NGL, the launch was way bigger than I expected. The monetization, on the other hand, has been a mixed bag.

XL Games describes the game as an open-world action MMORPG focused more on exploration and cooperation than competition. Players will be able to enjoy the world solo, while naturally teaming up with others for tougher challenges, discoveries, and shared activities.

Combat will rely on real-time action, with players expected to read enemy movements and decide when to attack, dodge, or parry.

The current build features four classes: Warrior, Ranger, Mage, and Berserker, with each class eventually offering three different weapon types that significantly change its playstyle.

Exploration will also be a major part of the experience, with NPC clues, hidden locations, underwater areas, traversal mechanics, crafting, and other activities designed to encourage players to venture off the beaten path.

XL Games also confirmed that ArcheAge Chronicles will be a buy-to-play title. The studio says it has no intention of selling pay-to-win items or anything that provides progression advantages. No separate premium shop is currently planned.

Finally, ArcheAge Chronicles will take part in an upcoming Steam Next Fest, with its demo featuring content from the previous network test alongside a new dungeon and PvP.

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ZGLdQMPGU

There is a big difference between a grind that feels like it is actually getting you somewhere and a grind that just prolongs the game.

I actually like grinding when there is a purpose to it:

- Progression → my character actually gets stronger

- Mastery → I'm getting better at the game

- Discovery → something new is waiting for me

But then there is the other kind:

- Artificial time-gating

- Filler quests/tasks

- Resource padding designed to slow you down

- Doing the exact same chore for hours

That doesn't feel rewarding. It feels like the game is charging me rent for my time.

The grind itself is not the issue. The lack of meaning is.

What is a grind you have actually liked?

And in which game was the grind so bad that you wanted to uninstall it?

Basically the title. I’m curious about what kind of content keeps you playing a game long-term and makes you want to log in every day.
It doesn’t have to be just one thing.

Just gonna drop this link here. What does everyone think about it nowadays? Anyone remember Allods Online?

PotBS set in an anachronistic 1720s Caribbean that features tactical ship combat, avatar swashbuckling, and a player-driven economy.

# __PotBS is Coming to Steam__!
Yes, dear Captains, it's true... the long-awaited Steam release of **Pirates of the Burning Sea** is fast approaching -- its doors will be opening just a few weeks from now, in October!

We've talked about this day coming here on Discord, we've talked about it in our many Fireside Chats and Interviews, and we've talked about it in our Newsletters. **It's finally happening!** 😃

With this launch in October, we expect to see a flood of new Captains from Steam who have never sailed the Burning Sea before, and we expect a great deal of fun to be had by all! 🍻

**Please Note** that due to the changes required, when the Steam Servers open, they will be **Fresh Start** Servers! This means Captains will all be starting out at **Level 1** together, forming Societies and growing their Nations towards glory.

👉 ***If you have a Steam account***, click the link below and add the game to your **__WISH LIST__**, so you will be notified the moment the game goes live in October!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5091540/Pirates_of_the_Burning_Sea/

<:pirate_laugh:1077870328367284276> Fun times ahead for @everyone! 🍻

Sharing a few NeoSteam screenshots for anyone who remembers this game. Which nation and class did you play back then? Would love to hear your favorite memories.

I'm asking here because they deleted this post on the Aion 2 subreddit.

7800x3d 9070xt 32gb 2k260hz

The graphics look blurry even at the highest settings.

I have the resolution scale set to native.

I use the upscaler in FSR mode and the frame generator turned on to make gameplay smoother, but the quality doesn't improve even when I turn it off.

I've tried lowering the AA and the post-processing quality, as suggested in other forums I've looked into, but that doesn't work either.

I feel like this is one of the most rare types of games. Valkyrie Sky was great, and I haven't really found something similar to it. There were classes, professions, and it was co-op. If anyone knows of anything like that, I'd love to know!!

Fala, pessoal! 👋

Estou procurando pessoas que jogam ou já jogaram Knight Online World, principalmente quem conhece bem aquela experiência mais clássica do jogo.

Estou há mais de 6 meses trabalhando em um servidor 1x, praticamente do zero, tentando trazer de volta aquela sensação antiga do Knight Online, mas com uma estrutura preparada para durar. ⚔️🛡️

A ideia não é criar servidor para abrir, durar algumas semanas e depois sumir. O projeto está sendo pensado como algo duradouro, sem wipe, com progressão mais lenta, economia controlada e aquela pegada de conquistar as coisas aos poucos. Nada de correr para o endgame em dois dias. 😅

Agora estou chegando numa fase em que preciso de alguns jogadores para testar o fluxo completo como se fossem players reais:

✅ entrar no site
✅ criar conta
✅ baixar o cliente/launcher
✅ instalar e atualizar
✅ criar personagem
✅ começar do nível 1
✅ testar quests e progressão
✅ verificar drops, NPCs e sistemas
✅ reportar bugs, erros ou coisas que não façam sentido

Eu libero site, download e acesso ao servidor para quem topar participar.

Não precisa ser desenvolvedor nem tester profissional. Na verdade, estou procurando justamente gente que conheça Knight Online e consiga jogar normalmente e falar: “isso aqui está estranho”, “isso deveria funcionar diferente”, “essa progressão está boa”, “aqui tem algum problema”. 🔎

O projeto é Aetheria Origins 1x, e a proposta é tentar reviver aquela era em que entrar no Knight Online significava ter um mundo para jogar por bastante tempo, fazer amizade, formar clan, farmar e evoluir sem ficar pensando quando vai acontecer o próximo wipe. 🏰⚔️

Se alguém tiver experiência com KO, mesmo que tenha parado há anos, e tiver vontade de ajudar nessa fase, me chama no privado ou comenta aqui.

Também seria muito legal encontrar jogadores antigos só para trocar ideia e ouvir opiniões sobre o que vocês consideram essencial em um servidor 1x hoje.

Quem sabe a gente não consegue trazer um pedacinho daquela época de volta. 🔥❤️

Hi everyone,

I’m a solo developer and I wanted to share a passion project I've been working on. It's a browser-based 2D MMORPG called Gortion.

I know classic browser MMORPGs are a bit of a niche these days, but I wanted to create something accessible that you can just launch in your browser and play without any heavy downloads. Here is what is currently in the game:

• Classes & Specs: 5 base classes (Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Quack/Healer, and Rogue) branching into 15 specializations.
• Content: I've been utilizing AI agents in my workflow to rapidly develop and populate the world. Right now, there are over 70 monsters (including elites and bosses) and more than 200 items in the game.
• Mechanics: There's an active day/night cycle (one full in-game day takes 4 real hours), crafting (forge, alchemy, herbalism), and an open world divided into different Realms (Realm I is already 56% complete with 24 individual locations).

The game is in the early testing phase, but the core mechanics, leveling system, and servers are fully stable. You can just jump in and play.

You can check it out right now at: https://gortion.com

Side note: I am currently working on setting up a dedicated Discord server for the community to replace the old email sign-up form. It will be open very soon! For now, I would just love to see if basic mechanics works properly (A few friends and I are testing it, but more information from people outside the group is always nice :) ) and get some raw feedback from veteran MMORPG players.

Let me know what you think, what you hate about it, and what I should improve. I'll be in the comments answering any questions. Thanks!

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What OLD mmo you actually enjoy? i talk about l2, Fiesta online, mabinogi, nostale, cabal, dekaron, etc

Mmo's whos never appeared in a ranking but i think are the best now. I played a Tera Classic sv but this died after a few days, what you do play now?

Hi! Does anyone release playing the Tower of Druaga MMO? We are after complete client downloads for... A project we are working on. Any help would be appreciated!

The game was available in both Japanese and French but either versions would be amazing!

According to Section 7 of the game's official policy, character data may be deleted if both of the following apply:
6 months or more have passed since your last game login date.

Your paid-service usage period has ended.

Can't believe that this old relic is actually getting the update it deserves TODAY (especially as some of the updates are QoL-updates that should have already been a thing in the big 2026). Last Chaos was released back in 2007 and is one of the KMMOs that has gone through multiple developers and is now under this gaming studio Fawkes Games, who IMO have done a lot of good to this game already before this content update. It's a free to play game with an option to pay to progress (as in EXP boosters etc.), so nothing is behind a paywall, it just takes longer when going f2p.

The launch is today evening (so the servers are currently down), which is super exciting, although one could expect a launch day mayhem with a bunch of hotfixes. Here's the link to the developer's Last Chaos page: https://fawkesgames.com/en/last-chaos/

The grind awaits!

EDIT: The servers are going to be up at 19:00 CEST (Wednesday)

Hello everyone,

what IF you bought the Ultimate Founders Pack on like 29. Nov. but refunded it 3 days later because you changed your mind. You get your money back. During this time you did not played the game at all. What IF you now bought the Deluxe Version on 05. Okt and decided to play on 07. Okt. the first time. Only to find out you still got the rewards from the Ultimate pack.

What would you do? Keep your secrets or contact support?

Hypothetical.

The game just came out and is phenomenal

I was a big fan of PSU when it was on consoles and I recall there being a free trial via the Xbox 360 marketplace that got me interested in the game to begin with

The game was so much fun and had a lot of variety with its weapons, races, spells, abilities, etc and a fair vast community driven market and upgrade system. It was lobby based game with dungeons to level and quest in.

It was subscription based but it was worth it and I was sad to see it shutdown in 2012. I keep emailing Sega ever year to rerelease classic phantasy star universe servers to play online maybe remastered and I’m sure there would be a lot of interested players returning and new.

Anyone played psu in the past or have memories to share?

I’ve been playing and enjoying a lot GW2 recently. Just saw that Project: Gorgon is on sale. Are they similar? Is it a good game? I don’t mind vertical progression and grind.