Massively OP Podcast

On this week's show, Bree and Justin cover the kerfluffle around Anthem's exposé, get a little hopeful about Guild Wars 2, discuss season passes in MMOs, pine over Dragon Quest X, and talk about "event fatigue" in our online games.

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: Guild Wars 2, DC Universe Online, DDO
• News: The great Anthem exposé riles up BioWare
• News: Guild Wars 2 reorganizes, announces final Season 4 episode title
• News: RIFT outlines its battle pass system
• News: Albion Online steels itself for free-to-play
• News: Will we ever see Dragon Quest X?
• News: Black Desert kills its battle royale mode
• Mailbag: Event fatigue
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Legion of Dawn" from Anthem
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin claim their rightful place as Smarty Pants due to their shrewd sifting of real and fools news. Also on this week's eclectic episode, a spiritual successor to Jumpgate emerges, EverQuest's sequel is hinted at once again, and Rend pulls off a surprise launch!

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• Intro
• April Fools is here once more!
• Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Blade and Soul
• News: Jumpgate gets a sort-of sequel with Warp Nexus
• News: Funcom's next Secret World project is a separate game
• News: EverQuest 3 is being rebuilt from the ground-up
• News: Rend surprises us with an abrupt launch
• News: Star Citizen grows ovaries
• News: Neverwinter and DDO's next expansions get release dates
• Mailbag: MMO emulators
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Super Adventure Box Sub Hub" from Guild Wars 2
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin tackle the controversial FFXIV expansion revelations, debate World of Warcraft's level squish proposal, look at Albion Online's free-to-play version, talk about gaming with your children, and we learn a surprising revelation about the site's editor-in-chief!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, Rock Band
• News: FFXIV announces gender-locked races, Dancer class
• News: Is a level squish coming to World of Warcraft?
• News: Albion Online goes free-to-play
• News: Glitch revival projects combine forces
• News: Age of Conan's new Unconquered mode
• News: Google Stadia has everyone talking
• Mailbag: Feeling behind in MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Stormblood Theme" from FFXIV
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin get ten types of nerdy with Harry Potter, World of Warcraft, progression servers, and a public service announcement about not being ashamed to call your game an "MMO."

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• Intro
• News: We get our first look at Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• News: RIFT ends progression server while LOTRO goes into Moria and EverQuest's 20th anniversary servers
• News: No Man's Sky turns into an MMO
• News: World of Warcraft Patch 8.1.5
• News: Blade and Soul raises its level cap
• News: The Division 2 launches
• Mailbag: Playable races dying
• Mailbag: Tips for gaming while aging
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Silverfrost Mountain Main Theme" from Blade and Soul
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin compare notes over Torchlight Frontiers' alpha test, cover the LOTRO/DDO downtime saga, say farewell to Kritika Online (we never knew ye), and debate the merits of Cryptic's now-sunsetted Foundry system.

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• Intro
• What do we think of Torchlight Frontiers?
• News: Path of Exile gifts us with the huge Synthesis expansion
• News: LOTRO and DDO go down for nearly four days
• News: Kritika Online is on its way out
• News: Say farewell to Neverwinter and Star Trek Online's Foundry
• News: Guild Wars 2 gets the warclaw on the ground
• News: Could Alganon be coming back?
• Mailbag: Housing in MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Noblera Customize" from Kritika Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin mull over Funcom's open world Dune announcement, talk up Black Desert's recent developments, chat about the Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion, give ample warning to Atlas' pirates, and more!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, DDO, SWG
• Sponsored News: Black Desert Online launches on Xbox One
• News: Funcom's financials and Dune announcement
• News: Anarchy Online reveals a fresh start server
• News: Elder Scrolls Online pumps out a dungeon update
• News: Atlas gets itself wiped off the map
• News: Guild Wars 2 looks to the future while #Love4ArenaNet mourns lost devs
• News: DDO ramps up for its Masterminds of Sharn expansion
• News: Could Outlaws of the Old West meet our western needs?
• Mailbag: Recommending laid-back MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Spiritual Elysium" from Anarchy Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin boggle over the mass layoffs at ArenaNet and Blizzard, slap Daybreak on the wrist for another Friday evening announcement, tell listeners how they can join the MOP team, and answer a buttload of listener emails!

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: DDO, LOTRO, Trove, SWG
• News: Blizzard's layoffs were worse than we thought
• News: ArenaNet announces mass layoffs
• News: World of Warcraft gets ready for more allied races
• News: PlanetSide Arena shoves off to summer
• News: LOTRO releases producer's letter
• News: Massively OP is hiring!
• Mailbag: Supporting ethical studios
• Mailbag: Learning to play really old MMOs
• Mailbag: Project Titan hypotheticals
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Preparation" from LOTRO
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin look at the ongoing train wreck at Blizzard, dive into a preview of Amazon's New World, see a different way that Star Citizen is communicating, debate Blizzard's handling of Diablo III, 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.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, Astroneer, Elite
• News: Activision Blizzard slashes hundreds of jobs
• News: An extended look at Amazon's New World
• News: Sign language in Star Citizen?
• News: Guild Wars and Tibia bring something new to old games
• News: RIFT has some life left in it after all
• Mailbag: World of Warcraft refugees
• Mailbag: Why has Blizzard abandoned Diablo III?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Eye of the North Overture" from Guild Wars
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin decide how much fanservice is pumping into FFXIV's latest expansion while looking at some egregious errors made by Guild Wars 2 and Legends of Aria. Plus there's a lot of opinionated discussion springing from reader mail about MMO endgames and battle (sigh) royale modes.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, ESO, Warframe
• MOP is hiring!
• News: Bunny girls and Gunbreakers in FFXIV
• News: Guild Wars 2 unfair bans overturned thanks to a player's investigation
• News: Legends of Aria learns a lesson about pay-to-win sales
• News: Is RuneScape for sale again?
• News: Elder Scrolls Online hands out free race change tokens
• Mailbag: MMO endgames
• Mailbag: Battle royale modes in MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "All's Fairy in Love and War" from RuneScape
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin wade into the January wilds as they pull together stories about Anthem's (unsurprising) popularity, the end of a long-running MMO, plans for the EverQuest franchise, and post-apocalyptic fun (or not).

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
• Which MMOs had the best character creation system?
• News: Anthem's demo proves immensely popular
• News: Ragnarok Online 2 calls it quits
• News: It's new raid time for World of Warcraft
• News: EverQuest and EverQuest II share year-ahead plans
• News: Is Last Oasis the post-apocalyptic MMO we deserve?
• News: Fallout 76's survival mode isn't pleasing fans
• Mailbag: Needlessly complicated Asian MMOs
• Mailbag: Subscription maintenance mode servers
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Valor" from Anthem
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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