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 MMO do you want to like more than you do?
I have tried, multiple times, to really enjoy Black Desert. There's only one thing I really don't like about the game on paper (gender-locked...
The Daily Grind: Do you like it when MMO quests follow up with you afterward?
One neat little feature that I always appreciated about Star Wars: The Old Republic is that sometimes you would get these little codas to...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most overpowered easymode MMO character build?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on playing MMO classes when you know they suck. Let's reverse that: I want to know...
The Daily Grind: How fastidious are you when following MMO mechanics that no longer matter?
If you run Syrcus Tower in Final Fantasy XIV, a lot of the mechanics no longer matter. The first boss, Scylla, literally will not...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs with speakers, headphones, or no sound?
Well, I don't think I really have to add much more than the headline up there to elicit a response from you, but my...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are better with fewer people playing?
In Tyler's longform piece on The Secret World a while back, he said something that leaped out at me: that the game isn't really...
The Daily Grind: Do you play shorties, tallies, or both in MMOs?
MMOs seldom offer us many choices in body build or weight, but most of them do deliver sliders when it comes to height. And...
The Daily Grind: How do you maintain interest during content lulls in an MMO?
No matter how good your MMO of choice may be about managing its content schedule, there are going to be lulls. It's inevitable. There...
The Daily Grind: Which upcoming MMORPG has the best chance of succeeding?
There are many MMOs of various designs working their way through the development process right now, but as we well know, not all of...
The Daily Grind: Are you a gamer or an MMO gamer?
Bear with the headline question for a sec because I'm going somewhere with this. I realize that by definition, MMO gamers are gamers. But...
The Daily Grind: Do you play any South Korean MMOs?
I'm going to start this edition of the Daily Grind by answering my own question with a sighing, "I've tried." Seriously, I've tried several...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of World of Warcraft’s Dracthyr design?
Behind the scenes here at MassivelyOP, our office staff is divided on the impression of World of Warcraft's newest race, the Dracthyr. Most of...
Riot Games’s $100M discrimination lawsuit settlement is final with over 2000 women and contractors benefiting
Before the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal blew up last year, the games industry was fixed on the 2018 Riot Games sexual harassment...
The Daily Grind: Does your real-life moral compass dictate your MMO activities?
MOP reader Slava has another good scenario for us to ponder this morning.
"I just made a big change in my Albion Online life by...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves to be more popular?
A few weeks back, we penned an Overthinking trying to sort out the second-top-five MMOs after the accepted top five MMOs, and in the...
The Daily Grind: When has an MMO made you laugh at least semi-intentionally?
So I'm going to be totally honest: The first time I can remember laughing at an MMO is when I found the first of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best-written quest text?
OK, maybe you don't ever read quest text any more. Or you've made a New Year's resolution to read them all. Or you shun...
The Daily Grind: What’s your primary motivation to watch MMO streams?
Hey stream-watching folks - this Daily Grind is for you. I recently flipped through the comments of a Reddit thread attempting to demonstrate MMO...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO shouldn’t brag about instituting functionality that should already be standard?
The other day, I was writing a news post about an MMO adding a new feature to the game, and Bree immediately replied, "Love...
The Daily Grind: Has a pirate MMO ever appealed to you?
With Ubisoft's long-delayed Skull and Bones finally arriving this November, gamers will enjoy yet another option to get their pirate fix -- if, indeed,...
