Jun 17, 2025
On this week’s theme episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk all about character progression in MMOs! Trust us, there are far more types of progression than you might first assume -- and we're going to try to cover as many of them as we can in an hour. Plus. Plus about fifteen.
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
- What is character progression?
- Why is progression important?
- The broad categories of progression
- Horizontal vs vertical progression
- Story as progression
- Offline progression
- Rebirth progression
- Progression you can lock
- Crafting XP progression
- PvP progression
- Collaborative progression
- Reward tracks and mastery system
- Gearscore
- Money/collections
- Dungeon progression
- Outro
Other info:
- Podcast theme: "Irontoe 2006" from EverQuest II
- Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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