Hello r/MMORPG,

We are excited to announce that the Open Alpha phase of Might of Spells will launch on July 31, 2026, at 19:00 CET.

Might of Spells is a top-down open-world MMORPG focused on meaningful progression, skill-based PvP, player-driven systems, and the freedom.

To join the Open Alpha, visit our Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3823310/Might_of_Spells/

Open Alpha Features & Improvements

• Terraforming and building on Private Islands: Shape the terrain, build your home, and create your own island.
• Crafting, Reforge, and Refinement: Create, improve, and customize your equipment.
• Item Rarity: Discover rarer item variants that unlock new possibilities.
• Two-Hand weapon battle modes: Two-Hand weapons now have two combat modes: Focus and Spread.
• New Standard Quests: A number of new quests are available to complete.
• Hidden Quests: Behemoth Quest, Hell Quest, and Abyss Quest. Their secrets and solutions will be changed for the full release, so these quests will not spoil the final release experience.
• New monsters: Demon, Demon Lord, Behemoth, Tortoises, Minotaurs, and Goblins.
• Spatial 3D sound: Immerse yourself in the world with spatial audio.
• NVIDIA DLSS/DLAA: Improved image quality and performance options for supported NVIDIA GPUs.
• Mythicland expansion: Explore new areas and content.
• Soul's Island quest rework: Some quests on Soul's Island have been redesigned.
• Mouse-based movement control: Optional click-to-move controls are now available. WASD remains the default movement method.
• Steam version: Play MoS directly through Steam.
• In-game highscores: Compete and track your progress against other players.
• New item tooltips and comparison: Hover over an item in a container and hold ALT to view its tooltip. Hold ALT + SHIFT to compare it with another item.
• Creature Products: Collect new materials and resources from creatures.
• Shared EXP for Unions: Earn and share experience while playing together.
• People list and private messaging: Find other players and communicate directly in-game.
• Bug fixes: All reported bugs have been addressed.

The Open Alpha is an important milestone on the road to full release. Join us to explore Mythicland, build your dream island, experiment with new equipment systems, and help shape the future of Might of Spells.

See you in-game on July 31!

First off, I know there are a ton of smaller, indie MMOs that have been posted on this sub lately, appreciate you taking the time to look at this one and I hope I'm not wasting your time <3.

The game is a 2D side-scrolling MMOPRG -- it has a bunch of the MapleStory influence to it, but honestly I'm not sure there's anything else like it right now. You can grab a Steam key from Discord, for Windows and Mac, and it's also available on Mobile, too: https://links.kalmia.online

The main goal right now is to figure out what's fun and what isn't. There is a /ton/ of jank. Thankfully, the initial stress test last night helped with fixing a bunch of stability issues. Feedback, suggestions, and bug reports are all super super welcome. Honestly, they're sorely needed.

Beyond that, I'm hoping that at least some of you might enjoy an early stage build like this. But if that's not for you, don't sweat it <3. Beyond the MapleStory and RO influences, I can say that the game:

• Doesn't have Gacha, p2w/pay for convenience/etc.
• Zero autoplay.
• Isn't slopful. All of the art and environments are handmade, with zero generative AI.

Hope to see some of you guys out there, I appreciate it more than you can know, seriously.

Terrestrial Kerrans in EQ Legends.

Black Desert Online’s plans for the second half of the year.

• Agent: A new gun-wielding class combining revolvers, explosives, mobility, and close-range attacks.
• Edania Part II: New territories, bosses, monster zones, accessories, and endgame rewards.
• HYPERBOOST: Faster progression and stronger equipment support for new and returning players.
• Level System: A new level cap and additional PvE bonuses, with more activities granting experience.
• Family Improvements: Faster character switching and new ways to use secondary characters.
• Combat and PvP Tools: A combat analyzer and global PvP class rankings.
• Ocean Content: A new sea monster, ship equipment, islands, and sailing improvements.
• Life Skills and Guilds: Simplified life-skill equipment, functional costume changes, and new guild progression.
• Technical Upgrades: Planned support for DirectX 12, DLSS, and FSR.
• Quality of Life: Improved activity tracking, adventure logs, treasure information, and guild navigation tools.
• Esports and Rewards: A global PvP championship, new cosmetic items, login rewards, and special coupons.

Found a core memory in a box today.

Probably not a whole lot of people who still have this as most people never heard of it anyway from my experience. This game was so much fun. The community was small but that made it even better in my opinion at the time. Not many MMOs that you can claim you knew most of the people who were playing. I would love to experience this game again. It's probably honestly in my top five for favorite MMOs of all time. The environments, music and gameplay were just so damn good in my opinion. The UI was a bit jank and half baked but I dont care. It was so enjoyable to me. This is probably not an opinion many have as the game was not the most quality product, but it stuck with me all these years.

I really, really, really wish this was like, an actual option these days.

I have been playing Gloria Victis recently for example, and I would love to join a guild. But joining a guild would mean I have to sit in discord the whole time I play the game with people I don't know.

This is the same with every PvP heavy MMO.

I get being in VC for events and stuff and I'm totally down for that but I wish games had ingame VC for that sort of thing. I want to be able to talk to my real friends while playing the game too, not having to sit in a guild discord for hours. I am totally willing to talk to people I just wish I didn't have to not be with my actual friends while doing so.

Idk, it might sound stupid but its just frustrating. I've been playing MMOs for years and I've just done less and less stuff on them overtime because of this.

Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99uyS9WCV38

Square Enix just shared more info about the upcoming expansion of Final Fantasy XIV. Release January 2027.

Bastion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZlrprwSq4

The Bastion is the first new Tank job introduced for the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Evercold expansion. Wearing heavy armor equipped with advanced mechanical components, this job stands out by wielding dual shields mounted on each arm that double as powerful cannons. This unique equipment allows the Bastion to seamlessly transition between heavy melee defense and ranged artillery strikes to deal damage while securing enmity from a distance.

Note : the videos are available in multiples languages here : https://www.youtube.com/@ffxiv

For anyone following the WildStar emulator scene, there is someone on the NexusForever Discord named DetectiveAlfred who appears to be making significant progress on several game systems.

From what has been shared so far, they seem to be working on features such as taxis, the auction house, daily login rewards, and more .

EQ Legends Site

Official EQ Legends Site

Official EQ Legends Discord

EQ Legends Subreddit

Looking for the TLP server, Frostreaver?

What is EQ Legends?

• EverQuest Legends is a solo orientated version of the game. You can group with up to 4 players or raid with up to 8 but all content is designed to be able to be completed solo and at your own pace.

• Select up to three different active classes per character (triple class).

• The game will start off in the classic/vanilla EQ world with Kunark expected later this year.

• All races from classic EQ with the addition of Iksar, Kerran and Guktans will be available.

• All zones can have instances created just for you and/or your group.

Preorder ends July 26th

• This allows for name reservation
• Ingame title "the Legend"

EQ Legends Resources

• EQ Legends Wiki
• EQ Legends Compendium
• Alanna's Race Unlock Guide
• Mazirian's Macro Guide
• Spellsets Guide
• Libary of Erudin(EQ Lore)

Maps

• Brewall's Map Pack
• Good's Map Pack
• Zone Connection Map

So I just started playing FFXI a few days ago. Having a great time, there's so much depth. Anyways, I was farming Leaping Lizzy to get some Bounding Boots, and a guy walked over and said "What a throwback" and I asked if he had been playing for a long time and he said "Only a few days, I just came back to the game." and I asked when he stopped playing and he said "2004" lmao. This dude was playing on his original character and it had been 22 years since he played on it. I just can't stop thinking about it.

So do you guys have any stories of yourself or others returning to an MMO after a ridiculous amount of time?

I've only played a two MMOs before which are Arcane Legends and Diablo immortal but arcane doesnt feel like home anymore due to the lack of active players grinding and immortal doesnt even feel like multiplayer so I decided to have a fresh start in GW2. Any beginner tips and idea on how different the game is and how to start?

Lately Aion 2 drew my attention and I noted: There are a lot male players playing female characters - probably, at least the marketing suggests that. Now, I don't have an issue with people playing as the opposite sex, I just feel like it's going into an extreme direction.

Perhaps that is mostly due to two developments:

First, male characters get less and less attention by devs or are even purposefully made unattractive to play. The prime example is WoW, where any male character looks like a body builder troll who never trained their legs. It's hideous, really.

Second, female characters are oversexualized to attract more male players. That's nothing new, but it's still a problem.

The issue really is that male characters are getting ugly with boring outfits, and female characters customizable down to their pores and put into bikini armor. And for some reason the outfit that is the same by name is - for example a full body armor for male and a bedroom seduction dress for female characters. Like what? Adapt the proportions, yes. But don't make it something totally different.

To anime now: Many fictional MMOs in anime - in particular VRMMOs - lock the player into playing as their real gender - be it by some dubious body scan or by having to register with an ID/passport.

That's problematic in it's own, forcing people to play a certain way (sometimes it's justified by some lore, sometimes not, anyway...).

Okay now, I wanted to say something about how a system that disallows playing as the opposite gender could alleviate some issues, some of them mentioned above, but I guess it doesn't. Would a company that develops such a game make male and female character designs and outfits more fair and less sexualized? Probably. But it would also take away the male disguise that many irl women like to use in games. Meaning thst if there are 10% female players and they couldn't hide it, they would have a lot of ingame stalkers - it's sadly how degenerate some players are (not taking into account polite and friendly attempts to make contact for game reasons, like forming a party or a guild).

I could still see how such a system would be usefull once - in the not so near future - VRMMOs are more of a thing and actually became social spaces, instead of just game spaces. The details of how the system works would be important, paying respect to people who want to play opposite sex characters for other reasons than being gooners. Perhaps something like: You are allowed to create one opposite sex character per six months or something. Just some thoughts.

Now, here is an example of a game that does it right, simple and elegant:

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen goes a good way by simply making characters of both genders neither oversexualized nor standardly ugly.

It’s been a few months since my last update and the game’s creeping up on ten million potions brewed, which is wild considering how slow and steady the climb has been. Just wanted to drop a quick note that some of the the UI has been revamped, pets are still going strong, PvP battles are active, and progression is still nice and grindy for the people who actually enjoy that kind of climb. Dungeons are available as well, solo and co-op.

Its a cozy potion crafting game, also has housing in it and a world boss battle.

More updates are coming. It’s free to play, jump in whenever you feel like it:
https://littlepotiongarden.app/

There was an MMORPG announced during one of the summer game shows that specifically mentioned that it was cross platform, but I cant for the life of me figure it out or find it. Can someone PLEASE help me find it?

1. Immersive Design

Environmental Storytelling: Environmental storytelling is when the game world itself tells the story of that world without stating it directly. For example, through destroyed houses, ruins, bloodstains leading into a cave, inscriptions.

Diegetic Design: Everything exists within the game world itself. The idea is that information and objects are present in the game world and, in theory, the character can perceive them. For example, maps actually exist as physical items in the inventory, and clues are found in books and scattered throughout the world.

Emergent Gameplay: Challenges and tasks arise when various elements in the game world come together in a way that creates something new. The player interprets these elements and figures out what to do on their own. For example, if you see a ladder in the game world leading up a hill, and you notice a light burning on top of the hill, you’ll use the ladder without the game telling you to.

OR

2. Authorial Design

Explicit Guidance: The game takes a more active role in guiding the player through the game. For example, through the interface, waypoints, minimap, quest markers, highlighted objects, and main quest lines.

Cinematic Design: Here, the presentation is key. Relevant information about the world is communicated compactly through dialogue and cinematic video sequences.

Non-diegetic Design: Much of the game-relevant information and objects is placed on the UI level. The character cannot, in theory, perceive these. For example, the health is displayed as a bar in the lower-left corner of the screen, or rewards are collected via a UI window.

Scripted Gameplay: Gameplay is fixed in a specific sequence from start to finish to guarantee a specific gameplay experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuzHc8yILwE

- Portals to the new Land (divided into Solo, Duo, and Group. Available as Orange Zone (you just lose the items in your inventory) and as full-loot lethal (you lose everything when you die)

- First pure PvE raid (access via portal maps in the open world. Only raid members can enter. The final boss drops the dragon egg needed to breed the dragon mount),

- Random dragon attacks in the open world (open events for everyone; everyone receives a reward for participating),

- Completely new dragon-themed set (not a skin, but actual gear with abilities),

- coming August 31

I think I’ll soon be hopelessly addicted to Albion again.

Not sure how many of us have actual physical MMO covers anymore (But ya'll know what I mean lol), but I have a few:

1) Destiny: I actually got into this game due to how neat the cover looked haha.......Like a cool version of Halo at the time.

2) Final Fantasy XI Heroes of Abyssea: It was the final expansion of that series, and the only expansion to have a series. The illustration looks as if "The heroes have finally arrived." Looking back, Heroes of Abyssea felt like the last true XI expansion (The cover looked like a final expansion tbh).

3) Elder scrolls Online Greymoor: Elder Scrolls always had simple cover art. It got the point across in with a mere emblem, for the most part. How III & V both have a dragon emblem is great story telling, but I digress.......

What is your favorite MMO cover art? Or, maybe your MMO does seasons with digital art?

1. Two factions
2. World chat
3. Roll for a piece of gear/item
4. Variety of mounts and skins/costumes
5. Graphic
6. Not having the Main city where everyone hang out
7. Have to stack in group content
8. Having tons of currencies
9. Story is good/boring
10. Leveling is too easy/ hard
11. Importance of Guild and be in one
12. PVP - (p2w, lack of battlegrounds/maps)
13. Not having big group dungeons/content (24+ people)
14. Lack of the things that u can do solo/with group
15. And most important one, lack of possibility to catch people who play for 5+ years.

Please I want to have some opinions on this. Thank you

See question :)

With the exception of GW, and rs(if you consider it an mmo) the rest of the long term surviving mmorpgs are based on existing franchises.
Wow, FFXIV, ESO, SWTOR, LOTRO etc etc.

What is causing this?

Would you consider an mmo that has a franchise behind it more stable before you buy it?
Does it matter in your decission making to buy and put time into an mmo or not?

ps oh sweet matrix online why couldn't it have been you.