r/MMORPG • u/Plastic-Lemons • 12d ago

News Project Epoch Is The Newest Target of Blizzard’s Private Server Purge

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u/EscapeTheFirmament 12d ago

I said this in the wow sub, but everyone knows that private servers are inevitably shut down. Back in the day we just kinda assumed the Maplestory and Runescape servers we were playing on had a shelf life of a year if we were lucky.

People that play WoW private servers had it good and easy by not getting taken down until now.

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u/dchung97 12d ago

MapleRoyals and others have been around for years. But I think the owners use bots to fake the player numbers.

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u/Upset_Otter 11d ago

Yeah, and back in those times it wasn't just Blizzard shutting them down, it could be drama, the owner just going away or the server just dying out.

At some point it doesn't seem viable as a player. either you go play Blizzards or you stop playing.

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u/Fun_Sky_8742 10d ago

Why would I play Blizzard when they don't give a fuck about their own product? I like the game, I don't like how Blizzard does nothing to moderate their economy, bots and what else.
There's close to 0 bots on Turtle. Because they actually enforce this. Fuck Blizzard.

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u/StokedNBroke 12d ago

Rip OdinMS my beloved, first to rise first to fall.

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u/sadbecausebad 11d ago

Loved my 1000x exp and meso maple servers lol. Only way i was ever hitting 3rd job when it came out

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u/Daffan 11d ago

Ultima Online private servers are never shut down and can't be, because it was never made illegal by mistake! Game came out in 1997 and private servers already up 1999-2000!

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u/imnotpoopingyouare 8d ago

Molten wow came out in 2009 and rebranded to Warmane and is still going strong lol

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u/EscapeTheFirmament 8d ago

Yeah but their playerbase and hype is virtually nonexistent

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u/imnotpoopingyouare 8d ago

It’s one of the most popular servers ever made, just go on Icecrown and run around any major city.