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The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?
Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....
The Daily Grind: What was the last MMO you genuinely wanted to shower with money?
Last week, blogger and prolific tipster Kinya sent us a link to Reddit where a Fortnite fan outlines his crush on the game, basically...
The Daily Grind: Given H1Z1’s plight, are you worried about Daybreak?
Last week, it became clear that H1Z1 has forfeited a ton of ground in the battle over battle royale games as it's lost 90%...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most useless crafting system?
Yesterday Blizzard Watch's Anne Stickney penned a wee piece on crafting in World of Warcraft whose title just grabbed me. "Are you still crafting...
The Daily Grind: How do we solve the broken MMO dev cycle?
Massively OP reader Yuri has posed us an interesting chicken-or-the-egg question for this morning's Daily Grind. "People got burned on paying for unfinished games and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO sunset had the biggest impact on you?
If you've been playing MMOs long enough, you've probably lived through at least one sunset of a beloved game world. In fact, I bet...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the absolute best if you’re a whale?
At the end of every year, I always do a Daily Grind on the most expensive MMO to play at that exact moment, with...
The Daily Grind: How much time do you log in a typical MMORPG session?
The Pantheon community is discussing a really interesting question about the two-hour gamer this week: "How much do you expect to get done within...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about ‘buying runs’ in MMORPGs?
Long ago in classic Guild Wars, I used to be fond of buying runs - probably the earliest was the Beacon's Perch to Droknar's...
The Daily Grind: What would it take to get you back into WoW?
This week, I found myself discussing with MOP's Justin and Eliot my current disillusionment with World of Warcraft, specifically for its allied races. I'm happy...
The Daily Grind: What would you pay for an MMO subscription in 2018?
Here's something you probably didn't know about Camelot Unchained: Yes, it'll have a sub, but it won't be $15. Mark Jacobs re-confirmed that it'll be...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unused place or feature in your favorite MMORPG?
I really like abandoned places in games. One of my favorite articles ever was about Glitch, after it sunsetted, when I recapped my experience...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually care whether game studios apologize for screw-ups?
Bungie. Epic. Hi-Rez. Lots of apologies this week for one thing or another. As one of our readers, @Helltrek, put it, "It seems that the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for a trio?
I've been considering this question ever since my husband and I upgraded our six-year-old's Guild Wars 2 account with Path of Fire and we...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO daily login rewards work on you?
I've always wondered about this because the last few years, I've seemed impervious to the charms of daily login rewards. Even for the MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Where did you Marvel Heroes players scatter to after the sunset?
A couple of months ago, after we learned about the sunset of Marvel Heroes but before it actually happened early, we asked our local...
The Daily Grind: Is ‘naming-and-shaming’ MMO cheaters a good idea?
Last week on Reddit, an EVE Online player begged CCP to organize a wall of shame for botters - essentially an online list of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio told the biggest fib in 2017?
Lies piss me off. I have had MMO developers look me in the eye and lie right to my face. I have had PR...
The Daily Grind: How much worse could MMO business models get?
During the roundtable podcast a few weeks ago, when we had the whole Massively OP staff on to chat, we tackled a question from Teviko...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best camping system?
The first MMORPG I ever played had a camping skill. You chopped down some wood for kindling, clicked to build a fire, and then...