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The Daily Grind: What’s your most nitpicky criticism of an MMO you otherwise like?
As much as I do generally like Star Trek Online, there are problems with the game. Some of these are substantive problems, like how...
The Daily Grind: Are there any actually good MMO summer festivals?
I think we all know that MMO developers save their top-tier festival material for the one-two punch of Halloween and Christmas. And while that...
The Daily Grind: What’s the grindiest MMORPG still alive in 2021?
On last week's podcast, I joked that Albion Online's grind is deceptively short because once you get to what appears to be the outer...
The Daily Grind: How long do you want to wait between MMO patches?
Two hundred days and change. That's how long World of Warcraft players will have been waiting for the first big post-Shadowlands update by the...
The Daily Grind: What sort of character options do you gravitate toward in a new MMO?
Look, I consider myself a simple person with straightforward tastes. Give me a new MMO and I am going to go for dual-wielding swords....
The Daily Grind: What MMO class sings to you the most?
The other day I was watching a video in which the commenter noted that players should pick a class "that sings to you the...
The Daily Grind: Are you picking anything up in the Steam Summer Sale?
Steam's summer sale is upon us once again, this time with a bit of a choose-your-adventure theme. Steam always has a summer sale right...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had to try an MMO multiple times before getting into it?
I have literally lost count at this point of how many times I've seen posts on the Final Fantasy XIV subreddit from someone saying...
The Daily Grind: Is it too late for others to start your MMO?
One of the eternal questions that you'll see asked in every MMORPG's Reddit, forum, and discussion is if it's too late for a new...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a LOTRO Classic server?
Lord of the Rings Online devs surprised players this past weekend by saying that a Classic server for LOTRO might be on the table,...
The Daily Grind: Do you like PvP battlegrounds in MMOs?
I know it's cool to hate on battlegrounds in MMOs, but I kinda don't. I cut my teeth on scrappy open-world gankbox PvP, and...
The Daily Grind: What do you do to be social in an MMO?
People have been saying to me for years that MMO are less social these days. I've never really understood why; I'm still as social...
The Daily Grind: Should Bethsoft add multiplayer to Starfield?
Starfield is not going to be a multiplayer game, let's just say that upfront. Bethsoft's expertise is in single-player RPGs, if you ask me,...
The Daily Grind: Do you use the same name in multiple MMOs?
A friend of mine uses the same name in every single MMO he plays. To protect his identity, I'm going to claim that the...
The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs offer class swapping?
I'm sure that a number of you are trying out Crowfall's beta and experiencing its special design of allowing players to jump into and...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever fallen in love with MMO-ish content in non-MMOs?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a thread I spotted on the MMORPG subreddit a while back. The author was talking about stumbling into...
The Daily Grind: How do you introduce friends to old MMORPGs?
Whoever said that teachers teach because they can't do has never tried to teach someone new how to play an old MMORPG. Holy crap,...
The Daily Grind: What sort of monster do you love to kill in an MMO?
We've made jokes before about how MMORPGs have certain predictable elements in their bestiaries. After all, most games feature the really cute thing (or...
The Daily Grind: What camping options do you wish your MMO had?
I've always been a little disappointed in how most MMORPGs ignore camping as a basic feature of the game. After all, we're spending so...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any clue what’s going on in your MMO’s storyline?
Nobody likes to look stupid, so many times we'll keep our mouth shut instead of asking for clarification and explanation. I speak, of course,...
