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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has a world that seems the most pleasant to live in?
Every so often I find myself thinking that it must be so nice to live in the Shire in Lord of the Rings Online....
The Daily Grind: If you were made into an MMO class, what would you be?
I hate to break it to you, but I am not a ninja. I tried to learn when I was a kid in the...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs be blocking election content from chat?
Yesterday, I saw a wild thread on the Fallout 76 Reddit in which a player claimed he was banned for posting a political message...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs went out on a high note?
I don't hate the Voracious Resurgence in Final Fantasy XI, but I kind of dislike it just because it makes the game's previous narrative...
The Daily Grind: Which upcoming MMOs do you hope will be released next year?
The other day, for some random reason, I was reminded that Hello Games announced Light No Fire late last year, got us all hot...
The Daily Grind: What very un-you-like MMO content do you play anyway?
Guild Wars 2 has somehow gotten me into fishing again. I generally have less than zero interest in fishing, in video games and in...
The Daily Grind: How detailed should MMORPG character creation sliders be?
A few weeks back, there was a fabulous thread on Twitter that dug deeply into the concept of character creation in video games, specifically...
The Daily Grind: Do you fight wipes or try to reset in MMO group content?
So a mechanic just turned half of your group from being participants in a fight into rapidly expanding clouds of vapor. There are two...
The Daily Grind: Do you have a weekly MMO routine or are you more freeform?
World of Warcraft's "weekly reset" on Tuesday eventually became the anchor point around which entire routines were built, including mine. I like the predictability of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs actually have *good* escort quests?
I've been playing a lot of Guild Wars 2 lately, and my fellow fans will know that traditional escort quests aren't just present in...
The Daily Grind: What would entice you to a fresh start server in an MMORPG?
Fresh start servers knock every player of an MMORPG back to zero. Nobody has more money, or more gear, or more advantage beyond learned...
The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs let you filter out or change sounds?
There's an interesting, if lesser known, feature in Lord of the Rings Online that allows players to filter out unwanted sounds from the game....
The Daily Grind: Are you giving New World a second chance?
As this post is going live and you're reading this, it's Tuesday morning, the New World Aeternum servers are online for Europe and about...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you’re hoping won’t get screwed up before it launches?
MOP's Carlo recently linked us to a thread about the new Heroes of Might and Magic game from Ubisoft, and while the game is...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMORPGs you found intimidating to start playing?
So a friend of mine had never played World of Warcraft. This, of course, is fine; there is no test you have to pass...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any completionist characters in MMOs?
When I play MMOs, it seems wrong to me to skip around in the game, bypass quests and zones, and leave areas littered with...
The Daily Grind: Do you bother leveling much in MMORPG playtests?
Amazon's New World is about to launch Aeternum next week, but I'm still thinking about the playtest. In that playtest, Amazon promised cosmetics to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the worst fishing?
I have long been a tireless advocate for the idea that fishing, as a minigame, is not good. I do not care for fishing....
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs perform a soft reboot on their storylines now and then?
Here's the thing when it comes to ongoing narratives, whether they're TV series, a string of novels, or online games: You can't keep escalating...
The Daily Grind: Do you try launch MMORPGs just for the experience?
An hour before the F2P launch of Throne and Liberty last week, I was quietly working and minding my own business when I saw...
