taking a look at Total War: Arena
At PAX West Massively OP's MJ got to see a demo of Total War: Arena gameplay. Since then, she's been looking forward to playing...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Taiwan meet-and-greet (October 8, 2017)
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Camelot Unchained fleshes out character creation backgrounds, animations, and UI
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The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?
In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...
Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Grab a Total War: ARENA closed beta key from Wargaming and MOP
At the tail end of last year, Wargaming's then-new publishing label, Wargaming Alliance, announced it was picking up SEGA's Total War: ARENA, a "free-to-play,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 138: Mystery MMOs and the mobile revolution
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, the mobile MMO avalanche, in-development MMOs from AAA studios, Black Desert's Kamasylvia, and Camelot Unchained, with mailbag questions on the MMO industry going backwards and the small touches in MMOs.
Elite: Dangerous players are at war with one another over war with the Thargoids
Players of Elite: Dangerous have spent quite a while anticipating the arrival of the Thargoids. There were hopeful skirmishes against the aliens soon after...
Dark Age of Camelot welcomes players back with a free month for its birthday
Happy birthday Dark Age of Camelot! This month, Mythic's (now Broadsword's) classic realm-vs.-realm MMORPG celebrates its 16th birthday following its 2001 launch.
The team raised...
EVE Evolved: What to expect from EVE Vegas 2017
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Wild Terra’s latest update adds guild storage, reset scrolls, and pet taming
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Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire launch diary: Initial impressions
My initial impressions on Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire launch are rather late to the table, owing to some fairly significant connection issues...
