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: What are the ages of your MMO characters?
Back in August, MMO blog Gnomecore asked an intriguing question about the age of our MMO toons. He wasn't asking about how long you've...
The Daily Grind: How patient are you when playing an MMORPG for the first time?
How many times have you seen this kind of advice from fans of an MMO? "You have to get past the first 10 hours...
The Daily Grind: What major blunders in MMORPG history should future devs study?
A week or so ago, Justin penned another entry in his long-running City of Heroes historical pieces, and down in the comments, a reader...
The Daily Grind: What MMO area do you find most annoying to navigate?
I'd like to thank Final Fantasy XI for having some of the most obnoxious areas in any MMO to navigate ever. Maps that are...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most adorable mascot?
While not every MMO has one, mascots are an interesting phenomenon that some developers promote and communities latch onto during their time with the...
The Daily Grind: If you were an MMO NPC, what items would you drop for the players who slay you?
I fell in love with an epic and frankly underrated Twitter thread from game dev Ben Porter this week. "If you were an NPC,...
The Daily Grind: Are free-to-play MMO conversions saviors or signs of doom in your eyes?
When Dungeons & Dragons Online converted to a free-to-play business model, it was back when I was first working as a writer in the...
The Daily Grind: How much of an MMO graphics snob are you?
Pretty much any time that Project Gorgon comes up in discussion around Massively OP, a discussion invariably takes place among readers that weighs the...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any strange MMORPG memory associations, and what are they?
I've been thinking about this topic for a few weeks, ever since MJ and I did a stream on the City of Heroes base...
The Daily Grind: How much effort do you put into your MMO guild names?
I don't think I am alone in thinking way, way too much about guild names, at least when I was first starting out in...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO shutdown surprised you the least?
The sudden announcement on Friday that Just Survive was being shuttered wasn't exactly welcome, but it also wasn't surprising either. Splitting the games always...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO gives you the best choices for character growth?
Between the talent panel and the new Heart of Azeroth interface, World of Warcraft's dev team certainly has embraced the concept of streamlined "interesting...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever feel addicted to MMOs or entrapped by compulsive gameplay mechanics?
MOP reader Alex recently wrote to us about the ongoing conversation sparked by WHO's controversial and not particularly well-supported "gaming disorder" classification, hoping we...
The Daily Grind: How do you take time off from an MMO?
Sometimes you need a break. That's natural; no matter how much you might like Neverwinter or World of Warcraft or EVE Online, you need...
The Daily Grind: Which anticipated MMO project did you end up ignoring altogether?
Let me tell you a tale of Sea of Thieves. For the year or so leading up to that game's launch, I was deep...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs are nearly different games with max settings or upgraded clients?
MOP reader Nibbana has a great question for The Daily Grind today. "So I just picked up Shadow in order to run my favorite...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMORPGs have EVE-style player councils?
A couple of weeks ago, Worlds Adrift announced that it was rolling up a player council, and I did one of those tilt my...
The Daily Grind: How kind are you to opposing players in an MMO?
The old expression is that character is who you are in the dark. I think that's true, but I also think character is who...
The Daily Grind: When have studios tried to ‘strong arm’ you into changing your MMO playstyle?
The other day when we reported how World of Warcraft had removed the auto-accept functionality from its group finder, Reader Kalech noted, "If people...
The Daily Grind: Should being an MMO ‘whale’ absolve a player of toxicity or push him to the front of a queue?
Longtime MOP reader Agemyth recently brought to our attention a couple of bits of commentary that disturb at least my own fundamental sense of...
