I have several people in my guild who are 40+, including my guild leader, who is an amazing woman! However, we do have some older people who are... well, old. They get cranky and don't understand the social aspect of MMOs and make it an unhappy place for everybody because they simply didn't grow up with anything like a multiplayer game. As long as you don't "act" like an old, computer illiterate grump and understand that multiplayer means you must take other people into consideration, I'd say you're in the clear As far as the RPG aspect, nobody is too old to slay dragons!

agreed. Im in my mid-30's. my mom plays fairly decently after you explain things a few times. I am a guild leader that's a family atmosphere type guild. we have a lot of parent/child family groups with us. The oldest being a wonderful 63 year old man who is a decent player and a great guy. His son is a little older than i but has been playing for years and knows the game inside and out. Both of them are my second in command.

that being said ive come accross some jerks who are younger and who are older. Its who you as a person, not what you do in your free time, that defines you.

I've played with a pretty awesome grandpa, and have also played with a super b*tchy older couple who complained if anyone so much as said hell, so I've dealt with both ends of the spectrum. As long as you get along with the peeps you're playing with, go for it!

Got me. I'm 31, and I'm one of the younger members in my MMO group.

I don't think there is an age limit. I've raided with 50/60 year olds that incorporated themselves perfectly into the game. On their other hand I did raid with some 20's that nerd raged faster than the older crowd. So it really depends on the person.

Never too old to play !

When do you become too old to play mmorpg's?

I don't think you can be too old to play MMOs. I used to play WoW with a 60 yr old. SWTOR with a 55yr old guild leader lol. I think just because the majority of players who are outspoken are in the teen range, that it makes people feel like may be their time has come. I totally disagree with this. Just need to find mature people and enjoy it with them. I would go back to WoW if they introduced a 18+ realm lol.

Lots of WoW addicts out there. Does anyone play Aion, or waiting for it to become free? I have heard great things about Lotro, is it any good?

I played Aion twice after WoW got boring. I always went back to the old WoW crack though lol. I think Rift was the game that finally drew me away. Lotro? I've never played it myself but I I've never heard anything good about it to be honest. However, I've never listened to the critics - especially if they're fanbois.

The thread title should be, 'Too Young For MMORPG?'

Shouldn't some of you youngsters be out dancing and meeting other young people and traipsing across our lawns together?

Never!

I have several people in my guild who are 40+, including my guild leader, who is an amazing woman! However, we do have some older people who are... well, old. They get cranky and don't understand the social aspect of MMOs and make it an unhappy place for everybody because they simply didn't grow up with anything like a multiplayer game. As long as you don't "act" like an old, computer illiterate grump and understand that multiplayer means you must take other people into consideration, I'd say you're in the clear As far as the RPG aspect, nobody is too old to slay dragons!

Now I don't have experience of anyone older than 40s on WoW, but I would have thought that teenagers are far more irritating than anyone older. I'm all for silver slayers!

I'm 40 and although I'm on a WoW break as it was becoming a bit repetative (made new main and she really isn't geared for raiding yet), I'll still be playing in years to come.

Lots of WoW addicts out there. Does anyone play Aion, or waiting for it to become free? I have heard great things about Lotro, is it any good?

I played Aion twice after WoW got boring. I always went back to the old WoW crack though lol. I think Rift was the game that finally drew me away. Lotro? I've never played it myself but I I've never heard anything good about it to be honest. However, I've never listened to the critics - especially if they're fanbois.

I had LotRO recommended by a friend and then dragged another friend with me to try it out; we both like it a lot better than DDO. (I will state for the record that my MMORPG experience has been Runescape and DDO...as a teen, I didn't have money for WoW and then when I was in college, the network didn't support gaming, and now I don't spend enough time gaming to justify a subscription.) So we are more casual MMORPG players, in that sense.

I think part of the attraction for us is that we already know the story line; we read the books and like the movies, so to us it's like a familiar vacation spot. DDO is distinctly...not.

IMO, older folks can be a joy to have in your guild/party because they usually are not the ones charging ahead and drawing aggro. People like my younger brother do that; kinda embarrassing. Plus, they're more likely to use complete sentences when asking/telling me things, and since I don't use a lot of leet lingo or game lingo that's really nice.

The oldest member of my DDO guild is my guild-leader's mother; she's in her 60s and she always has lots of questions. She plays to spend time with her son and daughter (my age) and us other guildies think it is the most awesome thing ever and wish that our parents would try to understand our hobbies in a similar manner.

Lots of WoW addicts out there. Does anyone play Aion, or waiting for it to become free? I have heard great things about Lotro, is it any good?

I played Aion twice after WoW got boring. I always went back to the old WoW crack though lol. I think Rift was the game that finally drew me away. Lotro? I've never played it myself but I I've never heard anything good about it to be honest. However, I've never listened to the critics - especially if they're fanbois.

Personally, I love Lotro. I've played it for 5 years and prefer it to WoW, D&D, AoC, Conan, EverCrack and AC, all of which I've played and left. I just love the story and the people and the land its in.

I suppose you are too old to play MMO's when you realize your gaming rig can't get any bandwidth from 6ft under...

Lots of WoW addicts out there. Does anyone play Aion, or waiting for it to become free? I have heard great things about Lotro, is it any good?

I played Aion twice after WoW got boring. I always went back to the old WoW crack though lol. I think Rift was the game that finally drew me away. Lotro? I've never played it myself but I I've never heard anything good about it to be honest. However, I've never listened to the critics - especially if they're fanbois.

Personally, I love Lotro. I've played it for 5 years and prefer it to WoW, D&D, AoC, Conan, EverCrack and AC, all of which I've played and left. I just love the story and the people and the land its in.

The people definitely help the game a lot. I tried WoW and SWTOR since I started LotRO and just couldn't get into them. Just not the same sort of crowd you get in LotRO. Don't know what it is, but it's something special and apparently unique (from what I've been told by people who came to the game from others, instead of the other way around like me)

its the same with Rift, people are so very nice, helpful, friendly, etc there, as opposed to other mmo's where the most rude answer wins

I was going to try Rift but a lot of my friends did Beta and got bored really fast so I never did. But isn't that atmosphere nice? I mean, you'll always get trolls (now that I switched to a larger server I see more of them), but it's great when a bad group of people is a rarity.