No, it’s not a slow news day; it’s just The Daily Grind, a long-running morning feature in which the Massively Overpowered writers pose gaming-related questions to the MMORPG community. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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The Daily Grind: How much should an MMO’s source material restrict player customization?
MOP reader Tanek recently pointed us to a thread on Lord of the Rings Online forums where players have been debating the merits of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the MMO with the biggest anti-fandom?
When an MMO gets big enough, you get its anti-fandom. This is not the same as people who don't particularly like a game; some...
The Daily Grind: Do you use randomizers to help make MMO toons?
The other day we posted about how Ship of Heroes is going to include a randomizer in its character creator, which pleased me. I...
The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre dead or dying – or something else entirely?
PC Gamer made waves across the MMO genre this week with an article provocatively titled "For MMO diehards, there's only one conversation: is the...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you’ve bought and never played?
It's sort of a running joke in the gaming world, especially for folks whose gaming revolves around Steam, that we all buy games cheaply...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have end dates?
One of the best things that Final Fantasy XI did was end. Not end updates, obviously, the game has a monthly release cadence that...
The Daily Grind: How should MMOs handle flying mounts in future content?
A couple of weeks ago on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I derailed into a discussion about flight in MMOs and how MMOs...
The Daily Grind: What did you once do a lot in MMOs that you don’t today?
As we grow older and go through different phases in our lives, our gaming patterns and habits change. I used to be all about...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever written off an MMO early on and been proven totally wrong?
When The Elder Scrolls Online first launched, I did not have high hopes for it. Indeed, I figured it was trafficking hard on the...
The Daily Grind: Will WoW Classic end up topping retail World of Warcraft?
There's a lot of Big Talk going on these days about how WoW Classic will perform and what it will do to both Blizzard...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG boasts the most outrageously oversized weapons?
Last week, an old friend of my family (who happens to be an amazing photographer) uploaded a fab shot of a statue of a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO with housing do you wish had even better housing?
A weekend or two ago, I finally decided to get a house in Villagers & Heroes. I've been building it up in my mind...
The Daily Grind: How much does personal performance matter to you in an MMO?
As I've stated on many occasions, I have no interest in progression content in MMOs. I know from plenty of experience doing it that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best farming and gardening experience?
Not gonna lie, I really like farming in MMOs. No, not the grindy kind of farming, just the actual process of farming crops on...
The Daily Grind: What should Daybreak do with the EverQuest IP?
Recently, EverQuest Lead Producer Holly Longdale spoke to the rumors and general silence revolving about the continuation of the franchise, saying that Daybreak is...
The Daily Grind: Is crafting fundamental to a proper MMORPG?
There was always something that bothered me about City of Heroes, and it took until the point that the game actually introduced its crafting...
The Daily Grind: What is the purpose of MMO player housing?
We've certainly kicked around the topic of player housing in this space before, but a lot of the division and disagreement I've seen on...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best player-run event you’ve ever witnessed in an MMO?
It'd be tempting to think that back in the long, long ago when MMOs were still young, MMO players weren't quite as jaded about...
The Daily Grind: Has there ever been MMO loot you desperately wanted but never got?
Throughout the course of my MMO play, I've found that some loot I've craved is simply never meant to be. Sometimes it's an expensive...
The Daily Grind: What would (or did) convince you to try an imported free-to-play MMO?
There's an interesting cycle with a lot of free-to-play imports which I dubbed "temports" many moons ago. Players stay away because they're sure that...
