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 reached 60 on a character, and when they introduced the point system for killing people on the other side, I found myself constantly getting destroyed whenever I took a mount to a neutral city because I had built my guys on a PvP server without realizing what that would eventually mean. By the time they implemented character transfers to other servers, my son had been born and I had no time to play anymore anyway.

Since then I've tried a few F2P MMOs and even got caught up in Guild Wars for awhile, but they all get pretty boring to me after awhile. Having to depend on other players to get through certain content in addition to the constant grind just isn't my thing anymore. I've been playing a lot of Diablo 3 because, at least with certain characters, you can grind through to 60 pretty quick and easy solo'ing.

I am.

I think it's boring! Not because I have a vindetta against any games... Just not my thing anymore.

I regret the year sub I signed up for... thinking I'd be on forever and ever. oh well! Was fun while it lasted.

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 was great for end-game raiding because you could just bring 200 of your closest friends (lol) and zerg all of the content without having to spend hours farming, etc. Back when the end-game was Trials of Atlantis I used to run a weekly raid through all of the "Master Level" raids, sequentially. I would regularly have 100-200 people tag along... it was usually pretty crazy.

I definitely miss RvR - I'm hoping that Guild Wars 2's WvW will scratch that itch a bit.

I'm with you though, I haven't "seriously" played an MMO in a few years now because I just don't have the time to devote to end-game content. I have, however, been playing LOTRO casually on a weekly basis. Free2Play is great, because you don't feel like you're wasting your money if you don't log in for a week or two.

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I could never get into themm because there is no ending. The game type is too repetitive for me.

tbh id think both EVE and WOW are probably 2 of the best for casuals,

for eve, you just need to have a good crew behind you and group up.. albeit without that it'd be alot of grind to get what you need done..

but WoW is probably the most casual friendly game around, sure you wont be killing the huge raids with a loot system guild etc.. but with the added raid finder etc.. you can still "do it" all

i actually left as this came in (just as cata dropped) and imagine would have kept me closer to the game

im really looking forward to guild wars 2, especially the level scaling to zones so can ALWAYS kick it with my friends and not get left behind or "out level them"

I never got high enough level to do raiding, so it never was an issue. I generally stick with questing/dungeons, something where people won't get pissed at me for bailing on out of nowhere. I really like MMOs, but I don't have a lot of time for them because of school, work and family responsibilities. I save gaming for the evening after I'm done with my obligations. (Granted, I'm not in any MMOs right now for financial reasons, but that's beside the point.)

I've played 6 years of WoW ( 267 days /played on my hunter alone), Rift, Star Trek, Star Wars, Warhammer Online, Aion, etc and I think it's doable. Currently, I play WoW and Firefall with a huge list of other games that I rotate like LoL, D3, Minecraft, etc.

I just started playing WoW again after a 8 month hiatus (mainly getting burned out) but I exercise in the mornings and continue playing. I think it's completely doable. I think you can be a hardcore raider and do end game and have a healthy lifestyle on the side. I don't raid 3 hours/5days a week anymore but I do raid 1-2 hours 1-2 times a week. I used to be a hardcore raider back in BC/Vanilla/Wrath but I can't do that anymore. Now it's all about moderation and keeping a healthy balance between reaching my goal and not overdoing it.

I've always been a strictly PvP player in MMOs. And the hard part to me was that you couldn't JUST PvP. You had to do SOME form of grinding to be able to keep at your PvP, whether it was acquiring new gear to stay competitive, or buying new ships in EVE. And I just never had the patience for it. EVE was the worst because you couldn't JUST go look for a fight. You could go hunting for hours and not find a single person who would engage you, unless they were baiting a trap for you. I got sick of going on 3+ hour roams that led to not finding anything.

not that Wow PVP Is the best, but doesn't wow have some kind of pvp where you just get equal gear to everyone else and play the game for skill? I'm pretty sure they resolved that particular issue.

I stopped playing WoW after Cataclysm was released--and as an aside, I will say I KNOW it contributed to my weight/laziness, but I've been gaming since I was a kid and been eating poorly for years, so it's not the ONLY factor--at that time, I had a pretty geared-out mage who I actually had (have) quite an emotional attachment to. I still keep in touch with so many friends I gained via that game, including my boyfriend, with whom I currently live... we met in an endgame raid guild. I picked up RIFT after giving up WoW, but dropped it soon after, and then went to SWTOR hoping it would be an amazing game since I'm a Star Wars nerd anyway... I loved, loved the storyline while leveling, but was thoroughly disappointed in endgame play and pretty much stopped logging in over the last month or so. My boyfriend still plays.

However, recently I picked up D3 and quickly realized that ALL OF MY REALID FRIENDS are available to talk to and it brought huge waves of nostalgia rushing back. I was a great raider, but I had so much more fun with the social aspect of WoW. I see now that I never really "gave it up" - I still have my FigurePrint sitting on my desk, I have WoW soundtracks on my iPod, and I still crack up anytime I hear clips from Illegal Danish pop on (also on my iPod). I've been seriously thinking about reinvesting in that game if only to play with friends again, but I'm afraid that the Cata world would throw me off... maybe nostalgia is the way to go?

Meh, in any event I think I'll always be a gamer. If Felicia Day can do it and look smokin' hot, so can I.

I've always been a strictly PvP player in MMOs. And the hard part to me was that you couldn't JUST PvP. You had to do SOME form of grinding to be able to keep at your PvP, whether it was acquiring new gear to stay competitive, or buying new ships in EVE. And I just never had the patience for it. EVE was the worst because you couldn't JUST go look for a fight. You could go hunting for hours and not find a single person who would engage you, unless they were baiting a trap for you. I got sick of going on 3+ hour roams that led to not finding anything.

not that Wow PVP Is the best, but doesn't wow have some kind of pvp where you just get equal gear to everyone else and play the game for skill? I'm pretty sure they resolved that particular issue.

I wouldn't know. I stopped back in BC days and sold my account. I got tired of the idea of gear based combat anyway. I never was comfortable with the fact that paper rock scissors > skill and gear > skill.

dude you need to get in GW2 asap..

PVP everyone is auto maxed level, and given exact same gear (upgrades from rewards are purely cosmetic) so its all down to how good you are with your class and build

and you can do this after doing litterally 10 mins MAX PVE, (you have to do the opening quest) and after that you need never PVE again (although you'd miss out on a blinder of a game from what ive played so far)

WoW PVP became stupid after they took away all the grinding needed and making it so no one needed to go out of cities. Unless they change it so cities no longer unflag pvp from you character WoW is dead for PVP. Nothing like going to EPL and instead of farming gold or rep for AD, I'd end up in a 20v20 world pvp war.

I stopped playing WoW for the exact opposite reason. It was bothering how mind numbingly slow content is released for that game and I was constantly bored with nothing worthwhile to do. I switched back to Everquest, and should that bore me again I'll probably give up MMO's again because nothing else really peaks my interest.

Everquest is still up? I may have to give it another try... )

Played most MMO's myself, but now I only play LOTRO as I've a lifetime subscription to it and its fairly casual and solo player friendly. However, recently I loaded some old and unfinished games up on my PC and I'm finding them a nice change from the grind. I feel I'm actually getting somewhere. Currently playing Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned.