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The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2019?
2018 was an odd year for MMO monetization. Oh sure, we saw Star Citizen offer things like $27,000 ship packages, but obviously most people...
The Daily Grind: What’s the MMO-related purchase you regret the most?
Every so often, I feel a degree of satisfaction in having dodged the MMO purchases that I'd really regret. I never bought a lifetime...
The Daily Grind: Should ArenaNet be working on Guild Wars 3?
Despite being a fairly healthy live MMO with plenty of good buzz, a strong following, and a steady (if slow) rollout of content patches...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio told the biggest fib in 2018?
It would be so awesome if I could come to work every day and know that everything developers say is absolutely truthful and no...
The Daily Grind: Which game made the biggest contribution to killing the MMORPG genre in 2018?
So here's a fun-slash-depressing annual Daily Grind we've been running for the past few years thanks to DK, who originally proposed it.
The knee-jerk answer,...
The Daily Grind: How often do you use macros in your MMOs?
My relationship with macros stretches back to Final Fantasy XI, where they were considered downright vital. Since the game had no form of hotbars and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are enjoying a new lease on life these days?
Just because pretty much every MMO peaks pretty early and enjoys those 15 minutes of fame and glory before settling down with a family...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating in 2019?
I always have a ridiculously long list of MMOs I'm anticipating every year. In fact, we usually write our list of anticipated games several...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the brightest future looking into 2019?
One of the most popular roundups we do every single year is about the healthiest MMORPGs in the genre. I love it because it...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO freebie you’ve ever gotten?
I, like 99.99% of the world's population, loves free swag. I love me dorky t-shirts I'll never wear, I crave stress balls that pop...
The best Massively OP community Daily Grinds of 2018
Assuming the archives are correct, the first Daily Grind ever was penned by Krystalle Voecks on November 3rd, 2007, a day after Old Massively...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO resolutions for 2019?
So here we are in 2019. It looks a lot like 2018, really. But it's a new year, and this is usually the point...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG studio had the best communication in 2018?
This past fall, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts raised more than a few eyebrows when he claimed that "no other game shares as much information...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO regrets from 2018?
We talk a lot about how we feel about the year that's past and our resolutions for the next year, but we don't tend...
The Daily Grind: What was your greatest MMO gaming accomplishment in 2018?
It is always good to pause and take stock of the year-that-was before you turn a corner into a fresh calendar. We've had 12...
The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2019?
Last year, I realized that I hadn't backed any video games. I didn't back any this year either. Oh, sure, some of the games...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel the need to do MMO holiday events on every character?
Every new holiday event in Final Fantasy XIV prompts the same reaction from me, a question of which of my characters will be sad if...
The Daily Grind: What frustrates you the most about your MMO’s dev team?
I guess I want to preface today's discussion by acknowledging that there are a lot of terrific developers and teams out there in the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2018?
One of the informal award type articles we've done every year for the last couple of years is this one: the one sussing out...
The Daily Grind: What trivial MMO grievances will you air for Festivus?
Friends, it is December 23rd, and that means that it is the traditional date of Festivus! My wife and I celebrate Festivus every year,...
