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Anonymous 8/20/2025, 8:53:15 AM No.718562810 [Report] >>718562826 >>718562896 >>718563631 >>718563670 >>718563726 >>718564187 >>718565792
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>XIV is dying
>WoW is dying
>Runescape is thriving

What happened to MMOs?
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 8:53:33 AM No.718562826 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
oh and GW2 is thriving too, new expansion!
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 8:55:22 AM No.718562896 [Report] >>718562995
>>718562810 (OP)
massive fucking time sink that simply isn't worth it
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 8:57:05 AM No.718562951 [Report]
They died because you reposted this shitty tier list again
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 8:58:10 AM No.718562995 [Report]
>>718562896
the time sink isn't the issue, people have no problems sinking hundreds or thousands of hours into other skinnerbox games. it's that mmos haven't kept up with the times and if anything have actually degraded with time
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:05:15 AM No.718563270 [Report]
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>>Runescape is thriving
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:11:20 AM No.718563520 [Report]
osrs has actually aged well in the age of having side-game whilst scrolling tiktok, youtube shorts, netflix in the other window, discord in one ear audiobook in the other.
having to mash 1234 (i guess 1111 now) non-stop in content for wow type games even though the 99% of it is utterly trivial and could easily be as automated or as hands-off as osrs, doesn't work for that.
its demanding full attention and APM for no real superior benefit. so you can raise another [Renown Bar of the Month] which is irrelevant next patch? at least osrs has permanent progression.
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:14:00 AM No.718563631 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
All I need is Guild Wars 2
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:14:08 AM No.718563639 [Report]
>over 75% total are bots
>over 66% of non-bot accounts are alts
>most players are fully or semi-afk at any given time
THRIVING
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:14:42 AM No.718563670 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
>Mabinogi that high
lol
lmao
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:15:53 AM No.718563726 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
every mmo dies to casualization by seeking out normies who will play for a few months but move on to something else while at the same time alienating their core players

FF used to be about fantasy now the latest expac is all twitch themed futureslop and modern clothing instead of fantasy aesthetics. i hate yoshi for letting it happen
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 9:27:34 AM No.718564187 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
I guess Runescape is just gay and AFK enough to appeal to the MMO audience.
Anonymous 8/20/2025, 10:03:24 AM No.718565792 [Report]
>>718562810 (OP)
Runescape can be played on a phone and it has nothing you have to keep up with, you just start the game, do some tutorial and then pick whatever your autism desires.
Meanwhile in FFXIV I have to do the story and even skipping it takes a century and in WoW I have so many fucking forced dailies I might as well play a gacha which is as bad but is at least free.