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: What are your current MMO goals?
I've noticed that several of my friends have taken to drawing up monthly goals for their MMO sessions, an activity that I've been doing...
The Daily Grind: Should e-sports players unionize?
MCV reported this week that World of Tanks studio Wargaming plans to help organize a union for pro e-sports players. Wargaming European e-sports boss...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the most user-unfriendly interface?
Here's the stunning secret about Final Fantasy XI's interface: It gets passed off as being horrible because it was designed for a console, but...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?
A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?
The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...
The Daily Grind: How often do you have to look up information in your main MMO?
My wife was sitting behind me and leveling one of her alts in Final Fantasy XIV, looking for a particular enemy. "Where are these...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?
Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
The Daily Grind: Would you play on a vanilla World of Warcraft server?
Word that wildly popular "progressive vanilla" World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius is sunsetting in the face of a Blizzard legal threat has dominated MMORPG...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has offered you the best customer service?
I have had three separate Final Fantasy XI accounts over the years, and because of the way in which those accounts work, it is...
The Daily Grind: What advice would you give tanks in your MMO?
I've danced through many roles in MMOs, but the one that remains largely explored for me is that of the tank. Oh, the idea...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ‘deadest’ live MMORPG out there?
If you were all prepared to troll with a sunsetted game or say "anything by Daybreak or Trion or whatever studio that's popular to hate...
The Daily Grind: What is the single worst element of MMORPG endgame?
I have ranted at length about how much I dislike the concept of MMORPG endgame. I don't like how it shapes eternal online games...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would you play if you were the only player?
Imagine you woke up tomorrow and something very odd had happened in the MMO space: You are the only player. The only one anywhere....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you played the longest?
Is it a disheartening or an uplifting activity to check your /played for an MMO? I usually think it's astonishing that I've been able...
The Daily Grind: In which we tell you the jokes you’re expecting to find through the day
The day of the fool
Has arrived once again here;
Eyes are upon us.
What jokes might writers
In the MOP newsroom
Play upon you now?
In years past, our...
The Daily Grind: Is instancing in MMORPGs our real enemy?
The first MMORPGs I ever played hadn't come up with instancing yet. They had perceptible server lines and time-sucking zone walls, but everyone was...
The Daily Grind: Are older MMOs too intimidating to play?
So here's an odd conundrum that I wrestle with every now and then. I am a big fan of established, long-running MMOs for their...
The Daily Grind: What do you think are Revival’s chances of… revival?
Last week's news that Revival's development has been indefinitely suspended was a pretty big downer for MMO players already bummed over EverQuest Next's cancellation....
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MOBA for an MMORPG player?
Every few months, my husband will be reading over my shoulder while I'm writing up news about a MOBA for Massively OP, and he'll...
