Is realm becoming stale?

#106

If you think that’s the case, then you should try running dirty shatters with your guild or maybe even switching up your gameplay. Play a rogue and rush dungeons. It’s quite fun

#107

Create some challenges for yourself, like priest with t-pain only or no weapon ppe.

#108

Dude, RotMG is huge. Imagine yourself as a new player, and take it out of your own perspective so you are able to analyze things properly. Of course people who have more than half a decade playing one game will eventually get bored, it happens with literally everything.

On the other hand, I agree that endgame sucks balls right now, because of the pure RNG loot system and because you need to use discord groups for any basic shit you want to do with other players, since the game doesn’t organize, group or put players together decently otherwise.

#109

Can you prove that realm is dying? That’s pretty important imo.

#110

I feel like if you added an RNG mechanic to enemy patterns, that would actually cause more players to quit, as players would rage about how there’s “no counterplay” to something that’s RNG dependent.

#111

Imo, the main problem is that the main goal of the game shifted from maxing chars to getting uts. The former was pretty addicting because of the permadeath mechanic, but the latter is just frustrating since most higher dungeons are pretty rare so you have to grind them by relying on chest events, which again aren’t fun.

#112

Oh I still find it interesting. Truthfully, I have no issue with it but I’m stating why it will die, not why it is dead. Also, just as a note, that’s why most RPGs don’t last long and they just keep coming out with more and more continuations.

#113

Yeah, after I figure how to do halls and nests in small groups, I’m done with the game (though they’ll likely introduce a new dungeon before that) though I’ll probably come back to the game when new dungeons are released. I enjoy the game but like I’m rich as shit and fail to see a need for any of the that I don’t already have other than as vanities. (though a prot would be nice)**

#114

MBC survival phase bullets are almost entirely randomized, both in terms of status effects and shot pattern. If you still think that phase isn’t all that interesting anymore, then lack of randomness isn’t actually your problem.

#116

I’m pretty sure that the addicted realm players just like the special bits that realm has to offer. The only issue we’ve got is that there isn’t really a constant stream of new players coming in.

#117

I agree but the excitement in getting whites is still enjoyable.

#118

problem is chest events and discords for specific dungeons making it to easy to 8/8

#119

Its dying because toxic community who are at each others throats constantly instead of coming together and forming friendly communities. MMOs need a friendly active community to function. RotMG has gone the way of WoW, its stale because the content is repetitive and players form increasingly elitists social circles which are hostile to those outside of them. I’d still play both RotMG and WoW if this wasnt the path that most MMOs go. It seems inevitable for older MMOs. We need lots of new players to liven up the community and breathe new life into it. Its not gonna happen unless they aggressively advertise the unity port.

#120

You claim that this is why it will die, but it’s really only what you don’t like, and you don’t seem to understand that. Plenty of people like the way the game is now. Plenty of people spend actual money on repeating the same thing over and over because they like that. Most people here would not like to add more rng to the game, because that wouldn’t make interesting, that would just punish people because it’s a permadeath game. Just because you think certain aspects of the game are bad and will cause it to die doesn’t mean that it will die.

#121

True, but it’s really your choice whether you’re gonna run them although it’s really tempting.

#122

This is why I harp on about how new classes have the potential to reinvigorate things.
A well-designed new ability mechanic give players the entire existing game content to revisit with their new item.

In retrospect Sheath would’ve been the far more interesting choice over Waki, (and I hope for it on the 16th class). Had we got that, it would’ve meant a new thing to learn at every boss, instead we have samurai being basically another vanilla “shoot your weapon and press space you do a bit of dmg” class.

Yeah, this gamestyle only is enjoyable if you like the dungeon you’re grinding. If your desired item is in a dungeon you dislike, Rip enjoyment.

#123

Realm is not dying. How do I know? As DECA are investing heavily in porting it to Unity, something they would not be doing if the game were dying. They might not announce it but the oncoming demise of Flash would be an ideal time to retire the game quietly, if it were not doing well. But the Unity port is pretty compelling evidence that the game has a future well beyond 2020.

All that’s happening is that you are getting tiered of the game. That’s fine and normal. I have spend thousands of pounds on games for PC and console over the years, the vast majority of which I no longer play. I just got to a point where I lost interest in them, even games like ROTMG with no formal ending, which you could keep playing forever.

If the game no longer appeals to you then stop playing. Maybe you will find other games that interest you. Maybe you will lose interest in games. Maybe you will return in a couple of years, to see what has been added and changed. I’m pretty sure the game will still be here if you do.

#124

About this. I feel this actually has a small loophole to it. That is, you can have random bullets, or “seemingly” random bullets, but if you make them move fairly slowly, they still become dodgeable- even when the bullet stream is quite dense. The limits of this are to do with how large a player’s hitbox is.
(where is the hitbox, exactly anyway?)

#125

So boring. I like the idea of friendly npcs and a group arena would be fun. They need to make a entirely new place. Not a dungeon, but a whole new realm theme. The events are old and nobody helps close realm. And oryx is not even worth the time and energy for a vit

#126

That either means one of two things:

  1. You have set patterns of bullets that are randomly chosen.
    OR
  2. You have slow moving but random bullets, which definitely doesn’t make the game interesting.