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The Daily Grind: Have you ever run MMO dungeons with a one-class group?
A few weeks ago, MOP's Colin mentioned that he's fond of Guild Wars 2 strikes specifically because there's no gear requirement or meta rules,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO feature hasn’t been developed as well as it probably should’ve since the dawn of the genre?
Underwater anything. That's my pick.
Ultima Online didn't have swimming, just boats, but Classic EverQuest rather impressively had full-scale underwater zones and underwater combat from...
The Daily Grind: What familiar part of your favorite MMO would you give up to see it continue?
In my article speculating on the future of Star Wars: The Old Republic under new management, I noted that I kind of expect voice...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO quietly and consistently churns out a great soundtrack?
I mean, OK, I kind of like MMO music. It's never the part of the game that gets the most press, the most discussion,...
The Daily Grind: How often do you ‘stop and smell the roses’ in MMOs?
When you buy the mount speed upgrade in Lord of the Rings Online's store, it comes with a special skill: Smell the Roses, which...
The Daily Grind: What does a rogue server for a departed MMO need to grab your attention?
By their very nature, rogue servers for MMOs we've lost are not going to have the population of the live game. They're inherently smaller....
The Daily Grind: What’s your biggest MMO surprise of 2023 so far?
This year, like pretty much every year since the dawn of the genre, has been pretty weird and surprising for MMORPGs. Things we expect...
The Daily Grind: How do *you* pronounce ‘MMORPG’?
OK, so here's a fun Daily Grind for a holiday when most of our readers aren't at work! Let's talk about how to pronounce...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever joined a volunteer guide program in an MMORPG?
The recent Anarchy Online debacle, whereby Funcom dumped its long-running Advisors of Rubi-Ka volunteer program with very little notice, really irked me, even as...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most roguish Rogue?
Rogues, Thieves, Smugglers, Scoundrels... they have many names, although for some reason we rarely see classes labeled Scofflaw or Blackguard. (I would play a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most over-the-top skill effect in an MMO?
Looks aren't everything, but to the MMO player, they do seem to matter. Having strong skill visuals to match their effects makes using them...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best ‘shopping’ experience?
We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever.
I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...
The Daily Grind: How successful are you in getting friends to join you in your favorite MMO?
Recruit-a-friend programs are everywhere with MMOs, but they run aground on a very simple problem: My friends either are already here or don't want...
The Daily Grind: How does Dragonflight rank among World of Warcraft expansions?
Now that World of Warcraft has clocked well over a half-year into its Dragonflight expansion cycle, we've seen a lot of development and opinions...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO tutorials continue through the whole game?
A while back, there was a random thread on the Elder Scrolls Online subreddit from a poor lost soul desperate to figure out what...
The Daily Grind: Are you an explorer or an exploiter in MMORPGs?
No, I don't mean exploiter in the sploitz sense. This is a legitimate question!
My husband and I were listening to a podcast a few...
The Daily Grind: What has been your most irritating unexpected MMO outage?
An MMO being unavailable is not a dire situation. Of all the things that could happen to you that are inconvenient on a given...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO community ever gone out of its way to welcome you?
I confess to becoming more than a little hot under the collar when I heard that Funcom had pulled the plug in the most...
The Daily Grind: How long should major MMO patches be tested?
A few weeks back, MOP's Justin expressed astonishment that a particular patch for Lord of the Rings Online was being pushed from public testing...
The Daily Grind: How do you balance new single-player games with your MMO time?
This may come as a surprise, but the reason I play Final Fantasy XIV isn't that it's the only game in the series that...
