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The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO daily quest you’ve ever done?
My husband and I are in the process of introducing the concept of household chores to our five-year-old son. Not yet having realized life...
The Daily Grind: How much realism is too much in an MMORPG?
In yesterday's comments on the Shroud of the Avatar AMA article, MOP reader squidgod2000 drew everyone's attention to an overlooked bit in the Q&A...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?
During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG developer would you most like to meet in person?
Be you press or player, one of the advantages of going in person to a convention (or any other gaming event!) is surely the...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG needs megaserver tech the most?
During his interview with Gamasutra last week, Elder Scrolls Online's Matt Firor told the publication, "I really think MMO is a technology. It's not...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG most deserves a sequel?
I was writing a post earlier this week with a pair of screenshots labeled sequentially -- "eso1.jpg" and "eso2.jpg" -- which mentally startled me...
The Daily Grind: Have you picked up any bad habits from MMORPGs?
Star Wars Galaxies came close to wrecking my typing skills. Because semicolons functioned as linebreaks in macros and in chat in SWG, I got...
The Daily Grind: Has a soundtrack ever inspired you to try out an MMORPG?
Massively OP reader Andrea has a fun question for us today. "I've been perusing through different MMO soundtracks these past days and some of...
The Daily Grind: Do you make a point of watching or skipping MMO cutscenes?
During this week's podcast, Justin jokes about how Final Fantasy XIV literally has an interface pop-up to warn you before it deluges you with...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the best villain ever in an MMORPG?
The past few weeks while I've been sick, I've been doing a rewatch of a couple of old favorite shows and fell into a TV...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studio is the most generous to players?
Longtime MOP community contributor deekay posed us an interesting question in the context of Marvel Heroes this week: Is it a good thing when developers...
The Daily Grind: Which live MMORPG has the best crafting system?
A discussion with my guildies this past holiday weekend illuminated a universal truth for us: We love Elder Scrolls Online but strongly dislike its...
The Daily Grind: How much of an MMO must you play to issue good criticism?
World of Warcraft Community Manager Ornyx sparked a bit of a wildfire on the game's forums this past week as in response to a...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you think are just too late to start playing?
I've been playing a lot of Ultima Online the past few weeks, but so many times I'll be doing something that is objectively tedious...
The Daily Grind: Do you swear by any urban legends in MMORPGs?
When I first began playing Ultima Online as a newbie way back at launch, I remember watching everyone around me summoning ham with the Create...
The Daily Grind: Are you willing to reroll for Secret World Legends?
"I can't help but think that I'd rather see a single-player adaptation of The Secret World than to lose it forever if Funcom truly...
The Daily Grind: How much of your MMORPG play amounts to ‘work’?
The latest SMBC comic is going to have my fellow MMO fans nodding enthusiastically: In response to the first man, who says we need to...
The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer survival sandbox is the most like an MMORPG?
A week or so ago, I took an ARK: Survival Evolved post out of our newsroom to write up, expecting something mundane. I'm an...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most painful bug you’ve ever encountered in an MMORPG?
I've been playing a bit of Ultima Online lately, and the other night as I was working on my skills, I remembered a horrible...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs would you include among the greatest RPGs of all time?
Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike...