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]
the daily grind
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...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest break you’ve taken from an MMO?
When World of Warcraft: Cataclysm launched, I was playing. It wasn't too much longer after that when I was not. And I never really...
The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?
One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?
If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever fallen for an in-game MMO prank?
Stop me if you've heard this one:Â If you fly to the remote Hutton orbital space station in Elite Dangerous, there's a free Anaconda in...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have enforced naming standards?
For some players, "enter a name for your character" might as well read "insert the best joke you can within the character limit." As...
The Daily Grind: When is the last time that an MMO sucked you in?
Here is something weird that has been happening to me lately during my gaming time: I've been really getting into Dungeons and Dragons Online...
