Done with MMOs.. Anyone else?
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I never liked MMOs. A bunch of people thinking they're the ***** because they spent all day on the game doing something that takes no skill. At least the COD kiddies can kill me quick and headshoot me :laugh:0
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I used to enjoy WOW until I realized that I would never see any endgame content due to the fact that I only played for 30 minutes a day. My money was better spent paying for XBOX Live.0
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Yeah, I can see this in most. One of the reason I like LotRO better than other MMOs is that it's based on the Tolkien story, and they do a great job with the lore. I'm not a role-player, but you really start to feel immersed in the story, and one of the coolest things is running around finding places from the books, and meeting the characters. I giggled for a solid 10 minutes the first time I ran into Tom Bombadil, then again when I ran into Frodo, Gandalf, Lord Elrond, etc. Oh, and even more when I ran into Bregalad, hahaha. Even took a screenshot with himThere's no compelling story or characters to drive me towards an end goal, which really there isn't in MMOs. I want so badly to enjoy playing them, but I don't. Just not my thing.
I don't play with any RL friends. I go out and make new friends by grouping and joining a kin (guild). I've made some super awesome friends that way. Just like here on MFP, you get what you put into it socially.I'm sure a big part of it for me, too, is that I have a hard time finding good friends to play with and look forward to logging on with. So I end up playing some big MMO... all by myself. And it's like, what's the point?0 -
i could totally balance raiding (yes, at endgame) and being healthy along with pvping with friends. raiding for 7 years. its weird not doing now (although that is because cata is ****) its like part of me is missing.
just takes some planning.0 -
I currently play Everquest 2 and raid 9pm-12am est mon,tue,wed,thurs and have no problem getting things done0
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I don't play with any RL friends. I go out and make new friends by grouping and joining a kin (guild). I've made some super awesome friends that way. Just like here on MFP, you get what you put into it socially.I'm sure a big part of it for me, too, is that I have a hard time finding good friends to play with and look forward to logging on with. So I end up playing some big MMO... all by myself. And it's like, what's the point?
That's what I meant, though, like, finding people in the game who I enjoy playing with. When I first started playing online games--Ragnarok Online and FFXI--I had no problem with that, maybe because back then when people played online games they played them to play with others. But now it seems people just want to play by themselves so most people ignore you or are just jerks. I had a hard time getting into WoW even though I enjoyed playing it because I could never seem to find a community within it.0 -
that is surprising. any guild i've applied to i've always been welcomed with open arms.. even guilds i wasn't in! i just always had lots of friends on wow.0
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I used to raid and I've never once been on a raid that didn't pretty much demand 3-4 hours of your time. Now that I've gotten used to playing games where I can just walk away when my dog needs a walk, or only play for an hour at a time without suffering any sort of consequences (or anyone else suffering because of me) when i log out mid-game, there's no real going back.0
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I don't play with any RL friends. I go out and make new friends by grouping and joining a kin (guild). I've made some super awesome friends that way. Just like here on MFP, you get what you put into it socially.I'm sure a big part of it for me, too, is that I have a hard time finding good friends to play with and look forward to logging on with. So I end up playing some big MMO... all by myself. And it's like, what's the point?
That's what I meant, though, like, finding people in the game who I enjoy playing with. When I first started playing online games--Ragnarok Online and FFXI--I had no problem with that, maybe because back then when people played online games they played them to play with others. But now it seems people just want to play by themselves so most people ignore you or are just jerks. I had a hard time getting into WoW even though I enjoyed playing it because I could never seem to find a community within it.
Then you're playing the wrong game(s), or on the wrong servers. I've never had a single issue with that. I switched servers (with a friend), and instantly made tons of new friends. After I ditched that friend (issues), I've now made a slew of new friends, simply by grouping and being social. Heck, I made one new friend because we hang out in the same area and one day I randomly struck up a conversation with him. People on my server (not my old server, but this new one I'm on - servers can also make a huge difference) are constantly pugging groups, and it's been really easy for me - someone who prefers to fly under the radar and only talk to people I like - to make lots of friends. 'Course, LotRO is also known for having one of the nicest MMO communities out there, or at least that's what I've heard from people who have regularly played other games.0 -
I never got into MMOs for that reason, i like to stop playing my game and you know the game stops as well. And also i like the joy of completing a game0
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Hate MMOs, and totally agree with this guy ^^. They're just all the same, at the end of the day. I greatly prefer a game that has a decent 2-player mode, and almost no one is making them any more. It's either 1 player or the whole freakin world is on your screen. Ahhh, for the good old days... <looks soulfully out the window and the wobbly image starts - enter flashback sequence...>
I also don't get off on PVP, although I confess, I am still playing (on and off) DC Universe online, just because, well, it's SUPER HEROES!!! (You'll never guess who my main character is modeled after...)0 -
I played Dark Age of Camelot back in the day when it was kind of the de facto MMO and the first to offer a Realm vs. Realm based combat experience. I had about 2 years into that and I quit. Then I got hooked into WoW for maybe a year, never
You had me at Dark Age of Camelot
. lol I played for like 8 years then went to Basic Training. Since then i've played very little. I have 2 toddlers, go to school full time, workout a lot and have to maintain a house. I miss RvR soooooooo much
DAOC
Now the count is 2 other people who know what I'm talking about :sigh:. Spent about 3-4 years there, hubby spent about 6-7 yrs there. 0 -
I keep wavering between done and not. I quit wow twice for a year each time but I keep getting dragged back. And now with Mists coming out and my guild doing Hardmodes Im sucked in fridays and saturdays from 6-9. I just dont have the willpower to give it up I guess. I could be spending that time doing more stuff with my real life friends or working out! Just have to wean myself off I hope0
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I played Dark Age of Camelot back in the day when it was kind of the de facto MMO and the first to offer a Realm vs. Realm based combat experience. I had about 2 years into that and I quit. Then I got hooked into WoW for maybe a year, never
You had me at Dark Age of Camelot . lol I played for like 8 years then went to Basic Training. Since then i've played very little. I have 2 toddlers, go to school full time, workout a lot and have to maintain a house. I miss RvR soooooooo much
DAOC Now the count is 2 other people who know what I'm talking about :sigh:. Spent about 3-4 years there, hubby spent about 6-7 yrs there.
DAoC was my first MMO. =D0 -
I honestly was only ever attracted to the social aspect of WoW and the fact that I could turn my brain off and just quest/grind/farm. It was a huge unwinding tool for me. But then it started to eat my life because I had no life or friends outside of the game (my own issues there). So when drama kept popping up and my friends started leaving I ended up tossing in the towel too. I was never very good at figuring out what gear I needed because I just didn't care that much. When I raided I basically had guildies or exes put together a "shopping list" and I would go out and buy/farm/instance the crap out of things until I got what they told me to get. I am good at following directions but I never wanted to be the best player ever.
I've been kicking around the idea of going back (only to re-roll on a different server though). I would only be a completely casual player now though considering that I am working full time and about to start going to school again in my spare time. After you add in the gym and time with friends I won't have much time for WoW.
So I agree with you but because I enjoyed the social/grinding/farming/questing aspects of the game I might go back eventually just to have that turn brain off and unwind time.
This is basically me too, except that I knew my own gear and how/where to find it, and most people came to me for gearing up questions! It truly was the social aspect of the game that made me play, and it helped me unwind. I loved the farming feel of the game and that with my group of friends, I could do *anything* in the game and still have a freaking BLAST doing it because my friends were so amazing. Ahh the days of titanium farming and laughing so hard I couldn't see the nodes through the joy-tears.
I've flirted with the idea of going back but I just can't justify it when most of the time I'm alone playing. I miss raiding, I miss my friends, I miss the socializing and the laughter and the amazing conversations.0 -
I have played all the major MMOs from FFXI to WoW to SWToR from beta to release...and I will be playing GW2 but if that fame fails too, I'll give up on MMOs too...0
