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: Does your MMORPG friend list look like a graveyard?
A throwaway comment on Reddit the other day made me vicariously sad: A player named IVRYN posted about "those dudes you have on your...
The Daily Grind: Which older MMORPG do you think has aged the worst?
I have openly never been a big fan of EverQuest, but I also have to say that as MMORPGs go, it's one that has aged really...
The Daily Grind: If you had only 15 minutes to play your MMO, what would you do?
Time is a precious commodity for all of us -- and there never seems to be enough for all we want to do. This...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember your very first mount in an MMORPG?
In response to one of our articles on Villagers and Heroes, MOP reader Wishful Maybe remarked on the game's age, saying, "I still remember...
The Daily Grind: What MMO lives rent-free in your head – but in a good way?
Way back in 2022, I posted a Daily Grind about MMOs that live rent-free in our heads - the negative kind, the kind "eating...
The Daily Grind: What’s the MMORPG accomplishment that you’re proudest to show off?
Video games, for better or for worse, are kind of inevitably an achievement-based medium. We do stuff in them and then we want to...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been shamed out of an MMO because of a breach of unknown etiquette?
The other day I was doing a little homework reading about an MMO and stumbled upon a chunky section dealing with proper etiquette. And...
The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal gateway game for MMORPGs?
If you're a veteran MMORPG player, it's pretty likely that you came to MMORPGs through one of a handful of ways that I can...
The Daily Grind: What ‘bad’ build have you loved the most in an MMORPG?
Some players in Final Fantasy XI loved running around as a Warrior/White Mage. It's like being a Paladin without being a Paladin! Except it actually...
The Daily Grind: What are some of the qualities that make a good MMO guild?
Whenever I head back into an old favorite MMO or try out a new one, my top priority is to find a great guild....
The Daily Grind: Is there something that used to be hard for you in MMOs that now seems easy?
When I was a wee lass in the early days of MMORPGs, I was extreme nervous about jumping into roles I had no familiarity...
The Daily Grind: What’s a universal MMO truth that everyone knows but nobody talks about?
Back in March, GamesRadar ran a GDC piece quoting game marketing researcher Chris Zukowski on the reality of Steam demos.
"Here's the universal truth with...
The Daily Grind: How reliable is your luck in MMORPGs?
It's easy to think that individual luck isn't really a thing. We are not followed around by an invisible "luck cloud" that determines whether...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO parties more engaging when thrown by devs or other players?
Who doesn't love a good party now and then? Well, maybe you don't if you're a grouch hermit who would rattle a stick at...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO (that you actually wanted to play) closed down before you ever got to play it?
I promise you I did not wake up today and decide to give you a lesson in watercolors. This post is actually about MMORPGs.
If...
The Daily Grind: Is there any MMO content that genuine scares you to take on?
There is a recurring misapprehension among a lot of diehard fans of progression content: They believe that MMO players who do not want to...
The Daily Grind: Do you experience diminishing returns in coming back to old MMOs?
I was watching a video the other day that talked about how quickly an exciting return to an MMO -- or a fresh start...
The Daily Grind: What resolution is your MMO-playing PC monitor?
Over the weekend, PC Gamer quoted the AMD's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Gaming Marketing (fanciest title ever) on what resolution people actually...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG deserves a theme park or ride of its own?
In February, we learned that MapleStory is getting its very own theme park attraction in Seoul, South Korea. And I have to admit I...
The Daily Grind: What’s an expanded character option you’ve been unusually excited for in an MMO?
It's really nice when you have exactly the character options you want in an MMO. Whether it's a combination of weapons, a skillset, a...
