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It's true, and it's why so many MMO's find themselves leaning into adding that grind to leveling, or a repetition in the end-game loop. The days of every develo

It's true, and it's why so many MMO's find themselves leaning into adding that grind to leveling, or a repetition in the end-game loop. The days of every developer taking a crack at creating a 'WOW killer' (and all of them failing) have thankfully past, I'm sure there are a bunch of traditional MMO's that are still trucking along nicely (Final Fantasy 15, Black Desert Online, the new Maple Story) but that sort of Quest Content driven game isn't so predominant nowadays (outside of nostalgia trips like WOW Classic and Runescape Classic). I can't say I miss them too much?

Itaxpica 7y ago
The dynamic gets really interesting - I play Final Fantasy 14, and looking at content you can tell the moment they switched the core of their monetization strategy from subscription fees to optional cosmetics. The game got tighter and way less grindy and repetitive; the later expansions are significantly better games for it (so much so that the devs are actually talking about going back and cutting out a bunch of the earlier grind for newer players, since it's notorious for putting people off).
Smithalicious 7y ago
Just a heads up, you mean to say Old School Runescape; Runescape Classic refers to the first version of Runescape that was superceded by Runescape 2 (in 2004) and is now defunct.
mech422 7y ago
I find Lord of the Rings Online to have some of the best story driven questing. The story line is interesting, the quests are fairly varied and the 'ohh...' factor when you walk into well known places like Moria is awesome!
- DizzyDoo 7y ago
  I played LOTR Online when it first came out! I think the only MMO I've paid for. Sadly, I don't think I was as much as fan of it as you were, I bounced off it by lv25. Probably much has been added in the last 10+ years though!
  - Jaruzel 7y ago
    I have just started playing LOTR Online a few days ago after getting completely burnt out in WoW, and I'm finding it to be much more fun than I was expecting. The game engine is a bit less slick than WoWs, as it clearly has not been as updated as often as WoWs has been, but the environments and heavy story based questing more than make up for it.
    - mech422 7y ago
      I thought the Mines of Moria was the most atmospheric zone I've seen in an MMO. Really captured the creepy, ancient ruins feeling...Oh! Give monster play a try! Its a rather unique take on PVP where you can actually play as the heroes or the monsters!
friendlybus 7y ago
Warframe is a quest driven mmo. It's framed to feel like an expansive singeplayer game, but it's an instanced mmo.

Itaxpica 7y ago

The dynamic gets really interesting - I play Final Fantasy 14, and looking at content you can tell the moment they switched the core of their monetization strategy from subscription fees to optional cosmetics. The game got tighter and way less grindy and repetitive; the later expansions are significantly better games for it (so much so that the devs are actually talking about going back and cutting out a bunch of the earlier grind for newer players, since it's notorious for putting people off).

Smithalicious 7y ago

Just a heads up, you mean to say Old School Runescape; Runescape Classic refers to the first version of Runescape that was superceded by Runescape 2 (in 2004) and is now defunct.

mech422 7y ago

I find Lord of the Rings Online to have some of the best story driven questing. The story line is interesting, the quests are fairly varied and the 'ohh...' factor when you walk into well known places like Moria is awesome!

DizzyDoo 7y ago
I played LOTR Online when it first came out! I think the only MMO I've paid for. Sadly, I don't think I was as much as fan of it as you were, I bounced off it by lv25. Probably much has been added in the last 10+ years though!
- Jaruzel 7y ago
  I have just started playing LOTR Online a few days ago after getting completely burnt out in WoW, and I'm finding it to be much more fun than I was expecting. The game engine is a bit less slick than WoWs, as it clearly has not been as updated as often as WoWs has been, but the environments and heavy story based questing more than make up for it.
  - mech422 7y ago
    I thought the Mines of Moria was the most atmospheric zone I've seen in an MMO. Really captured the creepy, ancient ruins feeling...Oh! Give monster play a try! Its a rather unique take on PVP where you can actually play as the heroes or the monsters!

friendlybus 7y ago

Warframe is a quest driven mmo. It's framed to feel like an expansive singeplayer game, but it's an instanced mmo.