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The Daily Grind: What’s the best present an MMO ever gave to you?

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Let's be frank: While it certainly is enjoyable to give gifts, very few of us are going to be upset to be on the...

The Daily Grind: Should MOBAs have an ‘endgame’?

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Earlier this week, RPS did a piece on Jeffrey Lin, League of Legends' "social systems" dev. One question about the MOBA's "endgame" struck me because he...
To be fair, some enemies would fear a hatchet.

The Daily Grind: When is an MMORPG rare drop too rare?

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The new Anima Weapon quests have me started on that process over in Final Fantasy XIV. It's a slow process toward the high end,...

The Daily Grind: Is early access creating gated MMO communities?

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I'm not generally interested in early access programs these days. For one thing, there are so many fully fleshed-out MMOs on the market that...

The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO ‘harbinger of failure’?

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Earlier this year, blog Kill Ten Rats wrote about "Harbingers of Failure," a term coined by a quad of marketing researchers to describe people...
Appreciable?

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio maintains the best community presence?

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Last week, when the Massively staff was debating internally which MMO company deserved our best MMO studio of 2015 award, I argued that overseas studios...
Bear bomb!

The Daily Grind: What MMO has the best character hairstyles?

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We talk a lot about systems for changing the look of what your character is wearing, but what we don't talk about nearly enough...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best wardrobe system?

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I think about MMO fashion a lot because I'm a weird person who doesn't get invited to a lot of parties (or maybe it's...

The Daily Grind: Do you roll new characters when you return to an MMO?

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It's been a really long time since I logged into Lord of the Rings Online to do anything other than pay up my hobbit...
Getting carded.

The Daily Grind: Will you try Epic’s Paragon MOBA?

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I hadn't heard of Paragon before last weekend, but after watching the brief gameplay clip that Epic released to tease its upcoming MOBA, I'm...

The Daily Grind: What MMOs would you recommend to others?

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One of the most common questions I see floated out on Reddit, forums, and Twitter in relation to MMOs is, "What should I play?"...

The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?

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I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite voxel-based game?

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Every time I play Space Engineers, or even write a post about it, I'm blown away by the recent planetary update. The sheer size...
Test pattern.

The Daily Grind: What aspect of modern MMO testing bothers you?

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Beta testing doesn't bother me. Alpha-testing as a public thing doesn't bother me too much either. But pre-alpha? You're calling what you're doing a...

The Daily Grind: Will we ever see a smash hit mobile MMO?

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I acknowledge the fact that not every MMO fan is craving for a more portable online gaming experience. There's a lot of wariness out there,...

The Daily Grind: How can MMORPGs capitalize on the success of single-player sandboxes?

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Yesterday, Wired published an intriguing editorial that argued "open worlds are changing how we play videogames." Author Jake Muncy is talking about single-player games,...

The Daily Grind: Do you buy max level MMO characters?

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The recent news about Lord of the Rings Online's insta-95 struck me as odd. Not only is LotRO's endgame pretty crap, but if ever...

The Daily Grind: What rules would you make for flying mounts in MMOs?

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Some MMOs eschew the entire idea of flying mounts. Some have them in from day one, while others add them in at a later...
No one weekend should have all that power.

The Daily Grind: What makes a really great MMO community manager?

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When Funcom hired new community managers a few weeks ago, some readers questioned why we'd cover it. Big whoop, community managers are glorified retweeters,...

The Daily Grind: Did you find any MMO deals over the weekend?

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So Black Friday has come and gone, and now I guess it's Cyber Monday, or something like that? I don't know; I don't pay...

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