MMO's are hard to make which is why WOW: Legion is still kickin butt vs everything else that came in this genre over these last 12 years. There is clearly something flawed in the approach of game design in this genre for this to remain for so long especially how WOW itself has allowed others to capitalize on its very poor performance in its last 1-2 expansions yet no one took that opportunity to present a superior product.
The End.
WOW legion is doing well because of addiction. Its not that the games are any good. People that buy every expansion since launch are the majority of players in WOW that pay monthly that are not botters/gold sellers.
Blizzard has many addicts, especially mostly in WOW. Any game they release will always have an instant 10 million players or so at launch, even when they use technology from the 90s, poor UI, poor environmental graphics, poor combat, it doesn't matter, addicts will be addicts.
I bet you like indie bands because the didn't "sell out". Go back to your hipster ipa beer.
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what
it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience
because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in
the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you
playing an MMORPG?"
So no MMORPG.com guild starting up since 90% of us will be playing in 2 days? Even if its a new server, can be 1-100 in a day anyway or pop a DH. Then we can make a raid full of DH's and someone can waste a boost on a priest or something.
Somehow I don't think it is hard to make design an MMO.
The way I see it, an MMO doesn't really have to be super detailed, but it probably ought to be very complex, which then would rely on clever ideas and lots of coding. Instead of relying on creating lots of art assets, that suck up a lot of resources and time.
With tech advancing every year, seemingly, relying on the known good stuff would probably be enough, instead of necessarily chasing ground breaking feature for more fidelity.
I guess limitations with networking tech would be a predicament that has to be respected, and possibly worked around, if posing dire limitations to any multiplayer scenario.
Presumably, any game that makes use of solely npc's for combat, could perhaps remove the tricky issues with synching the gameplay, removing the spastic movement and choices of a player, but that's just one idea.
Meh, when you already have great MMORPGs like EVE who needs anything new?
Seriously, more interesting MMOs than WOW are on the near horizon.
I'm depserately looking for one. I see none.
I like to tank big dragons alongside large groups of players. Where do I go?
Then why are you missing out of Tera or Wildstar
Tera is alright and the older classes are supposedly getting revamps to play smoother like the newer ones, but I wouldn't honestly count on Wildstar. On steam charts, it barely doing better than Rift and NCSoft will definitely cut it if it doesn't pull its weight there.
Meh, when you already have great MMORPGs like EVE who needs anything new?
Seriously, more interesting MMOs than WOW are on the near horizon.
I'm depserately looking for one. I see none.
I like to tank big dragons alongside large groups of players. Where do I go?
Then why are you missing out of Tera or Wildstar
Tera is alright and the older classes are supposedly getting revamps to play smoother like the newer ones, but I wouldn't honestly count on Wildstar. On steam charts, it barely doing better than Rift and NCSoft will definitely cut it if it doesn't pull its weight there.
I really like Tera. I think the combat is fun and the game generally looks good. However, I think Bluehole really brings the game down.
They seem to be more focused on adding new swimsuits to game. Then the actually game play. Kinda puts a damper on it for me.
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I bet you like indie bands because the didn't "sell out". Go back to your hipster ipa beer.
Epic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent.
"At one point technology meant making tech that could get to the moon, now it means making tech that could get you a taxi."
The way I see it, an MMO doesn't really have to be super detailed, but it probably ought to be very complex, which then would rely on clever ideas and lots of coding. Instead of relying on creating lots of art assets, that suck up a lot of resources and time.
With tech advancing every year, seemingly, relying on the known good stuff would probably be enough, instead of necessarily chasing ground breaking feature for more fidelity.
I guess limitations with networking tech would be a predicament that has to be respected, and possibly worked around, if posing dire limitations to any multiplayer scenario.
Presumably, any game that makes use of solely npc's for combat, could perhaps remove the tricky issues with synching the gameplay, removing the spastic movement and choices of a player, but that's just one idea.
They seem to be more focused on adding new swimsuits to game. Then the actually game play. Kinda puts a damper on it for me.
It's still a fun though