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On this week’s show, Bree and Justin erupt over Gamigo's upcoming ArcheAge business model shift, scramble to grab name reservations for WoW Classic, speculate over the future of MMO innovation, 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 News: Everyone goes nuts over WoW Classic name reservations News: No Man's Sky Beyond rolls out News: Dungeons and Dragons Online opens its permadeath server News: ESO's Scalebraker and Neverwinter's Uprising pushes out News: ArcheAge announces a buy-to-play server Mailbag: AI and the future of MMOs Mailbag: Silent players vs. vocal raiders Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Yo Ho Ho Surly Kobold" from Dungeons and Dragons Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRad

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin look at the frenzy of preparations for WoW Classic, explore more of Middle-earth, talk about Aion for the first time in about forever, and talk about how studios could better handle the senior citizen years of MMORPGs. 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: Chronicles of Spellborn, City of Heroes, SWG News: Blizzard preps fans for WoW Classic, posts server list, financials down News: Square Enix's financials are up News: LOTRO pushes out an interesting patch News: Aion has a meaty content update coming News: DCUO launches on Switch, Legends of Aria releases Mailbag: Finding your way when you're lost in an MMO Mailbag: Planning an exit strategy for operational MMOs Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Lakrum Fortress" from Aion Your show

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin marvel over a week of MMORPG revelations, including a new race for Lord of the Rings Online, a handy party feature for World of Warcraft, the possibility of Guild Wars 2 mobile, 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: City of Heroes, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, LOTRO, Star Wars Galaxies News: LOTRO gets Stout Axe Dwarves, DDO gets Alchemist and permadeath shards News: World of Warcraft outlines 8.2.5 features News: Could Guild Wars 2 be making a mobile game? News: Star Trek Online looks ahead to Awakening update News: How about a new expansion and class for Skyforge? Mailbag: LOTRO and sticking to its IP Mailbag: A Marvel Heroes substitute News: Ship of Heroes' character creator out soon Outro Other info:

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin get pumped up about Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC, wonder if Pagan Online's launch will bring in the crowds, debate EverQuest's future, figure out what Funcom should do with Secret World Legends, 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: World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, Villagers and Heroes News: Elder Scrolls Online's dungeon pack is coming soon News: Pagan Online is launching next month News: Daybreak makes more noise about the next EverQuest game News: Guild Wars 2 cranks up the happenings News: Worlds Adrift sunsets Mailbag: What to do with The Secret World? Mailbag: Real-world fashion from MMORPGs Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Character Menu" from EverQuest II Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively

On this week’s show, Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann drops by to make a huge announcement or two for this indie sandbox MMO. Bree and Justin also look at Villagers and Heroes' expansion, SWTOR's free-to-play improvements, and DC Universe Online's Switch launch. 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: Villagers and Heroes, World of Warcraft News: Villagers and Heroes: A Tale of Earth and Sea launches News: SWTOR loosens F2P restrictions News: Neverwinter previews Gith race News: DCUO is coming to Switch next month Interview: Legends of Aria's Derek Brinkmann Mailbag: Can Ship of Heroes and City of Titans recapture City of Heroes' personality? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Trial Theme" from Legends of Aria Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast o

On this week’s show, Sam joins Bree and Justin to talk about Albion Online's newest update, the disturbing moves over at Daybreak Game Company, the escalation of the new Lord of the Rings MMO, 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: World of Warcraft, City of Heroes, Guild Wars 2 News: Daybreak trademarks new studios News: Amazon is co-developing that new Lord of the Rings MMO Sponsored: Albion Online's newest update News: EVE Online enters a communication blackout News: Caravan Stories is coming soon Mailbag: MMO cosmetics in real life Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Main Theme (Gingertail Cover)" from Albion Online Your show hosts: Justin, Sam, and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Cast

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin share the struggles of covering all of the MMO news, celebrate the official launch of Shadowbringers, and muse on the steps ahead for WoW Classic, Pagan Online, and Fallout 76. Also, Bree interrupts Justin a lot, but it's always for a good cause. 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 Which MMOs are we personally anticipating? News: Warframe explodes at TennoCon News: FFXIV: Shadowbringers officially launches News: WoW Classic's closed beta winds down News: Pagan Online plans a big summer News: Fallout 76 overhauls the newbie experience News Tidbits: RuneScape, Blue Protocol, Elite Dangerous Mailbag: How MMOs find an audience Mailbag: Why aren't we covering certain MMOs more? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Rak'Tika Greatwoods" from FFXIV Your show ho

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin tackle a full hour of listener mail! Topics from the MOP community include the sunset of City of Heroes, reporting offensive names in MMOs, solving the problem of open world housing, 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 Mailbag: City of Heroes and sunsets Mailbag: Offensive names Mailbag: Player housing Mailbag: Returning to MMOs is hard Mailbag: Musical associations and MMO memorabilia Mailbag: Would WildStar have benefited from early access? Mailbag: Hytale thoughts Mailbag: MMO modding Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Totems of the Grizzlemaw Revisited" from World of Warcraft 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

On this week’s show, Eliot, Bree, and Justin don their armor for FFXIV: Shadowbringers, share WoW Classic tales, adjust to the surprise Harry Potter mobile launch, celebrate SWTOR's free-to-play changes, plus Eliot answers your burning FFXIV 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, City of Heroes, FFXIV, SWG News: FFXIV Shadowbringers is here News: Harry Potter Wizards Unite surprises with an abrupt launch News: World of Warcraft rolls out Rise of Azshara update News: Star Wars: The Old Republic looses up its free-to-play restrictions News: Camelot Unchained talks about its beta process News: Champions Online gets actual new content Mailbag: FFXIV endgame Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Castellum Velodyna" from Final Fantasy XIV Your show hosts: J

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin jaw about Amazon Game Studios restructuring, Black Desert's PS4 port, Ship of Heroes' audacious character creation plans, more E3 news, and debate over how long you can hold bad launches over a game's head. 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: Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, LOTRO, ESO News: Black Desert announces PlayStation 4 port News: Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming DLC News: Warframe talks Empyrean expansion at E3 News: Last Oasis gets a September launch date News: Amazon Game Studio layoffs News: Ship of Heroes aims to top City of Heroes' character creation system Mailbag: Character creation in MMOs Mailbag: Beating a bad launch dead horse Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Green Nugget" from City of Heroes Your show hosts

On this week’s show, Black Desert expert Carlo joins Bree and Justin to talk about the new class and expansion as well as Lord of the Rings Online's latest update, the final fate of Bless Online, the surprising Phantasy Star Online 2 announcement, and more! Also, Carlo got a boat. Expect to hear a lot about that. 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 E3 2019 chatter News: Black Desert teases new class and expansion News: Bless Online is shutting down this fall News: LOTRO's Vales of Anduin arrives News: Phantasy Star Online 2 finally gets a western release News: SWTOR goes to Dantooine News: Guild Wars 2 gets another raid going News: Path of Exile keeps trucking along News: Blizzard's secret projects Mailbag: Alt problems in City of Heroes Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Tavern Music" f

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin give Worlds Adrift a farewell salute, welcome Starbase to the MMO fold, dig into Elder Scrolls Online's newest expansion, brings listeners up to date on the City of Heroes drama, 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: Bree's Chromebook, SWG, City of Heroes, Outer Wilds News: Worlds Adrift calls it quits News: Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr arrives on the scene News: Starbase piques our interest News: Tons of FFXIV: Shadowbringers coverage News: City of Heroes' rogue servers intensify Mailbag: NostalgiaFilm(tm) Mailbag: Old Massively Speaking archive? Mailbag: WoW Classic criticism Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Worlds Adrift Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher,

On this week’s show, Brendon joins Bree and Justin to talk about his latest fact-finding mission deep inside the heart of EVE Online's latest fan festival. In addition to a lot of in-depth internet spaceship news, there's discussion about Dauntless' incredible launch, Black Desert's underwater play, 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 News: EVE Online Down Under with Brendon! News: Final Fantasy XIV crosses 16M players News: Dauntless has a huge launch News: Astellia gears up for a summer release News: Black Desert takes us underwater News: DCUO confirmed for the Nintendo Switch Mailbag: Playing Old School RuneScape Mailbag: Are fancy cinematics and trailers worth it? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Surplus of Rare Artifacts" from EVE Online Your show hosts: Justin, Brendon, an

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin return to the most vanilla days of them all, thanks to World of Warcraft Classic's beta test. The duo also talk about DDO's latest expansion, the delay of Skull and Bones, and useful tips on playing City of Heroes. 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, City of Heroes News: World of Warcraft Classic eyes August launch Mailbag: Why is Tuesday the MMO release day? Mailbag: Is World of Warcraft a classic or modern MMO? News: DDO: Masterminds of Sharn releases News: Square-Enix's annual report shows growth News: Star Trek Online's Rise of Discovery update goes live News: ...as does Blade and Souls' Scarlet Tears patch News: Skull and Bones delayed to 2020 Mailbag: Opinions on getting back into City of Heroes Mailbag: Original City of

On this week’s show, Bree and Justin debate whether legislating lockboxes is the way to go, gush over FFXIV's fashion freedom, discuss RIFT's upcoming server merges, and try to figure out what's going on with Amazon's New World. 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: FFXIV, City of Heroes, Fallout 76 News: US Senator's proposed law takes aim at lockboxes News: Guild Wars 2's War Eternal update arrives this week News: FFXIV gets more fashion storage News: RIFT's European servers merge News: What's ZeniMax's new project? News: New World takes its alpha offline Mailbag: Full-featured character creators Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Scarlet Gorge" from RIFT Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play,

On this week’s show, it's the return of the Bit Wars, as LOTRO and EVE test out their much-needed 64-bit clients. Bree and Justin also dive into a great FFXIV freebie, the downward slide of Blizzard's financials, Guild Wars' 14th anniversary, 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: Fallout 76, FFXIV, City of Heroes News: Blizzard's financials aren't the best Mailbag: Do people sub without buying new expansions? News: World of Warcraft Classic will let you make a staggering number of alts News: EVE Online's latest expansion cometh News: EVE and LOTRO's 64-bit clients News: FFXIV's free expansion giveaway News: Guild Wars is alive and kicking for its 14th birthday Mailbag: Everything box Mailbag: Genderlocked FFXIV classes Mailbag: Dad jokes and Patreon support Out

On this week’s show, we're coming off the high of a pretty darn good week! Bree and Justin follow up on the City of Heroes resurgence, say farewell to Atlas Reactor, and look ahead to the goodies coming with Caravan Stories, Peria Chronicles, and Torchlight Frontiers. 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 What's going on with the City of Heroes drama? Mailbag: Is this a watershed moment in MMO history? Mailbag: Are fans overreacting? What's going on with the other superhero projects? News: Atlas Reactor heads toward the sunset News: Peria Chronicles starts Korean testing News: We choo-choose Torchlight Frontiers' Railmaster News: Caravan Stories heads to console News: Villagers and Heroes: A Tale of Earth and Sea announced News: Star Trek Online's scaling ships Outro Other info: Podcast t

On this special edition of the podcast, Justin, Eliot, and Bree gather together to talk about the so-called "secret" City of Heroes server -- and why it has this long-running community in an absolute tizzy. What's the actual scandal here, and what should be done with this emulator going forward? Check out our thoughts on this show! 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 City of Heroes' secret server exposed Why is everyone upset? Is there money exchanging hands? What about other site connections? What about NCsoft? Was it good to bring this out into the open? What should be done with the server? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Freedom Theme" from City of Heroes Your show hosts: Justin, Eliot, and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRad

On this week’s show, it's all about MMO content reveals! Bree and Justin get nerdy over SWTOR's expansion reveal, talk about World of Warcraft 8.2, and wonder how Guild Wars 2 can offer dragon mounts if players have killed them all. 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 2, Fractured, DDO, WoW News: SWTOR: Onslaught is coming this September News: Skyforge: New Horizons goes live News: Blizzard's health bribes and Patch 8.2 outline News: Get your dragon mount on in Guild Wars 2 News: TERA's unfortunate rollback News: Albion Online's F2P launch News: Blade & Soul's new update, server merges Mailbag: Bumping into tougher expansion content Mailbag: Everythingbox and supply and demand Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Peace, the Jedi Counsular" from SWTOR You

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.  Show notes: 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 Other info: Podcast theme: "Legion of Dawn" from Anthem Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Pl