Runescape never intended folks to hit that high a level. Two brothers made the game and they just kind of filled the endgame levels never expecting anyone to reach it. Later, they added more and more content to fill those later levels. So it also suprised them I guess.
I was impressed to find out even some mmos work, like Final Fantasy 14. There's some janky side loading you can do, but there's even a custom launcher that loads faster than the stock one, and runs Linux! I'm always super impressed when gaming communities fix their own issues like this.
I am similar but I cannot for the life of me understand game engine workflows. Other libraries and frameworks I get after a while of reading docs etc, but the workflow for game engines is so different than what I normally do that I get thrown off course lol. Any tips for unreal?
A YouTube comment described it best:
"Someone spent a ton of time to make sure this game is designed and plays great, and then spent just as much time making it look like it doesn't."
No one said it's their only revenue. You're making up words no one said. It is unethical to consume content without accepting that ad revenue is how its covered. That's it.