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]
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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...
The Daily Grind: Does a quarterly content cadence work for MMORPGs?
I've been mulling over Guild Wars 2's new content cadence for a while now, but last week's roadmap of what to expect in the...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios prioritize younger or older players?
Back in May, MOP reader Formerly Known as Sray made a compelling argument that MMO studios - as well as the broader gaming industry...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content do you like the least despite doing the most?
I have never enjoyed arena PvP in World of Warcraft. Battlegrounds have a bunch of issues, but arena PvP is just not fun for...
The Daily Grind: What’s the purpose of vanity pets in MMOs?
I like pets. I just do. I have a couple in real life and even more in fake life (i.e., MMORPGs). If a game...
The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to save a gankbox MMO?
Back in July, Pearl Abyss raised eyebrows by announcing plans to curb Black Desert guilds abusing wardecs to murder rival players with impunity. "It...
The Daily Grind: What MMO franchises would you consider valuable?
Not everyone agrees with me, but I don't think there are any valuable MMO franchises out there. There was a time when that wasn't...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have lost their magic – but you still hope they can reclaim it?
Like probably nobody in the Massively OP reading audience, I used to play Retail World of Warcraft. I used to play it a tad...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing Guild Wars 2 SOTO today – or another big launch?
August is always a super overwhelming month for me, in MMOs and out. I'm always trying to finish up projects in real life before...
The Daily Grind: What were the worst mistakes made in the history of MMORPGs?
A few weeks back, in his retrospective on The Secret World, MOP's Tyler opined that Secret World Legends (or more specifically, the decision to reboot...
The Daily Grind: What’s a red flag for you for MMO cash shop customization?
Free-to-play games have to make money somehow, and character customization options are usually the option that developers pick just because it's possible to add...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most-wanted MMORPG in 2023?
It's awfully hard to look at all of the project delays we've had this year and not have our patience tested. MMORPG players always...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most cancel-worthy MMO opinion?
You know you've got one - an opinion that's earnest but not shared by most folks in the MMORPG genre.
For me, it's that I...
Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?
Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you wish had a hardcore option?
We've got about a week until WoW Classic introduces the game's hardcore servers, which will allow you to take on the game with the...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs make necromancy more interesting?
With RuneScape finally -- ahem -- unearthing necromancy for its fans, playing with dead things has never seemed so relevant. Or messy. I mean,...
The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft come to Steam?
Yesterday, several members of the MOP staff were chatting about Overwatch 2's icy reception over on Steam. "This is a lot of leftovers and a...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal MMO aesthetic?
I had to giggle a while back when a Blizzard developer described Diablo IV's aesthetic as "dark noodles." That's just so perfect, and it...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite ability to use in an MMO?
There is only occasionally a reason to use Forked Raiju over Fleeting Raiju in Final Fantasy XIV. The former is a gap-closer and thus...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer pure mages or hybrid magical classes in MMOs?
If we take all of the magical characters in MMOs and look at ways to differentiate them, one dividing point might arise when you...
