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 achievement system?
I've been dabbling in a bit of Star Wars: The Old Republic here lately, and I had forgotten how many achievements there were in...
The Daily Grind: What do you do when you ‘finish’ your main MMO goals?
There's a sense of satisfaction when you wrap up a big set of goals. You're downed the last boss of the last raid tier...
The Daily Grind: What was your last encounter with an MMO gamemaster like?
MMORPG game masters may be the unsung heroes of the industry. While developers get all of the spotlight and community managers the attention, the...
The Daily Grind: Is the age of mobile over before mobile MMOs even got started?
In analyzing survey responses returned from more than 250 developers this year, the organizers of GDC Europe did everything but declare mobile dead. "PC...
The Daily Grind: Do you recommend Destiny?
I've been eyeballing Destiny lately, even before that shiny PS4 announcement and even though I was underwhelmed when I played the game on one...
The Daily Grind: What keeps you from crafting in MMOs?
To this day, I've really only been a "crafter" in a small handful of MMOs: Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft, and Lord of the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best storyline in an MMO?
Story is a polarizing word to MMO players: Either you love it or hate it, or maybe you just think it stinks or isn't...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most addictive collection minigame you’ve played?
I've been playing a lot of Assassin's Creed: Rogue here lately, and while it's certainly no MMO, it has managed to remind me of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO grind you’ve experienced?
There was a certain level band in World of Warcraft where my wife and I just resigned ourselves to a lack of useful quests...
The Daily Grind: Do you like playing as an evil character?
In most MMOs, your moral compass and career objectives are fixed for you: You're a hero-for-hire who's only out to save the world, rescue...
The Daily Grind: Does knowing how the MMO sausage is made ruin it for you?
Ever have a day when a confluence of posts and quotes lead you to one big MMO-related question? This post is that question, and...
The Daily Grind: Have you been to an MMO fan event?
CCP put EVE Online's Fanfest 2016 tickets on sale this week, and while I haven't played the sci-fi sandbox in some time, the annual...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is aging the best?
While we demand and expect playing perfection from MMOs on launch day, that's a pretty hilarious stance to take when one looks at all...
The Daily Grind: Are levels in MMOs overrated?
Today's Daily Grind question comes from an anonymous Kickstarter donor who wanted to see just how many cans of worms he/she could open in...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a dinosaur MMO?
Our ARK: Survival Evolved server seems to be going over well, and as such I got to thinking about dinosaurs in a more traditional...
The Daily Grind: Do you make friends in MMOs or bring them with you?
I've mentioned before that my most stalwart MMO partner is my wife, who has stuck by me through thick and thin. When we move...
The Daily Grind: Is SWTOR 2.0 a good move by BioWare?
I'm not going to lie to you: I'm almost equally divided between excitement and nervousness for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal MMO endgame?
Happy Friday! Today's Daily Grind question was penned by Kickstarter donor Iain Leishman, and it's exactly the kind of juicy question that makes me want...
The Daily Grind: Do you read MMO dev blogs?
I read a lot of dev blogs. It kind of goes with the territory, since part of this job entails picking through studio press...
The Daily Grind: What’s the prettiest MMO?
Judging video game eye candy is one of the most subjective activities in our hobby, is it not? Everyone has a different standard (and...
