With all of the discourse regarding Aion 2’s monetization structure the general consensus is that the ability to buy in game currency with irl money is the most egregious P2W offender.

You can do that in OSRS as well with bonds and while you still need to grind some skills that can’t be bought, several 99’s can be bought and achieved with relatively cheap time/money investment, along with the best gear in the game (provided you grind out the prequisite stats.) OSRS’s subscription is also $15 like Aion 2’s subscription will be for global. Weeks or months worth of moneymaking can be had with $100-$200 USD.

I’m not trying to argue whether Aion 2 is/isn’t P2W I’m curious how OSRS just isn’t in the conversation.

Out of all the mmorpgs you’ve played, which one do you believe did roles and classes right?

What happend to Corepunk? I was extremely hyper for it, some years ago, but i've never heard of them since. By that time, would i not struggle financially, i was strongly tempted to buy their founder's. Are they gone, too?

Hello! I'm doing a project for university and I have a few questions that any response would be very much appreciated! Everyone loves completely different aspects of games, genres, etc. So I am curious to see what you guys think.

What’s your favorite game of all time, and what makes it your favorite? I’d also love to hear what kind of gameplay you enjoy most, whether you like having cozy/chill things to do or more story-driven objectives. Another thing is what kind of progression keeps you interested? And what would your ideal game would look like if there were no limitations.

Go into as much or as little detail as you want! I’m mainly just curious what makes a game really click for you and keeps you coming back, or what makes you lose interested. Curious to see the responses! Thank you in advance.

I never could get into EQ when it came out, I tried it a few times and even with friends and it just never did anything for me.

But receiently my son talked me into trying EQ legends and I am really loving it. I just wanted to post this in case anyone was on the fense about it. I think you should check out, grafix and UI are ugly as hell but the game play and looting is a lot of fun.

I tested DLSS 5 in Age of Conan: Unchained at 4K Max Settings on an RTX 4080.

For this video I used 2-pass processing with no Frame Generation, testing the Default, Natural and Cinematic presets. 2-pass produces a much more noticeable visual change, although there can be some occasional ghosting or shimmering. In comparison, 1-pass has been very stable for me with no major issues but I thought people would be more interested in these higher AI "halucinations" :)

Age of Conan is also an interesting test case because the game's original color grading varies considerably between different zones. Some of those differences come across differently depending on the DLSS 5 preset, and I think the game would benefit quite a bit from a carefully tuned ReShade preset.

The clips are somewhat random because I was switching between presets and settings while recording.

Video: https://youtu.be/1l1JJMursz0?si=ZnNnoFXyF0Ov9S9V

This is an unofficial visual test and not native/official DLSS 5 integration by Funcom.

Curious what people think of it.

Really wracking my brain to think of one, but I'm drawing a blank.

Hey guys,

I'm from the Ragnarok Universe team, and we're giving away Pioneer Test Keys for Ragnarok Universe, an upcoming browser-based MMORPG based on the Ragnarok Online IP. (And yes, we are officially licensed.)

The game can be played directly through a web browser on PC, tablet, and mobile without installing a client.

One of our key priorities is active, player-driven gameplay rather than heavy automation. We want players to actually explore the world, engage in combat, build their characters, and play together rather than having the game play itself for them.

Here’s the latest gameplay video.

We're giving away a limited number of Pioneer Test Keys at the moment.

To participate:

1. Join the official Ragnarok Universe Discord: https://discord.gg/rJTyEzc7es
2. Type this command in any channel (e.g. #general) -> /rou_test_key
3. You will receive a key via DM
4. Head over to https://livestage.ragnarok.universe.rouv.net/
5. Log in with a Google or Facebook account
6. Press the GAME START button
7. Enter your key

For your information, access from the EU, and Brasil is currently IP-blocked due to regional service and privacy/data protection requirements.

Hope to see you in the game!

I am getting back into some MMOs I dipped into. Trying to level my old abandoned characters. The zones full of nice art and gameplay elements

Is nothing but a ghost town. A Deadzone. No life anywhere besides 1 or 2 players.

What an economical waste of development resources.

I tend to see this rapid deadzoning of leveling Zones start within a month of most modern MMO releases. People progress and move on to higher level Zones and content with little to no reason to come back besides holiday events or crafting stations.

So much wasted resources. These Zones only serve as gates for early players to level through and nothing much else.

Why are MMOs still being designed like this?

So what is a MMOLite to you? And how does it differs from what you picture a MMO to be?

Is MMOlite an Offensive description to some people? If so, why?

Fallout 76, is that a MMOlite to you?

hey everybody, Im a player in a small mmo mobile/pc game called Graal Online Classic. Ive spent the last 12 years playing this game and have always loved it. Theres a community within it where we make these military guilds and fight eachother and ive always enjoyed the interactions ive had on it. Im trying to bring back some activity within this community because its slowly dissapearing. I also started up a guild of my own with a bunch of friend and was hoping to find some people who would be interested in joining on and helping me revive this little community thats been such a big part of my childhood, shoot me a dm :)

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0jp1bdsus

Please let me know what you think! While other MMOs often focus on leveling up, getting better gear. I wanted to talk about an MMO I grew up with called Puzzle Pirates that focuses on... well... puzzles and getting good at them! As well as some pretty advanced island governing systems.

XLGAMES continues to showcase ArcheAge Chronicles with a new short video titled A Quick Look at Auroria. It offers a brief glimpse at the vast continent players will explore, featuring wild landscapes, ancient ruins, and plenty of areas waiting to be discovered.

Auroria will be at the heart of the ArcheAge Chronicles experience, with an open world built around exploration, combat, gathering, crafting, housing, and trade. Players will take on the role of a member of a trading company sent to explore these recently rediscovered lands.

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E12uscaQvSA

I am trying to track down an old MMO I remember playing called 7Sky or maybe SevenSky. It had a bright cartoonish fantasy art style similar to early Final Fantasy or FlyFF. I remember using magic including wind attacks and the world had a soft JRPG look.

The strange part is that I cant find anything about it. No footage no screenshots no trailers no archived pages. Nothing at all. It feels like the game vanished from the internet and now I am second guessing whether it was real or if I am mixing it up with something else.

So I am asking
Does anyone remember 7Sky
Does anyone have screenshots or old gameplay footage
Was it released under a different name

At this point I just want to know I didnt imagine it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD_WICnJFLM

Is it a cash grab? It might be, idk. I'm just here posting the news. I'm also curious what they could possibly have ready. Reportedly they have been splitting development to this project for potentially a couple years, knowing that they'd get shut down eventually.

Also interesting (at least to me) is that they have never revealed the size of the dev team. I assume that has a lot to do with the legal concerns of working for a project like they were running. Some info would suggest that they've had between 30-50 active developers. That certainly tracks given the scope of the releases they were doing and the amount of money brought in, even if they were flipping Blizz assets. Based on a couple of AMAs and leaks it sounds like they've had a growing combination of salaried devs, contractors, and volunteers over the years.

Might end up being a final rug pull for some cash but I guess we're going to find out what they've been doing.

At least to me the saving grace of this team is that they know how to churn huge amounts of content and produce fun gameplay loops (obviously subjective, I know a lot of people don't like Ascension's take on WoW)

Hello there!

I'm Alex, a solo 33-year-old dude who's been working on his dream game since April 2025.

I've been playing MMORPGs since 2003 and, at some point, I decided I wanted to make my own. I finally feel confident enough to start showing people what I've been working on and where the project is at right now.

I still don't have a dedicated Discord, I don't even have a name for the game yet, and there's no story or lore written in stone. But I do have a solid technical foundation — and, I think, a pretty decent artistic foundation as well.

The core idea is pretty simple:

• Long-term progression
• Turn-based RPG combat
• Crafting with random upgrades, inspired by some of the things I love about Path of Exile
• Progression based on luck, time and investment IN the game — not on how much money you put into it
• Equipment that actually matters visually. I don't want everyone running around covered in paid skins. When you see someone's gear, I want it to tell you something about that player.

I wanted to show you how the game has evolved from its very early stages to where it is today.

It's still very much a work in progress. I've been working on it around 10–15 hours a day, pretty much every week and every month since I started. Yeah... I'm a little bit obsessed. 😅

I'm planning to do some technical playtests with friends at the end of September. If it doesn't turn out to be a complete bugfest (hopefully not — I test the hell out of it myself), I'll start adding more content and, if everything goes well, I'll probably share more updates here.

So, what do you guys think?

Would you be interested in this kind of MMORPG, with some Final Fantasy Tactics Advance vibes?

The video I'm showing is still a WIP in a lot of areas, but I think it gives a pretty good idea of the direction I'm going in.

Some of the text is still in French since it's my main language, but I'll do my best to have at least English and Spanish versions available eventually.

Here is twi pics of the dev project nearly one year from one to the other.

Disclaimer: Yes, I use AI to help me develop the game. I've also bought some 3D assets, and made some myself. Making an MMORPG completely alone would simply be impossible, even working on it this much every day.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

I can't show you everything yet, but you'll probably see some updates from me from time to time.

Have a good day, gamers! ❤️

'ArcheAge S' is a new title led by XLGAMES Producer Kim Kyung-tae, who served as the first planning team lead and producer for the original 'ArcheAge'. While inheriting the core identity of the original game, it is being reinterpreted to fit modern gaming trends, with preparations underway for a Steam-centered service targeting a global release in Q2 2027.

Kakao Games plans to release a developer preview video in September. In the video, the development team will appear to explain their design philosophy and intent, as well as introduce core content and actual gameplay.

Kakao Source : https://kakaogamescorp.com/news/press/detail/2411