>>715964582
It's a viscous cycle of en-shit-ification that's probably going to lead most of the big modern MMOs into their graves.

Every time I talk with the modern "MMO community", I'm reminded of how thoroughly shit it is. Like, I said that transmog is a terrible, Frankenstein system because either items in the game should be treated as real, physical objects with their own appearance, or if not, you should just be able to select your outfit in the character creator and just look how you want from the very beginning (if items are just going to be stats.) And they responded, basically, that cool sets should be locked away from most players so that you can show them off, but not on the basis of skill and dedication like with the old system. It should be locked away purely on the basis of player guides and fucking grinding. What a fucking cesspit of a community.

But, I still believe that there is a market out there for both the MMORPG as it was originally conceived (as a living world sandbox) and the original idea behind the "themepark" MMO that started with Everquest, which was essentially a big online D&D world.

>>714735432
I don't think I've seen a sadder gaming community than the modern MMO audience.

These are people who openly defend Blizzard transmog bullshit.