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The Daily Grind: Are you MMO friends with people in other countries?
One of the truly neat social side effects of MMOs is that you get to connect with people all around the world and learn...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most memorable line of dialogue in an MMO?
A while back on Twitter, during a discussion about ways in which AI can and can't be useful in games writing, MMO dev Damion...
The Daily Grind: How many genuine friends would you say you have in MMORPGs?
I have friends in MMORPGs. This should probably not surprise anyone! Not just because this is tied directly into my job, although that helps,...
The Daily Grind: What are New World’s chances of recovering from this year?
Something that we in journalism (or in general fandom!) always have to be aware of is the danger of unfairly or inaccurately crafting ongoing...
The Daily Grind: How long are you willing to wait for an MMORPG from announcement to launch?
Back in July, Kotaku penned a piece on Kien, a game originally announced for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance... in 2002. Apparently, the game...
The Daily Grind: Do you purposely play bad MMOs?
A while back, MOP reader Hebby joked on Mastodon that she intentionally plays bad MMOs, but even she was surprised to see a certain...
The Daily Grind: What’s a minor omission in your main MMO that just bugs you?
Final Fantasy XIV does not let me just have a normal horse mount. You can get elemental ponies from the old Extreme trials, there...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying type of MMO mob to fight?
Not all mobs are designed equally in MMOs, which means that some end up far more annoying to fight than others.
Personally, I've never been...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO could use a currency crunch – or better yet, a currency do-over?
Earlier this year, an MOP commenter replying to us on social media suggested that Guild Wars 2 was a "mess" - and part of...
The Daily Grind: Has a free promo gift ever enticed you to play an MMO?
At one job I had, I happened to have gotten a promo code for a specific game that I didn't like but I thought...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about Guild Wars 2’s chances with Janthir Wilds?
Considering what an insanely busy summer it's been already and how much is yet to come in August, I have some concerns that Guild...
The Daily Grind: If your MMO had difficulty modes, what mode would you play on?
A few weeks back, survival sandbox Enshrouded added a new update with multiple difficulty modes, including two hardcore ones, a normal one, a relaxed...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a player housing-only MMORPG?
A few weeks back, MOP reader Stormwaltz teased Neverness to Everness' goofy name by proposing a new isekai-style game dubbed Adventure in Another World!...
The Daily Grind: What traditions do you have for MMO expansions and patches?
The vast majority of side quests in every single Final Fantasy XIV zone can be safely ignored. As part of the allied society quests...
The Daily Grind: What’s something new you’ve done in an old MMO lately?
It's quite easy to fall into ruts and routines in MMOs, especially after you've been playing one for years. Sure, you could wait until...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMORPG that limited you to just one character?
When Star Wars Galaxies originally launched back in 2003, it had a rule that was fairly peculiar for its day: Players were limited to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you have the highest hopes for in the back half of 2024?
2024 is not nearly in the rear-view mirror yet, we've still got several months to go, but we have definitely moved into the back...
The Daily Grind: What ‘ambassador’ MMO would you recommend to a first-timer?
Whenever someone opens up to me about a particular hobby or entertainment franchise that they greatly enjoy, it can feel a bit like drinking...
The Daily Grind: What MMO should Daybreak buy next?
One of the surprise news bits out of July was the announcement that EG7-owned Daybreak - which had just been scrambling for cash, to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best volcano zone in an MMORPG?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by Neverwinter, whose last module revamped the volcanic Mount Hotenow and dropped a ton of Mountain of Flame screenshots...
