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The Daily Grind: Have any 2017 previews sucked you back into MMOs?
One thing I look forward to at the start of every year is seeing all of the producer's letters, states of the game, and...
Massively OP comment system switchover FAQ
02/03/2017 - We have now completed the first big step of switching over to our brand-new comment system. It's all still under construction, but it does...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?
In Andrew's retrospective of Asheron's Call 2 last week, he mentioned that the game had a music system, something I'd long since forgotten, if...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest pet peeve about MMORPG comment sections?
Say farewell to Livefyre, folks: Later this week, Massively OP will be migrating to a new comment system. It's not entirely of our own...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO expansion has the blandest setting?
Expansions are not all created equally. World of Warcraft went from the surreal alien landscapes of Outland and the frozen tundra of Northrend to......
The Daily Grind: Have you ever used MMOs to live out fantasies from other IPs?
One of my absolute favorite parts of City of Heroes was seeing the crazy mish-mash of intellectual properties that players brought to the game....
The Daily Grind: Will Turbine announce something big for Asheron’s Call next week?
Asheron's Call is sunsetting next week -- that much we know. But beyond that, we don't know a whole lot about the rushed circumstances...
The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO patch notes?
I read the patch notes. I've always read the patch notes. When I was first playing Final Fantasy XI and you had to deal...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you dread repeating on alts?
As a habitual and lifelong altoholic, I am quite used to walking a new generation of characters in the footsteps of their forefathers and foremothers....
The Daily Grind: Have you ever participated in a protest in an MMORPG?
Protests in the real world dominated this past weekend's news, and while I surfed around for an in-game equivalent to cover, I couldn't find...
The Daily Grind: Is management the big problem with non-Western MMOs?
There's a certain culture that's grown up around imported MMOs more or less since they started appearing on our shores, the idea that they're...
The Daily Grind: Is there any MMORPG slang that you just do not get?
A funny thread on the MMORPG subreddit last week reminded me that gaming slang is anything but obvious.
"I just now realized that OOM means...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO magic system?
While there are plenty of similarities among magic systems in MMOs (hey, how about you cast another fireball? There you go, champ!), there is...
The Daily Grind: Is in-game advertising the MMO genre’s post-lockbox future?
Massively OP reader Sally Bowls pointed us to a fun piece on Frankengadget this week about Final Fantasy XV and its overt product placement....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is doing the worst job of pretending it’s in beta?
I respect the fact that Revelation Online is in beta right now. It's closed testing and there's going to be a character wipe. I...
The Daily Grind: Are contemporary settings underutilized in MMOs?
We all know that fantasy is by far the most popular setting for MMORPGs -- but what is the least? While not completely unrepresented...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you most regret Kickstarting?
With Pathfinder Online, The Repopulation, and TUG all back in the news this week either hunting for money, being acquired, or undergoing a total...
The Daily Grind: Will you give The Repopulation another chance?
The after-hours Friday revelation that The Repopulation is relaunching early this year took a lot of our readers by surprise. The much-wanted sandbox MMORPGÂ had...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs encourage or discourage alts?
There are a lot of similarities and parallels between the two games that occupy most of my playtime (Final Fantasy XIV and World of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best races?
The other night I had the opportunity to play Asheron's Call for the first time (and most likely, the last time). It was a...
