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: Would you play Star Wars Galaxies if it relaunched today?
Star Wars Galaxies is 15 years old now, and it was just about seven years ago that SOE announced it was slated for execution....
The Daily Grind: Should every MMO with factions have mechanics to switch factions?
Lots of things bug the living heck out of me about World of Warcraft, but one of the bullet points on that list is...
The Daily Grind: What are your ‘must have’ features for an MMO space sim?
With Star Citizen on the way (eventually) and smaller efforts like Prosperous Universe, Starfighter Inc, and Dual Universe in the works and titles like...
Trove has just launched its exploration-centric Geode expansion and new battle royale minigame
The first leg of Trove's Geode expansion has launched today, with brand-new mechanics for the blocky-cute sandbox.
"Players will find themselves on a brand new...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see a battle royale mode in any live MMORPGs?
Literally nothing is sacred, and no video game franchise seems capable of escaping the pull of the battle royale, as my trip to a...
The Daily Grind: Are you an impulse buyer in MMO cash shops?
During last week's podcast, Justin and I were discussing MMOs that seem to make it hard for us to give them money, which led...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO social hangout?
There was always something happening in Pocket D in City of Heroes. You can expect to see people talking it up in Deep Space...
The Daily Grind: What are your summer MMO goals?
Now that most schools are out and the heat has begun in earnest in the northern hemisphere, it's the perfect time to retreat into...
The Daily Grind: Do you take the lead in MMO groups?
There are many different sorts of leaders in group content. There are the people who are "leaders" in the sense that they set the...
The Daily Grind: How much dough have you dropped on Steam in its lifetime?
VentureBeat noticed this week that it's possible to figure out just how much money you've blown on video games, at least through Steam, by...
The Daily Grind: Do you carry a torch for any MMOs that were killed in development?
Maybe I'm alone on this, but the more I examine MMO history, the more it troubles me how many potentially great games never even...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer ‘work’ simulation MMOs to more fantastic game worlds?
In the comments of my piece on Raph Koster's book last week, a commenter brought up the idea that mimicking the real world in...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest ever MMO splurge?
Ever since Trove launched its superhero-themed expansion Heroes, I've been hemming and hawing over buying the big mama upgrade package for the Vanguardian and...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs with expiration dates?
It's not a new phenomenon, because I recall seeing it back in Final Fantasy XI, someone saying proudly that he was happy to be...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s music brings back all the feels?
One of the reasons that I love and listen to MMO music so much -- other than it rocks, obviously -- is that it...
The Daily Grind: Does teaching toxic MMO gamers what they did wrong actually help?
As RPS reported this week, Valve has taken the relatively unusual step of making your Dota 2 and CSGO report cards semi-public - that is,...
The Daily Grind: What obligations do studios have to provide a griefing-free MMO environment?
There's some interesting stuff to be unpacked in a recent analysis of Conan Exiles that characterizes it as replete with griefing, racism, sexism, and general unmoderated...
The Daily Grind: How do you handle content lulls in MMORPGs?
MOP reader Joel recently wrote into us with a link to a Dark Legacy Comic (#634) that succinctly captures the problem of content lulls...
The Daily Grind: Will Fallout 76 be a griefer’s paradise or a gamer’s dream?
On Sunday night, the Massively OP staff gathered in our virtual office to watch and discuss the Bethesda conference. There really was a little...
The Daily Grind: Will you sub to EA’s new ‘Origin Access Premier’ service?
During EA Play this weekend, EA announced Origin Access Premier, its attempt at a subscription service on PC. For $100 a year, you'll basically...
