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The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO lore bothers you more than it probably should?
Pandaren in World of Warcraft have always bothered me. Not because the expansion that introduced them was bad (it was certainly better than the expansions...
The Daily Grind: What is the best written MMO character?
In the past couple of Lord of the Rings Online expansions, I've noticed that the writing team has kind of created a breakout character...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2019?
Thanks to MOP reader Agemyth's suggestion way back in 2016, we’ve been debating the best new zone added to an MMO for the last couple of...
The Daily Grind: Do sealed doors in MMOs bother you?
I am well aware of the reasoning behind why there are several doors in Final Fantasy XIV on buildings you cannot enter. The point is...
The Daily Grind: What place in MMOs you wish you could explore – but can’t?
I don't know how high I'd rate on an MMO explorer scale, but I have been known to go off-track and wander around in...
The Daily Grind: How much do you mind loading screens in MMOs?
Maybe I'm showing my old-school nature here, but loading screens don't bother me all that much. I cut my MMO teeth on games like...
The Daily Grind: What MMO deserves its own movie or TV show?
In going through our annual posts ahead of our December awards and whatnot, I noticed a bunch of stories about movies and TV shows...
The Daily Grind: How much does value matter to you in MMOs?
Value is a weird concept. It makes sense at face value; for example, it's pretty easy to sit down, list exactly the features I...
The Daily Grind: What is the worst-designed MMO quest?
The other night I was working my way through a fairly typical quest in Lord of the Rings Online in which I had to...
The Daily Grind: What MMO will change its business model dramatically in 2020?
It used to be our tradition around the end of the year to speculate on which MMORPG that hadn't yet gone free-to-play would be...
The Daily Grind: How much does raw graphical power matter to you for MMOs?
Graphics matter. It's really appealing to go with the general approach of being above simple graphics informing your opinion about a game, but we...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever pick a human skin tone other than your own in MMOs?
If we may tread lightly around the topic of race this morning, I'd like to ask an honest question to elicit honest answers. Assuming...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMOs in synergistic pairs?
I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...
The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...
The Daily Grind: How quickly do you friend people in an MMO?
As many of you probably know, my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI, which made adding someone to your friend list a sacred procedure in...
The Daily Grind: What has been your MMO gaming highlight of the year?
I love December around Massively OP because it is a great time to reflect on the journey that we have taken over the course...
The Daily Grind: How much does fear of missing out motivate your MMO playtime?
Here's the reality about Ishgard reconstruction in Final Fantasy XIV. There's stuff I want from it, I can do the crafting, there are many more...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most awkward moment you’ve ever stumbled into in an MMO?
Sometimes I feel disappointed that despite 16 years spent playing MMOs, I have never once stumbled into public ERP. Despite the reputations of places like...
The Daily Grind: What narrative MMORPG has a weak story?
So here's the frustrating thing to me when it comes to Guild Wars 2: There is so much to enjoy and admire about the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way to communicate ideas to MMO developers?
I've been thinking about communication since I saw a tweet about The Cycle: Apparently, players submit their pipedreams and bug reports and suggestions to...
