How do we make MMO's great again?

You don't.
They are a relic of a bygone age.

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>>388833643

You don't. It was a different time that you are never going to be able to recreate in the current state of gaming and the internet.

>>388833542
Same way we make RPGs, single player FPS and RTS great again we hold them dear in our memories

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>>388833542
ragnarok online and guild wars 1 are still up tho?

>>388833542

It's dead. replaced by MOBA's or MOBA shooters.

>>388833542
You have to find good fan projects or released classic versions of MMOs that you loved from the golden age. They won't be *quite* as good as they were then, but if the game was quality then, it will still be quality. The "didn't age well" rhetoric is bullshit.

SWG has SWGEmu
Lineage 2 has Lineage 2 Classic (Officially NCSoft)
Runescape has Runescape 07 if you were that faggot kid who didn't play WoW
There's a DAoC project if I recall correctly
WoW always has a myriad of Vanilla servers, just no good ones right now.

Search harder anon, just don't put any faith into contemporary MMOs.

>>388833542
1: Don't assume you'll make WoW grade success. Expect a few hundred thousand concurrent subs to be a success.

2: System requirements should be kept low. MMORPG players do not mind a game that doesn't push their system to it's limits, and by keeping things simple you expand your potential player base.

3: See those Russians? Brazilians? They play on their own servers if they can't speak the regional language of the server.

4: The game doesn't play itself for you. No fucking queues except for certain very specific events that call for it- like holiday events and tournaments. Players should never be in a position where the optimal choice for play is to push a button and wait their turn in line.

5: No cross server anything. No paid transfers. Transfers are only offered when a server is being shut down or to try and populate a dying server.

6: Player interaction tends to be the backbone of any good MMORPG. Solo content needs to be handled carefully.

7: Economy should tend to be favored towards player run options. This means crafting needs to not be dick.

>>388837069
All of this. Especially #7. Some of the best fun I've had in MMORPGs are the ones where crafting, gathering, and the like matter as much as killing strong monsters.

>>388836247
>ragnarok online
your choices are bland shitty terrible turdlike private servers or officials
both are incredibly terrible choices unless you're wapanese and play jRO with friends or some shit

There's no such thing as a MASSIVELY multiplayer online RPG anymore. Old games got big because that's all there was; it was innovative and everyone played the same few games. Now the gaming population has far more choice and it's impossible to attract an audience both as large and as dedicated as you would need to sustain a living online world. These days they're normal multiplayer RPGs where you can see other players in the towns and overworld.

>>388836247
So is UO, but I wouldn't suggest any new player go to it because it's mostly filled with people who've continuously played for years. As with WoW at this point, I would just wait for something else or pass the time with some Korean f2p game.

Actively keeping a friend from buying and playing FFXI for the same reason, especially since bots/cheaters have long ruined that.

Virtual reality

>>388840891
nice meme

>>388833542
From a objective standpoint SWG is the way to go where even social activites have classes

>>388833542
make another RF online race vs race vs race was so fuckin fun

Make players dependant on each other and encourage them to cooperate and socialise. Make players value their possessions , upgrades should be a big moment and the result of hard labour. Focus the downtime and uptime equally. Relaxing should be as enjoyable as engaging with the games mechanics.

>>388837069
Didn't Wildstar try most of these? Why was it such a failure?

>>388844179
it was still the solo questhugger type of game
bonus points for running like utter shit for random specs
extreme bonus points for removing tiddy size and firing 80% of your developer team

>>388833542
That video only proves how fucking shit SRO combat was, especially china characters.

Hitting 123412361234123612345123 for half an hour before an unique dies was fucking shit.
I liked PVP in that game, but everything else was shit.