r/generaldiscussion

Multiplayer games are bigger than ever. More players. More servers. More content. Yet somehow… they feel less social. And it’s not because players changed. It’s because design changed. Matchmaking Replaced Communities Older multiplayer games forced you into persistent servers. You saw the same names. You built rivalries. You remembered who was good. Now? Instant matchmaking.Anonymous lobbies. One match — then everyone disappears. Efficient. But disposable. Convenience Killed Interaction Auto-queue. Auto-group.…

If MMORPG economies inflate because too much gold enters the system… the real question is: Why don’t developers remove more of it? Every monster killed, quest completed, and daily activity injects currency into the world. But unless that gold leaves the system at a similar rate, prices spiral. And that’s where gold sinks come in. What Is a Gold Sink? A gold sink is any system that permanently removes currency…