https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:55:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424644 It took me years – literal years – but I landed a personal house in Final Fantasy XIV. Not an apartment, not a room in my guild’s hall; an honest-to-goodness house, on a plot of land, in one of the game’s neighborhoods, surrounded by other claimed plots of land. That distinction is important because there […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/feed/ 12 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=405382 Having trouble logging into Dual Universe? That’s because Novaquark shut down its servers on the 22nd. But don’t worry, the space sandbox did not sunset: It’s just preparing for the transition to launch on September 27th! Those offline days are needed for the developers to implement the improvements that are coming to the launched game. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/17/some-assembly-required-the-future-of-dual-universes-puzzle-events-and-development/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=305469 While I may be sad at missing Dual Universe’s first big puzzle event that was just solved (though folks can still follow the clues and solve it themselves!), I am very much looking forward to the next projects planned for the space sandbox. During our recent interview with president and founder of NovaQuark Jean-Christophe Baillie, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=303535 If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds – and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are – then you are likely looking for more to do in your games than just quaff quests, delve dungeons, and run raids. You seek alternate activities. How about a deep, years-long scavenger hunt […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=233886 There’s roleplaying in MMORPGs, and then there is playing a role! We’re talking pixelated actors performing live theater within a virtual world. Yes, it’s a thing — an awesome thing! And it has been happening in Final Fantasy XIV for years. Just thinking about the work necessary to adapt an entire play to work in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=227369 Recently, Massively Overthinking explored chores in sandboxes and MMOs that can feel like jobs. I may not have answered that then, but boy am I getting a chance to here! Welcome to the revival of Some Assembly Required, our column dedicated to player-generated content! And the first thing we are going to explore is a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/feed/ 12