When the servers are shut down forever

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@ZOS_MattFiror @ZOS_RichLambert @ZOS_BrianWheeler is there a chance we could get an offline version of Maelstrom Arena?

Kodrac

Addicted much?

MaddPowered

Maybe its best to ask this question 8 years from now.

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MaddPowered wrote: »

Maybe its best to ask this question 8 years from now.

Yeah, maybe, but would rather something be made now rather than wait and see what happened to DFC/Mythic and they sell to EA and never fully own the rights to ICE so now DAOC/DFC are split into some bizarre 6 degrees of separation legal trouble where you can't even buy the rights to DFC from EA.

Mashille

I'm pretty sure you'll be bored of VMA when the servers shut down in 30 Years.

Woopy

This game won't be shut down for a very long time, I know some Korean MMOs that are STILL kicking at bare minimum players and receive a good influx during peak times like summer and new version launches.

By the time this game croaks you'll have had the chance to obtain everything you could want x1000

xaraan

Kodrac wrote: »

Addicted much?

He just knows it will take him decades to eventually get good drops.

DannyLV702

I'll cri and rage on the forums

wolfdoggie_ESO

You'll still never get the drop you're after even when it's offline mode.

MarkusLiberty

Out of all the content you could ask for, you choose Maelstrom?

SirAndy

Many game companies have released their game code-base after the end of the game life-cycle.

ZOS could easily release the server side code-base to allow people to play offline (running a local server) or setup their own public servers.

I somehow doubt that will ever happen though ...

Uriel_Nocturne

I plan on being deeply involved in some other MMO before the ESO servers shut off.

Usually the death knell is sounding well before the company ever "shuts the lights off" on an MMO, and as I've done many times in the past, when that time comes, it's time to explore other MMORPG options.

The only MMO I've ever stayed with until the very last day, was Star Wars Galaxies. That was truly an amazing MMO, and I was very sad to see that one go. I was there from day 1, and was one of those many players that they had to forcefully boot off the system in order to shut off the servers. That was one MMO I really didn't want to let go of.

While I greatly enjoy ESO, it doesn't hold anywhere hear the magic (for me at least) as SWG did. By the time ESO is ready to shut down for good, I will be well involved in the next MMO.

That's not me hating on ESO or ZOS. That's just the nature of the MMORPG industry.

doggie

I played Pac man on google maps the other day, I suspect in 30 years you can play ESO in your text editor in your brain implant.

TheNuminous1

It isn't about the fact that its an mmo that draws me to the game. Its that its elder scrolls. So when they shut the severs down I best have TES 6-10 to play

MasterSpatula

While you're at it, can someone get me "Jump to Lightspeed" from Star Wars: Galaxies?

(Yeah, I know there are EMUs, but most of them are for early versions of the game, and JTL is the one thing that just kept getting better.)

Molydeus

Woopy wrote: »

This game won't be shut down for a very long time, I know some Korean MMOs that are STILL kicking at bare minimum players and receive a good influx during peak times like summer and new version launches.

By the time this game croaks you'll have had the chance to obtain everything you could want x1000

Yep, I play some of those. A lot of them are picked up by dedicated players/groups and turned into private servers if the game is officially shut down, increasing the game's longevity indefinitely.

Ihatenightblades

Woopy wrote: »

This game won't be shut down for a very long time, I know some Korean MMOs that are STILL kicking at bare minimum players and receive a good influx during peak times like summer and new version launches.

By the time this game croaks you'll have had the chance to obtain everything you could want x1000

Lol thats what you think . But what makes a mmo last long is good performance and infinite progression. Every few months we get new stuff to farm that takes about just amount of time for makers to make a new dlc with more stuff to grind lol.

Making your character stronger is where the craving really is

Deadfinger6

Can we get a bit of notice, so i can sit in my house surrounded by my pets and junk and wait for the apocalypse.

film

MarkusLiberty wrote: »

Out of all the content you could ask for, you choose Maelstrom?

What would you choose?

film

SirAndy wrote: »

Many game companies have released their game code-base after the end of the game life-cycle.

ZOS could easily release the server side code-base to allow people to play offline (running a local server) or setup their own public servers.

I somehow doubt that will ever happen though ...

Yeah, I don't see it ever happening but worth a shot.

kalimar44

Everquest is still going at 17 years and counting.

Saucy_Jack

Rhoric

kalimar44 wrote: »

Everquest is still going at 17 years and counting.

Correction. 18 years.

ArchMikem

Just Maelstrom? Not the entire game minus PvP? Just Maelstrom...

Knootewoot

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I plan on being deeply involved in some other MMO before the ESO servers shut off.

Usually the death knell is sounding well before the company ever "shuts the lights off" on an MMO, and as I've done many times in the past, when that time comes, it's time to explore other MMORPG options.

The only MMO I've ever stayed with until the very last day, was Star Wars Galaxies. That was truly an amazing MMO, and I was very sad to see that one go. I was there from day 1, and was one of those many players that they had to forcefully boot off the system in order to shut off the servers. That was one MMO I really didn't want to let go of.

While I greatly enjoy ESO, it doesn't hold anywhere hear the magic (for me at least) as SWG did. By the time ESO is ready to shut down for good, I will be well involved in the next MMO.

That's not me hating on ESO or ZOS. That's just the nature of the MMORPG industry.

That "magic" is for most players only available in their first mmo. For me that was also SWG. Not from day 1 due to exams back then, but December 2003 I started by journey. Also until the very end. I still have contact with a few people from the old Eclipse server on Steam and in SWG emu.

I never found the same magic in any other mmo. Maybe a bit of it in Vanguard though.

I still like ESO, and I look forward to Morrowind and the future. But I also already backed Pantheon because that looks like a neat PvE mmo for me.

Uriel_Nocturne

Knootewoot wrote: »

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I plan on being deeply involved in some other MMO before the ESO servers shut off.

Usually the death knell is sounding well before the company ever "shuts the lights off" on an MMO, and as I've done many times in the past, when that time comes, it's time to explore other MMORPG options.

The only MMO I've ever stayed with until the very last day, was Star Wars Galaxies. That was truly an amazing MMO, and I was very sad to see that one go. I was there from day 1, and was one of those many players that they had to forcefully boot off the system in order to shut off the servers. That was one MMO I really didn't want to let go of.

While I greatly enjoy ESO, it doesn't hold anywhere hear the magic (for me at least) as SWG did. By the time ESO is ready to shut down for good, I will be well involved in the next MMO.

That's not me hating on ESO or ZOS. That's just the nature of the MMORPG industry.

That "magic" is for most players only available in their first mmo. For me that was also SWG. Not from day 1 due to exams back then, but December 2003 I started by journey. Also until the very end. I still have contact with a few people from the old Eclipse server on Steam and in SWG emu.

I never found the same magic in any other mmo. Maybe a bit of it in Vanguard though.

I still like ESO, and I look forward to Morrowind and the future. But I also already backed Pantheon because that looks like a neat PvE mmo for me.

I agree on the "magic of your first MMO" psychology.

I cut my teeth on the first MMO's. Asheron's Call, Ultima Online, EverQuest... those three MMO's are still what I use to judge every single MMORPG I play. Not necessarily for the graphics of the newer games vs the older ones. There were drastic graphical limitations (obviously) for those older MMO's, so that's not a point of comparison.

No, I judge purely by game play mechanics, depth of Quests/Content, and character customization. Of which, those three MMORPG's are considered the "base standard" in my eyes. If newer MMO's don't at least come close to what those three MMO's offered, then I don't consider it seriously as an MMO option.

So I definitely see what you're saying as far as the psychology of the magic of a person's first MMO. I do have to admit, of all the multitude of MMO's that I've played, SWG was the only one that recreated that "magic" of my first MMO's. I still pine for SWG, though I can't bring myself to get into the private server/EMU. It just doesn't "feel the same" to me.

Maybe that's just me being silly, but that's how it feels.

And while I'm not hating on ESO in any way (as I mentioned earlier), it just doesn't hold up to those four earlier MMO's. It's a good MMORPG, and I enjoy it greatly. But it's not as "quality" as any of the four listed above IMO. So, I'll play ESO until another MMO comes along that recreates that "magic" again.

Once that MMORPG arrives, I'll let most of my other MMO play time die down to a trickle. It's rare to find an MMO that recreates that feeling, and when it eventually comes around, I make sure that I don't miss a minute of it.

Turelus

I could get behind that. Only so my friends can laugh or be shocked by the profanities I spew on TeamSpeak whilst doing it.

Last night night I actually got a "That's not Tarvy!" after I rather bad and not very PC outburst (seriously I hate those damn wraiths).

kylewwefan

Maybe they'll nerf it hard enough by then I can actually beat it

film

ArchMikem wrote: »

Just Maelstrom? Not the entire game minus PvP? Just Maelstrom...

You're right...We should all dream so big.

Merlin13KAGL

Enjoying the RNG that much, are you?

1. Purchase shredder
2. Mount 'Arm' to side of shredder
3. Proceed to insert $100 bills from paycheck into "Slot Machine" over and over until evicted
4. Wait for worthwhile payout...

Cpt_Teemo

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnrs3zu0xeI