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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO April Fools’ Day gag from past years?
Yes, that subtitle is telling the truth! Massively Overpowered has been bought out by a blogging conglomerate and will be rebranding into Massively Overpawered,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO lives rent-free in your head?
OK, real talk for a second here. Some of our commenters are right now, at this very moment, crawling through yesterday's articles looking for...
The Daily Grind: What factors might get you to come back to an MMO you abandoned?
Unless this is, like, your first week playing MMORPGs, then you definitely have games that you've abandoned along the way. Maybe they weren't your...
The Daily Grind: What are the best and worst snowy zones in MMOs?
It's sort of a running joke around here that I am not a big fan of snowy "northern climate" zones in MMORPGs. We had...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best gearing system in an MMO?
Let me say something bold: I think the best gearing systems in MMOs are the systems that don't get hung up on gear at...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important medium you have for talking with your MMO friends?
There was a time, way back when, that I kept AOL Instant Messenger open on a regular just because it was the easiest way...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO bosses do you love to hate?
There's an adage in the movie business that actors gravitate to a good villain role over the hero because they're often written with more...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO class need a nerf?
Fam, my Lord of the Rings Online Hunter is ridiculous. She gets a speed buff that stays on after combat. She gets a heal...
The Daily Grind: Do you pay close attention to MMO leaks and rumors?
It would be very easy for me to say that my eyes are drawn to purported leaks, rumors, and rumblings about unreleased content for...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel when an MMO changes a well-known zone?
Buried in all of the news that LOTRO is changing its business model was the word that one of the game's most iconic locales...
The Daily Grind: Will LOTRO’s monetization changes pull you back in?
Last week, Standing Stone Games stunned Lord of the Rings Online players by announcing a sweeping monetization overhaul that we called a game-changer. In...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMOs for weird schedules?
I have a lot of reasons for playing SWG Legends: its crafting is unbeatable and its housing is still good, and also it's the...
The Daily Grind: What non-fantasy, non-licensed setting would you like to see for an MMO?
Remember when Elyon was Ascent: Infinite Realm and looked like a game somebody in the world might have wanted to play? Pepperidge Farms remembers. So do...
The Daily Grind: What’s the silliest MMO character you’ve ever made?
While most of the MMORPG crowd is over there making the most perfect-looking model adventurer that doesn't have a single hangnail, nevermind a scar,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best animal taming mechanics?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back that made me all nostalgic for Ultima Online. The player was looking for MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs make the level cap feel most satisfying?
I'm honestly of two minds when it comes to reaching the level cap in Guild Wars 2. On the one hand, it's the place where...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you returned to more than any other?
I learned a while back that I really need to stop making bold proclamations that, "I'm leaving this game for good, and I mean...
The Daily Grind: Are you irritated by paid server transfers in MMORPGs?
A few weeks back, MOP's Eliot covered a World of Warcraft sale that caught my attention: Concurrent with the launch of Eternity's End, Blizzard...
The Daily Grind: How much would you pay for a single MMO cosmetic?
A while back, I was fishing around trying to make my husband's Guild Wars 2 Catalyst look a little more elite in the current...
The Daily Grind: Do you find endgame or leveling more interesting in MMOs?
There's a case to be made for leveling being the most fun you'll have in an MMO. You're acquiring new abilities and new systems,...