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<blockquote data-quote="Alcareru" data-source="post: 1243944" data-attributes="member: 14718"><p>Just to put my two unsolicited cents in. First of all MMORPGs arent about roleplaying. They are pretty MUDS, about socializing since in the game what you do is relatively simplistic. They also demand a large investment of time.</p><p></p><p>As for the costs- servers, upkeep etc that does cost money. You cant compare a game like Everquest with BF1942 or Unreal since Everquest lives on a server with a lot of simaltaneous users -most online shooters are more peer to peer. Blizzard.net is also more similar to the latter and is financed with ads.</p><p></p><p>This isnt a slam against those how hate MMORPGs. But they are a different animal. I just cringe whenever the economic excuse is brought up. I understand that the charge may be economically high for alot of people, but I think its unfair to characterize it as some sort of racket. And although I persoanlly think the monthly price charge is set a bit high in genral, comparing Everquest and NWN is comparing apples to oranges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alcareru, post: 1243944, member: 14718"] Just to put my two unsolicited cents in. First of all MMORPGs arent about roleplaying. They are pretty MUDS, about socializing since in the game what you do is relatively simplistic. They also demand a large investment of time. As for the costs- servers, upkeep etc that does cost money. You cant compare a game like Everquest with BF1942 or Unreal since Everquest lives on a server with a lot of simaltaneous users -most online shooters are more peer to peer. Blizzard.net is also more similar to the latter and is financed with ads. This isnt a slam against those how hate MMORPGs. But they are a different animal. I just cringe whenever the economic excuse is brought up. I understand that the charge may be economically high for alot of people, but I think its unfair to characterize it as some sort of racket. And although I persoanlly think the monthly price charge is set a bit high in genral, comparing Everquest and NWN is comparing apples to oranges. [/QUOTE]
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