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Written by Belghast on 2025-01-15 at 15:22

I think the core problem with many of the MMORPG that went from subscription over to a free-to-play model... is that they all ended up doing an enshitification pass. Some of these were worse than others... but they all added weird monetization or locked core features behind paywalls. Now years later... we only have a worse version of the game that launched as the one that is still playable.

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Written by owls on 2025-01-15 at 15:24

@belghast the one thing I remember from my time in lotro was how every single button would hit you up for money

steam says i played for 84 hours and i remember nothing else.

dunno what my point is, but that seems Bad

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Written by Belghast on 2025-01-15 at 15:25

@owls the one that will always stand out in my mind... is how SWTOR locked away the ability to recolor your cosmetics behind a paywall

Then there is Hellgate London a game I loved at launch... and is a poorly puppeted corpse in its current version by the Korean company that bought it and pay-to-winned the fuck out of it.

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Written by James Gayfer on 2025-01-15 at 16:11

@belghast I don’t mind (and currently do) pay an MMO subscription for this very reason.

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Written by Belghast on 2025-01-15 at 16:12

@jgayfer yeah it feels like a more honest model. Paying for access seems cleaner.

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Written by welshtroll on 2025-01-15 at 16:28

@belghast

Free-to-play/Freemium was the single worst thing that happened to MMOs IMO.

When everything started being designed to earn cash or sell content, everything started feeling tarnished.

This is what concerns me about ESO's move from chapters to seasons. Just feels like Micro$oft wanting to wring the players for more cash.

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Written by Gareth Harmer on 2025-01-15 at 17:55

@belghast still sad with what happened to Wildstar.

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Written by Belghast on 2025-01-15 at 17:56

@Gazimoff the emulator server is at least still getting development work thankfully

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