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The Daily Grind: If you had one more day in a closed MMO, what would you do?
Sometimes I get accused of prodding old wounds when it comes to discussing closed MMORPGs. I'm not out to make people feel bad; it's...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has frustrated you the most with trading restrictions?
There's a good reason why the rewards for the Doman Reconstruction in Final Fantasy XIV cannot be directly traded; specifically, it's so that players...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO character title do you proudly wear?
I'm not a title guy in MMOs. I understand that they're a small outlet for personal expression and something else to chase, but when...
The Daily Grind: Are you planning to give LOTRO’s new progression server a try?
When Lord of the Rings Online announced its new progression server plan earlier this week, the LOTRO community immediately went into a state of...
The Daily Grind: Which of Trion’s MMOs are you most worried about in the wake of its buyout?
The whole Trion buyout feels like it came completely out of left field, and we've spent the past couple of days just staring and...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you worry might sunset before you can play it fully?
There are only so many hours and only so much interest one can pour into MMOs on any given day. That means that some...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you were wrong about your snap judgment of an MMO?
This weekend I finally got to dig into MapleStory 2 beyond the character creator, and I have to say my initial reaction was oh...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO zone transition of all time?
OK, stop me if you've heard this one: You're going along in a new MMORPG, happily zipping across verdant landscapes, doing quests in a...
The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for MMOs?
Steam took a hold of my PC lifestyle so gradually I barely knew it was happening. I installed it when a friend bought me...
The Daily Grind: Why don’t players use emotes more in MMOs?
The other day I was reading up on Fallout 76's emote wheel -- brought to you by Bethesda's console tunnel vision -- and was...
The Daily Grind: Have you tried more MMOs now that almost everything is free-to-play?
It feels like a long time ago now (because it was about a decade) but I still vividly remember when Dungeons & Dragons Online...
The Daily Grind: What were your favorite MMO quality-of-life improvements?
Automatic loot pickup. That right there is my all-time favorite quality-of-life improvement that Lord of the Rings Online added, and it is a high-falootin'...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst Halloween event in the MMOverse?
No real salt from me today: I personally loved Star Wars Galaxies'Â Halloweeny Galactic Moon Festival, as ridiculous as it was, and as I mentioned...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO ever been ruined for you by the community?
It's funny, but I see many more people listing a game's community as a bright side rather than a drawback. You would think it'd...
The Daily Grind: Do action-RPGs make for good MMO material?
The second it was announced, Torchlight Frontiers skyrocketed to the top of my interest. I really wasn't expecting an MMO out of this franchise...
The Daily Grind: How important are minimaps to your MMORPG experience?
MMO minimaps became the topic of a weird debate this week, as multiple sites appeared to have misunderstood a Belgian magazine's interpretation of the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite piece of MMO music?
Lately I can't stop listening to one of the newest pieces of music added to Final Fantasy XIV. A Land Long Dead is at...
The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO user interface?
The other day I logged into Star Wars: The Old Republic for the first time in a while, and I once again felt jarred...
The Daily Grind: What’s the goofiest currency in all of MMO land?
So then, MMOs and online games. We've got gems, crystals, shards, marks, tickets, tomes, lumps, keys, tokens, commendations, shells, scraps, favors, coins, orders, fragments,...
