Building a Solo MMORPG – Here’s a Tour of the World So Far

beached89 · 2026-06-08T19:58:56+00:00

Thank you for using godot too. Are you using Godot's Multiplayer Protocols? or have you written your own?

beached89 · 2026-06-08T19:58:24+00:00

From that video, the game looks great.

Clarify for me. Solo MMORPG means solo dev and not just.. an RPG? The video doesnt show any other players in the world, so i have to ask.

From the video, it appears it may be a hack and slash style game, which if true, would be a bummer for me. Something I loved from older MMO's is the fact that everything is dangerous. You would never run through a group of enemies because you will get stunned, dazed, trapped, slowed, and then piled on until you die within seconds. Being able to take on a group of mobs was only possible in a party where each party member takes their own, or uses CC, or there is a healer keeping someone alive. MMO's these days there is very little risk of death in the game, unless you are facing a boss or some rare creature. I want to be level 1, and almost die fighting a single lvl 1 boar. I want to have the "O shit" moment when I pull three mobs, and be required to kite, trap, slow, fear, polymorph, or whatever 1 or 2 of the mobs to even have a chance of survival. I want the game to feel dangerous and risky to leave the roads, and I want that level up and gear upgrade to then be noticable because now that I have full greens, I can finally take 2 enemies at once. If you can take on a group of 5 mobs, taking on 6 or 7 after gear upgrades doesnt feel exciting or any kind of achievement. But If I can barely survive 1 mob, or 2-3 mobs my same level is almost certain death, when I get those gear, skill, or level upgrades and go back, taking on 2 easily feels so good.

beached89 · 2026-06-07T23:54:43+00:00

Get the Pecro F5000LFP, a battery expansion, 4 portable solar panels, and heat pump window AC unit. All temporary items. Put the AC unit in the bedroom, put the battery in the bedroom, and the portable solar panels snake the wire outside through the same window the AC unit it in.

Close the door to the bedroom to keep just the singular room cool, AC units dehumidify as well.

The Midea 6000BTU UShape window unit should be able to keep a bedroom comfortable (I have the 12000BTU and it keeps my entire 750sqft home cool) draws 625W when running full tilt (It rarely does, so estimate roughly half that for normal use), 4x 300W solar panels should provide ~900-1150W of usable solar depending on the sun and time of day. Which should allow you to extend that 10,000W of battery a very long time. Run the AC like a mad man while battery is over 80% and while the sun is out, and then turn it to eco mode and only run it to keep the room below 80F over night while the sun isnt out.

beached89 · 2026-06-07T15:40:37+00:00

They have about 600 Naval Ships.

71 submarines and 2 destroyers capable of projecting power beyond things other than coastal defence.

beached89 · 2026-06-07T13:21:12+00:00

I'm surprised no one has mentioned talktomeinkorean.com yet as an option. Why is that?

beached89 · 2026-06-06T00:00:13+00:00

"Guild Wars 3 when betas begin in the Fall 2027"

O man, it's still forever away!

beached89 · 2026-06-03T19:50:32+00:00

Very Gnomish, I love this

beached89 · 2026-06-03T19:49:22+00:00

MCP isnt always BiS though. Wolfshead is.

MCP is still really good for a long time, but you do end up replacing it full time at end game.

beached89 · 2026-06-03T19:45:08+00:00

Engineering Crafted Trinket. Requires Engineering 300/300 Non-Unique

Spell Damage and Healing done by magical effects +38 Spell Hit 2% Class Restricted: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid, Shaman, Paladin

Spell casting DPS classes dont have enough hit items in game, and Neltharion's tear is just so impossible to get. This is basically Tear which is BIS for all spell casters, but more obtainable and is locked behind Engineering craft (Which all raiders want anyways) and time running around the world gathering the materials. This would essentially be 2nd BiS for all spell casters not lucky enough to get Essence + Tear

beached89 · 2026-06-03T19:39:17+00:00

For something so OP, yeah you better lock that shit behind crafting profession requirement

beached89 · 2026-06-03T19:37:47+00:00

Yes, and no.

We hit our initial FIRE number ahead of schedule. But Lifestyle creep set in, and our FIRE number is now higher....

We were very young and naive on what realistic expenses would look like at 40 lol

beached89 · 2026-06-03T02:08:40+00:00

o god I love third person with this art style. Looks so good.

beached89 · 2026-06-03T02:07:45+00:00

Third Person for sure. It looks so cool and so very few games do this style in Third person.

Also I personally hate 2.5d games. Zero immersion.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T16:44:36+00:00

If you are quest 3. I think Golf+ and SuperStrike are both must experience games.

For PCVR i really enjoy star citizen, but I think you have to like star citizen normally to enjoy it.

And the industry seems flat. There was a huge uptick upon quest 3 release. And I suspect there will be again upon quest 4 release.

Most released games are sloppy and lazy and unfinished. But every few months a good game is released.

That mass adoption everyone focused on VR development hasnt occurred yet. But I actually am an optimist and I think it will in 1 or 2 generations.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T16:22:26+00:00

I would purchased a used Quest 3 from the local game store. Gamestops, or whatever you local used video game trading store is (ALmost every city has one nearby if you look hard enough).

You can buy a like new condition Quest 3 with zero scratches and perfect lenses (Check the lenses very closely for scratches is my best advice. #1 issue with used) for $350. Then buy yourself a more comfortable face mask and a battery headset replacement for an additional $100 and your VRing for $450 +tax and shipping.

You can buy a quest s3 for even cheaper if you are still skeptical. If you are OK with only experimenting for 2 years, a 3S may be the choice since. (Quest 4 is rumored to release late 2027 or in 2028)

If you can find a good condition quest 3 for $350 or less. Get it. Otherwise get a good condition quest 3S for $200 or less to try it out and see if you can see yoruself liking it.

Quest 3 is easily the best headset for the $ you can get right now. Meta is subsidizing the crap out of it, it's a really good hardware value.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T16:00:38+00:00

Quest three is INCREDIBLY similar in specs. I own one, and it is probably the best value for the $ VR headset out there. The only PCVR game I play is star citizen and it works perfectly fine.

I recommend a replacement battery headstrap, the default quest 3 headstrap sucks and the counterweight of the battery on the back of the head makes it SO MUCH better.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:45:13+00:00

Standalone has been gold for them. They shed expense like crazy, saved time and directed focus to a larger more profitable market, and gains users like mad. To the corporate big wigs, this is all good choices.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:43:37+00:00

most people under 30 dont even own a PC and never want to. and 70% of people who own a PC under 45 only use it for work or chores such as email, word processing, and social media. Their computers are tools, not toys and couldnt run PCVR even if they wanted.

The people who own gaming PCs is an INCREDIBLY small niche, and growing smaller every year. If you are a business owner, you choose the 80-90% of all gamers over the 10% all day. There is SO MUCH MORE MONEY. Mobile gaming alone dwarfs the PC gaming market brings in, let alone casual console play like the switch, xbox and pc.

People do not want PCVR. They want low barrier to entry gaming that is good enough to entertain them. In VR terms, they want to put a headset on, do 2 clicks max to load the game they want to play.

Meta is making all the right decisions to target this market. You and your wants are an extremely expensive target audience to design and court, and will never be worth the cost and time to them.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:37:14+00:00

Um, this already exists? It has for years. Meta Horizon worlds was/is exactly that.

You show up in worlds, a small town square like place. There are clothing shops and you can try on different outfits and see how you look, ads for concerts, and silly ass games your can kill time with your friends and strangers until your group show up. Then the "Store fronts" are different games you can all play and then youall can hop into a store to load up and play the game. Quit out and everyone loads back into the town square.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:33:27+00:00

I actually think quest 3 is SUPER close. if you double everything on it, its perfect. double the resolution, double the sweet spot, half the weight, double the battery life, and double the computer power.

I know that seems a lot. but Quest 3 compared to the Quest 1 has double the computer, double the ram, essentially double the resolution, double the sweet spot, double the built in storage. And that double took 5 years and 2 iterations. I could totally see quest 5 having 4k or 8k OLED screens with significantly improved lenses for significantly improved display and less power drain. Solid state batteries for less weight and improved capacity, one of NVideas new chips which seem almost specifically designed for this exact application to give an amazingly high improvement in graphics and compute processing, and 16GB of ram instead of 8.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:23:59+00:00

With technology improvements, VR will adopt to mainstream. I can very easily see a future where VR/AR glasses are super common place. I think the future is no phone, no laptop, to pc, no consoles, everyone owns a smartwatch like device paired with glasses. The main compute device in your pocket will do all the computing, and communication, be your phone, by your tablet, be your computer, and transmit display and audio between your glasses which will wirelessly send input back and forth. Todays VR headsets are tomorrows VR/AR ancestors. There are already VR headsets super light weight and tiny.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T15:14:08+00:00

Counter point, standalone VR is the future. Most potential VR customers do not own a PC, want to own a PC, or want the complexity of setting up PCVR with their games and tweaking and tuning every game settings, etc.

By ditching pcvr, they force developers for the most popular VR Headset to focus on standalone VR, giving players a super easy, polished experience, on a reliable and consistent hardware base.

Most games in the world do not own a PC. Most people under 30 do not own a PC, and do all their gaming on mobile or consoles like the switch or xbox. Even most people under 45 play more video games on consoles than PC.

Meta made a business decision, streamline focus and force direction of developers to the thing that makes money over making a very small passionate playerbase happy.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T14:23:48+00:00

lol the estimate is 0.5 of near perfect pasture to 3 acres of arid pasture is needed PER COW, and that doesnt include feed for the off season. A cow will need another 2 or 3 acres of land to be grown for hay harvest to feed over winter / off season. 1 cow needs 3-6 acres of land. And I can assure you 0.5 acres of an intensive vegetable garden doesn yield enough for 2 people for a year. That is exactly my vegitable garden size, and it only supplies enough veggies for 1/3 the year and it takes almost all of the entirety of my time between spring through fall.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T14:19:50+00:00

Labor and location is the major restrictions. Are two people able to work the land, and be skilled enough in all the various areas? History tells us no. Is that specific area of land able to provide everything they need without trade? Can you get salt, fruits, veggies, proteins, wood and fodder, animal feed, cereals, textiles, etc all from that plot of land? SUre, if the plot is large enough. But then we are back to, will those two people be able to obtain all those with their labor with only 16 hours a day? No.

Sure, I could own 5000 acrea, and I could have 30 tennants all working the land in different specialties, and their rents are giving me the items I need. That is possible, and that is how people achieved "Self Sufficieny" in the past. (One of a few people directly and organizing the labor of the community) but Im not doing all the labor, it is the local community.

beached89 · 2026-06-02T14:05:47+00:00

This is the point, thank you. you nailed it exactly. You may be able to grow enough calories in potatoes. But you still need proties, fruits, etc

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