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The Daily Grind: What were the worst mistakes made in the history of MMORPGs?
A few weeks back, in his retrospective on The Secret World, MOP's Tyler opined that Secret World Legends (or more specifically, the decision to reboot...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most cancel-worthy MMO opinion?
You know you've got one - an opinion that's earnest but not shared by most folks in the MMORPG genre.
For me, it's that I...
The Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft come to Steam?
Yesterday, several members of the MOP staff were chatting about Overwatch 2's icy reception over on Steam. "This is a lot of leftovers and a...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal MMO aesthetic?
I had to giggle a while back when a Blizzard developer described Diablo IV's aesthetic as "dark noodles." That's just so perfect, and it...
The Daily Grind: Which deeply held MMO belief have you totally changed your mind about?
Let's normalize changing our minds in the face of better evidence and data, eh?
I grew up in MMOs when it was fine and sometimes...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever use MMOs to do things you can’t do in real life?
My allergies have been so dreadful this spring and summer that I've really struggled - going outside literally means risking serious rashes as pollen...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?
I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...
The Daily Grind: Have your opinions on MMO PvP changed over the years?
One of the first columns I penned for MOP after we went indie was a column about what I wanted from serious MMO PvP....
The Daily Grind: Does the treadmill of gear obsolescence drive you batty in MMORPGs?
A while back, I was hanging out in Lord of the Rings Online when I spied a conversation in world chat that we've all...
The Daily Grind: What’s a type of MMO content you don’t play but do want in the game?
By happenstance, I found myself rereading the comments of Eliot's 2022 article on World of Warcraft's then-latest excuse not to do housing, and I...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most recent screw-up in an MMORPG?
Last weekend, I logged into SWG Legends after good long while of playing other MMOs. I knew I'd been neglecting my vendors (sorry, shoppers!),...
The Daily Grind: Knockdown in MMOs sucks. What should replace it?
OK, I should rephrase. Knocking down doesn't suck. Knocking down your enemy flat on his butt so you can whomp on him is hilarious....
The Daily Grind: How many people are on your top MMO’s friends list?
Back in June, Blizzard announced that it was doubling the Battle.net friend list cap from 200 to 400 friendos, and I saw a bunch...
The Daily Grind: Does playing MMOs with your kids ever frustrate you?
I love my kids, and I love that my kids are growing up to be smart and healthy people and gamers, but man, there...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO to play if you’re flat broke?
There are lots of reasons to have a non-existent budget for MMOs. Maybe you're a kid, or maybe you're saving for a house, or...
The Daily Grind: What argument about MMOs do you wish people would stop having?
I think if you've been around in the genre long enough, you start to see the wheel come full circle and you realize that...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any real-world skills that have come in handy in MMOs?
We've talked before about the skills we've picked up in MMOs; for example, I have several friends from countries all over who honed their...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever run MMO dungeons with a one-class group?
A few weeks ago, MOP's Colin mentioned that he's fond of Guild Wars 2 strikes specifically because there's no gear requirement or meta rules,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO feature hasn’t been developed as well as it probably should’ve since the dawn of the genre?
Underwater anything. That's my pick.
Ultima Online didn't have swimming, just boats, but Classic EverQuest rather impressively had full-scale underwater zones and underwater combat from...
The Daily Grind: How often do you ‘stop and smell the roses’ in MMOs?
When you buy the mount speed upgrade in Lord of the Rings Online's store, it comes with a special skill: Smell the Roses, which...
