oldSchoolMetinero
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to share a few thoughts after playing on WoM2 server for about three weeks now. I’m hoping to start a open discussion and see if others feel the same way—no offense intended to anyone!
Metin2 has always been a big part of my gaming life. In fact, through this game, I’ve met wonderful people who became true friends in real life. However, coming back and playing recently has been a strange and somewhat disheartening experience due to how overly individualistic the game feels now.
Here are a few things I’ve noticed during my time on the server:
Ghost Towns full of AFK players: You see dozens of people standing in the city square, but almost nobody is actually there. Out of 20 people you try to talk to, maybe one responds.
Zero communication: Even simple questions in general chat—like asking how an event works—get completely ignored. The only time people use chat is to trade. I constantly have to alt-tab out of the game and look through the website or Wiki just to understand basic server mechanics because nobody answers in-game.
No room for casuals or new players: I tried asking to join a guild just to socialize, but because I’m low level and playing casually "for fun," I was flat out rejected. There seems to be very little interest in helping new players or building a community.
Changing kingdoms didn't help: I even created characters in other kingdoms and found people from my own country, but the result was the same: everyone is permanently AFK or strictly focused on their own grind.
I understand that Metin2 is a competitive game, and obviously, nobody expects players to act like a charity organization. But at the end of the day, it's still a video game. Part of the magic used to be fooling around, making jokes, making mistakes together, and just wasting time enjoying the social side of an MMORPG. Today, the mindset—both on official servers and private ones—feels so hyper-optimized and isolated that it’s almost overwhelming.
Why do you think the game evolved this way? Is it just the mindset of modern players, or has the game design pushed us into this antisocial dynamic?
I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences below.
I wanted to share a few thoughts after playing on WoM2 server for about three weeks now. I’m hoping to start a open discussion and see if others feel the same way—no offense intended to anyone!
Metin2 has always been a big part of my gaming life. In fact, through this game, I’ve met wonderful people who became true friends in real life. However, coming back and playing recently has been a strange and somewhat disheartening experience due to how overly individualistic the game feels now.
Here are a few things I’ve noticed during my time on the server:
Ghost Towns full of AFK players: You see dozens of people standing in the city square, but almost nobody is actually there. Out of 20 people you try to talk to, maybe one responds.
Zero communication: Even simple questions in general chat—like asking how an event works—get completely ignored. The only time people use chat is to trade. I constantly have to alt-tab out of the game and look through the website or Wiki just to understand basic server mechanics because nobody answers in-game.
No room for casuals or new players: I tried asking to join a guild just to socialize, but because I’m low level and playing casually "for fun," I was flat out rejected. There seems to be very little interest in helping new players or building a community.
Changing kingdoms didn't help: I even created characters in other kingdoms and found people from my own country, but the result was the same: everyone is permanently AFK or strictly focused on their own grind.
I understand that Metin2 is a competitive game, and obviously, nobody expects players to act like a charity organization. But at the end of the day, it's still a video game. Part of the magic used to be fooling around, making jokes, making mistakes together, and just wasting time enjoying the social side of an MMORPG. Today, the mindset—both on official servers and private ones—feels so hyper-optimized and isolated that it’s almost overwhelming.
Why do you think the game evolved this way? Is it just the mindset of modern players, or has the game design pushed us into this antisocial dynamic?
I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences below.
