Massively OP Podcast

On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about the onset of another MMO Halloween season, early access for Book of Travels, DDO's great giveaway, LOTRO's legendary item system mess, FFXIV's Endwalker media tour, and enjoying MMOs from the sidelines.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World
• News: Halloween season is here (and Path of Exile and Star Trek Online have some new events)
• News: Book of Travels finally goes into early access
• News: Dungeons and Dragons Online gives away most of its quest packs
• News: LOTRO's new legendary item system is a mess
• News: The FFXIV: Endwalker media tour
• Mailbag: Orbital video game enjoyment
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "A Very Exile Shade's Eve" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Chris and Justin talk about how New World is shaping up, LOTRO's expansion pre-patch, Dark Age of Camelot's 20th anniversary, Guild Wars 2's Cantha zone reveal, World of Warcraft's self-censorship, whether studios should poll players about development, and how aging MMOs should be handled.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World
• News: New World continues to ride the bucking bronco of release, slightly delays server transfers
• News: LOTRO's expansion pre-patch arrives with Brawler and LI revamp
• News: Guild Wars 2 shows off new Cantha zone (and improves dyes)
• News: World of Warcraft yanks a bunch of its flirt and joke soundbites
• News: Dark Age of Camelot celebrates its 20th birthday
• Mailbag: Polling players on MMO development
• Mailbag: Out-of-game MMO promotions
• Mailbag: How should studios handle declining MMOs?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Dark Age of Camelot
• Your show hosts: Chris and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree, Tyler, Andy and Justin devote the full hour to New World's launch, including the server mess, first impressions, likes and dislikes, and tips on how to find a good guild.

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• Intro
• New World launch: What worked? What didn't?
• What are our first impressions of New World?
• What do we really like?
• Where is there room for improvement?
• Mailbag: Guild-finding strategies
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Everfall" from New World
• Your show hosts: Justin, Tyler, Andy, and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about New World's launch plans, Diablo II: Resurrected's release, Blizzard's mounting legal woes, LOTRO gives away quest packs (again), Warhammer Online's long-lost capital cities, Book of Travels' new early access date, and how Amazon might be doing its servers differently.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2
• News: New World launches with 176 servers
• Mailbag: Amazon AWS and New World servers
• News: Diablo II: Resurrected releases, Feds investigate Blizzard
• News: LOTRO reprises quest pack giveaway, Fate of Gundabad is dated
• News: Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning adds capital cities back in
• News: Book of Travels is coming October 11th
• News: Ultima Online hits 24 years old!
• Mailbag: A theory on LOTRO's closed server transfers
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Opening" from New World
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about Guild Wars 2's latest elite spec reveals, Funcom's IP buying spree, WoW Classic's latest patch, Mortal Online 2's delay, and how they'd lead development on WoW and GW2.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars Galaxies Legends
• News: Guild Wars 2 reveals Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst elite specs
• News: Funcom snags all of the Conan IP
• News: Mortal Online 2 moves to a 2022 launch
• News: WoW Classic moves on to Overlords of Outland
• Small fry: EverQuest II announces Visions of Vetrovia, Star Trek Online starts Season 9, FFXIV job changes
• Mailbag: How would we lead Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft
• Mailbag: What's going on with LOTRO dead servers?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "The Black Hand" from Conan Exiles
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about Elyon's delay, Crowfall's layoffs, LOTRO's newest class, New World's open beta, Raph Koster's multiverse, and when leaving MMOs isn't as easy an option as you might assume.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Runes of Magic, Fallout 76, Star Wars Galaxies
• News: Elyon delays, goes F2P -- also Lost Ark
• News: New World runs open beta
• News: Crowfall goes through layoffs
• News: LOTRO tests Brawler and LIs 3.0
• News: Raph Koster is getting ambitious
• Mailbag: When leaving an MMO isn't an option
• Mailbag: Is WoW still an MMO?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Hunting" from LOTRO
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about Guild Wars 2's fall plans, World of Warcraft's next big patch, more on the Blizzard scandal, Gamescom 2021 news, TitanReach's suspended development, a new time travel MMO, and Daybreak's new leadership.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• News: Guild Wars 2 gains momentum with fall roadmap
• News: World of Warcraft's desperate "please come back" patch (plus more Blizzard scandal stuff)
• News: Fallout 76 loses its project lead
• News: Gamescom 2021 roundup
• News: Daybreak gets a new acting CEO
• News: TitanReach suspends development
• News: Into The Echo is a time travel MMO that looks pretty neat
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Origin" from TitanReach
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about World of Warships sinking its CC battleship, Roblox's huge red flags, Neverwinter's Bard, World of Warcraft's latest narrative trash fire, repurposing nostalgia, and MMO system transplants.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, SWG
• News: World of Warships drives away content creators
• News: Roblox is in a bad place with losses, toxic communities, and child labor accusations
• Mailbag: What do we think about Roblox?
• News: World of Warcraft can't stick the story landing on Sylvanas
• Site roundup: Guild Wars 2 class experiences, Elyon impressions, Neverwinter's Bard
• Voicemail: Repurposing nostalgia instead of making new stuff
• Voicemail: MMO system transplants
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Gather 'Round the Campfire" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about Astellia Online's sunset notice, Guild Wars 2's new elite specs, more firings at Blizzard, No Man's Sky's fifth anniversary, and mail about Blizzard's brand name and Diablo's place in the company.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, FFXIV, wasp poison
• News: Astellia Online comes to the end of its run
• News: Guild Wars 2's elite spec reveals
• News: Blizzard fires more middle management over scandal
• News: No Man's Sky reaches five years
• Mailbag: Blizzard's shift away from Diablo
• Mailbag: Overthinking Blizzard game ownership
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Desert" from Astellia Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin talk about Bless Unleashed's launch, the latest in the Blizzard scandal, New World's newest delay, why nobody's rolling male characters in MMOs, and why everyone seems to be jumping to FFXIV lately.

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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Ship of Heroes, LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion Online, City of Heroes, SWG
• News: Bless Unleashed launches
• News: Blizzard's financials, Brack's departure
• News: New World is delayed yet again
• News: Dungeons and Dragons Online's paid "mini-expansion"
• News: Survey on rolling characters of the opposite sex
• Mailbag: Deadly difficulty in LOTRO
• Mailbag: Why is FFXIV a landing bad for WoW refugees?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Eveningstar 1" from Dungeons and Dragons Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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