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The Daily Grind: Should MMO companies host influencer programs?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us by way of commenter Rndomuser, who thought it would be fun to riff on Ashes of Creation's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your oldest memory of epic MMO guild drama?
Let me tell you a story about my first real experience with guild drama. It was back in the days of yore, when I...
The Daily Grind: What’s the earliest test phase you’ve ever played for an MMO?
An early test phase for any MMO has one major drawback, and that's the simple fact that it's not anywhere close to being ready...
The Daily Grind: Are Final Fantasy XIV’s classes too restrictive?
One of my absolute favorite things about Final Fantasy XIV was the baked-in ability to switch out classes (jobs) on the same character. This...
The Daily Grind: When should MMO companies intervene in borky MMO economies?
On this week's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I answered a question about whether MMO studios have a responsibility to monitor and nudge the player...
The Daily Grind: Are you enjoying the pre-patch for The Burning Crusade Classic?
So that pre-patch for WoW Classic was kind of a mess, huh? Players wound up waiting for hours for the maintenance that was supposed to...
The Daily Grind: What should Guild Wars 2 do beyond Cantha?
I know that a whole lot is riding on Guild Wars 2 sticking the landing for End of Dragons. It's not just that Cantha...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs as the designers intended, or do you go your own way?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes courtesy of MOP's resident meme-maker, Schlag Sweetleaf, who urged me to write about this after the piece we did...
The Daily Grind: How do you manage your frustration with MMO griefers?
I was hanging out in an MMO's Discord channel a while back when I skimmed through a convo where some folks were grumping about...
The Daily Grind: Would you rather be in a guild of strangers or alone in an MMO?
Back in my day when I started playing MMOs, I took it as pretty well understood that you were going to want to join...
The Daily Grind: How long do you need to wait to ‘recharge’ your MMO enthusiasm?
Whenever I leave an MMO -- usually because I'm approaching boredom or burnout -- I recognize that there's a good chance that I'll be...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you watch but don’t play?
I've seen a few folks in our comments and Reddit lately mention that they like MMOs - but that they're more interested in watching...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal play session length in an MMO?
One of the things that always strikes me as interesting is the different opinions regarding what an MMO play session should look like. Some people...
The Daily Grind: Why won’t World of Warcraft add player housing?
Out of all of the many frustrating decisions that Blizzard has made, its stubborn refusal to add a proper player housing system to World...
The Daily Grind: Do you even like classless MMOs, bro
Let's talk about classlessness. A few years after World of Warcraft took off, there was a push in the MMO industry to revive earlier...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sound effect from an MMO?
We tend to pay a lot more attention to music than sound when it comes to MMOs, which is odd because both of them...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s art style is offputting to you?
We all like to think that we're not shallow and that we do appreciate solid gameplay over looks but... yeah, it's about the looks,...
The Daily Grind: What’s the shadiest thing you’ve seen an MMO do lately?
A while back, a prominent MMO studio replied to one of our tweets about its game with a tweet that referred to the game...
The Daily Grind: Should international MMOs have global servers or regional servers?
My first experience with MMOs was Final Fantasy XI, and so it was weird to me when I started getting some experience in the wider...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of Crowfall’s chances these days?
According to ArtCraft itself, Crowfall looks quite promising to launch in 2021. That is tremendous news to its long-suffering fans, many of whom backed...
