“I think that the idea that the MMO crowd doesn’t exist is belied by the number of players who are still in World of Warcraft”
“I think that the idea that the MMO crowd doesn’t exist is belied by the number of players who are still in World of Warcraft”
The big thing about MMOs is that they (try to) create communities, and being part of a community is a surefire way to make people stay.
Give too much freedom for a single player and the community as a whole falters. Give them enough to do without groups, but leave the “good stuff” as something exclusive to groups and don’t give dungeon finders or similar auto-grouping tools. I say this as someone who spent way, way too much time playing WoW like a single-player game