<ul><li>World of Warcraft and The First Descendant are two grindy games with opposite approaches to time-gating.</li><li>WoW heavily relies on daily/weekly lockouts, incentivized by subscription income, while TFD has minimal time-gating.</li><li>WoW's time-gating narrows player progress gaps, but TFD demands extensive runs for the best rewards.</li><li>The article's author prefers TFD due to its flexible, non-time-gated nature, allowing more relaxed gameplay.</li><li>TFD lacks content variance, with repetitive missions, suggesting a need for randomized elements.</li><li>The article suggests improvements for TFD's grind mechanics to enhance player experience.</li><li>WoW is seen as less likely to change its grind approach, given its subscription model and content stretching motives.</li><li>A compromise approach, offering generous daily/weekly bonuses for early runs, is proposed for grind mechanics.</li><li>The article concludes that while preferences vary, TFD's flexible grinding has appealed to the author.</li><li>The gaming landscape is evolving towards more flexible grind mechanics, as explored in Not So Massively by Tyler Edwards.</li></ul>

Not So Massively: Comparing the grinds of World of Warcraft and The First Descendant

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