Death of MMOs

name one

Well if you choose an automated gun and just keep pressed the button and wait until everything is dead, yeah that should be boring

But even so bosses and enemies in higher difficulties get pretty aggressive, which is fun

So… what i get is, that this game is just an online game you can play with other people, in a large server….

Is there a specific difference?

Server capacity doesn't mean it's massively multiplayer. The key ingredient is simultaneous and connected gameplay by a massive group of players. If you had 100,000 people playing monster hunter but they're all capped to shitty 4 player instances then it's not an MMO. Just having a graphical chatroom doesn't cut it. Hell if the mechanics aren't in place to support the core gameplay mechanics being shared with a group of people ATLEAST on par with something like BF2 that manages 64 people, then you're not even in the realm of breaking into an MMO due to the simple fact that your game isn't 'massively multiplayer'. A game having a massive playerbase and also being multiplayer doesn't mean it's massively multiplayer any more than 'playing the role of gordon freeman' makes half life 2 an RPG. Otherwise shit like call of duty would be an MMO because all of your account data is stored on the same server as tens of thousands of other players that you may someday join a game with.

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What stops you from playing old MMOs at private servers?
There are OG/early expansions servers for UO, there is 1999 Everquest server, Meridian59 got some servers going, Tibia 7.4 privs are more popular than cancerous 10.xx global, oldschool Runescape privs are alive and well, you might be just missing on good WoW servers since blizzcunts are on full force crackdown against them.

You really don't have to buy into (((modern))) MMOs meme. Private servers for old ass good MMOs are here to stay.
Now go and play whichever mmo gaem you loved, you scrub.

it means that dofus was only "thriving" because most of the playerbase was multiboxing. it genuinely became the only way to get things done

I now regret not getting into something like dofus or ragnarok on their apex. Are they still "world simulation" populated?

PSO2 is not an mmo.
It's a single player game with always online DRM and micro transactions.
You don't call Diablo 3 or POE mmos right?
This shit is the same.

Playing old MMORPGs on private servers is a hollow experience, everyone knows they're playing an old game on a fake server - nothing has any weight. It's like visiting a school you went to - you'll marvel at how small it actually is.