https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:12:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/19/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2024/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/19/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2024/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466493 Every year when it comes time to update this poll for January, I consider tossing it out. But the last few years of Daybreak have been more interesting than ever, so I just can’t bring myself to do it. The purpose of this topic has become less about bracing ourselves for the worst and more […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/19/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2024/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2023/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2023/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:00:46 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466495 It’s no secret that whenever somebody declares a GOTY, somebody else is going to say that game is overrated. Heck, we cover some major MMORPGs that a lot of you love and I just shrug at. That’s the nature of aesthetic opinions. It’s fine. It’s good, even, since it makes things spicy and interesting. And […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2023/feed/ 30 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/10/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2023/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/10/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2023/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466496 So I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we have a lot of MMORPGs coming in 2024! The bad news is that a lot of them were delayed from 2023, meaning that 2023 didn’t have a whole ton of new MMOs. But this Leaderboard is a long-running poll […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/10/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2023/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/12/warframe-of-mind-the-wonders-of-whispers-in-the-walls-launching-december-13/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/12/warframe-of-mind-the-wonders-of-whispers-in-the-walls-launching-december-13/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=468449 It’s almost here! Warframe’s anticipated Whispers in the Walls is launching tomorrow, and I’ll finally get to delve in. After learning more about it this past August at TennoCon 2023, then recently getting a deeper preview with Creative Director Rebb Ford and Community Director and Live Ops Megan Everett, I couldn’t help but look forward […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/12/warframe-of-mind-the-wonders-of-whispers-in-the-walls-launching-december-13/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/03/the-mop-up-dragon-and-home-goes-to-the-blazing-desert/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/03/the-mop-up-dragon-and-home-goes-to-the-blazing-desert/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=469353 Dragon and Home warmed up a chilly winter with the debut of its third continent, the Blazing Desert. “This vast world presents the splendor of ancient civilizations, offering you a unique experience of exotic charm. Within the boundless expanse of the desert, besides mounts, the boats will serve as your frequently used transportation.” And this […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/03/the-mop-up-dragon-and-home-goes-to-the-blazing-desert/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/22/waven-introduces-a-new-boss-fight-and-refreshed-battle-pass-in-second-chapter-of-the-lance-dur-season/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/22/waven-introduces-a-new-boss-fight-and-refreshed-battle-pass-in-second-chapter-of-the-lance-dur-season/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:00:45 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=468402 The Lance Dur season of early access tactical MMO Waven that started last month continues today with Chapter 2: Belladonna, the second portion of the three-part season that brings the titular new boss fight and an associated battle pass refresh. “The specter of Cire Momore is gone, and now it’s time to face off against […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/22/waven-introduces-a-new-boss-fight-and-refreshed-battle-pass-in-second-chapter-of-the-lance-dur-season/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/12/the-mop-up-fallout-76-turns-five-years-old/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/12/the-mop-up-fallout-76-turns-five-years-old/#comments Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466451 Fallout 76 is celebrating its fifth anniversary loud and proud this week with a birthday party on Tuesday, a special challenge event, and a free “birthday suit.” Coming up later this month is the treasure hunter event, mutated public events, and bonuses to scrip and caps. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/12/the-mop-up-fallout-76-turns-five-years-old/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/05/blizzcon-2023-overwatch-2-previews-competitive-updates-clash-game-mode-and-upcoming-heroes/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/05/blizzcon-2023-overwatch-2-previews-competitive-updates-clash-game-mode-and-upcoming-heroes/#respond Sun, 05 Nov 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=465969 The “What’s Next” panels continue to spill forth from this year’s BlizzCon as Overwatch 2 talked up its next several seasons’ worth of updates, most of which are focused entirely on the PvP side of things, though there is a small portion about PvE content as well. The presentation started with a look at the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/05/blizzcon-2023-overwatch-2-previews-competitive-updates-clash-game-mode-and-upcoming-heroes/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/25/wavens-newest-season-introduces-a-competitive-pve-mode-and-an-updated-battle-pass/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/25/wavens-newest-season-introduces-a-competitive-pve-mode-and-an-updated-battle-pass/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:30:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=463819 Ankama’s early access tactical MMO Waven has started a new season, and much like other games from the studio, this one is having a little fun with time travel. The Lance Dur season has arrived with its first chapter, which is all about players taking the role of the titular legendary hero and his party […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/25/wavens-newest-season-introduces-a-competitive-pve-mode-and-an-updated-battle-pass/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/12/adventurequest-3d-celebrates-the-guild-that-broke-the-mmorpg-by-climbing-the-leaderboard-at-breakneck-speed/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/12/adventurequest-3d-celebrates-the-guild-that-broke-the-mmorpg-by-climbing-the-leaderboard-at-breakneck-speed/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=461721 Generally, when an MMO feature is dashed upon the rocks by players, the studio behind the game is full of contrition and promises to fix things. AdventureQuest 3D isn’t like most MMOs, however; when a player guild took a proverbial sledgehammer to the recently added guild leaderboard feature and ended up breaking the entire game, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/12/adventurequest-3d-celebrates-the-guild-that-broke-the-mmorpg-by-climbing-the-leaderboard-at-breakneck-speed/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/05/maplestorys-midnight-carnival-arrives-to-celebrate-halloween-all-through-october/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=460681 The month of October is Halloween. This is now an inalienable truth because most of the internet has decreed it so, and it’s being reinforced by MapleStory’s latest patch, which is absolutely stuffed with Halloween events that run across this entire month. Most of the festivities will be housed within the Night Troupe’s Midnight Carnival, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/01/the-mop-up-soulframe-releases-a-soundtrack-tidbit/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/01/the-mop-up-soulframe-releases-a-soundtrack-tidbit/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=459493 Soulframe fans starved to hear something — anything — about Digital Extremes’ upcoming fantasy RPG were thrown an audio morsel this week in the form of a song from its soundrack. You can listen to the “Rivers of Dendria” song on YouTube and perhaps catch some of the vibe that this title is planning to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/01/the-mop-up-soulframe-releases-a-soundtrack-tidbit/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/27/tera-console-cycles-dungeons-launches-a-new-battle-pass-and-improves-its-pet-system/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/27/tera-console-cycles-dungeons-launches-a-new-battle-pass-and-improves-its-pet-system/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:30:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=459615 The de facto maintenance mode-like updates for TERA Console continue on, with the latest patch performing another dungeon access cycle, launching a new battle pass, and tweaking its pet system overall – or as the notes put it, “pet system will be improve completely.” Dungeons opening up this patch include the hard version of Catalepticon […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/27/tera-console-cycles-dungeons-launches-a-new-battle-pass-and-improves-its-pet-system/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/09/overwatch-2-outlines-quality-of-life-features-and-adjustments-for-competitive-players/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=457099 Now that Overwatch 2 has arguably thrown the PvE monkey off of its back, the devs behind the shooter can get back to focusing on its competitive PvP players, or at least so it seems gauging the focal point of the latest letter from director Aaron Keller, who talks up several upcoming tweaks to address […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/06/the-mop-up-adventurequest-3d-players-spend-five-billion-gold-in-a-weekend/ Sun, 06 Aug 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=451291 A recent gold boost event led to a record-breaking level of transactions in AdventureQuest 3D as players splurged on augments. “This was a new record in AQ3D (it actually kinda broke the database, lol) and it was also the highest amount of gold ever spent during a release in Artix Entertainment history,” the studio said. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/30/the-mop-up-maplestory-rebuilds-the-legendary-guild-castle/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/30/the-mop-up-maplestory-rebuilds-the-legendary-guild-castle/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=450250 MapleStory broke out the second part of its two-part summer Savior update which is “packed with a new mystical land to discover, a new boss to defeat, and the Guild Castle, there are plenty of adventures for Maplers to embark on!” And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/30/the-mop-up-maplestory-rebuilds-the-legendary-guild-castle/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/04/choose-my-adventure-a-warhammer-online-return-of-reckoning-reunion-with-a-dash-of-waaagh/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/04/choose-my-adventure-a-warhammer-online-return-of-reckoning-reunion-with-a-dash-of-waaagh/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=447273 It’s criminal that there aren’t as many Warhammer games that use the Orks. They’re my favorite group in the game purely because they just like to fight. I assume there’s some deeper lore going on, but my limited knowledge is that they’re effectively non-stop, heavy metal, loud, boisterous marauders. So when the Choose My Adventure […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/04/choose-my-adventure-a-warhammer-online-return-of-reckoning-reunion-with-a-dash-of-waaagh/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/26/dauntless-latest-content-patch-brings-another-gauntlet-season-new-cells-and-recycled-battle-passes-once-again/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/26/dauntless-latest-content-patch-brings-another-gauntlet-season-new-cells-and-recycled-battle-passes-once-again/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=446393 No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This Dauntless content news post isn’t a copy-paste of the last four stories; it’s just bringing the same things to do yet again, only this time with a number five. That number five of course references Gauntlet Season 5 as the hallmark piece of the patch, which once […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/26/dauntless-latest-content-patch-brings-another-gauntlet-season-new-cells-and-recycled-battle-passes-once-again/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/22/overwatch-2-discusses-hero-mastery-mode-progression-updates-new-missions-and-flashpoint-pvp-mode/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/22/overwatch-2-discusses-hero-mastery-mode-progression-updates-new-missions-and-flashpoint-pvp-mode/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:30:04 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=445863 Yesterday saw the Overwatch 2 team come together in a developer broadcast to call attention to the various features scheduled to arrive in the August 10th Invasion update, including progression updates, mission highlights, and its new PvP mode. The stream first talks about the PvE story missions, confirming the general timeline of when the story […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/22/overwatch-2-discusses-hero-mastery-mode-progression-updates-new-missions-and-flashpoint-pvp-mode/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/14/desert-oasis-first-impressions-of-black-deserts-land-of-the-morning-light/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/14/desert-oasis-first-impressions-of-black-deserts-land-of-the-morning-light/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444583 Long-time Black Desert players know about a little town on the northwest corner of the map. It’s the city of Port Ratt, and for years, it’s been a pretty neat area to visit. Those who engaged with trading and the great ocean content found it a relatively lucrative way to earn some silver. But aside from […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/14/desert-oasis-first-impressions-of-black-deserts-land-of-the-morning-light/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/28/the-mop-up-netmarble-and-take-two-finances-are-powered-by-mmos/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/28/the-mop-up-netmarble-and-take-two-finances-are-powered-by-mmos/#comments Sun, 28 May 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=441482 We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble’s Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making up 16% of sales (notably Lineage 2 Revolution and Blade and Soul Revolution). And Take-Two Interactive’s own recent financial report said that net revenue is up 53% this year thanks to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/28/the-mop-up-netmarble-and-take-two-finances-are-powered-by-mmos/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/06/new-world-patches-in-massive-buffs-to-the-humdrum-springtide-bloom-event/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/06/new-world-patches-in-massive-buffs-to-the-humdrum-springtide-bloom-event/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=438813 If you found that the Springtide Bloom event in New World was a bit on the grindy side as our own New World players did, you’ll perhaps be happy to learn that a patch applied earlier this week may have improved things on that front as it adjusts drop rates, rewards, and other associated matters. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/06/new-world-patches-in-massive-buffs-to-the-humdrum-springtide-bloom-event/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/03/diablo-ii-resurrected-exhumes-ladder-season-4-this-week/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/03/diablo-ii-resurrected-exhumes-ladder-season-4-this-week/#comments Wed, 03 May 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=438203 As fans await the arrival of Diablo IV next month — next month, already?! — the other titles in this franchise continue to vie for some last-minute attention before they are cast aside for the shiniest new toy. The revamped Diablo II: Resurrection makes its play for some love with the release of this week’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/03/diablo-ii-resurrected-exhumes-ladder-season-4-this-week/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/17/the-cycle-frontier-issues-the-howlerbusters-challenge-through-april-30/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=435747 One of the many features that Yager hyped for the third season of The Cycle: Frontier was the addition of a flying monster known as the Howler. Now that this season has been released and players are likely familiar with this new threat, it’s time for them to take on the Howlerbusters Challenge. Between now […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/17/leaderboard-is-an-overlay-map-essential-in-oarpgs/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/17/leaderboard-is-an-overlay-map-essential-in-oarpgs/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:00:40 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=435879 Is an overlay map critical to your experience in OARPGs? Blizzard apparently doesn’t think so, as it’s not planning on implementing one in Diablo IV in spite of the fact that it’s a pretty time-honored tradition in action RPGs and roguelike games that are about map-crawling and loot-collecting. The news was confirmed by Blizzard’s Rod […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/17/leaderboard-is-an-overlay-map-essential-in-oarpgs/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/30/wizard101-players-are-already-ruining-the-fun-of-its-recent-rate-my-stitch-feature/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/30/wizard101-players-are-already-ruining-the-fun-of-its-recent-rate-my-stitch-feature/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:30:05 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433295 Sharing glamorous looks is arguably a large part of the fun in MMOs, so when KingsIsle decided to encourage that in Wizard101 with the in-game Rate My Stitch feature, we were pretty jazzed. Unfortunately, the problem with most MMO systems is other people, and players were reportedly manipulating ratings to climb the fashion leaderboard by […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/30/wizard101-players-are-already-ruining-the-fun-of-its-recent-rate-my-stitch-feature/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/wizard101s-rate-my-stitch-update-adds-a-fashion-studio-and-rating-system/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/wizard101s-rate-my-stitch-update-adds-a-fashion-studio-and-rating-system/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432889 Wizard101 fans are in for a treat today as the Rate My Stitch game update goes live: KingsIsle is introducing a cheeky new system that allows players to create and save outfits, model their outfits, rate other folks’ outfits, and play around in a new fashion studio. There’s even a leaderboard. A fashion leaderboard. Given […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/wizard101s-rate-my-stitch-update-adds-a-fashion-studio-and-rating-system/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/skyforge-kicks-off-season-8-of-pantheon-wars-for-pc-and-playstation-players/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/skyforge-kicks-off-season-8-of-pantheon-wars-for-pc-and-playstation-players/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432676 PvP’ing players of Skyforge who are on PlayStation and PC, your time to shine has arrived: The eighth season of Pantheon Wars is now online, bringing fresh battles every second Sunday for the chance at oodles of rewards. Season 8 of the PvP affair promises argents for each victorious battle and a huge prize pool […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/skyforge-kicks-off-season-8-of-pantheon-wars-for-pc-and-playstation-players/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/22/ea-is-sunsetting-another-trio-of-online-games-from-the-battlefield-ip/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/22/ea-is-sunsetting-another-trio-of-online-games-from-the-battlefield-ip/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431988 Prepare to say farewell to a whole ‘nother slew of online games and a whole ‘nother reason to support widespread game preservation. Though technically these aren’t MMORPGs, they’ll suffer the same fate, as EA announced yesterday that it’s sunsetting Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 1, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in December, removing them from […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/22/ea-is-sunsetting-another-trio-of-online-games-from-the-battlefield-ip/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/13/wizard101-is-getting-a-fashion-event-while-pirate101-hires-devs-for-new-playable-content/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430407 If your Wizard101 character looks a little threadbare and out-of-style, then you’re going to want to brush up its wardrobe for a fashion event that’s in the works. KingsIsle said that it’s getting close to “Rate My Stitch,” a feature where players can submit their outfits for voting by the community. “If you participate in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/10/dauntless-begins-gauntlet-season-3-raises-banked-weapon-xp-and-reruns-the-silver-sword-quest/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430280 Regular followers of our Dauntless coverage were already familiar with several of the multiplayer RPG’s upcoming features, but now Slayers can actually experience many of them this week, as the latest patch features another Gauntlet season, new cells, and more. The marquee feature is Gauntlet Season 3, which brings back several modifiers and adds two […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/22/new-world-patches-in-legacy-of-crassus-event-nerfs-bizarro-bobblehead-cats/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=427738 Early this morning, Amazon rolled out New World’s patch 1.8.3, kicking off the Legacy of Crassus event, which my brain keeps translating as Uncle Crassius, which does all sorts of weird things to my headcanon for this game. This Crassus, of course, is a Roman big bad whose mean ol’ cyclopes are trying to murder […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/17/leaderboard-do-you-prefer-first-person-or-third-person-perspective-while-gaming/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/17/leaderboard-do-you-prefer-first-person-or-third-person-perspective-while-gaming/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426900 Quantic Foundry, the team behind the Gamer Motivation Model and the modern gamer profiling test, put out a dev blog at the end of January homing in on first- vs. third-person perspective. According to the model, which is based on thousands of surveys of gamers, our preference for camera perspective is somewhat predictable, and it […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/17/leaderboard-do-you-prefer-first-person-or-third-person-perspective-while-gaming/feed/ 34 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/09/diablo-ii-resurrected-preps-ladder-season-three-new-rune-words-and-sundering-charm-improvements/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426054 Diablo Immortal isn’t the only Diablo game catching Blizzard’s attention this week: Diablo II Resurrected has dropped a full preview of what to expect from Ladder Season Three, which arrives on February 16th. “Our first two Ladder Seasons for Diablo II: Resurrected showed just how adept your adventurers were at saving Sanctuary, racing to be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/welp-new-worlds-leaderboard-test-ends-with-a-bellyflop-thanks-to-war-mercenary-mechanics/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/welp-new-worlds-leaderboard-test-ends-with-a-bellyflop-thanks-to-war-mercenary-mechanics/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424238 Testing is meant to break things and not go to plan, but the devs of New World had a pretty big stumble as the game continued testing its leaderboard system with a war event yesterday, and it’s all thanks to how the game arranges teams with mercenary players. In a normal war situation, the team […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/welp-new-worlds-leaderboard-test-ends-with-a-bellyflop-thanks-to-war-mercenary-mechanics/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/19/new-world-promises-more-programmatic-content-as-leaderboards-hit-the-pts/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/19/new-world-promises-more-programmatic-content-as-leaderboards-hit-the-pts/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=422984 As the broader Amazon layoff of 18,000 people across the company’s global workforce begins to reverberate across the tech industry, Amazon Games Studio’s MMOs are apparently continuing to hum along – and that includes New World. The New World team has apparently shuffled its community team, as Community Manager Luxendra introduces a new “public face” […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/19/new-world-promises-more-programmatic-content-as-leaderboards-hit-the-pts/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/vague-patch-notes-embracing-limited-time-content-modes-in-mmos/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/vague-patch-notes-embracing-limited-time-content-modes-in-mmos/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421181 Today’s column was inspired by a discussion in work chat about limited-time game modes – specifically, the idea of something like that in World of Warcraft. Not something as ultimately pointless as the palimpsest paean to elitists as the whole “Season of Mastery” nonsense, but actual time-limited challenge modes. Create an alt on an ironman […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/vague-patch-notes-embracing-limited-time-content-modes-in-mmos/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2022/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2022/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=416630 The downside of making both old and new games be eligible for MMO of the Year is that it can be pretty hard for brand-new MMOs to compete with the very best MMOs that already have years of content under their belts. And while we happened to pick a new MMO for our GOTY, our […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/05/leaderboard-what-was-the-best-new-mmo-of-2022/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/overwatch-2s-limited-time-battle-for-olympus-game-mode-brings-a-clash-of-the-gods-in-ffa-deathmatch/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/overwatch-2s-limited-time-battle-for-olympus-game-mode-brings-a-clash-of-the-gods-in-ffa-deathmatch/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:30:54 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=421104 The characters of Overwatch 2 are already regular humans with some god-like power and strength, but the Battle for Olympus game mode arriving on Thursday, January 5th, is placing several characters into a more literal pantheon of gods and goddesses – namely, the Greek pantheon, if the mode’s title wasn’t a big enough clue. Battle […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/overwatch-2s-limited-time-battle-for-olympus-game-mode-brings-a-clash-of-the-gods-in-ffa-deathmatch/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2022/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2022/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415782 A funny and incredibly predictable thing happens in the comments of our Most Underrated award every year: Somebody, usually several somebodies, informs us that in fact, what we think is underrated is actually overrated. A few years of that and we decided to make it a whole thing: It’s time for us to vote on […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/04/leaderboard-what-was-the-most-overrated-mmo-of-2022/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/03/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2023/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/03/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2023/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415773 Picture this: It’s 2015. Sony just sold off SOE, and it reformed as Daybreak and began purging games, hard – around 20 to date, to say nothing of all the layoffs, canceled in-production games, deception about the acquisition of Standing Stone, and then the weird takeover of EG7 (and that’s without even mentioning the Columbus […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/03/leaderboard-whats-the-most-vulnerable-daybreak-mmo-in-2023/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/20/pirate101-and-wizard101-highlight-a-charity-speedrunning-event-for-the-holidays/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=419385 While the newsletters coming out of both Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be kind of thin in terms of new content is concerned, they both still have something worth noting: a charity speedrunning event that’s going on right now in both MMOs. From now until January 1st, players are challenged to top the leaderboards of five […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/11/the-mop-up-archeage-attempts-to-end-the-year-on-a-high-note/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=417726 This past week, ArcheAge’s devs talked about the game’s December plans and how the sandbox fantasy MMO is going to close out the year. “We are looking forward to making a variety of updates, a new equipment tier and adding additional skill points. On top of that, we’d also like to show you some quality […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/05/blade-and-soul-adds-a-new-demonsbane-dungeon-an-auto-hunt-area-and-a-holiday-treasure-trove-this-week/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=417339 This Wednesday, December 7th, is bringing a new update to Blade & Soul, and despite some of the holiday cheer that it’s partially bringing, the whole patch’s subtitle – Dark Awakening – seems pretty grim. Then again, considering the centerpiece of the new Chimera Lab section of the Demonsbane dungeon, the subtitle is probably more […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/20/blade-and-soul-warns-against-windwalk-race-cheaters-and-hands-out-achievement-bug-recompense/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/20/blade-and-soul-warns-against-windwalk-race-cheaters-and-hands-out-achievement-bug-recompense/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=415239 Blade & Soul is only on week two of its Great Windwalk Race and already people are trying to cheat in the activity, forcing the devs to rmove impossible leaderboard times in both weeks one and two and threaten permanent bans against accounts that continue to cheat. As of right now, those who are found […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/20/blade-and-soul-warns-against-windwalk-race-cheaters-and-hands-out-achievement-bug-recompense/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/massively-overthinking-would-you-do-hard-mmo-content-without-rewards/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/massively-overthinking-would-you-do-hard-mmo-content-without-rewards/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=388520 Are you here for the challenge or here for the shinies? That’s the core question the MOP team and audience is tackling this week in Massively Overthinking. I’ve been overthinking this question for years; many endgame fans will tell you they’re there for the challenge right up until you propose that their rewards won’t be […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/massively-overthinking-would-you-do-hard-mmo-content-without-rewards/feed/ 26 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/21/leaderboard-has-the-gaming-community-beaten-nfts/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/21/leaderboard-has-the-gaming-community-beaten-nfts/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=410698 I have to give this article in Bloomberg a lot of props for being something you don’t see very often: a piece touting the gaming community as doing something unambiguously good. “How Gamers Beat NFTs” is a nice thing to see, especially as the piece details the many ways that players have risen up with […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/21/leaderboard-has-the-gaming-community-beaten-nfts/feed/ 15 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/world-of-tanks-details-a-new-7v7-mode-kicks-off-a-new-event-and-readies-the-return-of-the-waffentrager/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/world-of-tanks-details-a-new-7v7-mode-kicks-off-a-new-event-and-readies-the-return-of-the-waffentrager/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=406043 World of Tanks players are going to be seeing some new things coming to the battlefield, most notably a new 7v7 competitive mode known as Onslaught. This new mode pits two teams against one another in Tier X battles where players can capture points to engage special abilities, take on certain roles complete with role […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/world-of-tanks-details-a-new-7v7-mode-kicks-off-a-new-event-and-readies-the-return-of-the-waffentrager/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/05/fractured-online-details-the-mechanics-and-rewards-of-guild-vs-guild-seasons/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=394893 Ah yes, the guild vs. guild competitive scene. It’s something of an expected and routine feature of PvP sandbox MMORPGs, and the in-development Fractured Online will be no less different as the folks at Dynamight Studios have shared some vital intel on its own take on seasonal conflict. Seasons in this game work pretty similarly […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/06/30/runescapes-legacy-of-zamorak-arrives-july-4-old-school-runescape-answers-more-player-questions/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 19:00:17 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=394638 Last week, Jagex dropped a teaser trailer for the Legacy of Zamorak content update arriving to RuneScape, but now we’ve got even more information about this update, including a release date of Monday, July 4th, promising that the update will feature the MMORPG’s “most dynamic dungeon ever” in the form of the Zamorakian Undercity. What […]]]>