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: Has an MMO ad ever worked on you?
I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that Final Fantasy XIV has done a fair number of live-action ads that are all...
The Daily Grind: How long is your average MMO gameplay session?
Mine's one hour, in case you were curious about my situation. On average, I play an MMO for about an hour at a stretch....
The Daily Grind: Do you shun early access MMOs and multiplayer games?
The MOP community tends to be pretty strict about crowdfunding; the majority of you tell us how much you hate Kickstarter all the time....
The Daily Grind: How should player thievery work in a modern MMO?
We just ran a Daily Grind a few days ago in which I used the word "snooping" to refer to checking out characters' attire,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most satisfying classes?
Not every MMO has classes. Sometimes that's more a function of strict definition than anything; sure, your character can technically do anything, but as...
The Daily Grind: What are the pros and cons of console vs. PC MMO gaming?
I can't say that I'm a huge cross-platform player; other than spurts of mobile titles, all of my gaming takes place on the PC....
The Daily Grind: Are you the fashion police in your MMO of choice?
Since the dawn of the genre, MMOs have allowed players to "snoop" each other and check out what their fellow players were wearing and...
The Daily Grind: What MMO playstyle is completely foreign to you?
There are very few MMO playstyles I have not experienced over time, from raiding to shouting for parties to roleplaying to just logging on...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO world out there?
While I've long known that I am very receptive to uplifting environments, it's only been in the last year or so that I've dived...
The Daily Grind: Do you leave MMOs when your friends do?
MOP's Carlo was chatting about the modern endgame situation in World of Warcraft the other day and I had a sharp realization that I...
The Daily Grind: Why (and how) do you use your MMO house?
This is a serious question. I am well aware that lots of MMOs provide lots of reasons and methods to own housing, and I...
The Daily Grind: When has an MMO community impressed you?
Yes, a lot of time MMO communities will disappoint you, make mistakes, do bad things that they shouldn't, and so forth. But sometimes they...
The Daily Grind: What MMO title are you rocking above your head?
You know, I'm just not much of a title guy. I appreciate that MMORPGs like to throw in a ton of titles as a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO systems got a do-over that was actually an improvement?
A few weeks back, I made it through the Helm's Deep quest chunk in Lord of the Rings Online for the first time, and...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with disappointing MMO design choices?
I do not want Loporrit tribal quests in Final Fantasy XIV. The fact that we are getting them as like the hundredth bit of...
The Daily Grind: What’s your stance on weapon swapping in MMO combat?
You know what's always mystified me? Any game that involves a whole lot of weapon swapping for optimal combat rotations. Apparently it's a big...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel guilty in MMOs when you’re not leveling?
You might think this an odd question coming from someone who plays a lot of sandboxes, but it's actually in spite of the guilt...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see hygiene monitors in MMOs?
I'm talking about in-game character hygiene monitors, mind you. Presumably you can monitor your own real-life hygiene. I don't know, I'm not your mom.
We...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has an esports push but really, really shouldn’t?
Our long-time readers will know that I consider esports as anything but a net benefit for games, the video game industry in general, and...
The Daily Grind: Have you tried anything new in MMOs since January 1?
Not to be too mean to January, but it always feels like a month that's a hangover from the holiday excesses of the last...
