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On this week’s show, Bree and Justin celebrate a great week of MMO news, including Guild Wars 2's official expansion announcement, WoW: Shadowlands' release date, and reports from New World's playtest. There's also a good collection of listener mail, such as the origin of Massively OP's Mo and how to recover from burnout. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWTOR, SWG, GW2, Wurm News: Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is coming next year News: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets a launch date News: New World's preview event garners praise News: Elder Scrolls Online's Stonethorn DLC arrives News: FFXIV is getting a good chunk of new housing Mailbag: Repurposing old zones Mailbag: Recovering from burnout Mailbag: Who is MOP's Mo? Outro Other info: Podcast th

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin say farewell to En Masse Entertainment, muse over a possible Lost Ark publisher, investigate WoW Classic's permadeath community, learn about what it's like to work in online customer service, and more! It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: WoW Classic, SWTOR, SWG, The Sims News: TERA studio En Masse Entertainment closes News: Is Amazon going to publish Lost Ark? News: LOTRO hits another bout of server problems News: Checking out WoW Classic's hardcore community News: Wurm Online is doing gangbusters on Steam News: Population Zero is pretty much dead News: Torchlight III will come out this fall with one more wipe Mailbag: Working MMO customer service Mailbag: Favorite talent trees Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Nature Knows" from TE

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover Final Fantasy XIV's new content update, World of Warcraft's pre-patch news, City of Heroes legal talks, Daybreak's new acquisition, the passing of Brian Green, and Epic Games' fight against vs. Apple. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Valiance Online, LOTRO, Sims News: Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3 arrives News: City of Heroes Homecoming talks progress News: Daybreak buys Cold Iron Studios News: Shadowlands' pre-patch is getting tested News: EVE Echoes launches News: Epic Games sues Apple over Fortnite News: Meridian 59's Brian Green passes away News: Industry stress on developers Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The Puppet Bunker's Final Boss" from FFXIV Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen

On this week’s show, Bree, MJ, and Justin cover all the Warframe news from TennoCon 2020, crow about Crowfall's beta, move into Lord of the Rings Online's Rohan housing, talk about Blizzard's nasty work environment, and chat so much about underwater content! It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro The Daily Grind Blitz News: Warframe news from TennoCon 2020 News: Crowfall's beta starts News: LOTRO adds Rohan housing News: One DDO server gets a huge rollback News: Blizzard's work environment stinks News: Guild Wars 2's skimmers become swimmers Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Fortuna Login" from Warframe Your show hosts: Justin, MJ, and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify Follow Massively Overpowered: Web

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover WoW Classic's big event, shady and not-as-shady MMO revivals, EVE Echoes' launch date, and mail about making game stories memorable and MMOs less greedy. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: SWTOR, LOTRO, SWG, WoW News: WoW Classic starts the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event News: Don't trust this revival of Dragon's Prophet News: Warhammer Online rogue server gets Twitch drops News: PSO2 comes to Steam August 5th, EVE Echoes launches August 13th Mailbag: What makes for memorable MMO stories? Mailbag: Are our games too greedy? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj" from World of Warcraft Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Poc

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover the Steam launches of SWTOR and Wurm Online, Final Fantasy XIV's plans for the rest of the year, a pseudo-reboot for Phantasy Star Online 2, a possible Fable MMO, and their favorite talent trees. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: SWG Legends, LOTRO, World of Warcraft News: SWTOR and Wurm Online arrive on Steam News: FFXIV cancels its Japanese fan festival but preps for an August Patch 5.3 News: What is Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis? News: Could the next Fable be a MMO? News: Valiance Online will hold an open beta in August News: Elder Scrolls Online's Stadia Pro snafu Mailbag: FFXIV's unskippable dungeons Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Oakvale" from Fable 2 Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Pod

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover Lord of the Rings Online's ongoing downtime, Guild Wars 2's next episode, Tencent's takeover of Funcom, Nexon OC's closure, No Man's Sky's haunted spaceships, and the use of instancing in zones. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Fallout 76, LOTRO  News: Tencent takes over Funcom News: Guild Wars 2 reveals its next episode News: LOTRO suffers massive server instability News: Nexon shuts down California studio News: No Man's Sky sends us to haunted ships News: Skull & Bones resurfaces Mailbag: MMO artistic vision Mailbag: Phasing and instancing in zones Mailbag: Favorite talent trees Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The Lay of Lyndelby" from Lord of the Rings Online Your show hosts: Justin a

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover New World's not-so-surprising delay, World of Warcraft's Shadowlands reveals, Legends of Aria's launch, Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC, Dual Universe's beta subscription, and talk about their favorite MMO talent trees. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Fallout 76, Lord of the Rings Online News: Amazon delays New World to 2021 News: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' beta starts this week News: Dual Universe schedules its beta for August News: Legends of Aria officially launches News: Elder Scrolls Online announces Stonethorn DLC News: Torchlight 3 is going to wipe Mailbag: Are PvP sandboxes lazy game development? Mailbag: Favorite MMO talent trees Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Here Be Wonders" from Elder

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover all sorts of MMORPG patches, from Star Wars: The Old Republic to Dungeons and Dragons Online, while also debating limited action sets and inventory issues. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, LOTRO News: DDO's permadeath server now accepts everyone News: Black Desert brings us cute critters, while Blade & Soul has a new act to experience News: Pantheon is sticking to limited action sets News: LOTRO is bypassing epic battles News: SWTOR adds another event to its rotation Mailbag: SWTOR's starfighting Mailbag: F2P and inventory limitations Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "HK-47" from Star Wars: The Old Republic Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, S

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover the launch of LOTRO's odd PvP server, World of Warcraft Classic's banwave, Star Wars Squadron's reveal, DC Universe Online's Wonderverse, and the state of MUDs in 2020. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, RIFT, Star Wars Galaxies, The Outer Worlds News: Lord of the Rings Online launches its temporary PvP server News: WoW Classic bans 74,000 accounts for cheating News: Black Desert starts seasonal servers News: Star Wars Squadrons offers a new hope for multiplayer News: DCUO is about to go into the Wonderverse News: Torchlight III struggles to recover from a rocky launch Happy birthday Anarchy Online! Mailbag: Leveling up in LOTRO Mailbag: MUDs in the current MMO space Mailbag: Young listeners Outro Other info:

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin adjust to the news that Torchlight III and New World are coming soon, look over Phantasy Star Online 2's content roadmap, touch base with Raph Koster's studio, follow up with a few controversial MMO studio efforts, and It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: RIFT, Lord of the Rings Online, SWG News: New World is coming this August News: Torchlight III goes into early access News: EVE Online's asset bait and switch News: Phantasy Star Online 2's roadmap News: Raph Koster's MMO studio gets $10 million in funding, talks up tech News: ArcheAge launches Garden of the Gods expansion News: EverQuest throttles progression server, compensates players Mailbag: How can MMOs police chat channels? Mailbag: Modding and Fallout 76 Outro Other info: P

On this week’s show, MJ, Bree, and Justin look over the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on gaming, scout into the future of Elite: Dangerous and Path of Exile, pour one out for Final Fantasy XIV's cancelled fan festival, and talks up a certain Star Wars Galaxies podcast reveal that Bree did. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, Astroneer, Subnautica News: Black Lives Matter movement ripples across gaming communities News: Elite: Dangerous is prepping a legs-on-ground expansion News: Path of Exile is about to reap a Harvest (league) News: FFXIV cancels NA fan festival, delays Patch 5.3 Bree's Star Wars Galaxies podcast appearance Mailbag: Designing an original mage class Mailbag: What did World of Warcraft do right? O

On this week’s show, Bree, Colin, and Justin go into the ups and downs of a massive launch week, thrill over LOTRO and DDO's cheap content giveaway, see a BlizzCon prediction come true, and what kind of dream MMO would we make. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Minecraft Dungeons News: Phantasy Star Online botches its launch News: Elder Scrolls Online welcomes us to Greymoor News: Guild Wars 2 gives No Quarter News: LOTRO and DDO make a whole lot of their games free News: BlizzCon gets the boot Mailbag: Why aren't all MMOs released internationally? Mailbag: Our elevator pitches for ultimate dream MMOs Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Greymoor Main Theme" from Elder Scrolls Online Your show host

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin brace for the busiest launch week in recent memory (Phantasy Star Online 2! Greymoor! Guild Wars 2's No Quarter! EverQuest progression servers!), look at Daybreak's latest studio "spin-off," dig into the latest ArcheAge controversy, talk about rogue server security, and figure out where "ownership" of online games lies. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Star Wars Galaxies, Lord of the Rings Online, Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76 News: ArcheAge's paid DLC sparks controversy News: Phantasy Star Online 2 launches May 27 News: Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor launches May 26 News: Guild Wars 2's No Quarter episode releases May 26 News: EverQuest goes down for two days, opens two new progression servers on May 27 News: Daybreak registers

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover a siege of China's World of Warcraft servers, more MMO financials from the first quarter, Fallout 76's 2020 roadmap, the death of the Dragon's Prophet series, unique uses for character select screens, and expansion draws. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, Star Wars Galaxies News: World of Warcraft China is under siege by RMT bots News: Q1 2020 financials from NCsoft, Nexon, and Pearl Abyss News: Fallout 76 lays out its 2020 roadmap News: Gamigo is shutting down Europe's Dragon's Prophet MMOs News: A big Aion patch is coming on May 27th News: Guild Wars 2 rollback update Mailbag: Why are character select screens so limited? Mailbag: Should expansions add new classes? Outro Other info: Podcast

On this week’s show, Bree, Sam, and Justin cover Population Zero's launch, how World of Warcraft's numbers are doing, Trove's Delves update, Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor's prologue quests, the worth of MMO rewards, and whether or not SSG's business practices are predatory. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online, Starborne, Star Wars Galaxies, LOTRO News: Population Zero has a messy early access launch News: Blizzard's Q1 2020 report News: Trove pushes out its Delves update News: Play ESO: Greymoor's prologue quests now News: Guild Wars 2 rollbacks Mailbag: MMO rewards we'll never use Mailbag: Are SSG's business models predatory? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Electricity" from Trove Your show hosts: Justin, Sam, and Bree Listen to Massi

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin tackle topics such as Age of Conan's surprise update, a Defiance sunset, a World of Warcraft battle of words, Elder Scrolls Online's expansion release date, Guild Wars 2's voiceless episode, and mail about single-minded devs and freeform character buildings. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Fallout 76, Star Wars Galaxies News: Age of Conan actually gets an update News: Gamigo says goodbye to Xbox 360 Defiance News: Mike Moirhaime and Greg Street debate World of Warcraft's social shortcomings Mailbag: Why do devs get stuck in one mode? News: Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor confirmed for May 26th News: Guild Wars 2's next episode won't have voice acting and other pandemic delays Mailbag: How do we feel about freeform character b

On this week’s show, Bree, Chris, and Justin mark 15 years of the classic Guild Wars experience, come to grips with Funcom's changes to Dune, discuss how much genocide should World of Warcraft highlight, and got to the bottom of yet another Star Citizen controversy. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Fallout 76, FFXIV, Torchlight III, Star Stable, AdventureQuest 3D, Villagers and Heroes News: Guild Wars 1 turns 15 years old News: SSG pumps out LOTRO and DDO content updates News: Funcom's Dune will be an upgraded Conan Exiles News: World of Warcraft makes flying easier, downplays Nelf genocide News: Star Citizen's alpha 3.9 got gutted Mailbag: Gold-leaf toilet paper Mailbag: How much does it cost to keep an MMO online? Mailbag: Looking for deep crafting systems Ou

On this week’s show, Bree, Colin, and Justin suit up for Phantasy Star Online 2's launch, roll with some Wastelanders in Fallout 76, phase ahead with World of Warcraft Classic, and munch on Final Fantasy XIV's dungeon problem (including if it has one). It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, SWG News: Phantasy Star Online 2 gets a late May PC release window News: Fallout 76 gets a do-over with Wastelanders News: Holly Longdale goes from EverQuest to WoW Classic (which just got Phase 4) News: WoW extends experience boost, Star Trek Online gives out medical goodies Mailbag: FFXIV's dungeon problem Mailbag: Favored group roles Mailbag: Early warning signs Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Wastelanders Main Theme" from

On this week’s show, Bree, Andy, and Justin scramble to get on top of a greatly rearranged 2020, with New World's delay, Lord of the Rings Online's preview, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' first public foray, and more! It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your own letter to the show, use the “Tips” button in the top-right corner of the site to do so. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Elite Dangerous, FFXIV, Animal Crossing, SWG,  News: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands starts disgorging alpha details News: Lord of the Rings Online is getting two new servers and other 2020 content News: Chronicles of Elyria backers seek SAG help, while owner changes his tune News: Amazon delays New World until August News: COVID-19 triggers rearranged SWTOR, FFXIV, and RuneFest schedules News: Champions Online and EverQuest hand out freebies Mailbag: Should players invest in a maintenance moded MM