Episode 547: The annual mailbag show!
Dec 23, 2025•1 hr 20 min
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Episode description
On this week's episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin tackle the end-of-year mailbag show, with topics ranging from sub-games within MMOs to class overhauls to storytelling to player-influenced development. Listen to what our readers want us to talk about!
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.
Show notes:
- Intro
- How many games is our game?
- How should MMO studios deal with creaky and dated and un-scalable content?
- When have devs changed classes for the better and worse?
- What do we think of Realm of the Mad God and tiny MMO projects?
- Do we like MMO storytelling?
- How much MMO development should be driven by player polls?
- What super-simple MMOs are there out there for burned-out players?
- Rapid-fire questions!
- Outro
Other info:
- Podcast theme: "Frostfell" from EverQuest II
- Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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