Massively OP Podcast

Free-to-play: Is it the albatross around the neck of the doomed or the ray of salvation that could spell years of bounty to come? That's but one of many exciting topics that the podcast crew tackles today! Also, ham and milk! Seriously!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, WildStar
• News: WildStar's free-to-play confirmed, birthday
• News: More details on The Secret World's motorcycles (plus achievement vendor)
• News: Echo of Souls soft-launches
• News: Greed Monger bows out
• News: Marvel Heroes frees retcons, commits to monthly tuning
• Mailbag: Races that need to get into MMOs and cosmetics
• Mailbag: Multiboxing and milk
• Mailbag: How small can a MMO be and keep going

• Podcast theme: "Protostar Theme" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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Is the world ending? Is hell freezing over? It must be, because Blade & Soul is actually coming to the west! On this week's podcast, the hosts talk about this incredible development as well as progression servers, launch dates, and flying in Draenor. Get out your Bree Topic Bingo cards, as you're guaranteed to be a big winner!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, WildStar
• News: Blade & Soul is finally coming to the west!
• News: No more flying in World of Warcraft
• News: The Repopulation gets a launch window
• News: EverQuest's progression server has a false start, relaunches
• News: Pay for anniversary content in Age of Conan
• News: Guild Wars 2 begins reconstruction of Lion's Arch
• Mailbag: Has an IP ever repelled you from an MMO?

• Podcast theme: "The Dreaming Anew: Memories of Cimmeria" from Age of Conan
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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When a studio is scooped by rumors, confessions, and scanty evidence, there's no putting that cat back in the bag for a formal announcement. This week Justin and Bree talk about a business model shift, a cancelation, a delay, and a success story... although not necessarily in that order. Also, there's a brief PSA about the dangers of monitor cords, so pay attention!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: The Secret World, Marvel Heroes, Trove
• News: Mounts coming to TSW?
• News: NCsoft financials, WildStar going free-to-play, Project HON canceled
• News: ARK: Survival Evolved revealed
• News: Neverwinter is doing really well on Xbox One
• News: The Division delayed... again
• Mailbag: Reddit gaming culture
• Mailbag: Escapism vs. lockboxes

• Podcast theme: "Smooth" from WildStar
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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What would you do if your game lost three million players in three months? Get depressed? Come up with excuses? Offset the bad news with some good? This week on the podcast, we're betting that Blizzard probably did all of the above and then some. We've also got a new elite class to discuss, the finale to a certain conspiracy MMO, and the promise of a bright future for one upcoming title.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Announcing our Patreon campaign
• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars
• News: WoW loses its Warlords of Draenor sub gain
• News: Checking out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter
• News: EverQuest Next != vaporware
• News: EverQuest progression server deets
• News: When SWTOR players go bad
• News: TSW releases Issue 11
• Mailbag: SWG PvP tagging
• Mailbag: Pay-to-win

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• Podcast theme: "Wolf at the Gates" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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This week on the podcast we welcome Eliot Weinstein, one of the creators of Cards Agaisnt Humanity. Listen as the team takes a week off the news just to sit around playing a card game and eating cheese-dusted snacks. Oh fine, we'll get to the news too, if that's so important to you!

Stay tuned at the end as we deliver one of our Kickstarter campaign promises: a song that contains the name of over 200 supporters! Yes, it's as crazy as you might imagine.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Introducing our guest co-host Eliot Weinstein
• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, Shroud of the Avatar, Star Wars: The Old Republic
• News: SWTOR breaks out Update 3.2
• News: Daybreak will still support older EverQuest games, gives blessing to emulator
• News: Guild Wars turns 10
• News: Guild Wars 2 reveals Chronomancer
• News: ArcheAge patches Dread Prophecies
• News: Is Darkfall Online considering a retcon?
• Mailbag: What common mistakes do we make in beta?
• Mailbag: Finding a game to fill the City of Heroes void
• The Name Song (Music: "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed for free through Creative Commons)

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Shroud of the Avatar
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin, Eliot
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After a short one-week haitus, the Massively OP Podcast is back and has brought another guest co-host along for the ride! We spend a lot of time this week looking at older games, including shocking (sort of) revelations about a certain spacey MMO. We're sure you can guess which one.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we’ve been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Introducing our guest co-host John Bagnoli
• Adventures in MMOs: Ultima Online, Guild Wars, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online, Elite: Dangerous
• News: Thar be a big Anarchy Online revamp
• News: Everything you ever wanted to know about SWG
• News: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns' specializations and traits
• News: Neverwinter stumbles with latest update
• News: Meridian 59 continues to be updated thanks to the community
• Mailbag: Make your own MMO

• Podcast theme: "Shadowlands Battle Music" from Anarchy Online
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin, John
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Today we welcome on the show our first Kickstarter guest hosts, Ben Ebaugh and Tyler Johnson of Red Mountain Concepts. Together we forge a new future, solve world hunger, and figure out how to end the scourge of lockboxes once and for all! Or we just talk about the weird, sad, and wonderful news of the week.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we've been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

Show notes:

• Introducing our guests, Ben and Tyler
• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, The Elder Scrolls Online
• News: WoW tokens go into effect, drop in price
• News: DCUO goes to monthly updates, adds munitions powerset
• News: Neverwinter's Minsc & Boo patch goes live
• News: Guild Wars 2 creates memorial for a mom
• News: ESO sells console copies to PC players
• News: Wurm Online player becomes a god

• Podcast theme: "The Vault/Joker's Funhouse" from DCUO
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin, Ben, Tyler
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Since April 1st was this past week, there were plenty laughs, groans, and gotcha moments here at Massively Overpowered. The podcast crew talks about their favorite MMO pranks as well as the significant events of the week, including an Xbox One launch, the end of expansions for one long-running game, and the supposed true story behind the New Game Enhancements.

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we've been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: WildStar, RIFT, Guild Wars 2
• News: What was our favorite MMO April Fools?
• News: Neverwinter launches on Xbox One
• News: EverQuest II waves goodbye to expansions
• News: The real story of SWG's NGE
• News: Trove brings in fish 'n' ships
• News: STO's delta recruitment program
• Mailbag: Tips on GW2 leveling
• Mailbag: Is VR just a fad?

• Podcast theme: "Birth of a Player City" from Star Wars Galaxies
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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What truly matters in the grand scheme of video games? Is it the money that teams raise to make them? Is it unnecessary censorship and forum drama? Is it trendy outfits that allow us to play virtual Barbie doll? Maybe it's all these things and more. That's why we have a top professional podcasting team, to hash these issues out!

Join us on the podcast as we talk about what we've been playing in MMOs, the top news stories from the past week, and topics that listeners have submitted!

• Adventures in MMOs: Skyforge, LOTRO, Pillars of Eternity
• News: Crowfall successfully funds
• News: The Skyforge P2W forum debacle
• News: Dungeon Fighter Online returns
• News: WildStar and RIFT and SWTOR upgrade wardrobe systems
• News: EverQuest eyes super-long progression server
• Mailbag: Is the MMORTS viable?
• Mailbag: How free-to-play cheapens gameplay

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Skyforge
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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The Massively OP Podcast crew learned many lessons from the MMO industry this week. We learned that players will get upset if you offer dolphins to some but not to all. We learned that VR is still a thing. We learned that the end of one MMO might mean the beginning of another. And we learned that sharing really is caring!

We also have a very special giveaway for podcast listeners, so tune in!

• Newegg giveaway
• Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, The Secret World
• News: EVE Fanfest coverage
• News: ArcheAge's Dolphingate
• News: PWE/Cryptic layoffs
• News: Elder Scrolls Online shifts into buy-to-play
• News: Final Fantasy XI mobile and maintanence mode
• News: A very buggy Guild Wars 2 patch (also stress test soon!)
• Mailbag: Sword Coast Legends as a Neverwinter Nights alternative

• Podcast theme: "For Blood, For Glory, For Honor" from Elder Scrolls Online
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin
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