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What are the most overplayed trends in current MMO development?

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  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916
    Just for the record a multiplayer sandbox survival game with 70 player caps on servers is not a MMO.

    It's sad when I type survival sandbox mmo into google and the list is:

    • Ark Survival Evolved
    • Rust
    • Conan Exiles
    • Day Z
    • Last Oasis
    • Population Zero
    • Wurm Online
    • Life is Feudal
    • Chronicles of Elyria
    • Rend
    • Xyson
    • Boundless
    • Citadel Forged with Fire
    Which leads me to my most overplayed trend.

    Calling a game a MMO when it's just multiplayer, no massively multiplayer involved.

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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,043
    edited April 2020
    Nvm

    /Cheers,
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    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

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    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    OP i think you need to understand a little more.

    Some games are utilizing multiple servers so when you see for example 70 player max,that would be ONE node,one map.
    I have also mentioned many times in the past,how many people does one ever see at one time and how many does one interact with?

    A game like Ark  might have 70 on a node but the entire game and the amount of players you could interact with could be a LOT more.

    I would also ask this question,what determines the MMO the login screen or the game?I can tell you this much,a login screen is NOT a game,you could have 500 million people login to a login server but if there not gaming then who cares?

    So on that note,if a developer keeps sticking everyone in an instance where the might only be a maximum of 6/12/18/24 players ,then how is that any different than the games with 70 player max per node?

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  • UngoodUngood Member LegendaryPosts: 7,534
    While many of these strike home.. I think the Bitching about if a game is an MMO is by far the most overplayed trends in Online Gaming right now.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,881
    edited April 2020
    Kyleran said:
    Aeander said:
    I have yet to see an mmo with survival sandbox features. Maybe 1, the ark clone.  Very few open world pvp mmos. 

    Pretty laughable op. 

    My answer, quests for progression. 

    On the contrary. There are tons of them. They're just all kickstarter MMOs that have yet to come out, and may never do so.


    But the real answer - genderlocked Korean jailbait-filled gutter trash. Because that's basically all that is actually releasing these days.
    Ignore ChildoftheShadows.  He's just here to troll and post contrarian opinions that are not based in fact.
    You know I’m right
    No, he's right,  you often do so by adding in unnecessarily caustic comments in the midst of your "reasoned" responses.

    Try not chiding others in your replies by including baiting responses such as "pretty laughable", "lol, sure", "you know I'm right."

    Or...just own up to being what you are, I often do as I enjoy dwelling under the bridge, but am just more subtle, an Online Provocateur if you will.

    Oh topic, OP was referring to the many online multiplayer survival games "released" in recent years, Rust, Atlas, Dark & Light, Conan Exiles, Worlds Adrift, LoA, Life is Feudal, or in the works such as New World and a host of others you'll find with just a bit of research.

    Survival mechanics are even found in FO76, Saga of Lucima (go figure), and others, which (along with FFA PVP in some of the other examples) many feel are just developer cop outs for not producing enough actual content.

    But you know all this, though I feel willfully being obtuse is an overused tool of the trade.  >:)

    Cheers.
    I'm wrong, though you yourself just mentioned "online multiplayer survival games".. you know as well as I do those are not MMOs that's why you didn't say as such.


    Trolling  – (verb), as it relates to internet, is the deliberate act, (by a Troll – noun or adjective), of making random unsolicited and/or controversial comments on various internet forums with the intent to provoke an emotional knee jerk reaction from unsuspecting readers to engage in a fight or argument
    Considering the context here the OP is the actual troll - "Which trends do you think are the most overdone in current MMO development? For me, it's Survival Sandbox and Open World PvP." He picks two topics that are very rare in actual MMO's and I'm certain he's well aware of what he's doing.


    Yes, I could have gone off topic by pointing out most survival games aren't MMOs, but that triggers an entirely different debate.

    I knew what he meant, too many new survival type "games", whether MMO or just multiplayer and too often they choose to go the FFA PVP route, in some form or another.

    Population Zero comes to mind, Last Oasis and soon New World.

    Besides, the question was just what we thought was an overplayed trend, and his OP wasn't really trolling, though your attempt to defend your actions by trying to paint him as one is yet another standard tool in the trollbox, well done.

    Cheers  B)
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  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432
    ONE game to rule them all!

    ONE game for everybody!
    UngoodChildoftheShadows

    - Al

    Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,043
    We can create this revolutionary MMORPG in 2 years for 500.000 bucks. Really.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
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    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • Gamer54321Gamer54321 Member UncommonPosts: 452
    edited April 2020
    Game developers can do no wrong. Am I doing it right?
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  • cameltosiscameltosis Member LegendaryPosts: 3,802
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    There are plenty of other features / trends / paradigms that I dislike, but I think most of them are still early in their evolution and haven't been overplayed (yet). But the two I listed are both things that I feel have no place in the market anymore and that including them at all will be a detriment to the game.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,881
    edited April 2020
    AlBQuirky said:
    ONE game to rule them all!

    ONE game for everybody!
    And its name shall be ....666... Online.

     :# 
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    Should we count expansions/new content being developed and released for existing MMORPGs as "current MMO development"?
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  • ChildoftheShadowsChildoftheShadows Member EpicPosts: 2,193
    Should we count expansions/new content being developed and released for existing MMORPGs as "current MMO development"?
    If the mmo is live, currently being developed, and is following some trend then why not?
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    Should we count expansions/new content being developed and released for existing MMORPGs as "current MMO development"?
    If the mmo is live, currently being developed, and is following some trend then why not?

    Cool.  Then my vote is for Mind-Numbing, Repetitive End Game Gear Grind.  Miserable Skinner Box Treadmills.
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  • UNH0LYEV1LUNH0LYEV1L Member UncommonPosts: 572
    Easy. Action combat and raids.
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  • OrthelianOrthelian Member UncommonPosts: 1,034
    Getting canceled or bought by Tencent or a Tencent appendage.
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  • AkulasAkulas Member RarePosts: 3,026
    Flower breeding, block building, and lms with building are all being over done currently.

    This isn't a signature, you just think it is.

  • Gamer54321Gamer54321 Member UncommonPosts: 452
    Maybe this:

    "Mining" = Smashing rocks easily found on the top of the ground surface.
    AlBQuirky
  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    edited May 2020
    P2W CASH SHOPS - F2P games should be "Pay to progress faster/more quickly" rather than P2W or "Pay to succeed in less than 10 years".

    People that work already pay.  Why?  Because they have less time to invest in playing.  Plus they often have families that require at least some of their free time in order to maintain (w/out getting divorced or w/e).  Some people who play online games even do other things besides play games in their free time.  Regardless of whether they work or not.  Only independently wealthy people can usually afford to pay and play for 8-18 hours a day.

    Free players pay by investing more time and energy into a game than paying players do.  They also perform a service by helping to provide content for those that do pay.  In many MMORPGs, paying players might often have trouble finding players to group with if it weren't for free players.  Games with PVP might find it hard to get enough people to play a match if it weren't for free players.  Only the most popular MMORPGs with the highest populations don't have these problems.  Or usually don't have these problems.

    However, I found that queuing for dungeons/multi-player content in FFXIV could sometimes involve long waiting periods.  Especially for DPS roles.

    The question is, do developers want people to play their games or not?  If they want high populations, they need the free players.  Do they want to encourage the free players to keep playing, or do they want the free players to move on to any other of the numerous F2P games available?

    Also, people that do pay get sick and tired of aggressive marketing practices and designs that are clearly put in place for no other reason than to demand that they pay or demand that they pay more.  Players aren't stupid.  Well, at least not all players are stupid. 

    Games do need to make money.  This is true.  However, there's a difference between good business practices and designs that will encourage people to pay in order to support one's product/company and bad business practices and designs that will encourage people to spend their money elsewhere.


    LOOT BOX GAMBLING

    GAMBLING TO REFINE/UPGRADE GEAR, ENCHANTMENTS, ETC.

    Never lowering prices in the Cash Shop no matter how much money developers have made.  And no matter how old the game is.  Making it harder for free players to play for free.  Even though free players perform a service for these games by helping to provide content for those that do pay.

    BEING MORE CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING CASH COW GAMES THAN INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT.  Better games will draw in more players and make more money in the long run.  I'm pretty sure.

    "We cannot rewrite history's pain, but we can learn from our mistakes."  - lyrics from a song I was listening to recently.


    EDIT:  Another terrible business practice we see in our modern world is that many corporations/companies will treat returning, loyal, or long-term customers with contempt.  They give good deals to new customers in order to hook them in, then try to nickel and dime any and all older customers. 

    (Corporations also seem to treat many of their employees with contempt as well.  Very little loyalty shown to someone who has worked at a given company for years.  But that's outside the scope of this topic.)



    Post edited by Ancient_Exile on
    Ungood
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  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303
    edited May 2020
    Moved the content of this post into my last post above.
    Post edited by Ancient_Exile on
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  • JudgeUKJudgeUK Member RarePosts: 1,693
    1. Survival mmos - not to say a few weren't ok. Just seems like the conveyor belt is spewing out more of the same now.

    2. New game coming to the West - when it's a failed far eastern offering

    3. Crippling pc input to accommodate controllers

    4. Paid beta - if you want me to test, then it's a favour I'm doing you.

    5. Diablo mobile - ok not really relevant just wanted to chuck that in :-)
    UngoodAlBQuirky
  • BrainyBrainy Member EpicPosts: 2,149
    PVP mmos pretending to have PVE to draw PVE players in.
    UngoodbcbullyAeander
  • AmarantharAmaranthar Member EpicPosts: 5,847
    edited May 2020
    P2W CASH SHOPS - F2P games should be "Pay to progress faster/more quickly" rather than P2W or "Pay to succeed in less than 10 years".

    People that work already pay.  Why?  Because they have less time to invest in playing.  Plus they often have families that require at least some of their free time in order to maintain (w/out getting divorced or w/e).  Some people who play online games even do other things besides play games in their free time.  Regardless of whether they work or not.  Only independently wealthy people can usually afford to pay and play for 8-18 hours a day.

    Free players pay by investing more time and energy into a game than paying players do.  They also perform a service by helping to provide content for those that do pay.  In many MMORPGs, paying players might often have trouble finding players to group with if it weren't for free players.  Games with PVP might find it hard to get enough people to play a match if it weren't for free players.  Only the most popular MMORPGs with the highest populations don't have these problems.  Or usually don't have these problems.

    However, I found that queuing for dungeons/multi-player content in FFXIV could sometimes involve long waiting periods.  Especially for DPS roles.

    The question is, do developers want people to play their games or not?  If they want high populations, they need the free players.  Do they want to encourage the free players to keep playing, or do they want the free players to move on to any other of the numerous F2P games available?

    Also, people that do pay get sick and tired of aggressive marketing practices and designs that are clearly put in place for no other reason than to demand that they pay or demand that they pay more.  Players aren't stupid.  Well, at least not all players are stupid. 

    Games do need to make money.  This is true.  However, there's a difference between good business practices and designs that will encourage people to pay in order to support one's product/company and bad business practices and designs that will encourage people to spend their money elsewhere.


    LOOT BOX GAMBLING

    GAMBLING TO REFINE/UPGRADE GEAR, ENCHANTMENTS, ETC.

    Never lowering prices in the Cash Shop no matter how much money developers have made.  And no matter how old the game is.  Making it harder for free players to play for free.  Even though free players perform a service for these games by helping to provide content for those that do pay.

    BEING MORE CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING CASH COW GAMES THAN INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT.  Better games will draw in more players and make more money in the long run.  I'm pretty sure.

    "We cannot rewrite history's pain, but we can learn from our mistakes."  - lyrics from a song I was listening to recently.


    EDIT:  Another terrible business practice we see in our modern world is that many corporations/companies will treat returning, loyal, or long-term customers with contempt.  They give good deals to new customers in order to hook them in, then try to nickel and dime any and all older customers. 

    (Corporations also seem to treat many of their employees with contempt as well.  Very little loyalty shown to someone who has worked at a given company for years.  But that's outside the scope of this topic.)

    First of all, I don't like CS's at all. They remove playable content from the game, and they allow players with the money and willingness to gain advantages. 

    Secondly:
    "The question is, do developers want people to play their games or not?  If they want high populations, they need the free players.  Do they want to encourage the free players to keep playing, or do they want the free players to move on to any other of the numerous F2P games available?" 

    None of this is an issue if the game is better than others. If it's not, then you aren't distinguishing your game from all the others, and you'll be stuck in the same boat. 

    Yes, you can get more players by offering FtP. But if you do that, and also have CS items that allow faster progression or other advantages, then you'll have more-than-not gamers playing for free AND buying those advantages. 
    Then your CS will control you, and not the other way around. 

    Edit to add:
    Oh, and grouping sucks. 
    That means content created for group sizes and controlled. 
    It means players playing with strangers. 
    It means a lack of socialness. 
    It brings all the bad things that other games have experienced. 

    Let players build social groups and enhance that game play. Then they have other players that they know and trust. 
    Let these social groups (guilds) form alliances and give that meaningful game play. (This expands the player pool of trust.)
    That's the reason to not have big Power Gaps.
    It's a much better situation. 

    Once upon a time....

  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303

    Of course I prefer subscription w/out cash shop.  And, yes, a better game will most likely have a higher population.  I was simply writing in terms of the reality we face at present in many games.

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  • AmarantharAmaranthar Member EpicPosts: 5,847

    Of course I prefer subscription w/out cash shop.  And, yes, a better game will most likely have a higher population.  I was simply writing in terms of the reality we face at present in many games.

    That reality is different in the West than it is in the East, for some reason. 
    Eastern gamers seem very willing to buy CS, and much more willing to play PvP it seems. 

    That reality (at least in the West) is also changing. 
    I get a strong sense that Western gamers are tired of the CS's and senseless game designs of static rinse-and-repeat. 
    Things like that run their course. Always. I think we are seeing it all start to crumble. WoW is a clear indication of that, in my mind. But I admit, it's still too early to be certain. 

    Raph Koster had a blog entry years ago about "The Long Tail." It describes this phenomena, and it appears to be happening now. 

    Ahh, his search engine works well. :)
    https://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/29/mmo-long-tails/
    Ancient_Exile

    Once upon a time....

  • Ancient_ExileAncient_Exile Member RarePosts: 1,303

    Of course I prefer subscription w/out cash shop.  And, yes, a better game will most likely have a higher population.  I was simply writing in terms of the reality we face at present in many games.

    That reality is different in the West than it is in the East, for some reason. 
    Eastern gamers seem very willing to buy CS, and much more willing to play PvP it seems. 

    That reality (at least in the West) is also changing. 
    I get a strong sense that Western gamers are tired of the CS's and senseless game designs of static rinse-and-repeat. 
    Things like that run their course. Always. I think we are seeing it all start to crumble. WoW is a clear indication of that, in my mind. But I admit, it's still too early to be certain. 

    Raph Koster had a blog entry years ago about "The Long Tail." It describes this phenomena, and it appears to be happening now. 

    Ahh, his search engine works well. :)
    https://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/29/mmo-long-tails/

    Cool.  I'll bookmark the article and try to check it out later.
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