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- Sun Mar 01, 2026 5:18 am
- Forum: Active Hubs
- Topic: SWG Emu: Basilisk hub is live
- Replies: 3
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Re: SWG Emu: Basilisk hub is live
Good to see organized SWG community here. I have been playing on Basilisk for two years. The Pre-CU economy is finally stabilizing.
- Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:18 pm
- Forum: Old Online Worlds
- Topic: Server shutdown stories - the last day
- Replies: 4
- Views: 789
Server shutdown stories - the last day
Every MMO shutdown has its own kind of grief. I was there for the last day of SWG, City of Heroes, and WildStar. Each one hit differently.\n\nSWG: Everyone gathered in Mos Eisley cantina. Entertainers played music until the lights went out.\nCoH: Atlas Park was so full of heroes the server could ...
- Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:46 am
- Forum: Old Online Worlds
- Topic: The golden age of MMOs: 1997-2004
- Replies: 4
- Views: 514
Re: The golden age of MMOs: 1997-2004
Also the player expectations changed. Early MMO players accepted jank and bugs because the concept was magical. Modern players expect polish day one. Hard to innovate when you cannot afford rough edges.
- Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best overlooked MMO mechanics that modern games forgot
- Replies: 5
- Views: 633
Re: Best overlooked MMO mechanics that modern games forgot
Server identity. When your server had 2000-5000 people, you knew the major guilds, the famous players, the server villains. Now with megaservers everyone is anonymous.