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Originally Posted by Wakanda
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All I read is about how EverQuest sucks, but nothing about why other MMOs grew in popularity even when they couldn't compete with EQ in it's prime time.
It would be similar if WoW fell off hard, and 20 years from now everyone was playing Rift, WildStar or SWToR and had no clue what WoW was.
That's how it feels.
And I'm not hating on y'all either. Why should people who never played Runescape or UO or other old school MMOs that are way more popular than EQ be able to explain why. They obviously have no clue either. But it is interesting to ponder about.
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It is all relevent tho on why EQ never got as popular as those games. All the stuff WE love about EQ, regular joes DO NOT. Throw in the ancient graphics, the aging UI, and a gameplay loop that requires you grind mobs over and over like its a 2nd job, and it makes total sense why most players who didnt start out playing EQ are not interested in the game. Hence, why it never got as popular as other mmorpgs.
EQ really is not new player friendly. To me, and many others, that part is really awesome. I love how EQ doesnt hold your hand at all. To a new player they cant understand how anyone wants to play a game with "bad" graphics, no guidance, harsh penalties, and insanely slow progress.
Wow succeeded because the dev team basically took what EQ was, and removed all of the aspects that would turn new players away. No more harsh penalties for mistakes, no more feeling lost and not knowing what to do, no more grinding mobs only to progress, no more slow leveling, ect.
Another thing worth thinking about is that when EQ first launched, just seeing other real players simultaniously online in a persistant game world was absolutely revolutionary! Chatting with other real players was a humungous draw and one of the coolest parts of the game and the whole experience.
Now though, in the modern age, that isnt cool or exciting anymore. In fact, most people in EQ are very anti social these days. Losing that part of the excitement most certainly made EQ far less appealing to most players. New and old.