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The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts your greatest number of account unlocks?
MMO account unlocks: You know they're one of the most powerful legal narcotics of the video game age. By pre-ordering this title, snapping up...
The Daily Grind: When do you consider an MMO to be truly ‘dead’?
Back in February, MOP's Eliot penned a piece about the different types of MMO sunsets. I want to follow this thinking further and talk...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you regret not playing again when you could?
Game shut down. It's sad, but it happens. And more often than not when I can see an MMO is going to wave farewell,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO micro-dev team has your full respect?
Not every MMO has the same sized dev team. Some are massive, spreading across multiple departments. Some are modest but flexible. Some games have...
The Daily Grind: Which ‘holiday’ deserves more MMORPG events?
My friends, today is March 14th, aka 3/14, aka π day, aka pi day, aka pie day, and as such, it provides the perfect...
The Daily Grind: What could MMO studios do to add value to their subscriptions?
When Blizzard first announced World of Warcraft's trading post and yet didn't actually include anything particularly objectionable, pay-to-win, or RMT, I thought it seemed...
The Daily Grind: What consistent MMO bugs push you out of a game?
Games crash. Seriously, it happens. Computers crash in general, games crash, and it's not exactly fun or something you want to experience, but it...
The Daily Grind: What overlooked MMO do you champion to others?
It's a frustrating feeling when you see people grouse about how they're bored with the same big MMOs that everyone else is playing and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have characters that don’t quite match the gameworld they’re in?
A while back, the MOP team was chatting about Chris' foray into house ownership in Final Fantasy XIV. I was actually kind of surprised...
The Daily Grind: How active is your friend list in an MMO?
My friend list in World of Warcraft is a virtual graveyard. No, most of the people on it are not dead (to my knowledge),...
The Daily Grind: Do you push through hard MMO content or walk away?
Sooner or later it happens. It always does. You're moving along in your MMO at a fair clip, spending just the right amount of...
The Daily Grind: Do you experience MMO ‘expansion endorphins’?
Back in December, MOP's Justin wrote an article about being excited to play World of Warcraft Dragonflight, and in that piece, he wondered whether...
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime MMO subs ever worth it?
I've more than once told the story about my guildie who bought a lifetime sub to Hellgate London (oh no). And I've personally never...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most shameful MMO relaunch you can think of?
We love a good relaunch story around here. We all like to tell stories like Final Fantasy XIV where a game comes out, isn't...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best solution for MMO naming conflicts?
There's nothing that can deflate incoming new players' excitement for an MMORPG than to find out that their favorite names are already taken. And...
The Daily Grind: What cosmetic wearable options are missing in your favorite MMO?
Back in January, NCsoft opened a request thread for Blade and Soul players asking them what kinds of cosmetic items they'd like to see...
The Daily Grind: How patient are you waiting for MMOs to be brought to your region?
A reader once asked me what motivated me to learn Japanese because she figured that since I cover so many Japanese MMORPGs and follow...
The Daily Grind: What has the MMO genre lost in its push to progress?
Having played both World of Warcraft retail and WoW Classic pretty extensively over the past few years, I can conclusively say that, for me,...
The Daily Grind: What are the worst ‘noob traps’ in MMOs?
A while back, when discussing Classic Guild Wars with MOP's Chris, who was playing it for Choose My Adventure, I found myself explaining that...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you tried super late in its lifetime?
Earlier this month, an MOP reader tweeted about trying Dark Age of Camelot for the first time in 2023 and falling in love, which...
