See: Star Wars Galaxies
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DragonCon 2016: Garriott expounds on Shroud of the Avatar’s farming, food, and fancy footwork
Many people look at a game for its combat, however, there are many who also want a game with a variety of non-combat features....
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPG housing have login and maintenance rules?
A Massively OP reader named MrPoolaty recently wrote in to us to talk about the resumption of Final Fantasy XIV's housing demolition timers. See,...
The MOP Up: Destiny prepares for Rise of Iron (September 11, 2016)
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...
A deep-dive into MMORPG housing: RIFT vs. WildStar
If you took a casual poll of the MMO community and asked which game's player housing system was the best and most robust, chances...
Divergence Online returns to Indiegogo to raise funds for the ‘mechapocalypse’
Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie MMORPG Divergence Online is back with another crowdfunding campaign. If we've done our math right, this'll make the game's fourth...
Post-Endor Darklight SWG emulator seeks to be Star Wars Galaxies 2.0
If the core SWG emulator and its many spinoffs aren't to your liking, Darklight SWG might be.
Lead developer Jameson "Levarris" Connors explained to us...
Divergence Online brings a prequel survival game to Steam Greenlight
The Divergence Online project, a spiritual offshoot of Star Wars Galaxies, has spawned a survival game prequel that will lead into the MMO proper....
One Shots: Wonderful Bree drug
Despite what you may think, libraries can be fascinating places full of mysteries and delights. Even in MMOs, you never know what you'll find...
The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online
One of the things that I love about Massively Overpowered's readership is how fans often bring games to my attention that I never knew...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks
MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...
The Daily Grind: How much does your MMORPG character’s appearance matter to your gameplay?
I like to think of myself as the kind of person who doesn't care all that much about aesthetics as long as a game...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
The Daily Grind: Do you think of yourself as an MMO PvPer?
Whether I've consciously realized it or not, I've been a PvPer since my first FFA PvP sandbox, Ultima Online, in 1997. Since then, I've...
Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs
Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
The Game Archaeologist: Eight launch trailers from classic MMOs
When YouTube first became a thing, I dismissed it as a site that was mostly preoccupied with people talking into cameras in an attempt...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs reward vets for helping newbies?
During this week's podcast, Justin explained to me something that Trion is up to in RIFT that blew me away: Players who have run...
The Stream Team: An anniversary stroll in the Star Wars Galaxies Emu
The infamous Star Wars Galaxies launched 13 years ago tomorrow. As the game that tossed MassivelyOP's MJ down the rabbit hole of MMOs and...
Ask Mo: Was Star Wars Galaxies really that great?
This round of Ask Mo features a question from BalsBigBrother that I've shamelessly poached from the Massively OP Podcast mailbag. The truth is, we've...
One Shots: Two hearts beating as one
It's not every day that you get married, either in real life or in a video game. Reader Kanbe managed to impress me by...
The Game Archaeologist: Five eye-opening videos about the MMORPG genre
When it comes to tracking down history for MMOs, I've found that there are an array of sources at hand that have preserved (unwittingly...
