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The Daily Grind: How old should an MMO be to consider classic servers?

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Last week, Justin and I were chit-chatting about legacy servers in MMORPGs when he said that Trion should really get moving on classic servers...

Shroud of the Avatar opens a trio of new mines for lowbies, gets ready for Christmas

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Players who want to get a jump start on their Shroud of the Avatar crafting career might end up taking a tour under the...

Ultima Online suspends ‘advisor’ program ahead of F2P conversion

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Back in 2014, Ultima Online revived its classic "counselor" program as a new "advisor" program -- essentially, it roped in community-minded, expert players to...

EA has put the kibosh on a player-run Battlefield emulator – are MMOs next?

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We don't cover the Battlefield games much on Massively OP, but this particular story caught my attention anyway because of the company and subject...

Shroud of the Avatar announces big gameplay change and new trial

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Following the release of its October content update a few days ago, Shroud of the Avatar's weekly newsletter delivered a hodge-podge of smaller news...

Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre

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I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 47 focuses on launch priorities

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Like clockwork, Shroud of the Avatar continues its long string of monthly updates with today's Release 47. It's a pretty notable release in that...
Oh, wow, maps. What an amazingly new concept.

Shroud of the Avatar acquires fan-made map software for zone mapping

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The original plan for Shroud of the Avatar was to have all maps be hand-drawn, found by players, and generally hard to find. This...

Massively Overthinking: Is open-world housing really a ‘failed’ MMORPG experiment?

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Massively OP's Justin Olivetti has a provocative article on his personal gaming blog, Bio Break, this week on MMORPG housing. "I once again wonder why...

Crowfall demos more action harvesting, starts taking guild name reservations

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Crowfall isn't content to make gathering as dull and repetitive as in other MMOs, which is why the team is putting great stock in...

Ultima Online patches in Halloween, 20-year vet rewards, and Christmas

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Publish 98.2 is live in Ultima Online this week with... Christmas? Yep! Halloween is already live in the game, but the latest patch set up...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR

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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.

Shroud of the Avatar sells toilets and wheelchairs for charity

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While it still continues on that long road to launch, Shroud of the Avatar is using some of its development time and resources to...

Halloween events in Path of Exile, Master X Master, RIFT, EverQuest, Ultima Online, and AQ3D

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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!...
Everyone comes to our house.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 139: Catching up with Legends of Aria

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Justin and Bree are joined by Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann to chat about alpha; then they discuss Guild Wars 2's waypoint sales, SWTOR's merges, the WoW expansion, and Shroud of the Avatar's delay, with a mailbag question on lockbox gambling.

The Daily Grind: Why does EVE survive where other PvP sandboxes stumble?

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MOP reader Tobasco da Gama pointed us to a recent Reddit thread about why EVE Online persists, even in a weakened state, where other...

C-3PO lookalike joins Shroud of the Avatar in release 47

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OK, so C-3PO isn't really being imported into Shroud of the Avatar, but the game's new automaton sure looks a lot like him (minus...

The Game Archaeologist: Ultima Worlds Online Origin

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While the heady days of Ultima Online's dominant position over the industry are long gone, the MMORPG continues to operate and expand, and many...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a hard time connecting with isometric MMOs?

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Let's talk perspective today. No, not your general outlook on life -- which I'm sure is cheery and as non-cynical as can be --...

The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?

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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...

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