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 do you prioritize in an MMO on patch day?
For a lot of people, patch day for their favorite MMOs is a bit like a miniature gift, a whole bunch of new content...
The Daily Grind: What MMO class concepts need a complete refresh?
Not all tropes are bad. Familiar patterns ease us into unfamiliar settings and systems, and so I understand why MMO developers aren't constantly reinventing...
The Daily Grind: Does playing MMOs with your kids ever frustrate you?
I love my kids, and I love that my kids are growing up to be smart and healthy people and gamers, but man, there...
The Daily Grind: What was the most wholesome thing a stranger did for you in an MMO?
One night in Final Fantasy XI, I was deep in a higher-level cave system with a friend grabbing a treasure. We grabbed it, but...
The Daily Grind: What are your favorite ‘wide-open’ MMO zones?
Around the turn of the century, I was living in Colorado and absolutely loving it. It was my first time ever living in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO to play if you’re flat broke?
There are lots of reasons to have a non-existent budget for MMOs. Maybe you're a kid, or maybe you're saving for a house, or...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs be investing resources into creating new beginner zones?
Last year, Lord of the Rings Online released a "mini-expansion" that was, in truth, a brand-new starter experience. The studio introduced two beginner zones...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO events you wish you had attended?
Imagine, for a moment, that you worked in this ridiculous journalistic field and were offered a chance at an early playtest for EverQuest Next....
The Daily Grind: What time of year do you end up playing MMOs the most?
Hey, look at that -- we're in July. I didn't give permission for this to happen, but happen it has, and we should make...
The Daily Grind: What argument about MMOs do you wish people would stop having?
I think if you've been around in the genre long enough, you start to see the wheel come full circle and you realize that...
The Daily Grind: How often do you think about unreleased MMOs?
Some MMOs I really wanted to play never got released. Not many, thankfully; most of them are even rather obscure titles that quite possibly...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any real-world skills that have come in handy in MMOs?
We've talked before about the skills we've picked up in MMOs; for example, I have several friends from countries all over who honed their...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever run MMO dungeons with a one-class group?
A few weeks ago, MOP's Colin mentioned that he's fond of Guild Wars 2 strikes specifically because there's no gear requirement or meta rules,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO feature hasn’t been developed as well as it probably should’ve since the dawn of the genre?
Underwater anything. That's my pick.
Ultima Online didn't have swimming, just boats, but Classic EverQuest rather impressively had full-scale underwater zones and underwater combat from...
The Daily Grind: What familiar part of your favorite MMO would you give up to see it continue?
In my article speculating on the future of Star Wars: The Old Republic under new management, I noted that I kind of expect voice...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO quietly and consistently churns out a great soundtrack?
I mean, OK, I kind of like MMO music. It's never the part of the game that gets the most press, the most discussion,...
The Daily Grind: How often do you ‘stop and smell the roses’ in MMOs?
When you buy the mount speed upgrade in Lord of the Rings Online's store, it comes with a special skill: Smell the Roses, which...
The Daily Grind: What does a rogue server for a departed MMO need to grab your attention?
By their very nature, rogue servers for MMOs we've lost are not going to have the population of the live game. They're inherently smaller....
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest MMO surprise of 2023 so far?
This year, like pretty much every year since the dawn of the genre, has been pretty weird and surprising for MMORPGs. Things we expect...
The Daily Grind: How do *you* pronounce ‘MMORPG’?
OK, so here's a fun Daily Grind for a holiday when most of our readers aren't at work! Let's talk about how to pronounce...
