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The Daily Grind: How important are player economies to MMORPGs?
One of the more alarming trends in MMORPGs from the past few years, to me anyway, is the weakening of in-game economic systems, and not...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever take vacation (or sick) days to play MMOs?
Every time there's a big video game launch, MMORPG or otherwise, I see people joking about calling in sick or taking vacation time to...
The Daily Grind: Does multi-guilding hurt MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader Josh wrote into the podcast recently -- in fact, we're answering his whole email on this afternoon's show -- about the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst for ‘trash pulls’?
A week or two ago, Blizzard Watch had a post up polling its readers about which trash pulls in WoW they hated the most....
The Daily Grind: How much do you really care if your MMORPG is super successful?
Earlier this week, we reported on a SuperData revenue ranking report that showed World of Tanks pulling in more cash than World of Warcraft's...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most stable MMORPG (besides WoW) right now?
Massively OP reader Gail made an interesting observation in one of the City of Heroes Master x Master drama threads about what she called "corn...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on depictions of animal cruelty in MMORPGs?
Last week, when Guild Wars 2 revealed its latest minipet, there was a minor squabble on the forums as some players objected to it....
The Daily Grind: How do you channel your anger in MMOs?
I don't get super angry in MMORPGs anymore -- if something really upsets me, there are 20 other solid games waiting for my attention....
The Daily Grind: What one thing should MMORPGs do to increase player retention?
Zubon at Kill Ten Rats recently spied a lovely tidbit over on Dr Richard Bartle's blog. Bartle, I shouldn't need to type, is considered...
The Daily Grind: Do you roll multiple MMO characters of the same class?
I'm closing in on "done" -- my own peculiar version of done, anyway -- on my ninth character in Guild Wars 2. I've rolled...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?
Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...
The Daily Grind: How many MMOs are you currently playing?
After a long time of fighting my habits, I have finally figured out that I just need to stick to one MMO, maybe two,...
The Daily Grind: How often do you play outside your comfort zone in MMORPGs?
During the first couple of years I played MMORPGs, I was a pretty timid gamer in terms of my comfort zone for actual content. It...
The Daily Grind: Does World of Warcraft need another new class?
During this week's podcast, Justin expressed some frustration over his efforts to enjoy an alt in World of Warcraft. All of his characters, he...
The Daily Grind: What provokes you to kick MMO group members?
Yesterday, Blizzard Watch writer Dan O'Halloran recounted -- unfavorably -- dispiriting tales about looking-for-raid scenarios in World of Warcraft that end in vote-kicking --...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO dev ever incorporated your feedback?
In the comments of my last Daily Grind on bad newbie advice, Massively OP commenter Veldan noted that while he agreed ragequitting was a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst advice you were given as an MMORPG newbie?
Join a guild.
It's the first thing everyone tells someone entering an MMORPG, whether she's a newbie or a returnee. I've even given the advice myself....
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?
In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
The Daily Grind: When do ‘offensive’ guild names go too far?
Oh, it just wouldn't be a week without some EVE Online drama, now would it? The latest episode revolves around an alliance whose name,...
