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: What’s the smallest MMO you actively play?
Smallest in terms of playerbase size, that is.
I wondered about this the other day when I was writing up a piece that included mention...
The Daily Grind: What’s the last player-made item you bought in an MMORPG?
A lot of MMORPGs have crafting. The majority, even. But there's a major difference between "this game has crafting" and "this game has crafting...
The Daily Grind: What would be the perfect MMO cosmetic transmog system?
As the saying goes, the real endgame for MMORPGs is fashion wars. Everyone loves looking their best through creative wardrobe selections, after all. If...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most petty MMO pet peeve?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired by LOTRO blogger Fibro Jedi, who tweeted about personal space: You know how sometimes you'll be standing in an...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite low-thought MMO activity?
I usually like to be playing an MMORPG actively, but sometimes I just want to kick back, watch a movie, and idly do something...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is best if you want to get in the zone and grind on mobs?
I don't know about you, but sometimes when I sit down to play at the end of a long day, I'm not looking for...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content do you wish devs would stop trying to get you to do?
When we started using the term "everything box" a decade or more ago, the idea was that it was a sandbox where everything was...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs offer tools to let you hide all other players?
A while back, an MOP commenter opined that MMOs should always offer players the option to fully block - that is to say, mute...
The Daily Grind: What MMO combat has felt unfair to you?
Fairness in combat is in the eye of the beholder, to a certain extent. There are people who will insist a fight is unfair...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying MMO boss encounter?
Not all big, showy, and mouthy boss encounters in MMORPGs are created equal. Some are easier than others, and some are a whole lot...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever changed an existing MMO character’s race?
So, River Hobbits. They're cute. They have the best hair in LOTRO's Middle-earth. They're affordable, and they can roll with any class, and dammit,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the furthest out of your way you’ve gone to earn a cosmetic item in an MMO?
If there is a cosmetic item I want badly enough, I don't care what content it's gated behind; I'm just going to get it....
The Daily Grind: Why is ranged combat in MMOs the absolute tops?
Having existed on both sides of this contentious issue in the gaming genre, I have found myself far more enamored with ranged combat than...
The Daily Grind: Where’s the sweet spot for challenge in your MMO of choice?
A while back, I spotted a graph on the Path of Exile subreddit that I'm pretty sure will resonate with lots of gamers and...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually use in-game mail in MMOs for communication?
I had the realization a few weeks back that mail has lost a lot of meaning in MMOs, the same way many people have...
The Daily Grind: When has an MMO shutdown notice truly shocked you?
There are a lot of games that we cover that shut down. The majority of those we see coming a mile away, whether or...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO festivals stress you the heck out?
Generally, on principle, I am not against special holidays in MMORPGs. They break up the monotony, get the community together, and get us involved...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best cosmetic system (not the best cosmetics)?
The other day I was mucking around with my outfit on SWG Legends and having some conflicting emotions. First, I was grateful that the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO on life support do you think should have been a bigger success?
I'm never going to not be a little sad about Champions Online. Not in the sense that it flopped in an unfair fashion; while...
The Daily Grind: What one single-player CRPG feature would you like to import into MMOs?
So, yeah, a few of us have splurged on a copy of this "Baldur's Gate" thing and gotten fully obsessed with it. It's an...
