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The Daily Grind: Does size really matter in MMOs? PvP battle size, that is
Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen a big push for MMO studios to talk up their numbers - and by that I...
The Daily Grind: What would cause you to stop playing your main MMO?
In the broadest terms, it's easy to know what makes you stop playing an MMO. Specifically, you're just not having fun any more, or...
The Daily Grind: When have MMOs successfully put a clever spin on old tropes?
We can all point to the many, many video game and pop culture tropes that infest MMORPGs to both our amusement and annoyance. From...
The Daily Grind: Has your MMO of choice ever had a major data loss?
When Justin mentioned to me on this week's podcast the rumor that Lord of the Rings Online's and Dungeons and Dragons Online's multi-day downtime...
The Daily Grind: What currently operating MMO would benefit the most from a visual overhaul?
Let's stop being realistic for a moment. Let's assume that a game currently running can get a complete visual overhaul. Not changing the overall...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMORPG for corpse runs?
Pretty much every MMORPG has some sort of corpse run - that is, when you die, you have to run some sort of gauntlet...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of Torchlight Frontiers so far?
Torchlight is up there with my most favorite franchises of all time. The existing multiplayer ARPGs are just pure fun, with bubbly colorful graphics...
The Daily Grind: Do you try out MMOs in well-maintained maintenance modes?
It's not hard to play Final Fantasy XI or Guild Wars at this point. Both titles are in maintenance mode, yes; they've gotten their last major...
The Daily Grind: If MMOs scaled back on combat, what should fill that space?
I know that I'm not the first or the last person to accuse modern MMOs of being far to combat-centric in their design, but...
The Daily Grind: What are your expectations from buy-to-play MMOs in 2019?
Because I am old I still remember the halcyon days when the original Guild Wars shocked the world with its plan to serve as a...
The Daily Grind: Does Neverwinter or DDO handle the D&D license better?
Ooh Justin, them's fightin' words!
We don't often have the luxury of seeing two full-fledged MMORPGs handle the same intellectual property, especially in vastly different...
The Daily Grind: Do you game on a budget?
Last week, a friend of mine made an offhand comment about how much something dear to her cost, joking that it wouldn't seem like...
The Daily Grind: What would it take to get you to try a battle royale game?
The big thing these days is Apex Legends, which is the sudden success story to mirror Fortnite's overnight success, which itself mirrored the overnight...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO battles did you survive by the skin of your teeth?
There's nothing more exhilarating than emerging victorious from a fight that you thought you would lose. The other day I was mindlessly going through...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO subgenres need better names?
There are an awful lot of games falling under the broad header of "not quite an MMORPG but still multiplayer shooter with strong influences...
The Daily Grind: What will your next MMO superhero be?
With the next wave of several superhero MMORPGs on the way (Valiance Online, City of Titans, SEGS, and Ship of Heroes), two games currently running...
The Daily Grind: How do you and your guild handle political discussions inside MMOs?
I'm genuinely curious about this one, so indulge me. From my vantage, it's seemed to me that casual discussion of politics inside MMOs has...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is soooo close to being perfect but just misses the mark?
Last week, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that struck a chord with me. Author SaintNutella rattles off a list of some of...
The Daily Grind: Do you get worried when MMO fan sites shut down?
Fan sites come and go. They always have and always will. The game that you thought you would care about forever when you were...
The Daily Grind: Does law and order add to MMORPG worlds?
As of late I've been going through the Thieves Guild DLC in Elder Scrolls Online. The result of this has taught me that (a)...
