The Grind

[Morreion]

The Daily Grind: How much grind is too much? (Massively)

*coughs*Aion*coughs*

Disguising the grind (Massively)

Repetitive gameplay is an essential part of modern MMOs. It provides us with a linear exchange rate between effort and reward, keeps the learning curve down and ensures we always know what to do in quests. It's the content designer's job to turn that repetitive gameplay into something interesting so that it doesn't feel like a grind. I can't help but feel MMO developers are continually hit-or-miss in that regard and gameplay suffers as a result.

[Regolyth]

The only type of grind I don't mind is realm ranks (DAoC/WAR). It's because I kill players to achieve those ranks, which is fun. It's exciting to do that. Mindlessly running dungeon after dungeon, or trying to get faction is ridiculous.