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: How do you handle your indecisiveness in MMOs?
There's that tired old chestnut of a maxim that often rings in my head, which is, "The grass is always greener on the other...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs could really use a PvP or PvE spectator mode?
Earlier this summer, MOP reader Stormsong Minstrel accidentally reminded me of a mechanic from classic Guild Wars that I shouldn't miss but do anyway....
The Daily Grind: How scared are you of death in MMOs?
In the vast majority of MMOs, death does not actually carry too strict a penalty. We all know that. Your character dies, you lose...
The Daily Grind: What dead MMO cred do you have?
As truly sad as it is to have a beloved MMORPG shut down on you, there's some measure of consolation that you actually got...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would actually be better if it killed its whole endgame?
Let's have some provocative fun this morning. Let's imagine that your favorite MMORPG suddenly decided to kill its entire endgame. The devs are shaving...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG should we play to get rip-roaring drunk?
Just about every MMORPG inserts taverns, bars, and cantinas for immersion and realism in the setting, and you'll find alcohol drinks in most online...
The Daily Grind: How often do you change builds for your characters in MMOs?
I know people in Final Fantasy XIV who always, always wind up changing their main job to one of the new jobs from the...
The Daily Grind: What are you hoping to hear from this year’s BlizzCon?
Perhaps I think or say this every year, but I truly feel that 2023's BlizzCon is setting up for a make-or-break moment for Blizzard....
The Daily Grind: Are you inured to MMO whaling and exploitative monetization?
Back in July, MOP reader Neowolf made an insightful comment about excessive monetization exploitation and MMO whaling - that is, MMOs targeting big-spenders with...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever try out MMOs that aren’t MMORPGs?
It's not an exaggeration to say that most of our staff and the majority of our readers are here because they care about MMORPGs...
The Daily Grind: Do you worry about getting too old for MMORPGs to release?
As I start to give the oncoming approach of the age of 50 a long, hard stare, I've had a new, weird concern arise:...
The Daily Grind: Does playing MMOs ever feel like a job?
MOP reader HotPinkGoblin recently remarked that the march of time had changed their attitude about playing MMOs - in what I would consider a...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on New World’s ‘unbound’ character issue?
When New World's Rise of the Angry Earth launched earlier this month, I was kind of baffled to realize that many returning players (including...
The Daily Grind: How do you manage your alts in MMOs where you have several?
When Bjork sang "Army of Me," she was not talking about having large arsenal of MMO characters. This was for several reasons, not the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Funcom MMORPG?
My nostalgia and I had a Moment the other day when I saw that Funcom was celebrating its 30th anniversary. Even though I freely...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best horror content?
A Friday the 13th doesn't come around in October very often, but it sure is a fun day to talk horror in MMOs. No,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO mechanic are you genuinely a hypocrite about?
No one really wants a fair fight. We all kind of want things to be unfair in our favor. That's just human nature. We...
The Daily Grind: Should global chat be restricted to discussion of just that MMO?
The megaphone that is the world chat or global chat channel is a huge responsibility that few people seem to respect. Any player can...
The Daily Grind: Do you make or borrow your MMO class builds?
Let's talk about MMO character builds! This question works for almost every MMORPG, whether it has classes or skills or traits or anything in...
The Daily Grind: Would you play EverQuest Next or Landmark if Daybreak revived them?
I know the big buzz for the EverQuest franchise is the potential for EverQuest 3, given that EG7 has been pitching it to investors....
