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The Daily Grind: What’s the least effective character you’ve played in an MMO?
Red Mage is pretty unambiguously the worst class in Final Fantasy XI right now. The old trick of the class (enfeebling magic) is now...
The Daily Grind: Do big MMO announcements get you to come back?
I hate the thought that I'm a wishy-washy gamer, easily influenced by big PR announcements and current trends, but I'd be lying if I...
The Daily Grind: Why do you buy from MMO cash shops?
If you still aren't convinced that a great deal of MMORPG monetization is just gambling in disguise, consider that an acclaimed academic on the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best tank class in an MMORPG?
I've teased the late Warhammer Online plenty over the years for its disaster-dungeons, but it had something I've never seen topped in an MMORPG,...
The Daily Grind: What motivates you to try out an MMORPG?
I've seen many designers and players over the years say that a game going free-to-play will attract more players, but I've always wondered about...
The Daily Grind: How bad is your MMO altoholism?
Recently, Larry and I were talking about how much of an altoholic he is in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I think he admitted...
The Daily Grind: What’s been your biggest MMORPG mistake or regret?
I don't like listing off my mistakes and regrets in MMORPGs, but I do have them. I made a giant fool out of myself...
The Daily Grind: Who’s your oldest MMO character who still gets played?
My original two characters in World of Warcraft are no longer around; one of them was deleted and the other is never to be...
The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO are you looking for?
There's no shame in admitting that you're looking for a new or different type of MMO to play. Maybe you just like exploring the...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about NPC party members in MMORPGs?
I've been thinking a lot about classic Guild Wars lately -- the anniversary always does this to me. And one of my favorite parts...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite type of grind in an MMORPG?
Grind is not a thing people generally love in MMORPGs, but what's actually considered to be grind varies wildly from player to player. You...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer smaller or larger servers?
I have joked, not entirely without seriousness, that part of what I like about being on an underpopulated server in Final Fantasy XI is...
The Daily Grind: Is change in MMOs a blessing or a curse?
Lately I've been dwelling on the topic of change in MMORPGs. It's one of the foundational principles of the genre, that these titles aren't...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios be involved in modding their games’ subreddits?
Reddit is a complicated place with more than its fair share of drama, and that drama spills over into the gaming space from time...
The Daily Grind: What elements tend to endear classes to you in MMORPGs?
It's not difficult to find a unifying theme through my main classes in various games. I mainline Enhancement Shaman and Retribution Paladin in World...
The Daily Grind: Have you revisited an old MMO character lately?
The Gnome Warlock you see in the above header is the original Syp, created pre-Burning Crusade in October 2006. She's probably one of my...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?
Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when you levelcap in an MMORPG?
I recently levelcapped another character in Guild Wars 2, my Asura Guardian, and yet as soon as she dinged, some of the spark of...
The Daily Grind: What could get you to love a MOBA?
I am very admittedly not a fan of MOBAs, despite the fact that I quite liked the map type that birthed the genre in...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG has the best personality?
A while back I came to the realization that, for me, a game's personality can be just as much of a make-or-break factor as...
