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: Has eating and drinking in MMOs become passé?

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It's sometimes so odd to me what game mechanics aim to mimic real-life behaviors and activities while so much else is ignored. We drink,...

The Daily Grind: Are modern console MMO communities worthwhile?

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This morning's Daily Grind hurtles through space and time to us from Kickstarter donor Kenneth "Fizwocket" Gonsalves, who wonders about the console community potential in...
Don't tell me we can't all fireball everyone!

The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish had turned out differently?

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Back in the day I was a big fan of Darkfall. I remember waiting an eternity for the game's 2009 launch, and then I...
It's pretty cute in person.

The Daily Grind: Have you bought real-world memorabilia for an MMO?

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I don't think it's going to surprise anyone that I'm a pretty big fan of Final Fantasy XIV. Despite that fact, it may surprise...

The Daily Grind: When do you know it’s time to evacuate from your game?

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This right here is your friendly neighborhood evacuation droid. If you will but calm down and follow his directions, he will lead you away...

The Daily Grind: Does WoW’s dramatic sub dip worry you?

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So World of Warcraft lost three million subs in the wake of Warlords of Draenor, bringing it back down to right about where it...
Shards Online

The Daily Grind: Which indie MMO are you looking forward to the most?

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When it comes to indie MMOs, there's no shortage of them in development. Shards Online is topping my most anticipated list at the moment,...

The Daily Grind: What would the MMO world look like without WoW?

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Here's a fun question from an anonymous Kickstarter donor to kick off the morning: What do you think the MMO world would look like if Blizzard...

The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include advanced classes?

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One of the very first RPGs that I played was Final Fantasy for the NES. I remember pouring over the manual at my friend's...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs are on your hard drive?

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I got a new gaming computer last week, and I'm in the process of downloading a few MMOs. I've only got 300 GB to work with,...
Ultimate pens.

The Daily Grind: What MMO has benefited the most from free-to-play?

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Back in the day, it used to be a running joke among the staff about which game would go free-to-play next. We don't make...

The Daily Grind: Are you an obsessive MMO screenshotter?

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I can't help myself. I'm sorry, but I can't. I have folders stuffed with screenshots that attest to my habit of always stopping to...

The Daily Grind: When should MMO devs just stop tweaking?

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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...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you had a good PUG?

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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?

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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?

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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...
GTA Online

The Daily Grind: What did you accomplish in your MMOs this weekend?

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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...
Don't care, bored.

The Daily Grind: What character look are you most proud of?

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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?

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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?

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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...

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