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: Would you rather be in a guild of strangers or alone in an MMO?
Back in my day when I started playing MMOs, I took it as pretty well understood that you were going to want to join...
The Daily Grind: How long do you need to wait to ‘recharge’ your MMO enthusiasm?
Whenever I leave an MMO -- usually because I'm approaching boredom or burnout -- I recognize that there's a good chance that I'll be...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you watch but don’t play?
I've seen a few folks in our comments and Reddit lately mention that they like MMOs - but that they're more interested in watching...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal play session length in an MMO?
One of the things that always strikes me as interesting is the different opinions regarding what an MMO play session should look like. Some people...
The Daily Grind: Why won’t World of Warcraft add player housing?
Out of all of the many frustrating decisions that Blizzard has made, its stubborn refusal to add a proper player housing system to World...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best age-agnostic MMO?
A while back, GamesIndustry.biz ran a piece from game dev Raj Pathmanathan discussing age-agnostic games. While the littlest kids are still happy in fluffy...
The Daily Grind: Do you even like classless MMOs, bro
Let's talk about classlessness. A few years after World of Warcraft took off, there was a push in the MMO industry to revive earlier...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sound effect from an MMO?
We tend to pay a lot more attention to music than sound when it comes to MMOs, which is odd because both of them...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s art style is offputting to you?
We all like to think that we're not shallow and that we do appreciate solid gameplay over looks but... yeah, it's about the looks,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the shadiest thing you’ve seen an MMO do lately?
A while back, a prominent MMO studio replied to one of our tweets about its game with a tweet that referred to the game...
The Daily Grind: Should international MMOs have global servers or regional servers?
My first experience with MMOs was Final Fantasy XI, and so it was weird to me when I started getting some experience in the wider...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of Crowfall’s chances these days?
According to ArtCraft itself, Crowfall looks quite promising to launch in 2021. That is tremendous news to its long-suffering fans, many of whom backed...
The Daily Grind: Can we please nuke the term ‘filthy casual’ into the sun
A while back, MOP reader Aldristavan tweeted a joke about being a "filthy casual" that leaped out at me so hard I had to...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you were super hyped for an MMO expansion?
I have two different modes for getting MMO-expansion-hyped. The first, and more common, is when it's a big game for the genre, whether or...
The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite mechanic in an MMO you like?
It's not a surprise to anyone who reads this that I like Final Fantasy XIV. That having been said, there are also things I really...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you returned to the most?
While I'm always up for trying out new MMOs and crossing my fingers that a future title will click with me, I do so...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons?
The Guild Wars 2 community has been a jumble this week. While half of the discussion has centered on the brewing hype machine for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO ‘reboot’ was the worst idea?
I've talked before about how a lot of fans have seemingly taken the wrong lessons away from Final Fantasy XIV's successful relaunch, clamoring for a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the story behind your MMO character’s name?
When I see a character cross my path with the name "XxDoodyHeadxX," I'm not usually that curious about how such a name came about....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 319: A sadness prison for addicts
Justin and Bree discuss Destiny 2's tmog, Elite Dangerous Odyssey, PSO2's New Genesis, RuneScape and Albion on mobile, and Jeff Kaplan's farewell, with adventures in Guild Wars, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag discussion on Blizzard's downfall and future.
