Massively OP Podcast

On this week's show, the fate of Star Wars: The Old Republic is up for debate! In addition to sorting that out, Justin and Bree discuss the new Age of Conan progression server, Final Fantasy XIV's big content release, EVE Online's disappointing battle, 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: World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, choose your adventure books
• News: Age of Conan starts up new progression server
• News: Final Fantasy XIV unloads Patch 4.2
• News: SWTOR lays out 2018 plans, but could it be in trouble?
• News: Closers eyes a February 6th launch
• News: EVE's million-dollar battle is a bust
• News: Sea of Thieves has a bumpy closed beta
• Mailbag: What do you want in an MMO?
• Mailbag: How do you play MMOs with a newborn?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Character Creation" from Closers
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin hit up a week of huge MMO news, including Camelot Unchained's investments, RIFT's new subscription server, Devilian's demise, and more!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Global Adventures, Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, Paragon Chat, Portal Knights
• News: RIFT goes back to subscriptions with Prime
• News: Devilian gets its death notice
• News: Camelot Unchained's $7.5 million investment
• News: Darkfall New Dawn launches
• News: Albion Online and Chronicles of Elyria lays off staff
• Mailbag: WildStar and longsuffering sadness
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Asperon Theme" from Devilian
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin sift through early 2018 news, including a possible leak of Amazon's New World, a touching player memorial in RIFT, warnings of alien attacks in Elite: Dangerous, and more!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Guild Wars 2
• News: Did Amazon's New World just get leaked?
• News: Guild Wars 2 goes gardening
• News: World of Warcraft pushes out Patch 7.3.5
• News: RIFT creates memorial for late teen
• News: Elite: Dangerous steps up its alien attacks
• News: More ArcheAge fresh start servers coming?
• Mailbag: Easing into large sandboxes
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from RIFT: Prophecy of Ahnket
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin dig into the allied races that are coming soon to World of Warcraft, the non-race of the City of Heroes spiritual successors, meaty early 2018 patches, and more!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Champions Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Portal Knights, What Remains of Edith Finch?
• News: World of Warcraft's first wave of allied races incoming
• News: Fractured shows off magic skills
• News: Superhero MMOs say they're not in a race, Ship of Heroes says it is destined to succeed
• News: Black Desert brings in the Mystic class
• News: Elder Scrolls Online previews February's DLC
• News: Life is Feudal MMO starts early access testing this week
• Mailbag: Teaching kids to play on a team
• Mailbag: Lockboxes and advertising
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Tavern" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, the whole gang is here! To kick off the new year, Bree, Eliot, MJ, Tina, Brendan, Andrew, Larry, and Justin come together to talk about the past year, the Massively OP Awards, and yet more questions that listeners have for the crew!

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• Intro
• The staff's gaming year and resolutions
• Massively OP Awards discussion
• Mailbag: What is your most favorite MMO food item?
• Mailbag: Why is there a perception that MMOs have to include PvP?
• Mailbag: Are there any other MMOs that do something like Secret World's investigation missions?
• Mailbag: Is there something worse than lockboxes coming to online gaming business models?
• Mailbag: What is the state of the site?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Magnus Smiles on Suran" from Elder Scrolls Online
• Your show hosts: Bree, Eliot, MJ, Tina, Brendan, Andrew, Larry, and Justin
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin upturn the mailbag and spend a whole episode going through listener emails, comments, and questions! It's an anything-goes approach to the end of the year, with topics that include voice controlled MMOs, rapid content creation, and why Bree always seems on the verge of the plague.

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• Intro
• Mailbag: Story dominating leveling
• Mailbag: Restoring the social MMO
• Mailbag: Server merges and housing problems
• Mailbag: Bree's perpetual sickness
• Mailbag: Voice control
• Mailbag: Crafting popularity
• Mailbag: Loot and reward systems
• Mailbag: Roblox and content creation
• Mailbag: Quality of life improvement breaks
• Mailbag: Our weekly and daily schedules
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Steel Canyon Copper District" from City of Heroes
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Bree and Justin throw snowballs, beat up grinches, unwrap presents, and generally save Christmas the way they do every year. It's our last pre-holiday show, so listen in and get on top of all of the last-minute activity from studios before they go on break!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, World of Warcraft
• News: Holiday events are out in force!
• News: ArcheAge goes naval with Maelstrom
• Awards update
• News: EverQuest launches Ring of Scale
• News: Pantheon, Ashes of Creation get into the alpha game
• News: RIFT's $100 mount box
• News: Crytek sues Star Citizen
• News: Funcom gets $10.6M investment
• Mailbag: Horror and Secret World Legends
• Mailbag: Iterating the MMO magic away
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Winter Holiday" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Justin and Bree sort out the pile of expansions and updates that developers are scrambling to get out of the door before the holiday break. From vampires to kobolds, there's something for everyone this month, and it only looks to get nuttier with the new year!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Dungeons and Dragons Online, Secret World Legends, awards
• News: Path of Exile: War for the Atlas launches
• News: Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs launches
• News: DDO: Mists of Ravenloft releases
• News: Sea of Thieves announces release date
• News: RIFT's pay-to-win sale
• News: Blade and Soul pumps out Dawn of the Lost Continent
• Mailbag: Getting back into RIFT
• Mailbag: Champions Online love?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Menu Theme" from Sea of Thieves
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Justin and Bree get crazy into minimaps, probably more than you've ever heard a podcast talk about the subject. Trust us, it's a good thing. As the year races to a close, there's a lot to talk about with new patches, land for sale, the cost of making games, and more!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Secret World Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, DDO, Guild Wars 2
• News: World of Warcraft starts testing 7.3.5
• News: Star Citizen starts selling land now
• News: Guild Wars 2 goes Daybreak
• News: Costs of making games from Mark Jacobs and Raph Koster
• News: Skyforge comes out on Xbox One
• Mailbag: Minimap hate
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Forest Retreat" from Skyforge
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week's show, Justin and Bree pat their turkey-filled tummies and pontificate on the nebulous fate of Marvel Heroes, look ahead to Lord of the Rings Online's future, and chide World of Warcraft for taking away fun toys.

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, Hearthstone, Trove, Marvel Heroes
• News: Marvel Heroes dies earlier than expected
• News: Darkfall: New Dawn gets a launch date
• News: LOTRO's future plans
• News: Neverwinter Nights updates to keep old campaigns alive
• News: World of Warcraft's fun police says no to transmogs
• Mailbag: Is Disney culpable for the EA lockbox fiasco?
• Mailbag: Would we pay more for subscription MMOs?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Coronation of Aragorn" from Lord of the Rings Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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