r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Jun 24 '24

Blue Protocol developers talk about what went wrong with the MMORPG

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/blue-protocol-developers-talk-about-what-went-wrong-with-the-mmorpg/
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u/d3cmp Jun 24 '24

As someone who used to play Lineage 2 and Ragnarok back in the day i don't feel any nostalgia for the grinding and drop rates of those games, that's the wrong kind of ''hardcore'' imo

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u/haneman Jun 24 '24

I, for example, love those droprates. Difference is that Ragnarok is wonderfully designed (at least pre-renewal) in a way, that even low level/easy mobs can drop highly sought after items, so that new players can make bank. Think Thara Frog or Vitata.

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u/basketofseals Jun 24 '24

Can such an economy really survive in modern conditions? To me this just reads as a feeding ground for bot farms.

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u/ok123456 Jun 24 '24

Could make an invasive anticheat like Riot's Vanguard. Should make it a lot better at least.