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The Daily Grind: What one simple fix would help your favorite MMORPG?
In the comments of the 490th MOP Podcast, multiple people chimed in to talk about Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion after I said...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is best at making you feel as if you truly belong in it?
I can think of a lot of MMOs that told me in no uncertain terms I didn't belong in them, but not the other way around. Which MMO is best at making you feel as if you truly belong in it - as if it actually wants you there and wants you to feel personally welcomed?
The Daily Grind: Are there any good turret classes in modern MMORPGs?
I blame Classic Guild Wars for my love of the turret class. But Bree, you say, Guild Wars never had a turret class -...
The Daily Grind: Do you say goodbye when you leave MMOs?
In the long long ago, it was so common for MMORPG players to leave a goodbye letter to their guild or server when quitting...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most interesting alchemy system?
You know, I am generally not the kind of person who goes for heavy mage-y things in MMOs, and that usually includes alchemy. I'd...
The Daily Grind: How often do your MMO alts become your mains?
I've been thinking about this question for a while now, as my Engineer has taken my whole heart in Guild Wars 2. I have...
The Daily Grind: What are the most glaring marketing misses in MMOs?
I stumbled over a poignant comment on the Guild Wars 2 forums the other day, in a thread lamenting the lack of good spear...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually care enough about cosmetics in MMORPGs to buy them?
You know, we joke a lot about how "fashion wars is the real endgame in MMOs," but it's not always true. I know there...
The Daily Grind: Do you have an MMO mantra or philosophy?
With Dune Awakening on the way, I've had the Litany against fear in my head - you know, "I must not fear. Fear is...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you saw gamers being wildly kind and generous in an MMORPG?
The other day, I came downstairs and my son beckoned me over to what he was playing. Was he working on his skyscale that...
The Daily Grind: Which dead MMORPG needs a resurrection *and* has a possible path to get it?
A while back, our team was working on a MapleStory piece when we did something we often do when writing about MapleStory: lament the...
The Daily Grind: How much in-game money are you willing to spend on an MMORPG house?
A few weeks back, we did a piece rounding up some of the cool stuff Guild Wars 2 players have been building in Janthir...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs could still use a classic plus mode?
I don't even remember which MMO it was now, but the other day Chris turned in a post that mentioned some MMO and its...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs be blocking election content from chat?
Yesterday, I saw a wild thread on the Fallout 76 Reddit in which a player claimed he was banned for posting a political message...
The Daily Grind: What very un-you-like MMO content do you play anyway?
Guild Wars 2 has somehow gotten me into fishing again. I generally have less than zero interest in fishing, in video games and in...
The Daily Grind: How detailed should MMORPG character creation sliders be?
A few weeks back, there was a fabulous thread on Twitter that dug deeply into the concept of character creation in video games, specifically...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs actually have *good* escort quests?
I've been playing a lot of Guild Wars 2 lately, and my fellow fans will know that traditional escort quests aren't just present in...
The Daily Grind: Are you giving New World a second chance?
As this post is going live and you're reading this, it's Tuesday morning, the New World Aeternum servers are online for Europe and about...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you’re hoping won’t get screwed up before it launches?
MOP's Carlo recently linked us to a thread about the new Heroes of Might and Magic game from Ubisoft, and while the game is...
The Daily Grind: Do you bother leveling much in MMORPG playtests?
Amazon's New World is about to launch Aeternum next week, but I'm still thinking about the playtest. In that playtest, Amazon promised cosmetics to...
