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Dungeon Runners is Shutting Down
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arislyn said...
It makes me sad to see Dungeon Runners get the plug pulled. It was a fast, fun game that was fantastic for those 15-30 min runs when you wanted nothing more than to whup on some pixel critters. But, I'm also not surprised by it. From what I can tell, they had been struggling financially for some time and had had serious staff cutbacks. They simply didn't have the staff to keep cranking out tons of content or the money to implement new ways to get money.
Here's the official announcement:
http://www.dungeonrunners.com/news/current_news/dungeon_runners_is_shutting_do.html
Here's the official announcement:
http://www.dungeonrunners.com/news/current_news/dungeon_runners_is_shutting_do.html
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It was good. People just hated it because they thought it was a forced party game which is only partly true. Some classes couldn't solo while others could, in some cases you just had to figure out the right combination of jobs. I was one of the few players to get to max level soloing because I figured out what monsters to kill and stuff on my galka warrior/ninja hybrid.