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The Daily Grind: Do you play humans or non-humans in most MMOs?

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A while back, I saw a thread on Reddit about how most MMO players pick humans, and questions like this always startle me because...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation?

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I read a piece on The Guardian earlier this month about how shrinkflation is hitting some commodity-based industries. Basically, instead of raising the price...

The Daily Grind: How do you protect yourself from scammers in MMORPGs?

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As long as there have been MMOs, there have been MMO scams. If you play, then you know. So you're not going to be...

The Daily Grind: What’s an MMO UI feature you didn’t know you needed until you got it?

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New World has a couple of settings I can't recall seeing in many other MMORPGs. It's got a toggle that allows you to flag...
Not the point.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gatherers?

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My husband is usually not the kind of person who gets obsessed with crafter-centric MMORPGs, but New World has turned him into a gatherer:...

The Daily Grind: How many ‘mains’ can you juggle in MMOs?

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I've been thinking about the concept of alts and mains a bit lately, inspired by Guild Wars 2. I've got 10 characters there, and...

The Daily Grind: When are ‘microtransactions’ too much in MMOs?

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Two money-related topics crossed my desk the last couple of weeks. The first was a Reddit topic complaining about microtransactions in MMOs - not the...

The Daily Grind: So, are you playing New World on launch today?

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I'd tell you not to plan on playing New World today, but... you're MMORPG players. You already know this advice, and you're probably also...

The Daily Grind: Will New World’s betas hinder or help your launch experience?

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Over the weekend, the MMORPG Reddit fostered a discussion about the perils of beta testing, specifically with New World. "New World's endless betas have...

The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?

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What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT.

The Daily Grind: Is Blizzard right to ‘desexualize’ art in World of Warcraft?

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Last week, there was a big social media hubbub over World of Warcraft, as Blizzard quietly changed out a pair of obscure paintings in...
You get a stronghold! And you get a stronghold! Everybody here gets a stronghold!

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?

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MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?

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I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
Choppy choppy.

The Daily Grind: What does reception to Crowfall and Elyon say about the MMO genre right now?

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Real talk here for a sec: I'm a smidge nervous about Crowfall and Elyon and what they portend for the next stage of the...

The Daily Grind: What are the dumbest arguments in the MMO genre?

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I saw a quote on Twitter a while back that really resonated with me: "Hell is aging and growing older but having to hear the...

The Daily Grind: What are your ‘problematic faves’ in MMOs?

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A couple of years ago, our staff did a piece on problematic faves - you know, games or IPs or studios or whatevers that...
I don't want more of this! I never wanted any of it!

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs begin as they mean to go on?

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In Eliot's open letter to new players and vets of Final Fantasy XIV last month, he noted that Final Fantasy XIV's endgame is not...
It's an old deck, I swear.

The Daily Grind: What’s the worst type of minigame in MMOs?

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Today's Daily Grind was inspired by Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril, who penned a fun piece on minigames a few weeks back. Oh,...

The Daily Grind: How long a commitment are you willing to make to an MMORPG?

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During a MOP Podcast back in August, our own Justin noted that he'd lost interest in the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard server...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best at respecting your time?

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A few weeks ago, in response to our Daily Grind about how many MMOs we've all logged into this summer, one reader replied with...

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