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The Daily Grind: If your favorite MMO announced maintenance mode tomorrow, would you keep playing?
If you'll permit me to butcher the old phrase about getting older vs. dying... maintenance mode sucks, but it's better than the alternative.
Maintenance mode,...
The Daily Grind: Is New World’s travel system tax actually fun?
I mentioned a few days ago in the big list of New World complaints that I was more put off by the Azoth system...
The Daily Grind: Do you keep track of your MMO gaming time, and if so, how?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind on which MMORPGs we played most excessively, and one thing that I pointed out was that...
The Daily Grind: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever bought in an MMO?
There are two types of MMORPG players: the type who spends game currency like there's no tomorrow because it's a video game and why...
The Daily Grind: Does New World need mounts?
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on walking in MMOs, and I happened to mention New World as a game where walking...
The Daily Grind: Is New World’s economy already in trouble?
A couple of weeks ago on the MassivelyOP New World roundtable podcast, we criticized the game's fledgling economy, wondering aloud whether it would perk...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually use the ‘walk’ option in MMOs?
Movement in New World has been a bit of a weird reverse learning curve if you're using to wide range of movement in MMOs...
The Daily Grind: Do you play humans or non-humans in most MMOs?
A while back, I saw a thread on Reddit about how most MMO players pick humans, and questions like this always startle me because...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs suffering from shrinkflation?
I read a piece on The Guardian earlier this month about how shrinkflation is hitting some commodity-based industries. Basically, instead of raising the price...
The Daily Grind: How do you protect yourself from scammers in MMORPGs?
As long as there have been MMOs, there have been MMO scams. If you play, then you know. So you're not going to be...
The Daily Grind: What’s an MMO UI feature you didn’t know you needed until you got it?
New World has a couple of settings I can't recall seeing in many other MMORPGs. It's got a toggle that allows you to flag...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gatherers?
My husband is usually not the kind of person who gets obsessed with crafter-centric MMORPGs, but New World has turned him into a gatherer:...
The Daily Grind: How many ‘mains’ can you juggle in MMOs?
I've been thinking about the concept of alts and mains a bit lately, inspired by Guild Wars 2. I've got 10 characters there, and...
The Daily Grind: When are ‘microtransactions’ too much in MMOs?
Two money-related topics crossed my desk the last couple of weeks. The first was a Reddit topic complaining about microtransactions in MMOs - not the...
The Daily Grind: So, are you playing New World on launch today?
I'd tell you not to plan on playing New World today, but... you're MMORPG players. You already know this advice, and you're probably also...
The Daily Grind: Will New World’s betas hinder or help your launch experience?
Over the weekend, the MMORPG Reddit fostered a discussion about the perils of beta testing, specifically with New World. "New World's endless betas have...
The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?
What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
The Daily Grind: Is Blizzard right to ‘desexualize’ art in World of Warcraft?
Last week, there was a big social media hubbub over World of Warcraft, as Blizzard quietly changed out a pair of obscure paintings in...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played most excessively?
I saw a fun thread on Reddit a while back I thought would be fun to pitch to our community too. The question asked...
