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GDC09: Paul Barnett and Jeff Skalski interview (part 2)

Massively:

"How have the server splits and now merges worked out for you?

Barnett: It has been good because the game is based around RvR - it's a critical mass game. WAR flourishes and blossoms when the game does things players want it to do, which is mainly group RvR combat. A decision was made early on to limit server queues by opening additional servers. It was right in the short term but caused caustic harm to critical mass over time. Servers with high populations had stronger retention and player enjoyment was much higher. In hindsight, we should have had less servers to start with."

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Top 5 Disappointing MMOs

MMO-Play gathered a list of the most disappointing MMO's in the history of gaming.

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Top Five MMOs We Miss the Most

In a perfect world, the mmos that people love to play would last forever, but that is seldom the case. It seems that the games gamers care about the most and pour their hearts into are the ones that eventually find themselves being shut down. To remember those games that have gone to the digital realm in the sky, MMO-Play offered a list of the top five mmos we miss the most.

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Saryk3503d ago

Loved Tabula Rasa and City of Heroes!

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Warhammer Online to Shutdown Tomorrow, Offers Partial Refunds

Warhammer Online servers will be shutdown at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC -05:00) on December 18. Mythic announced that there will be partial refunds for some customers.