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The Daily Grind: What MMO will be the next to change up its business model dramatically?
You may not like it, but the vast majority of MMORPGs are free-to-play or buy-to-play as of 2018. EVE Online went free-to-play at the...
The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing the MMORPG genre in 2017?
Last year, Massively OP commenter deekay_zero proposed this topic as a joke award, but when we ran it as a Daily Grind, it prompted...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO to roleplay in as of 2018?
Half an eternity ago, my merry band of MMO PvPers and raiders ran headlong into a gang of roleplayers, and it changed my guild...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2018?
I didn't intend to leave Star Citizen off my personal list of most-anticipated MMOs this year, but I think it's the first time in...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future looking into 2018?
One of the most popular annual roundups we do is on the healthiest MMORPGs in the genre, both because it reminds us that the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studio has the best communication?
A few weeks ago, we ran a poll asking MMO players how they want developers to communicate. What sparked it was our readers' annoyance...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the end of 2017?
We talk about money a lot here on Massively OP. Business models. Stupidly expensive things we've bought. Annoying cash shops. Even things we'd like...
The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2018?
I didn't back a single video game in 2017, which is a first for me. The year before, I backed Hero's Song, and we...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2017?
Earlier this week, we posted our award celebrating what we thought was the best MMO-related trend of the year: a renewed focus on building...
The Daily Grind: What was your favorite NPC added to an MMO in 2017?
In 2016, we asked readers to propose new informal awards to go along with the eleventy-billion formal awards we already do. One of my...
The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2017?
It's common wisdom among MMORPG players that player communities thrive in smaller games with lots of history, developer input, and social interaction. Games like...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal as of 2017?
We don't give out a formal end-of-the-year award for MMO graphics at Massively OP. It'd be almost impossible to come to a consensus. As...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to make money in an MMORPG?
Writing about Star Wars Galaxies' emulator last week awoke in me a dormant desire to get back in there and make some pretend money....
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about Destiny 2 six weeks post-launch?
Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris has already been out a few days and... it's not exactly lighting the world on fire. Core fanboys aren't...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?
If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever fallen for an in-game MMO prank?
Stop me if you've heard this one:Â If you fly to the remote Hutton orbital space station in Elite Dangerous, there's a free Anaconda in...
The Daily Grind: Did EA do gamers a big favor with its monetization overreach?
Over the last couple of weeks as players fought EA and Disney turned on its own in the Star Wars Battlefront II mess, I've...
The Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of any Black Friday sales in MMOs this weekend?
I did a ton of shopping - all online, mind you, as I'm not so far gone as to actually put on pants or...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO made you rethink your hobby?
This past week, my husband has been obsessed with Succubox. It's a satirical clicker game where you start out by click-fighting monsters and buying...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see the return of experience-loss-on-death in MMORPGs?
Last week, I mentioned experience-loss-on-death in EverQuest that was particularly irritating when caused by so-called GM events. Yes, that was in the long long...
