https://www.howlongtobeat.com/ has some features to help with this. Will enable you to import games and playtimes from Steam.
These Community Camps are special spots that have extra PokeStops and Gyms. But what’s the catch? Well, they are designed to bring local players together.
The feature is part of the Community Ambassador Program, which means there will only be certain players who can create these Campsites. You must apply and eventually get accepted as an Ambassador. There are perks for those who are accepted, you get stuff like free items and support from the game’s team. However, some of the players are saying that it’s hard to get approved, and they are still on the waiting list.
Some trainers seem to be happy with it, they think it would help in making the game more social. While some aren’t really excited for it, they think the developers are trying to “force them to be extroverts.”
It runs pretty well and everything and I think will scratch the itch.
It’s just a very jarring throwback to the times.
The game was more built around being ran with a controller, so mouse and keyboard is a little janky - I pretty much solely use a keyboard.
Map/travel is very old school. Alt tabbing for maps/routes, boats, etc.
Making a player level to 20, and then immediately starting over to level again for a sub job is an incredibly sadistic thing to ask from an MMO.
I could go on. But it regularly sees 2k+ players online so there must be some subset of people that enjoy it.
I can’t in good conscience recommend this to an internet stranger - because the experience is quite brutal.
But if you do in fact hate yourself - you might look into https://horizonxi.com/
Enjoying it. Very much captures the early EQ vibe.
Exploring and checking out what’s around a corner and considering every mob to not get stomped.
Running around a city interacting and looking for quests.
Drive by buffs or strangers messaging you to give hand me downs.
Finding a group isn’t instant - so have some side projects to work on like crafting or questing. Or take initiative and start messaging strangers to start one.
So… when do we get to play Concord? I assume that’s what this is all about.