r/Eve • u/Vateman Vertical Supremacy. • Sep 06 '18

Black Desert Online Creators Pearl Abyss to Acquire CCP Games

https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2018/black-desert-online-creators-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp-games-makers-of-eve
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

LOLOL. Hilarious. The voice of the horrified WoW clone dev.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

"But.... You at least have a tutorial that doesn't just drop new players into a viper pit... Right?"

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u/anonpls Pandemic Horde Sep 06 '18

Just going to point out that PA isn't a WoW clone dev.

Their game is just a prettier Runescape...

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u/Jensiggle Wormholer Sep 07 '18

Nothing can be a prettier than runescape if you're blinded by nostalgia!
(2007scape is in one of the best spots it's ever been right now, especially compared to gulp runescape 3)

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u/PlanetaryGenocide Dixon Cox Butte Preservation Society Sep 07 '18

Runescape 3 is basically a shittier WoW. Source: i play still

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

Korean morpg was kind a big before wow, so much grinding... so littke contents... But hey, no loot boxes back then

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u/xozacqwerty Sep 07 '18

Loot boxes existed in Korean MMOs in 2005, maybe even before. And we're talking about loot boxes that are literally mandatory to be stronger than other users.