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: Which MMORPG offers the most generous login rewards?
Like probably everyone else paying even a tiny bit of attention to the MMO genre right now, I spent this past weekend logging into...
The Daily Grind: What are the most underrated and underutilized weapon types in MMORPGs?
Before it came to a close this year, I did some Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box with my kid, and I swung by...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best goats?
Goats are normal, serene, well-behaved animals, as you can tell from the line of games simulating their existence in complete fidelity to reality. And...
The Daily Grind: What does your ideal space sim MMO look like?
Even a quarter-century into the MMORPG revolution, we still haven't seen an interstellar MMO that really fits what I'm seeking in a space sim....
The Daily Grind: Are you a map completionist in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, my husband was playing Guild Wars 2, and suddenly he sat back and declared that he'd finally, after all these...
The Daily Grind: What challenge in an MMORPG resulted in your most shameful string of deaths?
Hello, my name is Eliot, and back when City of Heroes launched the character I made at launch 20 years ago could not kill...
The Daily Grind: Do you avoid base-building in survival MMOs?
Listening to some of the recent development chatter surrounding Funcom's Dune Awakening, I was reminded that this survival MMO had bases -- ones which...
The Daily Grind: How do you define ‘old-school’ MMORPGs?
One of the topics that comes up every year come award time is how we decided which MMORPGs are old enough - whether by...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest complaint about mobile MMOs?
A few weeks back, we covered the launch of Dofus Touch, and I'm gonna be honest, it looks freakin' adorable. Ankama is a super...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the coziest inns?
Look, it's time to accept and understand a fundamental truth about Star Wars: The Old Republic, perhaps the game's greatest failing. Cantinas? Not comfy....
The Daily Grind: What’s the 2024 expansion that has you the most excited?
While the launch dates for upcoming MMORPGs are a tricky and uncertain affair, what's more assured is an array of expansions that are on...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most frustrating misperception the general public has about MMORPGs?
MOP reader Orca7 tipped us a funny piece from The Onion from last week that reminds me MMORPGs are still not regarded in the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG with level scaling handles it worst?
Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level...
The Daily Grind: Transform an MMO into a better game by changing one letter in its title
Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into...
The Daily Grind: Do your visits to new MMOs just make you want to return your home MMO?
Last weekend, I was away on a mini-vacation with my kids; we zipped down to Florida for my brother's beach wedding, then zipped back,...
The Daily Grind: Are there any standard MMO UI elements you consider ‘optional’?
Back in February, MMO YouTuber MarleMMO reminded me that Ashes of Creation is planning to obscure enemy health bars during PvP - a concept...
The Daily Grind: How much do graphics matter to you in an MMORPG?
Anyone who says that graphics in an MMORPG don't matter at all who is not playing a MUSH is gently lying to you because...
The Daily Grind: How important is music to your MMO experience?
It's hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That's certainly true...
My Little Pony fan MMO Legends of Equestria is closing its European server
Last year, we did a Daily Grind asking about interest in a My Little Pony MMORPG, and y'all reminded me that we actually have...
The Daily Grind: Do alternate and classic servers risk alienating existing MMO fans?
Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that "alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet," as the...
