Whoops, I made a whole wall of text and somehow missed the point. I do think story-oriented power creep is absolutely a thing, but I also think an MMO that chooses to focus on it's narrative or world building should have mechanisms to wind down …
The best and easiest advice for a "Content drought":
Play a different game until you want to come back to the game. In fact, with XIV YoshiP encourages it because he wants you to not be bored. It is EXTREMELY easy with an MMO for the content t…
Idk. This type of game was niche enough when Elsword/Rusted Hearts/Etc came out, several other copycats have died (Critika Online to name just one) out, and Mihoyo already has a pretty steady fanbase that is exclusively Genshin or exclusively Honkai…
Kirzan said:
And these guys are supposed to be making the next generation EverQuest title.
On top of what the other poster said....
The team that engineered the old EQ programming, the current team running it (mostly), and the…
My opinion on this is extremely mixed. Sometimes it works well and it's fine, other times it leads to disaster because the monetization model is just outright atrocious.
Let's take Everquest 2. Originally a Subs-Only game with a yearly Box Pri…
Tiller said:
Is "World of Warcraft Killer" even still a thing?
Not really, because WoW has become the king of killing itself and will continue to be the king of killing itself lol.
The game was already bleeding what little fanbase it had, due to the explicit lack of a game after more than five years of development.
To suggest it would be "outdated" once it releases if it keeps the current pace is an understatement. Used t…
The closest thing to RP I ever got in an MMO was Kingdom Heroes, and it was really because it was pushed hard by the game to sorta do that. Was the leader of one of the largest guilds on the Wu factions, and we had five really good guilds in total t…
Terazon said:
I wish mmorpgs this long in the tooth would expand inward instead of out.
create new systems and new ways to play and experience older content instead of just adding new new new. (Which honestly is the same kind of stuff over…
kRuptz said:
Item shop games make more money than subscription based or they wouldnt exist
They make more money short term, sure. It's been proven multiple times over.
A game with a box price and a sub makes more money long t…
Nice to already have something to look forward to in 2024. An MMO doesn't necessarily need to break new ground, "solid" is actually an extremely hopeful outlook to have lol.
My first MMO was Everquest. I play it still from time to time, mostly on the progression servers. I find my taste in Live's content to be waning, tbqh. Everquest II is also in a state where if I do play it, it's mostly on TLPs as well.
RIFT die…
Sovrath said:
jitter77 said:
Seems like a lot of time and $$ to focus on such an old game. Should just start making a new one
It depends on how much the game makes. Why should a new game be made, millions spent, wh…
UI certainly reminds me of minimalist KMMOs. I bet you this one is going to be PvP centric, rely heavily on either 100% daily participation in the game or spending boatloads of cash. The world lore will be sparse and meaningless, the story will be b…
Gameplay and systems - crafting, exploration, combat, dungeons; all of it - matter singificantly more than Graphics imo. Especially seeing as newer games often require extremely expensive PCs (or the knowhow to build your own) to avoid melting alrea…
Will be interesting to see what they do, whether it is some sort of online game or even just an RPG. Hopefully $55m can get something substantive enough running.
A more RP Centric MMO already exists and has been relatively successful for years. Mabinogi puts a much greater emphasis on personal progression of non-combat skills and integrates crafting, mercantilism, etc into the core gameplay.
That said, …
ashiru_1978 said:
jlinslegit said:
i love this game so much, yet I am so oblivious to how to progress past GoD and i get so discouraged. trust me i know there are plenty of guides/add ons out there so please someone point me into …