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The Daily Grind: Who are your favorite MMO NPCs to hate?
The first really story-heavy MMO I played was arguably Guild Wars, and while it's been many years I still remember talking with other people...
The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer game do you wish were a full-blown MMORPG?
It probably has not slipped your attention that we cover more than just MMORPGs here on Massively OP these days. There's a lot of...
The Daily Grind: What wishful-thinking PAX West MMORPG announcement would blow you away?
Massively OP's MJ Guthrie is at PAX West (formerly known as PAX Prime, a much catchier name if you ask me!) for us this...
The Daily Grind: What MMO tutorial experience is your favorite?
The best way to learn how to play most MMOs is to already know how to play them. Heck, there are major parts of...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with MMO know-it-alls?
There is a particular brand of MMO player that has the tendency to get on my nerves, and that is the person who acts...
The Daily Grind: What do you actually expect to get out of MMORPG lockboxes?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss has an intriguing multi-angle post out this week criticizing, rightly in my mind, Guild Wars 2's lockboxes, but not the way...
The Daily Grind: Should expansions change the core of an MMO?
Those of us playing Final Fantasy XIV have had about two months with Stormblood now, which has prompted one complaint to come out as...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten kudos on your MMO characters’ outfits?
Let's not lie among ourselves: We all enjoy showing off to others in-game. About half of the reason why we spend so much time...
The Daily Grind: Are there any failed IPs that deserve a second MMO try?
Am I still upset about what happened with Transformers Universe? Well, it's a day, so yes. I'm upset. But what makes me even more...
The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce the next World of Warcraft expansion at BlizzCon 2017?
With World of Warcraft's 7.3 Shadows of Argus mega-patch launching next week, speculation in the community has turned once again to what comes after Argus....
The Daily Grind: What’s your comfort MMO?
In all of the years that I've been playing MMORPGs, I've noticed that it is far, far easier to return to a known property...
The Daily Grind: Do MMORPG studios worry too much about player retention?
Back in March, we used a Richard Bartle blog post to discuss retention in MMOs and how developers could up their stickiness factor. But in...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMO expansions to include new classes, or is a new spec good enough?
Back when Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire was announced, a number of our commenters sparred over whether or not the game's elite specs...
The Daily Grind: What are you proud of accomplishing in an MMO?
Sometimes I wonder if my list of accomplishments in the games that I've played is worth anything. I certainly did not have multiple 75s...
The Daily Grind: What’s a rite of passage in your MMO?
Lately I've been playing a new Hobbit Hunter in Lord of the Rings Online, which has the added benefit of bringing me back to...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would you like to see dump its branding or IP?
On Tuesday, Daybreak formally announced that the neglected PvE half of H1Z1, Just Survive, would be shedding its H1Z1 branding once and for all. The...
The Daily Grind: Do you like being lost in MMOs?
In Final Fantasy XI, my first MMO, maps were few and far between, often blindingly unclear, and offered as many opportunities to be hopelessly...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO class do you love to have at your back in dungeons?
We have all talked at length about which classes we prefer to play, but adventuring around in MMOs sometimes involves being with (gasp) other...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt the need to cut back on your MMORPG playtime?
A couple of months ago, Lifehacker ran an article that might just save somebody: It's titled How to Cut Back on Playing Video Games,...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of Guild Wars 2’s non-traditional mounts?
Mounts are the big new thing in Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, and as I've previously mentioned, I was initially concerned about...
