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MMOs just leave me feeling ... empty lately
SagaBoy
Member Posts: 83
As with any post I'll start with a bit of background. I first got a taste of MMO's with a game called Ragnarok Online way back when it was in beta. I grinded out a priest to lvl 99 on there and even got an assasin to 95'ish. I must pause and stress that "I" actually did it without the lame exp tactics of the day - LoD farms, bots etc. So then RO became extremely old after 99 and I was reading pretty heavy into WoW. I pause and dabble with DoaC before WoW but for all the hype reviews I found the game rather lacking. Maybe it was because I literally just couldn't seem to find other players but the game felt and "was actually" empty to me.
So WoW finally dropped and I was totally hooked. I mean for all the bad rep, in the beginning, the game was freaking amazing. I mean you'd log in and you would "feel" like you actually logged into another reality. Hard to explain and even that previous statment seems lame after a quick re-read but I don't know how else to say it.
So, I made 4 60's (max level at the time) in WoW and even lead a rather successful raiding guild for a time. Inevitably WoW got old too. Then they announce that an x-pac is coming and I can't help but not get excited. I mean I enjoyed raiding and all but it really is insane and I didn't come to that realization until I quit the game. It was awe inspiring to see just what I could do in 3-4 hours 3-4 times a week. Just couldn't believe how much time raiding sucked up; however, I can't say I wasn't having some degree of fun along the way.
Welp, so that RO, DaoC, and WoW down the smoker. So WoW was dead to me so I tried RO legit for about 2 weeks, saw it was still the same old time sink with more monsters, tried to bot, and got banned. Sad part was I just really didn't even car and the ban came as a breath of fresh air because I no longer had "any" reason to even think about the game anymore. After that I started fooling around with demos; experienced some truly DREADFUL MMO'S. If you haven't played 9 moons (it's a korean MMO, and I may even have the title wrong) or Archlord, consider yourself blessed. I mean RO was a GRIND but these games even put RO to shame. Anyone that knows about the RO grind knows it takes a LOT for me to say that.
So, while browsing MMORPG.com, I come across a 14-day trail of City of Villains (CoV/CoH). First impressions would suggest that the game sucked; however, it's the exact opposite of WoW to some extent. With WoW the game is great til you hit the raiding brick wall at the end. So if you had to make a graph of fun vs. time for WoW it'd start way way up and slowly just descend until you hit ground zero or "emo depression," as I like to call it. One could think of CoV as more of a bell curve. It starts off pretty horrible, then you level and get new skills/powers and begin to see the game mechanics shine...only to slowly realize that those game mechanics work against you in PvE and especially PvP. At the end of it all you're right back where WoW left you, running raids or (Task/Strike Forces) as they are called and raiding enemy bases.
I gave my background to finally come to the point. I now sit here typing with the money to support any MMORPG out there. The problem being, that my MMO experience basically peaked with WoW, and everything since then has just felt so....sooooo...empty. After hitting 50 on my dominator in CoV I find it hard to even think about leveling another character. I mean the game, in its entirety, consists of getting a mission, doing a mission, getting exp, leveling, rinse, wash, repeat. That's fine and dandy the FIRST time around but after that you just really want to wrap your lips around the willing barrel of a handgun and pull the trigger of sweet release.
So yeah...there it is. I don't really even know what the point of this post is anymore. I suppose I'll ask if anyone has left WoW, DaoC, etc and found a game that actually gave them a sense of fulfillment?
So WoW finally dropped and I was totally hooked. I mean for all the bad rep, in the beginning, the game was freaking amazing. I mean you'd log in and you would "feel" like you actually logged into another reality. Hard to explain and even that previous statment seems lame after a quick re-read but I don't know how else to say it.
So, I made 4 60's (max level at the time) in WoW and even lead a rather successful raiding guild for a time. Inevitably WoW got old too. Then they announce that an x-pac is coming and I can't help but not get excited. I mean I enjoyed raiding and all but it really is insane and I didn't come to that realization until I quit the game. It was awe inspiring to see just what I could do in 3-4 hours 3-4 times a week. Just couldn't believe how much time raiding sucked up; however, I can't say I wasn't having some degree of fun along the way.
Welp, so that RO, DaoC, and WoW down the smoker. So WoW was dead to me so I tried RO legit for about 2 weeks, saw it was still the same old time sink with more monsters, tried to bot, and got banned. Sad part was I just really didn't even car and the ban came as a breath of fresh air because I no longer had "any" reason to even think about the game anymore. After that I started fooling around with demos; experienced some truly DREADFUL MMO'S. If you haven't played 9 moons (it's a korean MMO, and I may even have the title wrong) or Archlord, consider yourself blessed. I mean RO was a GRIND but these games even put RO to shame. Anyone that knows about the RO grind knows it takes a LOT for me to say that.
So, while browsing MMORPG.com, I come across a 14-day trail of City of Villains (CoV/CoH). First impressions would suggest that the game sucked; however, it's the exact opposite of WoW to some extent. With WoW the game is great til you hit the raiding brick wall at the end. So if you had to make a graph of fun vs. time for WoW it'd start way way up and slowly just descend until you hit ground zero or "emo depression," as I like to call it. One could think of CoV as more of a bell curve. It starts off pretty horrible, then you level and get new skills/powers and begin to see the game mechanics shine...only to slowly realize that those game mechanics work against you in PvE and especially PvP. At the end of it all you're right back where WoW left you, running raids or (Task/Strike Forces) as they are called and raiding enemy bases.
I gave my background to finally come to the point. I now sit here typing with the money to support any MMORPG out there. The problem being, that my MMO experience basically peaked with WoW, and everything since then has just felt so....sooooo...empty. After hitting 50 on my dominator in CoV I find it hard to even think about leveling another character. I mean the game, in its entirety, consists of getting a mission, doing a mission, getting exp, leveling, rinse, wash, repeat. That's fine and dandy the FIRST time around but after that you just really want to wrap your lips around the willing barrel of a handgun and pull the trigger of sweet release.
So yeah...there it is. I don't really even know what the point of this post is anymore. I suppose I'll ask if anyone has left WoW, DaoC, etc and found a game that actually gave them a sense of fulfillment?
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Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds
You have two choices:
1. Stop playing MMOs - will do you good.
2. Play a MMO halfheartedly and wait for something nice.
Right now Eve is the only game that gives me at least a bit of satisfaction. Its complexity, player driven universe and heartless scamming/ganking/pking with full loot is the only thing that gets my motivation up. There is nothing better (in MMO gaming) than having a huge battle with more or less equal numbers. Everytime a ship blows up you know that someone just lost hours of farming. Your heart is racing, the fc is yelling commands through the voice tool and the enemys are starting to lock you resulting in you going into panic mode. Eve PvP is PvP fighting at its best (given equal fleets with brave players).
If you are looking for satisfaction in PvE then...uh ... I guess you will have to wait longer. Right now a lot of people are getting frustrated with today's MMOs. Just wait.
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
I feel the same not played any MMO in about 4 months, last was WOW but in the end you can only do something so many times.. be nice if we had something original to play but that don't look likely to come anytime soon.. I may try LOTRO and war but in the end they all have the same backbone but a differant look...
I returned to EQ, reluctantly.