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On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about FFXIV's blowup over modding (and cheating), what's up with this Quinfall thing, World of Warcraft's trading post issues, The Crew 3 announcement, and everything you've ever wanted to know about video game beards. 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: LOTRO, ESO News: The great FFXIV mod debate News: World of Warcraft's trading post issues and cross-realm raid News: NCsoft West layoffs, Square Enix financials, Blizzard financials News: The Crew 3 officially announced News: Quinfall arrives on the scene and immediately makes some grand promises News: Elder Scrolls Online wages war on shoulder armor Mailbag: Why no has moar beards? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Fenderbender" from The Crew Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about roadmaps, roadmaps, and more roadmaps! Elder Scrolls Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Diablo Immortal, and Villagers and Heroes all laid out plans for 2023, along with a delightful launch announcement from Gloria Victis. 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. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, ESO News: Elder Scrolls Online roadmap and new class News: Dungeons and Dragons Online’s mini-expansion announcement News: Diablo Immortal’s confusing roadmap News: Villagers and Heroes is finally getting interior housing News: Star Trek Online’s 13th anniversary patch News: Gloria Victis to launch next week Mailbag: Exploring optional content Outro Other info: Podcast theme: “Another Story Begins” from Gloria Victis Your show hosts: Justi

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about the Blizzard's doomsday in China, Lord of the Rings Online's 2023 roadmap, WoW Classic's latest phase, the January drop for Final Fantasy XIV, and how Blizzard can rebuild its reputation. 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: LOTRO, ESO News: Blizzard and NetEase don't back down from the game apocalypse in China News: Wrath Classic moves into Phase 2 News: Final Fantasy XIV Update 6.3 arrived News: Lord of the Rings Online has 'ambitious' 2023 plans Mailbag: What can Blizzard do to restore its standing? Outro Other info: Download Episode 406 Podcast theme: "The Shadow Rises" from LOTRO Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spoti

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Throne and Liberty's upcoming arrival, Skull and Bones' umpteenth delay, roadmaps for the EverQuest franchise, John Smedley's whereabouts, and the controversial Dungeons & Dragons licensing snafu. 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: LOTRO, ESO, Guild Wars 2 News: Throne and Liberty is coming in the first half of 2023 News: EverQuest and EverQuest II post 2023 road maps News: John Smedley leaves Amazon Game Studio News: Skull and Bones is delayed a sixth time Mailbag: Wizards of the Coast and D&D changes Mailbag: Using alts for a better purpose Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Faultline Downfall" from City of Heroes Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHe

On this week’s episode, it's a full-fledged Massively OP staff jam! We've got Cuckoo-for-Cocoa-Puffs Chris, Mighty Mighty MJ, Where in the World is Carlo Sandiego, and Just Justin jawing about the year-that-was and the year-to-come. 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 What were our most-played MMOs of 2022? What are we looking forward to in 2023? Massively OP Awards discussion Final thoughts Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Luau Festival" from Stardew Valley Your show hosts: Justin, Carlo, MJ, and Chris Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch If you’re having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock setting.

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin bring on Colin and Eliot for a full-fledged roundtable. Discussion topics include most-played MMOs of 2022, our recent awards show, and the annual state of the site. Please rise while listening to this podcast to show respect! 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 What were our most-played MMOs of 2022? What are we looking forward to in 2023? Massively OP Awards review State of the Site Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "A World Apart" from FFXIV Your show hosts: Justin, Eliot, Colin, and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch If you’re having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or script

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin dig through the hefty mailbag to tackle all sorts of listener questions and topics, including Blue Protocol's publishing, MMO bad habits, World of Warcraft's worst zones, books about MMOs, 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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro Mailbag: Is it bad that Amazon is publishing Blue Protocol? Mailbag: What bad habits have we picked up from MMOs? Mailbag: Improving relationships with NPCs Mailbag: What's a wasted WoW zone? Mailbag: How do you handle character conceptualization? Mailbag: Hero Wars mini-review Mailbag: What weird MMO gaming peripherals would we want? Mailbag: Books about MMOs Mailbag: MMOs designed to crowdsource solutions Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Air Stream" from Myst Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree L

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about MMO holiday events, Chris Metzen coming back to WoW, My.Games is exiting Russia, Elder Scrolls Online's newish roadmap, Guild Wars 2's great year, and discussion about Twitch drops. 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. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, New World News: Winter holiday events are in full swing News: Chris Metzen returns to World of Warcraft while the trading post is introduced News: Blizzard still seeks a Chinese publisher for its games News: My.Games is exiting Russia News: Elder Scrolls Online shakes up its yearly format Voicemail: What do we think about Twitch drops? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Frostfell" from EverQuest II Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitch

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about The Game Awards news and fire a whole bunch of Daily Grind questions at each other. Hey, it's the 400th episode, they're allowed to cut loose once in a while! 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. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro The Game Awards reactions Other news: ZeniMax moves to unionize, FTC vs. Blizzard, Black Desert Daily Grind Q&As with Justin and Bree Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Four Corners" from A Tale in the Desert Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify Follow Massively Overpowered: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch If you’re having problems seeing or using the web player, please check your flashblock or scriptblock set

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Dragonflight’s launch (for real this time!), New World's 2023 roadmap, a couple of smaller MMO closures, a whole ton of Q4 updates, and whether or not auto-scaling is a good feature to have in your 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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, end of year awards News: WoW Dragonflight releases into the wild News: New World's 2023 roadmap News: End of the road for Forsaken World, Elyon in Korea News: EverQuest II: Renewal of Ro launches News: Updates for Wizard101, Embers Adrift, Guild Wars 2, and Elite Dangerous Mailbag: Mob auto-scaling and player levels Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Take to the Skies" from World of Warcraft Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM,

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Dragonflight's launch, Albion Online's new update, Camelot Unchained's financial windfall, ZeniMax's secret MMO, and a whole lotta talk about pie. Hey, we were hungry! 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: LOTRO, New World News: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches, FTC may challenge Microsoft acquisition News: Albion Online's Beyond the Veil, sub price hike News: Camelot Unchained studio picks up over $15M in funding News: ZeniMax's secret MMO has over 200 devs working on it News: Guild Wars 2 increases potential inventory space Mailbag: Gaming mice Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Dragonflight Theme" from World of Warcraft Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneI

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about the Blizzpocalypse in China, LOTRO's big honking rock, EverQuest II's expansion date, Frozen Flame's early access, and why MMO bosses love to taunt all of 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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: WoW, LOTRO, New World, SWG, Marvel Snap News: World of Warcraft and more to be shut off in China News: LOTRO mini-expansion releases, financials, big rock News: EverQuest II: Renewal of Ro gets launch date News: Frozen Flame goes into early access News: ArcheAge 2 news is ramping up Mailbag: Boss taunts in MMOs Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Frozen Flame Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify Follow Massive

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Crowfall's demise, Blue Protocol's return, SWTOR's new planet, New World's continuing rise, lots of MMO patches, and tons of Q3 studio financials. 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. Listen to the show right now:   Show notes: Intro News: Crowfall goes offline News: Blue Protocol is back on the table News: SWTOR announces a big content update for this winter News: New World's fresh start servers give it a shot in the arm News: Financials: Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, and NCsoft News: Patches for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE, GW2, and ESO Mailbag: Shadowbane, Second Life, Ultima Online, and Secret World thoughts Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Glory" from Crowfall Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stit

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about New World's upcoming fresh start servers, WoW's 10.0 rollout, Ashes of Creation's gathering mechanics, Secret World's Halloween ban, and how Elvira, Mistress of the Dark took down AdventureQuest 3D. 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, SWG, City of Heroes News: World of Warcraft's pre-patch has a shaky start News: New World's fresh start server schedule News: Ashes of Creation's flexible approach to gathering News: The Secret World isn't doing Halloween for a stupid reason while Dune Awakening releases more art News: Elvira defeats AdventureQuest 3D Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "House of Oddities" from AQ3D Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about New World's big release, World of Warcraft's two-part pre-patch, LOTRO's happy surprises, City of Heroes' massive volunteer patch, and what we do with our digital clutter. 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: LOTRO, WoW, City of Heroes News: New World pushes out Brimstone Sands, sees higher concurrencies News: World of Warcraft's pre-patch is coming in two phases News: LOTRO sneaks in a bunch of quality-of-life improvements News: City of Heroes Homecoming drops a huge patch News: FFXIV releases Patch 6.25 Mailbag: Do we have useless MMO items we don't throw out? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Bold Wanderers" from New World Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, G

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Halloween season, Embers Adrift's launch, Star Citizen reveals, World of Warcraft's faction sharing, Star Trek Online's day of victory, and the dumpster fires of Elyria and Aria. 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: LOTRO, SWG Halloween events are upon us News: Embers Adrift launches News: Lots of Star Citizen news News: World of Warcraft expands mob tagging News: Star Trek Online's Enterprise made canon News: Chronicles of Elyria and Legends of Aria vie for dumpster fires Mailbag: Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Mystery of Wistmead" from LOTRO Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts, Amazon, and Spotify Follow Massively Overp

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about New World's big month ahead, EverQuest's expansions, the massive My.Games sale, FFXIV's upcoming patch, and Shroud of the Avatar's multi-month rollback. 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, Star Wars Galaxies News: New World brings Brimstone Sands on Oct 18, fresh start servers Nov 2 News: EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions draw near News: My.Games is sold off for $642M News: FFXIV's Patch 6.25 drops next week News: Minor MMO resurrections with Mythos and Echo of Soul News: Shroud of the Avatar's massive rollback News: Secret World RPG Kickstarter Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Gold Saucer" from FFXIV Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about launch dates for Embers Adrift and Dragonflight, another delay for Skull and Bones, Lost Ark's Machinist class, LOTRO's quest coupon, and why we don't have MOP guilds these days. 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: WoW Classic, Tower of Fantasy, SWG, Ultima Online News: Embers Adrift announces a launch... in two weeks News: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is coming November 28th News: Skull and Bones delays yet again News: Lost Ark activates the Machinist advanced class News: LOTRO makes a bunch of quest packs free once more Mailbag: Licensing for streaming Mailbag: Why not MOP guilds? Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Into the Wider World" from Lost Ark Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, S

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about Star Citizen's half-billion haul, 25th anniversaries for two long-running MMOs, launches for Wrath Classic and Dual Universe, LOTRO mini-expansion pre-orders, and MMO features that reshaped the industry. 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: Star Wars Galaxies, American Truck Simulator  News: Star Citizen crosses $500M in crowdfunding News: Wrath Classic launches with #somechanges News: Dual Universe releases (and Mythic, too) News: Happy 25th to Ultima Online and Tibia! News: LOTRO sells Before the Shadow pre-orders Voicemail: MMO systems that went big and wide Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Medieval" from Ultima Online Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, TuneIn, Goog

On this week’s episode, Bree and Justin talk about the distant future of MMO projects like LOTRO, ArcheAge 2, and Cataclysm Classic, as well as discussion covering Wizard101's weird hijacking, Fractured Online's early access, and how the MOP team comes up with Daily Grind 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 question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Show notes: Intro Discussion: Behind the scenes of The Daily Grind Adventures in MMOs: GW2, WoW Classic News: ArcheAge 2 is coming in 2024 News: Could Cataclysm Classic become a thing? News: Fractured Online goes into early access Discussion: How game studios attempt to woo journalists News: Is LOTRO going to the ocean? News: Wizard101 gets hijacked Outro Other info: Podcast theme: "Over Yonder" from LOTRO Your show hosts: Justin and Bree Listen to Massively OP Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, Tu