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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best UI?
The UI is the point of interaction between the player and the rest of an MMO. We don't really think about it that way,...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever artificially limit your MMO character?
Every so often, the default challenge in an MMORPG may be to easy or rote for you. And so even if the game doesn't...
The Daily Grind: What do you think LOTRO’s new class will be?
Last night, Standing Stone Games dropped a huge 2023 roadmap for Lord of the Rings Online, and buried at the very end was the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite abandoned MMO system?
Some MMOs are really good about refining and updating systems introduced early in the game's lifespan, and while they may not be perfect, you can...
The Daily Grind: How often do you change your character’s race?
In my several lengthy stints going through Final Fantasy XIV, I noted with wry amusement that there seemed to be a segment of that...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any regrets about your past behavior in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, Justin and I answered a question on the MOP Podcast about bad habits engendered by MMOs, and both of us...
The Daily Grind: Do you like pop-up landscape quests in MMOs, or do you require quest-givers?
So I was playing Lord of the Rings Online the other day, going through Paths of the Dead on my way into Gondor. I...
The Daily Grind: What about your favorite MMO keeps you coming back?
So let's be honest: The positive things we say about our favorite MMOs to those curious are not usually the same as what actually...
The Daily Grind: Do you love or hate MMO pet classes?
In one of his recent Choose My Adventure columns, MOP's own Chris made a shocking admission: He really doesn't like pet classes. Like, ever....
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you no longer anticipating?
There are several MMOs I'm no longer anticipating or even expecting to launch at this point, but let me pick one of the former...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO meme?
You might assume that my favorite MMO meme of all time comes from Final Fantasy XIV, and let's not front, that game is a...
The Daily Grind: What MMO hill would you die on?
As this is the internet, everyone is absolutely required to have an opinion on everything. There are degrees of conviction, of course, and how...
The Daily Grind: What might be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
In years past, we used to run a Daily Grind asking which MMO would be the next to go free-to-play, but at this point,...
The Daily Grind: Who told the biggest gaming fib of 2022?
Last year, Bobby Kotick's many fibs eclipsed everything else. This year, I have a couple of fibs in mind, foremost among them Unity CEO...
The Daily Grind: What’s the fastest way to get you to bounce off an MMO’s endgame?
World of Warcraft is already struggling to hold my attention at the level cap. It's not the repetition that gets to me, it's the...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever organized and run an MMO player event?
I seem to recall learning through our Daily Grind conversations that quite a few of you are or have been guild officers and leaders...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2023?
Last year, I had a hard time with this annual Daily Grind, and that's because "expensive" depends entirely on what you have to buy...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content feels disproportionately draining to you?
Dungeons back in World of Warcraft's launch day were not actually all that long. Even given that basically everyone geared and specced badly, the...
The Daily Grind: What MMO present have you given yourself lately?
I have a little personal tradition where every holiday season, I give myself the gift of a game (or three) that's on sale. I...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO was the biggest contributor to killing the genre in 2022?
This provocative Daily Grind has been in our annual top-of-the-year rotation since 2016, and I'm gonna keep it that way because I think it...
