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: Now that NCsoft has licensed City of Heroes servers, will you go back to play?
When the City of Heroes rogue servers first went public back in 2019, a lot of MMO players were very vocal about not wanting...
The Daily Grind: What customization option do you wish your main MMO had?
When I first started working at Massively-that-was, it seemed downright luxurious to me that Lord of the Rings Online let you choose what your...
The Daily Grind: How many hours do you play MMOs every week?
Today's question shouldn't be too difficult, unless you flunked out of basic maths a long time ago. How many hours do you play MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2024?
Hello friends. It's me, your mom, and the answer to today's Daily Grind question should be no, and I shouldn't even need to write...
The Daily Grind: Who told the biggest gaming fib of 2023?
Did you know I keep a list of quotes and fibs? Well, you probably did, since we already did our annual piece on the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO-related thing do you want to remember from 2023?
I did not have a good 2023. (Trust me, unless you're a personal friend, you don't know the half of it.) But now the...
The Daily Grind: Do you roll hybrid classes in MMOs but only do DPS anyway?
A major point of consideration for me when choosing an MMO class is whether I have the option to change my role within a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the brightest future in 2024?
2024 is already shaping up to be an interesting year with plenty to anticipate from the big MMOs. We're looking at expansions for World...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...
The Daily Grind: How many MMOs did you actively play in 2023?
This truly awful year is almost over, and that means it's time for all of us to look at what happened over the past...
The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding
I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
The Daily Grind: What non-standard MMO server ruleset do or did you love?
Much earlier on in the genre, MMOs often fielded numerous types of server rulesets. It wasn't just PvP and PvE; there were those that...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2023?
At the end of the year, I always start rounding up things like patches and dramas, and that always means sunsets too. Last year,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best player community as of 2023?
"Best community" is one of our recurring Daily Grind topics every year, and I always stick it on Christmas because I can't stand the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best holiday decorations?
'Tis the season to see your favorite MMORPGs decked out in all the festive colors you can imagine. The zones are awash in pine...
The Daily Grind: On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad an MMO altoholic are you?
Alts. They're an unavoidable part of the fabric of MMOs, especially considering how these games are designed to make you want to keep going...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best console or mobile experience as of 2023?
The Daily Grind is all on you lovely readers today, for while I own a Switch and a PS5 now, I really don't play...
The Daily Grind: How bad are you about spamming jumps in MMORPGs?
Jumping in MMOs was a mistake, at least if you want everyone to have a deep reservoir of decorum and calmness. A simple tap...
The Daily Grind: How many different MMORPGs did you play in 2023?
With the end (of the year) in sight, it's time to start planning our exit strategy and lay preparations for the onslaught of 2024...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best graphics as of 2023?
We all know that there is no right or wrong answer to this question, right? Plenty of photorealistic games look like trash, and plenty...
