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On this week’s show, Bree and Justin talk about their experiences playing Torchlight III, fall expansions for Dungeons and Dragons Online and EverQuest II, Atlas Reactor's strange revival, testing dates for Pantheon and Ashes of Creation, StarCraft II's end of development, and how to add more difficulty into mob encounters. 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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: World of Warcraft, Torchlight III  News: Dungeons and Dragons Online and EverQuest II expansion announcements News: Atlas Reactor is coming back... sort of News: Pantheon and Ashes of Creation testing dates News: Gameforge takes over TERA publishing Mailbag: Increasing mob difficulty Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Main Menu" from Atlas Reactor Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stit

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin talk about Amazon's latest casualty, Star Trek Online's secret of success, World of Warcraft's increased benefits package, details from FFXIV's next patch, a couple of secret MMORPG projects, and their experience rage-quitting MMOs. 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, WoW, SWG Halloween is spinning back up News: Amazon cancels Crucible News: Star Trek Online's new episode, secret of success News: Black Desert opens its O'dyllita zone News: FFXIV previews its Futures Rewritten patch News: Star Citizen's Squadron 42 ain't coming anytime soon News: World of Warcraft's giving more for free these days News: CCP and ZeniMax's secret MMOs Mailbag: Quests and MMOs we've nope'd out on Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Menu Theme" fr

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin talk about World of Warcraft's momentous expansion delay, release dates for Magic Legends and Torchlight III, a new home for Skyforge, and what to do when you feel untethered from an MMO 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 The Daily Grind Blitz  News: World of Warcraft delays Shadowlands News: Magic Legends gets delayed as well News: Torchlight III is going live on October 13th News: PlanetSide 2 breaks its world (in a good way) News: Skyforge is coming to the Switch News: HEX is coming to an end Mailbag: Feeling untethered from MMOs Mailbag: Livestream the podcast? Mailbag: Why do dailies? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Only Human" from World of Warcraft Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, 

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin discuss Ultima Online's newest initiative, Lord of the Rings Online's rumored class, a roleplay-centric African MMO in development, an actual patch for Secret Worlds Legends, and representation in online worlds. 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, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild Wars 2, City of Heroes News: What is Ultima Online: New Legacy? News: Phantasy Star Online 2 shows off New Genesis News: Did LOTRO just leak its next class? News: WoW de-levels some players, announces BlizzConline News: Introducing The Wagadu Chronicles News: Secret World Legends actually gets a patch! Mailbag: Representation in MMOs Mailbag: Favorite jumping puzzles Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Vesper" from Ultima Online Your show hosts: J

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin discuss Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda, the frequent death of Echo of Soul, Fallout 76's busy week, Conan Exile's first expansion, Phantasy Star Online 2's next patch, and how marketers use the fear of missing out to influence us. 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, Star Wars Galaxies News: Microsoft acquires Bethesda and ZeniMax News: Fallout 76 releases One Wasteland update, rearranges road map News: Conan Exiles breaks out Isle of Siptah expansion News: Elder Scrolls Online's last DLC of 2020 is coming this November News: Echo of Soul dies (again) News: Phantasy Star Online 2's Episode 5 is coming September 30th News: Final Fantasy XVI is announced News: Crowfall talks about going back to earl

On this week’s show, Bree, Mia, and Justin discuss the surprising sequel to ArcheAge that's in development, LOTRO's controversial mini-expansion, Wizard101's documentary, Corepunk's potential, FFXI's missing mobile edition, and nefarious MMO sales tactics. 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: WoW Classic, SWTOR, Black Desert, Echo of Soul, SWG, LOTRO News: ArcheAge 2 is announced News: What's going on with TERA? News: LOTRO takes a weird turn with a mini-expansion News: Wizard101 gets an Amazon Prime documentary News: Corepunk is actually looking kind of interesting News: Raph Koster on MMO potential, Chris Roberts on Star Citizen Mailbag: What's going on with the FFXI mobile remake? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Hunting" from Lord of the Rings Online Your show hosts

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin break out the pumpkin spice lattes and drink up World of Warcraft's reputation boost, the launch of a casual space MMO, Fallout 76's upcoming One Wasteland patch, and a lightning round of 10 listener questions! 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: WoW Classic, SWG News: World of Warcraft's month-long rep boost News: Fallout 76's One Wasteland is coming soon News: Path of Exiles plans a great Heist News: CSC launches Mailbag: What makes MMOs good for roleplayers? Mailbag: Lightning round of 10 questions! Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Verse Traveler" from CSC 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 Overp

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin celebrate a great week of MMO news, including Guild Wars 2's official expansion announcement, WoW: Shadowlands' release date, and reports from New World's playtest. There's also a good collection of listener mail, such as the origin of Massively OP's Mo and how to recover from burnout. 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: WoW Classic, LOTRO, SWTOR, SWG, GW2, Wurm News: Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is coming next year News: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets a launch date News: New World's preview event garners praise News: Elder Scrolls Online's Stonethorn DLC arrives News: FFXIV is getting a good chunk of new housing Mailbag: Repurposing old zones Mailbag: Recovering from burnout Mailbag: Who is MOP's Mo? Outro Other info: Podcast th

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin say farewell to En Masse Entertainment, muse over a possible Lost Ark publisher, investigate WoW Classic's permadeath community, learn about what it's like to work in online customer service, 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. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: WoW Classic, SWTOR, SWG, The Sims News: TERA studio En Masse Entertainment closes News: Is Amazon going to publish Lost Ark? News: LOTRO hits another bout of server problems News: Checking out WoW Classic's hardcore community News: Wurm Online is doing gangbusters on Steam News: Population Zero is pretty much dead News: Torchlight III will come out this fall with one more wipe Mailbag: Working MMO customer service Mailbag: Favorite talent trees Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Nature Knows" from TE

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin cover Final Fantasy XIV's new content update, World of Warcraft's pre-patch news, City of Heroes legal talks, Daybreak's new acquisition, the passing of Brian Green, and Epic Games' fight against vs. Apple. 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. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Valiance Online, LOTRO, Sims News: Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3 arrives News: City of Heroes Homecoming talks progress News: Daybreak buys Cold Iron Studios News: Shadowlands' pre-patch is getting tested News: EVE Echoes launches News: Epic Games sues Apple over Fortnite News: Meridian 59's Brian Green passes away News: Industry stress on developers Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "The Puppet Bunker's Final Boss" from FFXIV Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: 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: Web

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: 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, Poc

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: Podcast theme: "Oakvale" from Fable 2 Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Pod

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: Podcast theme: "The Lay of Lyndelby" from Lord of the Rings Online Your show hosts: Justin a

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: Podcast theme: "Here Be Wonders" from Elder

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: Podcast theme: "HK-47" from Star Wars: The Old Republic Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, S

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. Show notes: 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 Other info:

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. Show notes: 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 Other info: P

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. Show notes: 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? O

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 Other info: Podcast theme: "Greymoor Main Theme" from Elder Scrolls Online Your show host