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The Daily Grind: Do you like starting over in MMOs?
I used to think I had a sickness, or at least a weakness, as I was constantly rerolling characters in MMOs. While friends were...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for shy gamers?
A few weeks ago, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote about the intersection of social anxiety and MMOs. It was a surprisingly popular article, with gamers...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?
I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...
The Daily Grind: What do you do in MMOs to calm down?
At the risk of giving you more information than you all want to hear, lately my anxiety issues have been reaching a fever pitch....
The Daily Grind: Which fantasy race has gotten too tropish for your liking?
Poor dwarves.
Generic humans aside, I've always had a fondness for dwarves in fantasy literature and games. They feel less Mary Sueish than those arrogant...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?
Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market?
I know pay to win is a dirty,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO character type would you be happy to never see again?
It occurred to me the other day that Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn't actually have a pet class. Every class can sort of...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO player councils useful or pointless?
Some MMO studios have decided as part of their efforts to foster understanding with the community to implement player councils. These councils, which are...
The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?
A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...
The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for MMOs?
Massively OP reader Damonvile recently sent us a link to a Medium piece on Steam declaring 2015 the best year for Steam -- ever. Sales...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best subscriber rewards?
Subscriber rewards are one of those little things that I always like to see. I pretty much always subscribe to a game if it's...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO mount?
Mounts might have once been a practical mode of transportation and a not-so-transparent speed buff for slow-moving MMO characters. Nowadays it's more about personal...
The Daily Grind: Which old MMORPG deserves more love?
Last week, MMO designer Raph Koster made a Twitter comment that's stuck in my mind:
https://twitter.com/raphkoster/status/682380531934322688
Hell yes it has. It's getting mainstream and indie attention left...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever reluctant to get involved in MMORPG group content?
I have a very difficult time doing group content without group finders. This may come as a surprise to readers, but I'm actually a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO are you rooting for this year?
While the booing section of the internet might get loud and almost suffocating at times, I believe that there's quite the large crowd of...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever just hang out inside MMORPGs?
When the MMORPG genre was young, I spent a lot of time inside of MMORPGs not doing much besides standing or sitting around and...
The Daily Grind: Is two-faction PvP ideal for MMORPGs?
Be they sandbox or themeparks, plenty of MMORPGs have hopped on the two-faction PvP bandwagon. A player rolls up on the red side or blue side at character...
The Daily Grind: Who’s your favorite MMO antagonist?
One of the things I liked about Star Wars: The Old Republic right from its launch is that it gave players plenty of antagonists...
The Daily Grind: What MMO sequel would you like to see?
Are we past the era of MMO sequels? Maybe yes, but also, maybe no. I like to hedge -- and this industry is always...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG without a cash shop?
During any online discussion about MMORPG payment models, someone will inevitably lament that subscriptions are better because they don't nickel-and-dime you with a cash...
