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The Daily Grind: How much time do you spend doing non-combat stuff in MMOs?
If you don't watch our streams, you might not have noticed that MOP's Chris and MJ kicked off a series this year in which...
The Daily Grind: Is there any dead MMO you’d play if it were resurrected by blockchain schemers?
Earlier this month, Justin and I jawed on the MassivelyOP podcast about the revival of Kritika Online, which turned out to be an exploitative...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO PvP matchmaking focus on challenge or engagement?
MOP's Sam recently stumbled across an MSM article that quotes multiple streamers and esports players essentially complaining about matchmaking systems in competitive games. The...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMO studios to moderate in-game chat?
Last week, a reader emailed us in frustration over in-game harassment going on in Elder Scrolls Online during Pride month. The reader's guild is...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO requires the least math from players?
I have tried to explain to my kids that they will not stop using math in real life, even if they aren't in a...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs make more effort to corral likeminded gamers?
I've mentioned before that my husband has been playing a lot of Destiny 2 lately (fillin' the ol' Overwatch void), and it's led to...
The Daily Grind: What counts as ‘gear’ in MMORPGs?
As we noted in yesterday's piece on Diablo Immortal, there's been a lot of anger over a Blizzard bluename comment that prior to launch...
The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from MMO guilds?
This morning's question works whether or not you've ever been in or led an MMORPG guild yourself, I think, as you can certainly see...
The Daily Grind: What level of pay-to-win are you willing to tolerate in MMORPGs?
Friend-of-MOP Clowd over at RIFT blog The Ghar Station penned a provocative piece this week proposing for the MMORPG genre a five-tiered system for...
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s population influence your perception of its success?
A few weeks back, there was a flurry of panic on Reddit over the realization that Final Fantasy XIV's Steam counts had fallen 70%...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique hybrid class in an MMO?
Back in the long long ago, the idea of "hybrid" classes and skills sets was a big deal. Classic EverQuest, for example, borrowed from...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO gear enchanting system is the least annoying?
MOP reader Leiloni recently alerted us to an interesting discussion over on the Ashes of Creation forums, where Intrepid is trying to get the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best auction hall system?
I can't remember where I was reading it, but a commenter on MOP recently said that the lack of auction hall in The Elder...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best format for an MMO headstart?
In his retrospective on Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary, MOP's Justin penned a paragraph about a part of the launch of the...
The Daily Grind: How long are you willing to wait for an MMO’s release?
A couple of months ago, The Ancient Gaming Noob ran a piece about Valheim - specifically, about how freakin' long we've all been waiting...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing a ‘morally disengaged murder hobo’ in MMOs?
The Psychology of Video Games podcast recently did a bit on "murder hobos," and yes, Dr Jamie Madigan does point out that the term...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most annoying sound in an MMO?
OK, I realize I am very late to this party, but I just figured out a few weeks ago that Lord of the Rings...
The Daily Grind: Are you sick of crypto and NFT crap in MMOs?
Yesterday, our genre's core subreddit floated a poll to subbers about whether or not crypto and NFT game threads should be characterized as scammy...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite healing style in an MMO?
If I could only pick one healing style forever in an MMO, it's anything that hooks me up with a Grid-like healing tool. That...
The Daily Grind: Why did you leave the last MMO guild you left?
Earlier this spring, Justin penned a Global Chat quoting a blogger who discussed the dissolution of an MMO guild. I don't think the working...
