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Is Destiny 2 an MMO:Poll
Scorchien
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Simple question simple answer
Is Destiny 2 an MMO
- Is Destiny 2 an MMO262 votes
- Yes19.08%
- No80.92%
and 1 other.
Comments
It seems like the only thing holding it back from the old term MMORPG is the AMOUNT of people playing it in a instance so some people don't want to say its "Massive". Games coming out like SC with its 16 player a instance limit are called MMOs but according to that 1 rule its not a MMO I guess.
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Sometimes people say that the sign of a good compromise is that it makes everyone unhappy. If that's true, then this would be a great compromise proposal. I've always thought that it was better if it makes everyone happy than everyone unhappy, but that's just me.
EVE Online, SWG, Ultima Online...true MMOs. No instances, players all take part in the same world and are all massive. MMOs that rely on tiny groups? Well if Destiny isn't massive, neither are they.
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The essence of an MMO is the ability to randomly and frequently encounter other players without the need for a lobby, and Destiny's patrols do this. It's just that the rest of the game does not.
I don't consider lobby based games like Diablo, Vindictus, or Kritika MMOs. Meeting people in a town then grouping to actual be able to play with each other in the world is not an MMO. Joining someone's private instance ala Diablo isn't MMO either.
But in Destiny you can see and interact with other players in the game world killing enemies and attempting story/mission objectives. You can then group if you want, but it's not required, but may be useful depending on what events are occuring in the world, or for a chance at completing other group content with better rewards. And so I consider it an MMO in that regard, at least more MMOish than a lot of upcoming games.
Looking forward to: Crowfall / Lost Ark / Black Desert Mobile
GENRE
Action Shooter
If that helps
GENRE
Massively Multiplayer RPG
its pretty simple.
MMO:
Multi: More then one. grouped or solo in a single shard.
massive: hundreds or thousands in a single shard. (lobbies do not count. your character or avatar is not there in a lobby.)
Online: your character or avatar in the game environment over a live connection to the shard.
just because you can possible meet them all doesn't make it a MMO, multiplayer sure. but not a MMO.
League of legends, destiny, dota2.. they are not a mmo. you cant have more then a handful of people in a single are on a shard.
WoW, Eve, lineage 2, EQ, those are MMO's. you can have hundreds of people in a single area on a single shard, logged in to game.
yes i know the whole dungeon thing is confusing but that's only part of the game. as their are areas that you can have hundred or more people moving to a single goal able to see and communicate with one another.
questions?
"hey Bob check out Destiny this new MMO im playing "
Bob " hey this isnt an MMO , its a hub based coop game . i only play MMOs" "im not buying that"
And trust me ATVI knows exactly what they are advertising and the demographic they are targeting .. And its not the MMO market with this one .They havent targeted the MMO market since we scrapped Titan ..
see how that works
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Destiny contains WoW style gear progression and really 90% of the WoW experience. The issue is cloning features from WoW isn't what make a game an MMO. Hosting hundreds or thousands of players in the same world makes a game an MMO.
It still boogles my mind how so many still don't understand what MMO means or what it is..
its pretty simple.
MMO:
Multi: More then one. grouped or solo in a single shard.
massive: hundreds or thousands in a single shard. (lobbies do not count. your character or avatar is not there in a lobby.)
Online: your character or avatar in the game environment over a live connection to the shard.
just because you can possible meet them all doesn't make it a MMO, multiplayer sure. but not a MMO.
League of legends, destiny, dota2.. they are not a mmo. you cant have more then a handful of people in a single are on a shard.
WoW, Eve, lineage 2, EQ, those are MMO's. you can have hundreds of people in a single area on a single shard, logged in to game.
yes i know the whole dungeon thing is confusing but that's only part of the game. as their are areas that you can have hundred or more people moving to a single goal able to see and communicate with one another.
questions?
Read more at http://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/467916/is-destiny-2-an-mmo-poll#3sev4rEGljHaJX0s.99
My two cents.
EDIT: Massively doesn´t imply persistent, its just that... massively. Whether its server side(total capacity) or on a persistent(non instanced) world is irrelevant.