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The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal ‘throwback’ MMO?
So I was recently doing a piece about Ethyrial and noting its promise of being a throwback to the golden days of MMOs, deliberately evoking...
The Daily Grind: What MMO pets are you rocking these days?
Recently in Lord of the Rings Online, the game's 15th anniversary added lil' corgis to the game world for the first time as vanity...
The Daily Grind: Do you still try to make new friends in MMOs?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired by a Reddit thread from a user who said he was experiencing a bout of loneliness in MMOs, essentially...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you want a mobile spinoff from?
I feel like Warcraft Arclight Rumble was at once exactly what I expected from the promise of a mobile Warcraft title and yet simultaneously disappointing. Like,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way for MMO studios to handle reveals?
One of the follow-up discussions after the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight reveal the other day didn't concern the content of the talk so much...
The Daily Grind: How long do you trial a new MMO class before deciding whether it’s for you?
I've been playing City of Alts... er, City of Heroes lately, and it's inspired today's Daily Grind. See, I like to maintain a list...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best elves?
OK, nobody tell MOP's Justin, but I don't entirely share his hatred of elven races in MMOs. I'm not entirely sure why. I didn't...
The Daily Grind: What MMO-related release within the last five years held up to your excitement the best?
We talk a lot about disappointment here. I talk a lot about disappointment. There are a lot of times when you look forward to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO mount that you adore?
There's normal, there's weird, and then there's weird that's totally up your alley. Sometimes MMOs throw in mounts so strange that you know are...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO inspires the most ragequits – not necessarily from you?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by an email from MOP reader Slava. "I just recently started Black Desert," Slava says. "It was a bit...
The Daily Grind: How long do you play an MMO before deciding to spend money on it?
Investing in MMOs is no longer something you usually need to do up front. More often than not you can log in to a...
The Daily Grind: What MMO classes have the hardest mechanics to grasp?
Not all MMORPG classes are rolled equal. Some are well-known to be so simple and easy to play that you can slam your head...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually play the MMO characters you’ve used level boosters on?
Lord of the Rings Online has posed an interesting conundrum for MMO players with its perhaps overly generous anniversary gifts. Tucked in among all...
The Daily Grind: Are you more likely to delete or bench an MMO toon?
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I hate deleting MMO toons, even when I'm positive I'm never going to play them ever...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio do you find the least believable?
Over the course of several years working in this industry, I have grown more willing to believe some studios and less willing to believe...
The Daily Grind: What’s the greatest way an MMO ever trolled you?
I don't think that cheeky developers can resist trolling players in the nicest of ways every once in a while. Personally, I find it...
The Daily Grind: How would you solve Final Fantasy XIV’s housing problem?
I bought my very first open-world house in an MMORPG as a teenager in 1997. A couple of friends and I decided to pool...
The Daily Grind: How do you prepare for major MMO updates?
Big updates! They're big (yeah, yeah, yeah)! They're not small (no, no, no)! They mean things are going to be changing in your MMO...
The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs include player campsites?
While I was never an active player of Star Wars Galaxies, I was the proud owner of the official game guide (which I read...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any hopes or expectations for WoW’s reveal today?
Just like you, I've seen all the teases and the supposed leaks, and I still don't entirely know what to expect from the World...
