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		bullen on Oct 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MMO Architecture: clients, sockets, threads and co... Then you are making a slideshow, not a game. The whole point of games is real-time action. It does not need to be violent, but it needs physics that give you the feeling of being there. Multiplayer > VR

nvarsj on Oct 29, 2023 [–]

Lots of mmos have low tick rates. I believe Eve Online is once per second. Originally WoW was like 2.5/s. You don’t need high tick rates in MMOs (but you certainly have to design the game systems around expected server tick rate).

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