ForumsGames'Energy' and 'Stamina' (I.E Action points) in AG

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Zultra
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Why is it that the majority of the MMO's have some kind of limit to how much you play? It's pointless.

If I want to play your game all day, why not?

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trying
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Bard

It makes them money and deters people from making real money off of selling the in game currency. Check out this article.

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Baron

Why is it that the majority of the MMO's have some kind of limit to how much you play? It's pointless.

If I want to play your game all day, why not?


Exactly. It makes people money. A lot of iPhone games also do this to make money. One of them the notorious TeamLava...
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Nomad

I just quit games that have it.

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Grand Duke

Think about it too, a limit prevents an addiction. It's inadvertently a good thing for you.

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Nomad

It's quite astonishing, measures to stop you playing...

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Baron

I just quit games that have it.


That's not very smart. But most flash games on this site don't have that anyways xD
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Grand Duke

That's not very smart.


I wholly agree. If it's fun, just play it until you hit the ceiling. You're merely shortchanging yourself if you're not going to have fun for a while because the game has a daily limit to that entertainment.
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Peasant

yeah

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Nomad

I once heard of a case where a player played so long she died of starvation while playing. Maybe that's the reason why there is a limit...

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wat

trying
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Yep it happened a couple times. Most of them were in South Korea.

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