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Originally Posted by Mblake81
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Nope. Here we 30 somethings are sitting around playing a 20 year old game and arguing over if a spot of rust should be on the tailpipe of this restoration. IMO PC gaming didn't go to brave new frontiers, instead and perhaps due to the OS company jumping ship, we have been reduced in a modern sense to being an upgraded console using console games software in some hack ideal of trying to please everyone.
I should be playing a 2019 CRPG, maybe an MMO or something. Sorry I have disposable income but not for microtransactions and foolishness.
(Old heads called games like EQ foolish because it was opening the door for paying for a game outside of the initial purchase at the store. They were right.)
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I kinda disagree. MMO's were a bit of an exception to the rule. because of the static nature of your character, and the constantly online status. Servers are expensive, and as populations grow, more and better servers are required to keep up with demand. Not to mention staff for customer service etc, development staff for regular updates etc.
I've played a lot of MMO's since EQ; most recently ESO-- And I find the experience is leagues better when you have a mandatory sub, because that puts less focus on micro transactions and gives devs incentive to create new content solely obtainable through in-game efforts. ESO for example, has no mandatory sub these days, and most of the content updates are centered around cash shop items. Since I pay the sub for ESO anyway, I'd prefer the items be obtainable via gameplay and the subscription model be mandatory.