Also been watching a lot of his views on Classic WoW and aion classic kinah live WoW issues and am aware of some of the issues plaguing the game overall. When I was watching his latest video discussing the possibility of World of Warcraft 2 I noticed something that was odd.
My first virgin MMO was Everquest 2 back around 2004. It was a great game. I continue to play it on occasion. However it has in my brain died out and became more of a shadow of what it was when I first started playing it. Everquest 2 had released the Time Locked Expansion Server a few years back. This was basically a WoW server that was augmented. Servers would grow faster and eventually catch up to live. The server would then be rebuilt at a zero. In addition, EQ2 offers more expansions than WoW and also has an issue with quality over quantity.
Now I am aware that EQ2 is not as large of an MMO as WoWis, isn’t and never will be, but I’ve received the same feeling from the WoW community and Asmon’s views regarding classic and live games in general that these two games could be on similar paths as each other. Classic could be an TLE. The initial impression is fantastic, and everyone is excited for the nostalgia. The excitement eventually diminishes as people realize they do not have the same feeling now.
Another illustration of how TLEs impact the player base of a particular game is the Archage’s efforts to do that. Aion, however, is attempting to get players back, who loved the basic version of the game.
It will be fascinating to find out the way Classic differs from the TLEs for Everquest or the new releases of Archage, Aion. However, history has shown that TLEs from EQ2 tend to die out quickly and there is less enthusiasm for expansions. This is the reason Classic is not a suitable option for the most dedicated players.
Also, DayBreak which is the company in charge of EQ2 isn’t concerned about the player base as much as Blizzard does to WoW (aka micro transactions, p2w mechanics and more) They are making use of it as a cash cow to remain afloat as buy aion classic kinah eu a way to draw old players or attract new players to the game which is currently plagued by problems in live play and plagued by the mechanics and numbers.