Perfect Ten is a humorous list-themed feature column by Justin Olivetti and Eliot Lefebvre. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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Perfect Ten: The best jobs in Final Fantasy XI
My first MMORPG ever celebrated its 24th anniversary recently. Yes, Final Fantasy XI has been running for such a long period of time that...
Perfect Ten: 10 amazing MMO starter zones
With how often we find ourselves starting up new characters and rolling alts in MMORPGs, it's no surprise that we develop a lot of...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with player-generated content that somehow didn’t require blockchain
So John Smedley, ahead of the early access launch of Reaper Actual, decided to yet again defend the game having a crypto version by claiming...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that indulge in character multiclassing and subclassing
With both the recently revealed EverQuest Legends and Hollowed Oath making multiclassing a core feature of their game designs, it seemed like the perfect...
Perfect Ten: Warframe is the most mobile gacha cash grab game that isn’t any of those things
If there's one thing I know in this world... well, actually, that's Transformers. But if there's one video game-related thing I know in this...
Perfect Ten: Old MMORPGs we used to talk about all the time but aren’t mentioned today
We've been covering MMORPGs here at MassivelyOP and Massively-that-was for a very long time. So you can imagine that there have been many seasons...
Perfect Ten: Have official MMO websites improved in the last decade?
It came to me in a dream the other night: I have been writing columns for Perfect Ten for more than a decade now....
Perfect Ten: MMOs and other online projects created by ex-Blizzard devs
With a studio as big (and controversial) as Blizzard and an MMORPG as long-running as World of Warcraft, it stands to reason that there...
Perfect Ten: 10 strange facts about long-dead MMORPG The Sims Online
It's been almost a quarter-century since its initial launch, but The Sims Online continues to be a low-key obsession in my head. It was...
Perfect Ten: My favorite vanilla World of Warcraft memories
It's odd to me, on some level, how little time I actually spend talking about remembering World of Warcraft back when it first launched. I...
Perfect Ten: Why MMORPGs have ruined me for other video games
Like probably many of you, I've been a lifelong video game junkie. I cut my teeth on early '80s arcade titles, cherished the family...
Perfect Ten: A guide to Warframe’s most perplexing vocabulary, from syandana to cephalon
So Warframe is available now on Android. This makes me happy because I really enjoy Warframe and I enjoy more people getting a chance to...
Perfect Ten: 10 deserted MMOs that feel like the liminal space Backrooms
While we're used to seeing low population MMORPGs, what about no population games? What would it be like to log into an online world where...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG races to unleash your inner beast
One of the roads less traveled on MMO character creation screens is that of an adventurer who feels the need to be a little...
Perfect Ten: The unwritten social rules in every MMO
There are rules in MMOs. I mean, you know that. There are always certain rules, and often they come down to a polite visit from...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs we triple-dog dare you to play
Here at Massively OP, we don't go for those lame ol' resolutions. Well, we do, but that doesn't mean we respect them. Resolutions feel...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2026
You know, I'm going to be honest. I think maybe we're done with doing this list? Like, maybe this year every MMO has a pretty...
End-of-Year Eleven: Upcoming MMOs to watch in 2026 and beyond
After a surprising and twisty-turny year of 2025, we turn the corner into virgin territory where specters of the past, portents of the future,...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best-value MMOs moving into 2026
Some MMORPGs make it easy for us to peg their value moving into the next year. For example, I could give you a box...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO expansions and updates of 2025
There's no doubt that 2025 was an incredibly active year for MMORPG launches and releases. And while game debuts got a big spotlight, much...
