the daily grind

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: What MMO conceits would you port into real life?

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This morning's Daily Grind is a fun one straight from Kickstarter donor Wesley Hendriks. Wesley proposes we all ponder the following question: If you could choose...
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The Daily Grind: What’s the most game-breaking cash shop item you’ve ever seen?

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I don't have a lot of experience with MMO cash shops. I've used a couple of them to spend Turbine points or Funcom funny...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a love/hate relationship with an MMO?

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For the most part, my MMO gaming world is pretty black and white. If I enjoy a game, then I'm playing it. If I'm...

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO mob type that totally icks you out?

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For some people, it's spiders. For others, it's bats or snakes. (For Justin, it's elves.) And for me, it's roaches. I've been incredibly lucky, honestly, that...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite game to decompress with?

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Moving is absolutely awful, as we all know, and I would be very happy to never move ever again. Once my computer was all...
Cabal II

The Daily Grind: Did you play Cabal Online?

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I've got a question. It's not a burning question, mind you, but it's one I've been meaning to ask for a few days now....

The Daily Grind: How important are different body types in MMO character creation?

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I know it's a pain for the art team to have to figure out how to get gear and weapons to fit different shapes,...

The Daily Grind: Does story matter in MMORPGs?

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We're breaking out the Daily Grind questions offered up by some of our Kickstarter donors today with one by Kharl, who wanted to talk...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Elder Scrolls Online race?

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I'm looking forward to some Elder Scrolls Online this month, but I may not use my max-level character. His guild is gone, and frankly...

The Daily Grind: Were you playing MMOs 16 years ago?

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This week, EverQuest is celebrating its 16th anniversary. That's right: It was all the way back on March 16th, 1999, that the seminal title...

The Daily Grind: Does Guild Wars 2 need mounts?

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Let me stop you right there: Yes, I know that Guild Wars 2 kinda has mounts. It has a ridable broom and a flying...
Ascent the Space Game

The Daily Grind: Which MMO was better than you expected?

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I've been dabbling in Ascent: The Space Game here lately, even though I keep telling myself that I'm done with early access titles. It's...

The Daily Grind: What’s Funcom’s secret project?

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When Funcom's Joel Bylos casually announced this week that he was moving on from his role as game director of The Secret World to...

The Daily Grind: When’s the last time an MMO made you laugh?

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There are few things that I love more in gaming than to have a genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Maybe something silly and stupid happens in...

The Daily Grind: What constitutes an ‘action combat MMO’?

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In the course of organizing MOP's new tag database, I found myself looking for input on games to include in the "action combat" tab. I had...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst patcher?

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I went to patch my Elder Scrolls Online install yesterday. In and of itself, that's not really news. Fifteen hours later, though, it's still...

The Daily Grind: Is Shroud of the Avatar destined to be an underrated MMO?

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One conversation that I've seen echoed a few times is how strange it is that Shroud of the Avatar has been running such a...

The Daily Grind: If your MMO were a movie, who would play your main character?

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Massively Overpowered community, today I present you with the best road trip game ever: the who-should-play-what-character-from-a-beloved-book game. Only I'm not asking about a book;...

The Daily Grind: Do you use bugged items to your advantage?

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Did you hear about the latest bit of ArcheAge tomfoolery? There's this mirage donkey mount available in the game's loyalty point store. It was...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever rage-deleted an MMO character?

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During our insane streamathon on Friday, Massively OP's Jef confided in us that he ragequit Star Wars Galaxies after the NGE hit -- and worse, he deleted...

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