Massively OP Podcast

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.

• 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

• 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: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• 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, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "Oakvale" from Fable 2
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "The Lay of Lyndelby" from Lord of the Rings Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "Here Be Wonders" from Elder Scrolls Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "HK-47" from Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "Let Us Sing Together" from Lord of the Rings Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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

• Podcast theme: "Dawn over Norrath" from EverQuest
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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.

• 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?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Nobility Obliges" from FFXIV
• Your show hosts: Justin, Bree, and MJ
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

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

• Podcast theme: "Greymoor Main Theme" from Elder Scrolls Online
• Your show hosts: Justin, Colin, and Bree
• Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, and Spotify
• Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch
• If you're having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.