Episode 522: Progressing through character progression

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.

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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

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• Podcast theme: "Irontoe 2006" from EverQuest II
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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