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 MMO has the best level up and mission complete sounds?
Indulge me for a few seconds and click on this link. And this one. And this, and this, and this, and this.
Those tiny sound effects...
The Daily Grind: When did you last humanize an opponent in an MMORPG?
It's that time of year, dear readers. As it says in the holy book of that one deity (probably Lawful Good), "Peace on earth...
The Daily Grind: How did you do with your 2017 MMO goals?
The year is slipping onward, and while there's still a few more days in the year, odds are good that your big goals are...
The Daily Grind: What MMO rewards are you chasing this holiday season?
One thing is always for certain this time of year: MMO players have their hands full with Christmas events, so much so that they...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2017?
Earlier this week, we posted our award celebrating what we thought was the best MMO-related trend of the year: a renewed focus on building...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best holiday event this December?
Next week is the celebrated Winter Holiday, where lots of people gather around House Decoration and exchange gifts to celebrate Something Other Than Unbridled...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO had the best 2017 overall?
This is it, people. We are counting down to the final days and hours of 2017, and I know that there is usually this...
The Daily Grind: What was your favorite NPC added to an MMO in 2017?
In 2016, we asked readers to propose new informal awards to go along with the eleventy-billion formal awards we already do. One of my...
The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2017?
It's common wisdom among MMORPG players that player communities thrive in smaller games with lots of history, developer input, and social interaction. Games like...
MMO Mechanics: 2017’s MMO Mechanics in review
I cannot quite believe that we're saying goodbye to 2017 and ringing in 2018 so quickly: It certainly doesn't feel as though an entire...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best older MMO for players to try out?
It's funny to think that World of Warcraft is over a decade old, because it doesn't feel like an older MMO, due in no...
The Daily Grind: Are you surprised by your MMO /played time?
26 days, 18 hours, and 34 minutes.
That's the current /played time for my World of Warcraft Hunter, which is one of my more enduring...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best graphical appeal as of 2017?
We don't give out a formal end-of-the-year award for MMO graphics at Massively OP. It'd be almost impossible to come to a consensus. As...
The Daily Grind: What quality-of-life features matter most to you in an MMORPG?
There are a lot of missing features that I can deal with in Final Fantasy XI because the game was designed for a controller...
The Daily Grind: What should SWTOR do to pull out of its funk?
Is it just me, or does Star Wars: The Old Republic seem to be in a serious funk this year? I mean, the game...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2017?
Last year, MOP reader Agemyth suggested we debate the best new MMORPG zone added in 2016, so it seemed only fitting to bring the topic...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to make money in an MMORPG?
Writing about Star Wars Galaxies' emulator last week awoke in me a dormant desire to get back in there and make some pretend money....
The Daily Grind: What’s your latest MMO achievement?
Achievements in MMOs are a nice way of marking off things that you've done, but there are no achievements for personal goals. You do...
The Daily Grind: Are you willing to buy good-looking MMO cosmetics?
There are few things that bug me more in MMOs than when my character looks like he or she got dressed by sprinting through...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about Destiny 2 six weeks post-launch?
Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris has already been out a few days and... it's not exactly lighting the world on fire. Core fanboys aren't...
