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 brands do you actually wish MMOs would partner with?
Earlier this month, the MOP community had a little giggle over Blizzard's rather random (or maybe depressingly on point) collab with KFC that urged...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most cringeworthy social media presence?
Social media is tricky for any MMO. Realistically, we all know that every social media presence is managed by people who know what they're...
The Daily Grind: What’s one change that would make an MMO infinitely better?
Since most of us moonlight as armchair developers, it's certainly crossed our minds that any particular MMO has a vital flaw or two. The...
The Daily Grind: Do you still have hope for a blossoming of MMORPGs in VR?
Every month or so, someone will ask about MMORPGs in the VR space, and every month or so, we have to nod toward a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs make it too easy to fail something long before you’re done?
Nobody likes queueing up for an instanced PvP match to lose. But what sucks way worse is when you queue up and get into...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best space combat?
When you get tired of your iron-plated boots being stuck to a giant gravity ball, you may yearn to take flight into the sky...
The Daily Grind: Do you still craft in MMOs where crafting is pointless?
I could swap out the words "craft" and "crafting" in the question in today's Daily Grind topic and I think the same point would...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO servers use linked or independent auction halls?
I'm of two minds on this one.
I really like server-linked auction halls! I like when there's just one shared economy for everyone, so you...
The Daily Grind: What terrible MMO story moment will never leave your mind?
I know I can almost always make Bree giggle by talking about how my father trifles with doors. It's a Guild Wars thing. And...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts your greatest number of account unlocks?
MMO account unlocks: You know they're one of the most powerful legal narcotics of the video game age. By pre-ordering this title, snapping up...
The Daily Grind: When do you consider an MMO to be truly ‘dead’?
Back in February, MOP's Eliot penned a piece about the different types of MMO sunsets. I want to follow this thinking further and talk...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you regret not playing again when you could?
Game shut down. It's sad, but it happens. And more often than not when I can see an MMO is going to wave farewell,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO micro-dev team has your full respect?
Not every MMO has the same sized dev team. Some are massive, spreading across multiple departments. Some are modest but flexible. Some games have...
The Daily Grind: Which ‘holiday’ deserves more MMORPG events?
My friends, today is March 14th, aka 3/14, aka π day, aka pi day, aka pie day, and as such, it provides the perfect...
The Daily Grind: What could MMO studios do to add value to their subscriptions?
When Blizzard first announced World of Warcraft's trading post and yet didn't actually include anything particularly objectionable, pay-to-win, or RMT, I thought it seemed...
The Daily Grind: What consistent MMO bugs push you out of a game?
Games crash. Seriously, it happens. Computers crash in general, games crash, and it's not exactly fun or something you want to experience, but it...
The Daily Grind: What overlooked MMO do you champion to others?
It's a frustrating feeling when you see people grouse about how they're bored with the same big MMOs that everyone else is playing and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have characters that don’t quite match the gameworld they’re in?
A while back, the MOP team was chatting about Chris' foray into house ownership in Final Fantasy XIV. I was actually kind of surprised...
The Daily Grind: How active is your friend list in an MMO?
My friend list in World of Warcraft is a virtual graveyard. No, most of the people on it are not dead (to my knowledge),...
The Daily Grind: Do you push through hard MMO content or walk away?
Sooner or later it happens. It always does. You're moving along in your MMO at a fair clip, spending just the right amount of...
