Quote Originally Posted by Otoha View Post
That analogy is perfect.

People will keep watching/paying for the hyped up flavor of the month media because everyone else does whether or not its actually anywhere close to a work of art.
Oh I guess I was under the misconception people actively played games because they enjoyed them.

Quote Originally Posted by Tupsi View Post
Btw, ARR only came about because they couldn't make some core changes unless they changed engines and decided to go the standard route - I know you didn't follow ARR's development, or else you would've known that. By the way, you appear to be playing as classes and obs that originated in 1.0 - 1.22 including one of the new classes that was set to be released in one of the first updates to 1.0.
ARR only came out because 1.0 was a failure, something SE admitted.

About the classes, thank you Sherlock, I would never have guessed they used 1.0 as a base for 2.0.

Quote Originally Posted by Tupsi View Post
Maplestory's numbers trumped even WoW's numbers - I guess MS is the best MMO to ever exist, huh?
If MS had an active population higher than WoW then don't you think, maybe, just maybe those people thought it was better?

Should I weight a game based on what you personally like or what seems to appeal a high amount of people?