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The Daily Grind: How many MMOs are you willing to play at the same time?
Working for Massively is not good if you want to avoid hearing about new and interesting games. During my first year on the job, I would pile MMOs on my plate left and right as I heard something about one title or another. At this point, I've reached an acceptance that I can really play about three games with any consistency, so when another game gets added to the mix, one has to fall off. That means that WildStar is going to be kicking some other game in my rotation to the curb when it finally comes out. Some people would rather be serial monogamists with games, playing only one game for a few months, then another one game for a few more months, and so forth. Others take advantage of the widespread free-to-play model to play all the games in short bursts. Today we want to know where you draw the line. How many MMOs are you willing to play at the same time? Even if you dip into other titles occasionally, how many games do you consider yourself to be actively playing at once? Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
Ask Massively: Format changes for big questions
Potaco asked a great question two weeks ago for Ask Massively, one that I'm going to just post right here: "As a contributor to a gaming site that involves keeping up with many, many, many MMOs, do you find it harder to commit to a single game than before being forced to be exposed to so many?" Naturally, I could have answered the question simply for myself. But we're a diverse bunch here at Massively, with different tastes and opinions and experiences. Any answer I gave wouldn't reveal the whole picture, so I turned to the rest of the team and posed the same question. The resulting column was so big that I had to steal an entirely different feature's format just to make everything easy to read. (Hopefully the guy who does it won't mind.) As always, if you've got a question you'd like to see in a future installment, mail it along to ask@massively.com or leave it in the comments below. Questions may be edited for brevity and/or clarity.
The Daily Grind: How do you juggle multiple games?
So you're jumping back into playing your favorite character on, say, Champions Online, and you press the button that you're pretty sure is bound to your energy-building power. It's only a minute later as you stare at an empty gauge and watch your health slowly disintegrate that you realize you hit the button bound to your opening skill in Guild Wars, because you've been playing that more lately. So then you mentally adjust to the keybindings that are, you soon recall, for your Fighter/Monk in Dungeons and Dragons Online... and then you remember what you had bound on Champions Online, but it doesn't matter because you've died. Everyone has done it. (Probably.) If you're reading Massively, you very likely have more than one game that you play on a regular basis. That means there's always the issue of remembering different keybindings, abilities, playstyles, et cetera. And all this doesn't even mention the problem of varied amounts of playtime. So, how do you juggle multiple games? Do you allot certain times to certain games, do you follow your interest at any given moment, or is it all more or less random? If you've tried multiple methods, what's worked the best for you?
