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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: How do you like to play?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pve/" rel="tag">PvE</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eveonline.com"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/03/tdg-playmode-epl-310-1268274038.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
We complain that MMOs are getting narrower and smaller as time goes by, with terms like "themeparks" being thrown around without much affection. But there are still a lot of ways to enjoy yourself in pretty much every game under the sun and games that cater to a wide variety of playstyles on top of that. There are games focused on a strong PvP game (<a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com"><em>Warhammer Online</em></a>, <a href="http://www.eveonline.com"><em>EVE Online</em></a>), games with a focus on PvE content (<a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com"><em>City of Heroes</em></a>, <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a>), and others with a split between both (<em><a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com">World of Warcraft</a>, </em><a href="http://www.guildwars.com"><em>Guild Wars</em></a>).<br />
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Even within that wide spectrum, however, there's a fair variety of options. You could focus on the PvE game in <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/EVE-Online/">EVE Online</a></em> if you wanted, or even just head off into another direction like <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/roleplaying/">roleplaying</a> if you so desired. With all the different ways to enjoy yourself, we ask you today: how do you like to play? Do you prefer PvP, PvE, a mix of both? Or do you prefer alternate progression like crafting or exploration, eschewing the rails that are set down for you by the development team?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/">The Daily Grind: How do you like to play?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19392625/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/03/11/the-daily-grind-how-do-you-like-to-play/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>city-of-heroes</category><category>coh</category><category>content</category><category>eve</category><category>eve-online</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>gw</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>play-focus</category><category>playstyle</category><category>pve</category><category>pvp</category><category>roleplaying</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>war</category><category>warhammer-online</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
