Tony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWoW guild uses exploits to get world 'first' on new raid, gets banned, puts its name backwards and does it againwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWoW guild uses exploits to get world 'first' on new raid, gets banned, puts its name backwards and does it againwww.pcgamer.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIf the only pre-live service MMORPG still going strong.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agowhat makes wow not a live service game? aren’t all MMOs by definition live service?
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoI mean, yeah. Just don’t tend not to lump the older ones in it because of how awful the practice has become since the phrase was formalized.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI was actually surprised to see Ultima Online is still up and active recently. It must have a pretty decent sized population for EA not to shut down and repurpose the servers for Battlefield or something.
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNow there’s a name I haven’t heard in a hot minute.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhat about FF14 or Guild Wars 2? Don’t they count as pre-live service MMORPGs, too?
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agochecks Seems games as a service model that we know today really picked up steam at around the late 2010s. So, yeah…
If the only pre-live service MMORPG still going strong.
what makes wow not a live service game? aren’t all MMOs by definition live service?
I mean, yeah. Just don’t tend not to lump the older ones in it because of how awful the practice has become since the phrase was formalized.
I was actually surprised to see Ultima Online is still up and active recently. It must have a pretty decent sized population for EA not to shut down and repurpose the servers for Battlefield or something.
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a hot minute.
What about FF14 or Guild Wars 2? Don’t they count as pre-live service MMORPGs, too?
checks Seems games as a service model that we know today really picked up steam at around the late 2010s. So, yeah…