Massively OP Podcast

Face it: No matter how hard you train, no matter how many voice coaches you hire, no matter how much you spend on expensive recording equipment, you can never be a legendary podcaster. Legendary podcasters are born once in a century, and the Massively OP Podcast has two of them on staff. It just so happens that they've been missing for the past 114 shows.

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: Guild Wars 1, Kingdom of Loot, City of Heroes
• News: Ashes of Creation kicks off Kickstarter
• News: Guild Wars 2 announces Flashpoint episode, legendary armor
• News: Star Trek Online escalates things
• News: Final Fantasy XIV expansion live letter
• News: Neverwinter claims 15M players
• News: World of Warcraft breaks addon to fix performance
• Mailbag:
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Live Report" from Undertale
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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What does a week where the news douses us in a shower of smaller stories look like? Bree and Justin wring out of their clothes, shaking loose tales of metropolises in the planning, console features, anniversary parties, and dance studios. Maybe it won't flood the world of MMOs, but it definitely waters the lawns of our interest!

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Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft
• News: Ashes of Creation shows its metropolis
• News: What's Carbine Studios up to?
• News: Marvel Heroes console has local coop, starts beta test
• News: World of Warcraft gets all dancey
• News: LOTRO's 10th anniversary
• News: Project Gorgon's graphical upgrade
• Mailbag: Why should we care about Trove?
• Paragon Chat party!
• Mailbag: Why are MMOs getting away from pets?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Original Theme" from LOTRO
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Do you want to date my space avatar? She's a star and she's hotter than a supernova by far. Or maybe you're a loony tooner? What's the socially acceptable way to reference your character in an MMORPG without coming across like some weirdo from another gaming era? Bree and Justin will devote their lives to figuring out this question.

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• Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Trove
• News: TERA brings in the Valkyrie
• News: Elite Dangerous adds avatars, suffers rollback
• News: World of Warcraft previews Patch 7.2.5
• News: Star Citizen posts development roadmap
• News: WildStar's state of the game
• News: Sub-classes for Trove?
• Mailbag: Making MMO content accessible
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Turnabout" from TERA
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Since it takes a superheroic effort to put on a podcast every week -- so many words! so many Star Wars Galaxies references! -- Bree and Justin consider themselves in equal company with this week's superhero news and discussion. From Ship of Heroes to Marvel Heroes to City of Heroes, it's 300% of your RDA of spandex in one hour!

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• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2
• News: Marvel Heroes announces console edition
• News: Ship of Heroes' short Kickstarter bid
• News: SWTOR gets ready for its first raid in two years
• News: Starting to get a look at Secret World Legends
• News: Black Desert has a whole lot planned for this year
• News: EVE Fanfest
• Mailbag: Dressing up
• Mailbag: Hope for City of Heroes successor?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Freedom Court" from City of Heroes
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Justin goes away to Disney for a week and the MMO world explodes with news, which is to be expected. From a controversial reboot to a controversial superhero return to a controversial patch, there's no shortage of ruffled feathers and quirked eyebrows at this past week's news roundup!

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• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Paragon Chat
• News: April Fools pranks
• News: Secret World Legends reboot
• Mailbag: Secret World Legends
• News: World of Warcraft Patch 7.2 and item scaling controversy
• News: Destiny 2 announced
• News: Goodbye Club Penguin
• News: RIFT's Patch 4.1 rolls out
• Mailbag: Asheron's Call guilds
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Untold Legends" from Destiny
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Join us in welcoming today Citadel Studios' Project Lead Derek Brinkmann from Legends of Aria (née Shards Online) for an hour-long interview about the game's rebranding, new MMO focus, and upcoming alpha tests!

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Show notes:

• Interview with Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann
• PAX East
• Ultima Online
• Legends of Aria elevator pitch
• Solving the open PvP problem
• Why change from Shards Online?
• Testing schedule
• Financials
• Skill-based MMOs
• What does your work day look like?
• The community
• Private shards
• The game world and story
• What do you enjoy playing?
• Going incognito
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Trailer Theme" from Shards Online
• Your show hosts: Justin
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Roll for initiative! Bree and Justin are getting all kinds of nerdy with this week's show, in which they talk about Dragon-people, the return of a long-abandoned sci-fi game, a momentous anniversary, and the viability of sandbox MMOs.

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Show notes:

• Adventures in MMOs: Wizard101, World of Warcraft, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2
• Site: Our PAX Awards
• News: DDO releases the Dragonborn race
• News: The Repopulation comes back online
• News: EverQuest turns 18
• News: Eternal Crusade goes free-to-play
• News: Pathfinder Online's one-year plan
• Mailbag: Funcom's new game?
• Mailbag: Viability of sandboxes
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Tavern 1" from DDO
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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As Massively OP is on the scene at PAX East this year, we've got plenty of juicy news and interviews to discuss on the show! What game is coming to console this year? What secret is Eliot hiding? What MMO just got a name change? Find out in today's episode!

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Listen to the show right now:

• Intro: PAX East coverage
• News: Shards Online becomes Legends of Aria
• News: TERA is officially coming to console
• News: Trove's console edition
• News: FFXIV interview
• News: Dauntless
• News: Kritika Online
• News: Conan Exiles
• Mailbag: Why don't western MMOs look as good as eastern MMOs?
• Mailbag: Permadeath possibilities
• Outro

• Download Episode 108
• Podcast theme: "A Savage Beauty" from TERA
• Your show hosts: Eliot and Justin
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This week on the show, Justin and Bree celebrate a couple of hearty MMO updates, empathize over a pair of titles getting maintenance moded (is that a phrase?), and reunite with Raph Koster in his latest crafting efforts.

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: World of Warcraft, Torment, Guild Wars 2
• News: Black Desert brings out the Dark Knight
• News: Age of Conan and Anarchy Online get maintenance moded
• News: WildStar's Primal Matrix update and free level 50s
• News: Darkfall Rise of Agon is launching in May
• News: Path of Exile's Patch 2.6
• News: Revelation Online's soft launch
• Mailbag: Differences between console and PC fanbases
• Mailbag: Mount and armor conformity
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Grist for the Mill" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Call this episode "tangent city," because it doesn't take much to send Bree and Justin down conversational rabbit holes! From discussing why Champions Online failed to pick up City of Heroes' refugees to going on epic rants against gankboxes, you'll need a flow chart and a five-dimensional mind to follow all of the topics of today's show. Good luck!

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: LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Crowfall, The Secret World
• News: The Secret World announces relaunch
• News: Landmark goes dark
• News: Our look into Elder Scrolls Online's expansion
• News: Albion Online is launching in July
• News: Guild Wars 2's skill balancing patch
• News: Ship of Heroes' upcoming Kickstarter
• Champions Online side topic
• Mailbag: ESO and lobotomies
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Dancing with Ricky Pagan" from The Secret World
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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