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The Daily Grind: What leveling experiences do you dread in MMOs?
If you talked to Final Fantasy XI players, the Valkurm Dunes were the most dangerous place to be in the game. Really, it was...
The Daily Grind: Do we deserve better damage models in MMOs?
For all of the changes, iterations, and evolutions that MMORPGs have undergone over the years, it still feels like we're back in the 1990s...
The Daily Grind: Has a soundtrack ever inspired you to try out an MMORPG?
Massively OP reader Andrea has a fun question for us today. "I've been perusing through different MMO soundtracks these past days and some of...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite unorthodox MMO weapon?
I'm never going to fail to be amused at the weapon of choice for Medics in WildStar. "Medic" is an odd class choice anyway,...
The Daily Grind: Are social hubs and chat windows enough for your MMO needs?
The other day I was reading up on how the upcoming Dauntless will feature a social hub where players congregate en masse and do...
The Daily Grind: Do you make a point of watching or skipping MMO cutscenes?
During this week's podcast, Justin jokes about how Final Fantasy XIV literally has an interface pop-up to warn you before it deluges you with...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the best villain ever in an MMORPG?
The past few weeks while I've been sick, I've been doing a rewatch of a couple of old favorite shows and fell into a TV...
MMO Mechanics: Making healing interesting in MMORPGs
I was reading a recent Daily Grind article on the topic of unique healing classes and it prompted me to think about the variety...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO for doing things as a group?
I have nothing against Guild Wars 2 on a whole, but the group content in that game is a disconnected mess. Dungeons, when I...
The Daily Grind: What is the most unique MMO healing class?
It's a mistake to assume that if your job is refilling green bars in MMO dungeons, then you've got the same tools and techniques...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studio is the most generous to players?
Longtime MOP community contributor deekay posed us an interesting question in the context of Marvel Heroes this week: Is it a good thing when developers...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs go overboard with particle effects?
There was an old joke among myself and some of my friends playing World of Warcraft about how it was convenient that bosses are...
The Daily Grind: How do you go about picking a new MMO to play?
You sit down at your computer one evening and your mouse hovers indecisively over the oh-so-familiar icons of your regular MMORPGs. But that night,...
The Daily Grind: Which live MMORPG has the best crafting system?
A discussion with my guildies this past holiday weekend illuminated a universal truth for us: We love Elder Scrolls Online but strongly dislike its...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a second chance from you?
Sometimes we are not very fair to MMOs when we try them for the first time.
Maybe we're not in a good mood or don't...
The Daily Grind: Do you like sharing player rage stories in MMOs?
We've all partied with them. The people who could take the simplest mechanic and screw it up. Players who think that "don't stand in...
The Daily Grind: How much of an MMO must you play to issue good criticism?
World of Warcraft Community Manager Ornyx sparked a bit of a wildfire on the game's forums this past week as in response to a...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you think are just too late to start playing?
I've been playing a lot of Ultima Online the past few weeks, but so many times I'll be doing something that is objectively tedious...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever lost touch with an MMO friend when you wish you hadn’t?
I do not move between games with a full entourage. I have one person who comes with me from game to game, maybe two,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best dungeon crawling experiences?
Dungeons are deeply on my mind as of late, mostly because I've been missing doing them in MMORPGs. It's odd: In particular MMOs, I...
