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The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

The Daily Grind: How do you play Elder Scrolls Online?

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I reinstalled Elder Scrolls Online this week, and I don't know why. I mean, I like the game well enough, and did from day...

The Daily Grind: What gives you hope for the future of MMOs?

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We can't help but look ahead in this industry, even as we play in the present and wax nostalgic for the past. What's coming...

The Daily Grind: Which F2P MMO has the best community?

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Some of our commenters -- and maybe other gamers who've been part of the MMO genre for a long time -- are convinced that free-to-play and...

The Daily Grind: Did anything from Gamescom excite you?

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This year's Gamescom was pretty interesting from my perspective, and even though I wasn't able to go in person, I spent a decent amount...
Classic.

The Daily Grind: Do patches compel you to return to MMOs?

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I frequently feel like an outlier among the Massively Overpowered crew. Everyone else jumps from game to game because there's a new patch in...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios discriminate against character races?

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Call me silly if you like (or call me maybe), but I do believe that studios consciously discriminate against some of their very own...

The Daily Grind: What would entice you back to WoW?

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While a number of our writers and many of our readers are fans of World of Warcraft, it's no secret that a lot of...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO festival event is your favorite?

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Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival ends this week, and I'm kind of glad. I've been partaking, of course, but it's a grind...

The Daily Grind: What have you regretted doing in MMOs lately?

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I did a dumb thing. A week or so ago, I splurged with real-world cash to pick up the new Yavin stronghold in Star Wars:...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever run an event in an MMO?

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Long ago, I used to live for player-run MMO events. In old-school MMORPGs, people judged a guild's quality as much on what it did for...

The Daily Grind: How long did you spend in Project Gorgon’s tutorial?

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I got sucked into Project Gorgon last night, and I spent over two hours wandering around the game's tutorial cave. There's a lot to...
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The Daily Grind: What’s a minimum play session for you?

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You probably don't sit down to watch a movie when you have five minutes before you leave for a doctor's appointment, and you do...

The Daily Grind: Are MMO morality systems impossible to get right?

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I know it's an old hat at this point, but I'm still quite appreciative that Star Wars: The Old Republic made an effort to...

The Daily Grind: Has multiguilding hurt MMO communities?

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Earlier this week, several Massively OP staffers were debating the best way to set up MOP guilds in games where we were already in...

The Daily Grind: How much money have you spent on MMOs this month?

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I bought EverQuest II's latest expansion yesterday, and along with my SOE Statio... er, my Daybreak All-Access pass and my Star Wars: The Old...

The Daily Grind: What makes an MMO’s inventory system special?

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MMO inventories are often ignored systems unless they're either annoying or exceptional. Some hate the limitations they impose while others appreciate the tough choices...
Bree's modded Oblivion game

The Daily Grind: What immersive RPG elements are missing from the modern MMORPG?

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This morning's Daily Grind inquisitor is Kickstarter donor Nepentheia, who wonders about the "RPG" in MMORPG: What RPG elements that create a more immersive experience...

The Daily Grind: Do you get other stuff done while playing MMOs?

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I listened to an audiobook while playing MMOs this weekend, and frankly I wish I'd thought of this before. Most of the MMOs I play...
You made it sing, all right.

The Daily Grind: What MMO systems do you consider necessary evils?

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I'm disinclined to run pretty much any tabletop game that outright uses character levels as a form of progress, and fortunately for me I...

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