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: When’s the last time you felt pleasantly lost in an MMO?
I've been reading a lot of player analysis about what WoW Classic offers that retail doesn't, and several times I've seen the sentiment that...
The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need ‘friction’ for social bonding?
Not quite a year ago, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas sat for a Wired interview in which he discusses social bonding in...
The Daily Grind: What classes in your current MMO desperately need some love?
So a while back I was thinking of rolling up a new Mastermind on the City of Heroes rogue servers I play, and so...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite mount in an MMO?
In a lot of MMOs, the way to get from place to place as fast as possible is by riding something. You sit on...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most recent milestone you’ve crossed in MMOs?
It's only natural to want to celebrate when you reach a certain milestone in an MMORPG. Maybe it's reaching the level cap, making your...
The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of ice physics and mechanics in MMOs?
RPS had a fun headline a while back that made me let out a laugh while I was strolling through my feeds: We must...
The Daily Grind: Do you know the names of the people behind your favorite MMO?
Part of my job involves interviewing developers and talking with them. That means that it's important for me to remember who these people are,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO game sounds trigger happy memories?
MMORPGs are large, enormous repositories of sound design. You may never consciously think about it, but trust me, you notice it. From leveling up...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a modern remake of Guild Wars 1?
Every couple of months, we'll mention Classic Guild Wars in an article, and we'll get deluged by fans of the 2005 MMO. There appears...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO bonus for not-playing?
So I've been playing a lot of City of Heroes lately, and I've roped in my son to play with me, which is always...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst general chat channel?
Yes, yes, I know all of the jokes, World of Warcraft general chat is vile enough to be used as a biotoxin and all of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most embarrassing thing you ever said in MMO chat?
It's one of my favorite things when someone else does it, but it's so cringy when I do. It's when you drop a big...
The Daily Grind: Do you wish Guild Wars 2 had proper player housing?
A few weeks back, in response to a dumb joke I made about Guild Wars 2's endless parade of cash-shop chairs, MOP's Justin quipped,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO change or update you’re still a little angry about?
I still find Final Fantasy XI's old vague patch notes so annoying ("The potency of certain actions has been adjusted") that I named an entire...
The Daily Grind: Where’s the love for MMO Engineers?
If you announce that your MMO is going to have an Engineer class of some kind, then congratulation: I'm going to play it. In...
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest collection in an MMORPG?
I am not what I would called a "collector." In MMOs or really anywhere else. Or I guess I should be more specific and...
The Daily Grind: Do you miss free return events in MMORPGs?
Eliot was writing a piece about Final Fantasy XI's return home event a week or two ago and I suddenly had a pang of...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMO on console with crossplay?
I like Star Trek Online. It'd probably be a pretty fun game to play on consoles during idle downtime, but there's a problem with that:...
The Daily Grind: Where would you live in an MMO if you could?
Sometimes MMO developers and artists are so very good with creating welcoming and gorgeous zones that I think that I wouldn't mind moving there....
The Daily Grind: What’s your primary reason for alting in MMORPGs?
Last weekend, I fell back into City of Heroes rogue servers as I do now every few months, and instead of making a beeline...
