On this week’s theme episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin spend the whole hour talking about their favorite MMO zones. What are they, and what makes them so great?

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• Intro
• Discussion: What makes for a truly great zone?
• Discussion: Our top favorite or most interesting zone picks
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Elwynn Forest" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about SWTOR's 7.5 preview, Daybreak's staff headcount, the Helldivers 2 fiasco, some great giveaways in ESO and DDO, and prognostications about the future trends of MMOs.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: SWG, LOTRO
• News: SWTOR previews Update 7.5
• News: How many people are working at Daybreak and SSG?
• News: The whole Helldivers 2 fiasco
• News: ESO is giving a free house, DDO is giving a free expansion
• Mailbag: Will we ever get another Top 5 MMO?
• Mailbag: Will MMOs ever return to an era of experimentation?
• Outro

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• Podcast theme: "Townlife" from Ultima X Odyssey
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about ArcheAge's demise, no BlizzCon in 2024, Escape from Tarkov's consumer fiasco, City of Heroes' 20th birthday, and the odds of Crowfall coming back to a PC near you.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, WoW, Fallout 4, Guild Wars 2
• News: ArcheAge taps out for good in the west
• News: BlizzCon ain't happening this year, yo
• News: Escape from Tarkov tries to paywall a PvE mode
• News: Age of Water launches into early access
• News: Happy 20th birthday, City of Heroes!
• Mailbag: MMO parties with only one defensive character
• Mailbag: Will Crowfall ever come back?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "White Forest" from ArcheAge
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about ESO's rollback situation, PlanetSide 2's current status, the return of Life is Feudal and Legends of Aria, MMOs to play offline, and the fate of Blade and Soul.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO, ESO, WoW
• News: PlanetSide 2 is no longer under Daybreak's umbrella
• News: Elder Scrolls Online's horrible rollback situation
• News: Life is Feudal returns to Steam
• News: Legends of Aria Classic is now a thing
• Mailbag: Is Palia outsourcing art?
• Mailbag: Why isn't Blade and Soul doing better?
• Mailbag: What about "offline" MMO conversions?
• Outro

• Download Episode 465
• Podcast theme: "Zenithar's Anvil" from Elder Scrolls Online
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about Mists of Pandaria remix, Cataclysm Classic's prepatch, Blizzard's return to China, FFXIV's expansion benchmark, Sky Children of Light's PC launch, EverQuest progression servers, Palia's layoffs, and a fan-led games preservation movement.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: LOTRO
• News: World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria remix
• News: EverQuest and EverQuest II ready progression servers
• News: Cataclysm Classic pre-patch details
• News: Blizzard returns to China, hires for a mystery game
• News: FFXIV: Dawntrail's benchmark arrives
• News: Sky Children of the Light launches on PC
• News: Palia studio lays off a chunk of staff
• News: Games preservation movement
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Monk Windwalker" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about that Guild Wars 3 thing, DCUO's 2024 roadmap, Monsters & Memories' plans, a sequel to Hellgate London, and why we're so mean to Palia.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, SWTOR, Valheim
• News: Guild Wars 3 is happening, according to NCsoft
• News: DCUO's unexpected 2024 roadmap
• News: Monsters and Memories aims for 2026 early access, is self-funding
• News: Hellgate London... is getting a sequel?
• Mailbag: Why are we so mean to Palia?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Hellgate London
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about FFXIV's big launches (yes, plural), World of Warcraft's odd battle royale mode, rekindling old MMO magic, and the fate of that Riot MMO and Cryptic's MMOs.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, The Sims 4, SWG
• News: FFXIV releases on Xbox, dates July 2nd for Dawntrail
• News: Don't hold your breath for that Riot MMO
• News: World of Warcraft gets all battle royaley
• News: Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online look like they have a future after all
• News: ArcheAge 2 delayed to 2025, Path of Exile 2 pushes beta deeper into 2024, New World's newest season kicks off next week
• Mailbag: How can you rekindle the old magic of MMOs?
• Outro

• Download Episode 463
• Podcast theme: "Namazu Camp Theme" from FFXIV
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about EverQuest's quarter century. a RuneScape successor, Star Citizen's 1.0 aspirations, and patches for ESO and LOTRO. Also, gum. Gum is everything. Gum is the true endgame.

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.

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, 
• News: Happy 25th birthday to EverQuest
• News: Brighter Shores could be a RuneScape spiritual successor
• News: Could Star Citizen actually launch in the next year?
• News: SWTOR's dating sim patch
• News: Elder Scrolls Online drops its spring update
• News: LOTRO’s Update 39 arrives
• Mailbag: Even more crafting queries!
• Outro

• Download Episode 462
• Podcast theme: "Beyond the River" from EverQuest
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about Cataclysm Classic's beta testing, Dune Awakening's media blitz, Camelot Unchained's lofty plans, New World's paused season, Albion Online's European conquest, and a rant or two about early access.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, SWG, CoH
• News: Camelot Unchained hopes to launch next year
• News: Cataclysm Classic goes into beta testing, mystery patch to be revealed
• News: Dune Awakening is waking up
• News: New World hits a hard pause on its next season
• News: Albion Online is coming to Europe but not everyone's happy about it
• Mailbag: What do we think about BitCraft?
• Mailbag: What do we think about early access?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Castaways" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin spend the entire hour talking about one and only one thing: crafting in MMORPGs. Do you like making stuff? Do you fail to see the point? What's the best and worst crafting out there? This is all discussed and so much 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.

• Intro
• Discussion: Our first crafting experiences in MMOs
• Discussion: What is the purpose of crafting?
• Discussion: Why is so much crafting pointless?
• Discussion: What kinds of things can we craft?
• Discussion: MMOs that took a different crafting approach
• Discussion: Survival games that push you into crafting
• Discussion: MMOs where you can just be a crafter and only that
• Discussion: Palia and time-gating crafting
• Discussion: Are there crafting professions that MMOs should add?
• Discussion: MMOs that struggle with keeping crafting relevant and accessible
• Discussion: MMOs that add crafting later in the game
• Discussion: MMOs where you are not the crafter
• Discussion: What kind of crafting systems do we want in future MMOs?
• Outro

• Download Episode 460
• Podcast theme: "Crafting" from Salem
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about the return of Gigantic, Nightingale's early access launch, Guild Wars 2's latest story beat, Last Epoch's release, and how tabletop RPGs and MMORPGs can become besties.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: ESO, LOTRO, City of Heroes, SWG
• News: Nightingale launches in early access
• News: Gigantic returns after six years offline
• News: Guild Wars 2 delivers The Realm of Dreams
• News: Last Epoch finally releases
• Mailbag: How can MMOs draw more from tabletop RPG design?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "A Familiar Path" from Gigantic
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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