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The Daily Grind: What’s the best day of the week to launch an MMO update?
A few weeks back, we teased a certain new MMO for launching on a weekend, but in reality, when an MMO launches (or launches...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you like from studios you don’t?
I go 'round and 'round with this topic from year to year as the studios change and flux, which probably makes sense since I...
The Daily Grind: Should players be allowed to vote on an MMO’s design?
Listen, y'all know I love Star Wars Galaxies, and I've been playing on the Legends emu for years. And one of the cool things...
The Daily Grind: What would you say is the best item rarity system in MMOs?
Let's talk about rarity systems in MMOs! The first one I remember was Ultima Online's, and it was text-based without colors and hardly counts....
The Daily Grind: Do you try to hide who you are in MMOs?
Stay with me here for a sec; I swear today's Daily Grind is about MMOs! My husband linked me an article about hummingbirds: Apparently,...
The Daily Grind: Do you use MMORPGs as ‘third places’?
Somebody tweeted an interesting video into my Twitter feed the other day about third places. No, not third place as in a competition, but...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
The Daily Grind: What are the least compelling housing systems in MMOs, and what’s their problem?
I am a huge fan of housing in MMOs, but I've long since learned that just having housing is not nearly enough to attract...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer realistic MMO mounts or pocket mounts?
On the MOP podcast back in September, we answered a question from listener Sergio about neat MMO features with a long-running history in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s more likely to drive you out of an MMO – the gameplay or the fans?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired entirely by this tweet about just traveling along enjoying the heck out of something without interacting with the "fans."...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to interact with your MMO’s economy?
I know there are some folks playing MMOs who hate MMO economies, who don't want crafting to even exist, who don't want any kind...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best dailies?
Listen, I know that right now, the title of this post has provoked a lot of people to ignore the text I'm typing right...
The Daily Grind: Are you hoping for ‘market disruption’ in the MMO genre?
Over the summer, a Twitter user replied to one of our Daily Grinds suggesting that a certain MMORPG was poised to "disrupt the MMO...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs more or less than you used to?
I try - try - to live by the rule that if I wouldn't get up early to play games, I shouldn't stay up...
The Daily Grind: Are you going back to New World for Brimstone Sands or fresh start?
Amazon's New World made two big announcements last week: First, that it's releasing Brimstone Sands on November 18th, and second, that it's releasing fresh...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO trailer of all time?
Ages ago now on the MOP Podcast, Justin joked that New World's Blunderbuss reveal trailer deserved to be on the list of best trailers...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most challenging boss fight you’ve ever attempted in an MMO?
If you're a PvP dungeoneer or raider, you probably have at least one good story about a seriously challenging boss. I don't mean the...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs obsessed with suffering?
Today we're going to play a game I like to call "I saw a cool thread on Reddit months ago and saved the link,...
The Daily Grind: How many MMO toons can you juggle at once?
I may have overdone it with the City of Heroes toons.
I'm currently working on a project to level several dozen characters up so I...
The Daily Grind: Do you engage in ‘mapping’ in explorable MMORPGs?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on "vestigial organ" design in MMOs, and I mentioned Guild Wars 2's leveling system as being...
