What would it take for a new mmo to recapture the feeling of eq?

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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think there's something to be said, perhaps an argument to be made about the role MMO immersion plays in the amount of time the average MMO player spends in game.

Most gamers I talk to outside of our secluded P99 world don't really want anything to do with an online gaming community. In fact, the sole reason a lot of people turn to video games is because they want an escape from social situations, not to be subsumed into them while they're trying to level up or acquire gear.

But on the main point here - that community defines the feeling of EQ - you're absolutely correct. I just tend to think that that's another problem as to why the game is so incredibly immersive and demands that you spend as much time playing it as you would spend in any other endeavor in your life. And at the end of the day, I don't think we'll ever see anything more than a small audience tucked away in the corner of the internet willing to broadcast a substantial amount of interest in it.

Or I dunno, maybe I'm wrong.

I disagree on the time point mainly because when I'm busiest irl this game has been what I've enjoyed the most to fill in the gaps. A lot of other games don't feel immersive but demand time, demand you be the best or strongest. Eq is just an experience I really find it fun to play even casually. My main problem is I actually tend to get burned out on eq; I can't play it for months without getting tired of it. In a way eq is bad for dev profitability because it kinda scares people away but it's really so fun to play and immersive.