Massively OP Podcast

On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about World of Warcraft Forever's launch, solid release news for Loftia, a new expansion for the original Guild Wars, encouraging reports from Monsters & Memories' early access, possible AI NPCs, and our MMO spotlight of the week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: City of Heroes, WoW Forever
• World of Warcraft Forever launches smooth and huge
• Loftia had a pretty nice little launch too!
• Guild Wars Reforged announces Afterlife expansion
• Monsters & Memories' early access proves a sleeper hit
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Trove
• Listener Mailbag: Would we be open to AI characters in MMOs? (No, no we wouldn't.)
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Elwynn Forest" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about LOTRO's new expansion launch, Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, a big MMO launch week (ArcheAge Chronicles! WoW Forever! Loftia!), a Dune Awakening expansion, and our MMO spotlight of the week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Aion 2, Skate, Final Fantasy Resonance, FFXIV
• Final Fantasy XIV delays Evercold and unveils its Zephyr class
• ArcheAge Chronicles launches this week...
• ...as does World of Warcraft Forever
• Don't forget Loftia too!
• Dune Awakening has an expansion coming out in December
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: RIFT
• Listener Mailbag: Has there ever been a great MMO inventory?
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Moonfire Faire" from FFXIV
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about the end of BioWare, the launch of legacy MapleStory and Dragon Nest servers, a new ruleset for WoW Forever, the second season of Elder Scrolls Online, a meaty EverQuest Legends patch, offline MMOs, and our MMO spotlight of the week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 76, LOTRO, Final Fantasy Resonance, Aion 2
• BioWare gets shut down by EA
• MapleStory Classic World and Dragon Nest Classic give players a shot of anime nostalgia
• WoW Forever adds a RP-PVP server ruleset
• Elder Scrolls Online heads into Season 2: Echoes of Skyrim
• EverQuest Legends drops a new race and zone
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Tower Unite
• Listener Mailbag: Are there any MMOs we'd play offline?
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Lana, the Advisor" from Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Grizzly Chris and Old Man Justin talk about Funcom's layoffs, RuneScape's Reignited course correction, Enshrouded's launch, DDO's amazing promo code, irresistible MMO hooks, and the MMO Spotlight of the Week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: RimWorld, LOTRO, Fallout 76, Aion 2, Skate
• Funcom is hit by sweeping layoffs
• Enshrouded launches into 1.0 from early access
• RuneScape nixes Reignited plan
• Dungeons and Dragons Online hands out a really great freebie code
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Dark Age of Camelot
• Listener Mailbag: What would be a must-buy MMO hook?
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Dem Hibbies" from DAoC
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about Halloween events, Aion 2's launch fallout, WoW Forever's promotional barrage (and level 60 cap), Throne and Liberty's return to NCsoft, and our MMO Spotlight of the Week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Diablo III, Aion 2, Skate
• Spooky Season is upon us once again in MMOs!
• Aion 2's doing pretty well for itself in its launch month, yeah?
• WoW Forever's been on a nonstop promotional whirlwind tour
• How is Square Enix feeling about FFXIV's next expansion?
• Throne and Liberty heads to NCsoft next month
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: The Secret World
• Is it a good idea for WoW Forever to cap the game at level 60?

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Night Barrens Dry" from WoW Forever
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about RuneScape 4's announcement, all of the recent MMO launches, LOTRO's neighbour system, two new EverQuest expansions, WoW Forever beta developments, and our MMO Spotlight of the Week!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 76, Skate, LOTRO
• RuneScape 4 is announced -- as is RuneScape Reignited
• Aion 2 globally launches, Monsters & Memories pull in 12,000 subscriptions, Dune Awakening brings in 1M new players with its console release
• LOTRO activates its neighbour system, announces October 21st expansion launch
• EverQuest and EverQuest II reveal their next expansions
• WoW Forever shifts into a new beta phase, talks more classes
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Farever
• Our favorite MMO achievements

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Ranch Out of Time" from RuneScape
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about Destiny's second lease on life, Monsters & Memories' early access launch, Aion 2 impressions, Dune Awakening's console release, Elder Scrolls Online's fight for the future, another MMO spotlight, and a literal pay-to-win button for you to buy!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Fallout 76, Diablo III,
• Destiny 2 is exhumed and resurrected
• Monsters and Memories heads into early access
• Aion 2 heads toward launch next week
• Dune Awakening comes to consoles
• What's going on with Elder Scrolls Online after the layoffs?
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Wizard101
• When MMOs are quietly amusing

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Merchant Theme" from Monsters & Memories
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about WoW Forever's beta, Guild Wars 2's last Visions of Eternity content drop, Loftia's EA launch date, RuneScape Dragonwilds' release, Soulframe honors, rage quit moments, minigame enjoyment, and a possible Pokémon MMO.

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Fallout 76, Diablo III, Aion 2, Skate
• WoW Forever kicks off its beta
• Guild Wars 2 wraps up its Visions for Eternity expansion cycle
• Loftia dates November 3rd for early access
• RuneScape Dragonwilds launches for realsies
• Is Pokémon making an actual MMORPG?
• MMO Spotlight of the Week: Soulframe
• Minigames in MMOs for fun
• Rage quit moments in MMOs
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Nuka World Main Theme" from Fallout 76
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Chris and Justin talk about all of the news, reveals, and surprises from this year's BlizzCon -- including World of Warcraft Forever, Wrath Remix, StarCraft Dominion, Diablo V, and even a Warcraft III expansion!

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, FFXIV, Skate
• World of Warcraft Forever is the official Classic Plus
• World of Warcraft teases The Last Titan, previews Wrath Remixed and new Paladin combos
• StarCraft Dominion... for 2030?
• Overwatch gets a new hero
• Diablo V steps all over Diablo IV
• The first Warcraft III expansion since 2003
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Elwynn Forest" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Chris
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify, or follow our uploads with RSS
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On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree, Chris, and Justin talk about all of the Gamescom drops, including launch dates for Aion 2 and Path of Exile 2, and Dune Awakening's future content plans. There's also chatter about another WoW Classic server shutdown, Guild Wars 3's Asura, the ongoing Star Citizen delays, and some Star Wars Galaxies hacking drama. Also, shiny pants.

It's the MassivelyOP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your question to the show, send 'em in through our tips form. Now, listen to this week's show…

Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Palia, City of Heroes
• Gamescom makes a lot of noise about video games and occasionally MMOs
• Aion 2 and Path of Exile 2 get official launch dates
• Dune Awakening's got some more stuff coming including crossplay
• Blizzard keeps clearing the field for WoW Classic Plus
• What are Guild Wars 3's Asura like?
• Squadron 42 was delayed into 2027
• The Star Wars Galaxies weird hack story
• Outro

Other info:

• Podcast theme: "Step to the Next World" from Aion
• Your show hosts: Justin, Chris, and Bree
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