OSRS is an undeniable success and quite frankly the best prospering MMO at the moment
given how blizz cannot steer their classic to save their lives how come we aren't seeing a Guild Wars 1 resurgence? Anet had to consider this at some point? GW2 is in maintenance mode, doesn't attract any new players and their core audience fizzled out
would GW1 classic work? it doesn't require even a fifth of time you need to put in OSRS and has arguably the best pvp system there is in MMOs to date
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OSRS is an undeniable success and quite frankly the best prospering MMO at the moment
we have a guild and play regularly
come join us
GW2 pvp is accessible without ever touching the rest of the game
No cheaper option to unlock expansion specs for pvp only
Expansion that gave core specs new weapons made f2p core builds less viable
GW2 is in maintenance mode
It's got a title update next week. That's one of 3 for the current expansion.
That aside, GW1 should have have Prophecies go completely free and each expansion for ~£5. Give a bank tab to all existing players. The game doesn't need a classic rerelease, just some basic attention, a price drop and for one of their staff member to spend an hour in the pvp lobbies killing the bots.
Runescape is a single-player game with a chatroom stapled on. To put it in the same category as real MMOs is a disservice.
GW1 with a Qol and visual pass on everything that makes it look and feel dated would be kino
MMOs are chat rooms first and foremost
GW2 didn't come out as a f2p and was never meant to be considered one
Anon, it's absolutely F2P.
read nigga READ
That's just you coping. Fact is; it's F2P and has been for years so...
i still play guild wars and DO NOT WANT ARENANET TO TOUCH IT. you'll be punching bigots and wielding jadeite dildos
I agree, but the novelty of online chatrooms has passed. We need MMOs with game mechanics that facilitate the social experience as the primary way of enjoying the game. Runescape is not that.
really we just a population spike and netcode fixes
we got a quadruple pop spike just a few years ago but more wouldn't hurt
It had a pass a few years back to ensure it still works in without needing devs to alter anything. They frame rate and server stability is pretty good. I also noticed it has reflections that aren't based around screen space.
mmo
4 players max
no
I've been playing a single player OSRS clone called Cursebreaker and I've indeed been having fun. I really dislike MMOs but I remember fondly my time on OSRS.
bro?
everything that makes it look and feel dated
like what? it's a gorgeous game.
Can't have one thread without someone turning up that obviously hasn't played the games being discussed.
pvp is absolutely dead
i haven't played it on 20 years, sorry
Let's not be disingenuous, I don't mean it in a bad way but it could be modernized so it doesn't feel so stiff and old and the UI could really get a quality pass so it goes from just functional to pleasing.
IF you were to re-release the game today it wouldn't hurt to change a few things here and there so it feels like a 2024 game.
Nothing wrong with that, I enjoyed my time with OSRS too. I just wish these pseudo-mmos would stop encroaching and muddying the waters of actual innovation in the genre. We've been too stagnant with literally just Everquest/WoW clones and Runescape dominating the entire genre for decades.
You're a terrible liar.
It first came out 19 years ago and getting past the first 3 missions shows you can have more people.
osrs is popular because the gameplay is just "click on shit to make numbers go up" and a lot of people enjoy making numbers go up. it's cookie clicker with some gameplay mechanics stapled on so people can reassure themselves it's not cookie clicker. gw1's gameplay revolves around theorycrafting and coming up with cool builds, which is a lot more niche in terms of appeal (especially with brainrotted zoomers)
you know more about my life than me sure
sorry for not remembering everyhing exactly like it was einstein
defensive and ass-assassinated when proven wrong
can't simply admit he's wrong
every time. embarrassing behavior.
Are you an actual child. Not only did you get simple things about the game wrong, but after being caught out telling lies about it you then get defensive.
Theres also
i haven't played it on 20 years
Which doesn't make sense and
exactly like it was einstein
Which also doesn't make sense.
You write and punctuate like a child, come into places you know nothing of and speak about them.
I genuinely think you are a child. Get the fuck out.
It would actually be hilarious if they added a new mission and zone to GW1 with a tie-in and rewards to GW2 that required you to complete EotN before you could access it. Easiest way to get people to play and pretty much trick them into going through the whole thing.
I'm all too aware of that. The difference is providing something new over rewards that anyone who bothered would have received 10 years ago.
That's too easy. Make it another GW Beyond and lock it behind WiC and WoC HM.
WiK*
Temple of the intolerable flashbacks
defensive
there's nothing defensive about my post you damn
anyway oh so different 12 players max!
guess call of duty is a mmorpg for you
na thank you
have fun getting mad about people not liking your shit fake mmorpg
fortnite is a mmorpg
gran turismo is a mmorpg
gears of war is a mmorpg
What do you mean GW Classic? The experience has remained completely preserved, the servers are still up despite almost no one playing it.
I guess they COULD do some big marketing blitz for a fresh start server but what's the point, WoW and Runescape are in completely different leagues in terms of how relevant they've stayed to the zeitgeist
Damn, he's really getting defensive now. Still types like a child too.
Newfags all read off of the same script.
completely different leagues in terms of how relevant they've stayed to the zeitgeist
my point exactly, how come GW1 doesn't have that
They priced themselves out of it.
It's a safe assumption that nobody is picking up the original anymore and those that have been curious would easily be put off by the price which should be at least half of the current listing.
GW1 classic
That would be amazing. Imagione getting to hold halls again, getting your guild a trim. The jade sea. Fuck i want to go back
ACKSHUALY U CAN STILL PLAY
Yeah no shit but outside very specific instances the game is dead.
is there any MMO nowadays that forces you to group up to level, kinda how L2 was in the past?
Classic in other games saw the world completely change as parts were reworked and features added.
GW didn't have the kind of changes that would benefit giving it a classic version.
Unless you have something different in mind?
It goes on sale often. isthereanydeal.com
It's a safe assumption that nobody is picking up the original anymore
the improvements we’ve made to the game since 2018 have brought new and returning players into the land of Tyria. In fact, our top concurrency hit a new record during the 2022 Lunar New Year event, with just about triple the number of players we saw in early 2018.
This was included in the same update where they talked about relaunching a new dedicated server in Asia and talked about having zero game downtime since 2018.
Guild Wars Classic: Pre-Searing. Honestly the pre-searing community is xboxhueg. But modern ANet? Yuck!
I'm quite happy to be proven wrong on that. I wonder if there was anything happening in Asia that drew in enough players to warrant a new server.
ffxiv lets me create a character I want to fuck
Also I can avoid all the mmo trannyshit by switching voice acting to japanese
Never playing osrs past the screen asking for pronouns lmao
GW2 isn't in maintenance, if I'm recalling correctly Anet wants to make GW3.
GW1 Classic
I would give anything to see GW1 resurge again, be it a huge update or even a remaster. I'd like to think the modern gamer audience would enjoy it too, given that it has the trappings of a deckbuilder. Does Anet think it won't get any traction? How did the discussions go in the c-suite when they were deliberating on renewing legacy games? I have no doubt it's been floated around there but as to why they won't pursue this I don't know. Maybe they need to focus on GW3 and don't have the time is my best guess.
The main problem is that GW1 is already perfectly playable and enjoyable as it is. I'd be very concerned about tipping it over into being bloated if, say, you made a whole new expansion. Plus I don't trust modern writers/artists to do the game justice, even if you brought back some of the old dudes.
Also we arguably hit the ceiling on enemy build composition with Winds of Change and shit. That shit was already pushing the boundaries of annoying meme compositions and going beyond that could get incredibly tedious.
That said, it's not totally impossible to thread the needle. I just don't know where exactly you'd go with new classes and shit.
you look like this good post
Bumping Was Anon
has a link and response ready 30 seconds after OP posted
Yeah, this just an ad for the vm thread.
"g-guild wars 1 is still alive! Believe me!!1@"
meanwhile niggas saying they need more people playing itt
You guys will never cease to amuse me how fuckin pathetic you are.
i'm both
game and thread so dead they only have one nigga running advertising AND damage control.
Literally take out the "guild wars 1 is definitely alive and not dead" part of your OP, oh my god. Nothing makes people think its dead more than being told in the first sentence that it isnt. Its on "world's most moral army" levels of not being what you say you are.
are u esl
that specific phrase has been upsetting him for several Anon Babble threads in a row now
upsetting who
last updated 2 days ago
It's to help further futureproof the game
Well at least they're still good with the promise that GW1 will run as along as possible.
I've been playing a single player OSRS clone called Cursebreaker
thanks, will pirate it
game has been in maintenance mode for so long autists are pretending this is a meaningful "update"
no new content, no new skills, no new quests, no new story
GW1 players are sloshed on copium.
why are you so mad bossman
GW1 classic
you are retarded. just go play the fucking game, its all there.
I don't wanna use heros
get some friends
I wanna progress through the games as they came out
nothing stops you from doing it, go do it.
people like you who want fresh for everything are the entire reason everything is fucking shit.
heroes killed GW1. it became less of an MMO than it ever was
You have to be illiterate or internationally finding ways to hate stuff. I was just posting that they are continuing to preserve the game.
All of the people who made GW1 have long since left Arenanet. Just like Blizzard. Modern Arenanet would butcher GW1 beyond your wildest imagination
GW1 classic
As much as I'd love to see a resurgence in GW1 playercount, I'm not sure what the point of this would be unless you have a hardon for the PvP meta of a specific expansion. It's not like other MMOs where later updates significantly changed how you interact with earlier content.