Honestly, something like OSRS but with more impactful feeling combat that doesn't rely on shit like tick manipulation. Basically if you smashed together BDO's combat system, RS's general design, and PVE content designed like WoW/FF14 I think it could be good
I remember when I first played WoW, I wanted to go to the big orc city Orgrimmar. To fly there was like 1gp and 40 silver. For a brand new noob in the tutorial where monsters drop bronze coins that's almost impossible to get. So I did the low level quests until I could afford it. It was my adventure
No handholding. Drop me into a big intimidating world where I can do whatever, go wherever. Have doable content all around the world and reward exploration. Don't lock most zones off with level restrictions or high-level mobs that oneshot you.
Tbh, I don't want a new one. Mmos have been ran through more than a few times as a genre in general. I just feel like trying to get people to jump ship after spending 20+ years on a specific game is an impossible task.
i watched your vid now, but lemme quickly reply, maybe for future reference: I stopped playing most MMOs because the genres biggest problem is: unimpactful quests. nothing i do is of relevance to the world. EQ2 had some impactful world events, that was cool. but it's nearly dead now.
I guess one thing would be reintroducing RPG mechanics, characters with weaknesses + strengths, so you *have* to rely on other people. Many want solo but in reality MMOs suck without other people. WoW was at its best when you needed others, once they took that way, it lost a lot of what made it good
Further to this I know you still have group content, but nobody wants you there, they just want it over with so they can get the stuff and get away from you, there's no community, there's no interaction, people are just.. there. And the content has been dumbed down so you don't have to talk to them
one of my main draws and things I bring up about OSRS is you can kinda put it down and come back when you want, Adamant will always be adamant, Rune will be rune etc. I hate the feeling of a new expac coming out and everything being irrelevant later on. Big thing for me
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Maybe one day they'll figure out how to program horses in, other than the toy horses they taunted us with.
(I wouldn't mind Wildstar coming back tho)
Although ngl, unless the mmo was huge and there was a lot of hype, I likely wouldn’t get involved. Osrs is my home.
A Decent Story that isn't just "Kill 10 Goblins" on repeat
An optional, cosmetic only Cash shop that isn't pay to win
Activities for all kinds of players; Pvp, PvE, Roleplayers, Skillers, etc
Good anti-bot/cheat detection
thats it really.... but i know for sure what i DONT want is stupid gacha mechanics
Everything else can almost be secondary.
I want the world to feel big and the gameplay to be engaging and dynamic.