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WHAT ABOUT INSTRUMENTS!!! How can you NOT put music at the top 10? ;_;

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Minigames win out over things like, say, player housing? I'm slightly shocked that housing's not on the list. I know that some implementations have been better than others, but it just adds so much to the game.

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Great list, I think it summed up the essential parts of MMOs as a whole very well.

Sure, there's some aspects that are specific to certain MMOs that truly differentiate those games (LOTRO's music system as noted above, I was thinking about the lore aspect and the progression of a storyline beyond just quests - primarily scripted events used heavily in FFXI and to a lesser extent during instances in DDO, LOTRO, and WoW), but this list of ten surely hammered lots of important nails in the head.

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Excellent read. Tho I don't think I would have included cosmetic pets in there because I think they're a total wank. They don't do anything to add to your character and since there is no customization involved there are a million other people with the same pet as you.

All in all its good to see something written about the current Gen of MMOs that isn't 99% wow-centric. Some other stuff I would have included in my own list: Deeds from LOTRO, the (tho somewhat flawed) vast improvements in trade and commerce (auction houses) and maybe legendary items like Sulfuras and Thunderfury, meaning 'crafted' items that take a guild effort to produce ONE legendary item for one lucky member. I always thought they were a breath of fresh air in a genre where 99% of people are only in it for personal advancement.

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