[MUD-Dev2] [Design] Dinosaurs evolve to chickens, MMOs evolve to massively single-player games

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

> I'm surprised more MMO/POWs haven't offered small taskbar apps that can
> provide status feedback, or even allow communication without the main
> client running.

MXO supported AIM presence and messaging.

>> What kind of hybrids are possible? How about taking Guild Wars a step further, and providing Bioware/Bethesda style single-player-CRPG gameplay in an instance, with walled cities/towns being public? It could play just like a single-player game, except that (a) you could invite friends into your instance, (b) meet new players in the towns, and (c) all the orcs in your instance would be wearing "Pizza hut" emblazoned armor.

In many ways NWN effectively did this.  (Minus the pizza hut armor)




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