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: When should MMO devs just stop tweaking?
Yesterday's reveal of Lord of the Rings Online's legendary item imbuing system struck me as a promising show of faith from the devs but nevertheless a...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you had a good PUG?
I've had some godawful pickup groups in GTA Online this week. There was the one guy who insisted on typing in Russian. Then there...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO biomes do you love and hate?
Environment is super-important to me, both in real life and in video games. My surroundings have a large impact on my mood, with my...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs eliminate ‘soulbound’ mechanics?
This morning's Daily Grind arrives from Kickstarter donor jackfrost, who phrases his question in the form of a rant:
Why do almost all rewards in current...
The Daily Grind: What did you accomplish in your MMOs this weekend?
I didn't get a whole lot of gaming time this weekend, but I did manage to log a couple of hours in GTA Online. I...
The Daily Grind: What character look are you most proud of?
The image above was used as a header elsewhere, but other than the fact that I never fixed her belt (it was a placeholder...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay for MMO mods?
The entire internet (only a slight exaggeration there) exploded this week over Valve's decision to work with selected game studios to allow modders to charge for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best hybrid classes?
I didn't know hybrid classes were a thing, really, until I picked up classic EverQuest way back in 1999. Most of the roleplaying games I'd...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you’ve ever played?
I read yesterday's news about Meridian 59 with interest because it's one of the few genre titles that was before my time. My MMO obsession began...
The Daily Grind: Where do you go to relax in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor with a deceptively simple question:
Which MMO zone is the most relaxing?
A lot...
The Daily Grind: Is Firefly Online the future of MMOs?
Last week, Firefly Online announced that it had scooped up almost all of the old Firefly cast members to voice the multiplatform online-but-not-really-an-MMO. Cue internet...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most helpful loading screen text?
MMO loading screen text varies widely from game to game. Some titles choose to put snippets of lore on their loading screens, while others...
The Daily Grind: Do you want minigames in your MMO?
I won't pretend that I'm one of the biggest fans of the game, but I'm really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in...
The Daily Grind: Is dual-wielding dumb or cool?
If one weapon is neat, then two must be twice as great, right? That seems to be the thought process behind dual-wielding in video...
The Daily Grind: When do you know you’re never going back to an MMO?
Massively OP's Mike Foster said something that resonated with me earlier this week when during a debate about World of Warcraft, he uttered, "I...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing GTA Online?
I've been playing GTA V an absurd amount since Monday. It's basically two games, though, which is problematic for an already overloaded schedule. I...
The Daily Grind: Do you plan ahead in your MMOs?
I am a horrible, horrible chess player. It's not that I don't understand the game or have the mind for basic strategies but that...
The Daily Grind: What old MMO feature deserves to make a comeback?
Today's Daily Grind comes to us from Kickstarter donor Diskonekted, who asks one of the genre's million-dollar questions:
What features or technology from older MMOs are...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a Game of Thrones MMO?
Did you watch Game of Thrones last night? I didn't. I'll get around to it eventually, though, I'm sure. How about a Game of...
The Daily Grind: What sort of characters do you have a tendency to play?
As a roleplayer, I have a lot of different character types that I've played, lots of different archetypes and the like. However, taking any...
