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Elnator
Member Posts: 6,077
It's got nothing to do with whether I like DAOC or not. I do....
It's got nothing to do with whether tha game is fun or not. It is...
It was purely a financial decision. Recently I started playing Guild Wars for the first time (a friend gave me a copy, what can I say) and found that I enjoy it almost as much as any of the other "modern" MMORPG's on the market and only a little less than DAoC for that matter because it gives me PvP and GvG (Guild vs Guild) combat as well as a nice storyline, interesting quests and beautiful graphics.
It doesn't give me the depth and variety of DAoC but when I stack it up against the more modern and more "traditional" MMORPG's available today the price point just wins hands down.
It's nothing against DAoC (or any other fee based MMO for that matter) it's just that my lifestyle as a father of 3 kids and husband to a wonderful wife as well as being on call for work 24/7 as a Technical Lead for the Network just doesn't allow me the kind of time to dedicate to an MMORPG anymore to justify paying almost 200 a year for a game that I can't play for long stretches any longer. So until something comes out that really knocks my socks off I'm "retiring" from fee based MMORPG's.
Take care all and keep up the fight.
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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Still in: A couple Betas
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Best of luck to you!
Thank you for all your informative posts and help with newbie questions. They will be sorely missed!
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JonMichael
Currently: AION, an MMO Beta under NDA
Played: WAR, LOTRO, Hellgate: London, CoX, GW, SotNW, DAOC, EQ2, SWG, WoW, AO, Horizons, Second Life, There, TSO
Beta'd: There, Second Life, EQ2, DAOC:LotM, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, Gods and Heroes, Hellgate: London, Requiem:Bloodymare, AoC, WAR, DDO, Fallen Earth
But they are just too danged slow and take so long to do anything that I can't ever find the amount of time you need to play the things. Who are these people who have all this time to play them? And where do they get that time from?
I wish there were an answer and a fun game to go along with it.
The closest I've found so far is Dungeons and Dragons Online. My roommate and I play it. It's cool for us because we both have tight schedules. We can hop online and do a quest here a dungeon there and get right into the action. Guild Wars is the same way.
I just wish that some of the traditional MMO's had that quickness to them. I know it's a different gaming style, but life is short. I want to get in and get down to action. I love DAoC. The classes, the RvR, everything. But the time it takes to do anything is what's killing me. I'm probably gonna quit too. Might as well jump overboard with ya.
I'll miss you too Elnator. I hope you come back sometime.
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To me, DAoC is the *perfect* MMORPG.
I am by no means a hardcore player, but there are times when I have at least a few hours to play. There are also times when I have a half hour to play.. and there's always something I can do in game.
If I have lots of time, I can go on outings with my guild and do some pretty intense instances or areas. If I don't have a lot of time, I can always do a dungeon or park my toon in an area where I can log on for a bit and log back off and still have meaningful and fun play time.
So many of the other MMORPG's out there (namely the EQ's), require you to be online for long, long sessions in order for you to do anything that's worthwhile. I find DAoC to be the exact opposite!
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JonMichael
Currently: AION, an MMO Beta under NDA
Played: WAR, LOTRO, Hellgate: London, CoX, GW, SotNW, DAOC, EQ2, SWG, WoW, AO, Horizons, Second Life, There, TSO
Beta'd: There, Second Life, EQ2, DAOC:LotM, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, Gods and Heroes, Hellgate: London, Requiem:Bloodymare, AoC, WAR, DDO, Fallen Earth
To the others:
As I said, my leaving is not a comment on the quality of DAOC. My schedule is just very tight and I RARELY have time to be at the keyboard for very long periods of time so I just can't justify a monthly fee for any MMORPG right now. On my xfire right now the only games you'll see are pinball (*chuckles*), Planetside and Guild Wars (AO will show up before the end of the week but right now I'm having a blast playing my fodderside toon
For me it's all about:
If I can only play for 15 to 20 minutes a stretch before going on extended AFK 99% of the time can I justify a monthly fee for *any* MMORPG? It's not that DAOC isn't a good MMORPG... I still say it's the best fee based MMORPG currently on the market... it's whether I play it enough to justify a monthly fee. And, for the way I play it, I don't. So I'm playing the very best FREE MMO's I can find...
I'll still be around the forums here to answer questions when I can or help new players. Because unless something fundamental changes in DAOC (God I hope not!!!) the game is still the same as when I played it
As for the guy playing DDO:
I'm glad you are enjoying it... but for me DDO wouldn't even be worth a monthly fee if I had all the time in the world to play it
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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Still in: A couple Betas
No.. not the perfect MMO (I don't believe there is one MMO that's perfect for everyone).. but as I started.. it's perfect for *me*.
DAoC has an excellent community and I'm finding Mythic to be quite a few steps above many other companies running some of the games out there these days.
Actually.. one of my favorite things about DAoC is the end game. Once you hit 50 or near 50, many parts of the game open up to you, like the Champion Levels, Master Levels and some pretty intense epic fights. Once the CL and ML paths are taken, it makes your character much more unique, so that all classes do not typically have the same qualities. Other games such as EQ2 are quite linear... you just fight tougher mobs as you get to the end game... and I find that quite boring.
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JonMichael
Currently: AION, an MMO Beta under NDA
Played: WAR, LOTRO, Hellgate: London, CoX, GW, SotNW, DAOC, EQ2, SWG, WoW, AO, Horizons, Second Life, There, TSO
Beta'd: There, Second Life, EQ2, DAOC:LotM, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, Gods and Heroes, Hellgate: London, Requiem:Bloodymare, AoC, WAR, DDO, Fallen Earth
No.. not the perfect MMO (I don't believe there is one MMO that's perfect for everyone).. but as I started.. it's perfect for *me*.
DAoC has an excellent community and I'm finding Mythic to be quite a few steps above many other companies running some of the games out there these days.
Actually.. one of my favorite things about DAoC is the end game. Once you hit 50 or near 50, many parts of the game open up to you, like the Champion Levels, Master Levels and some pretty intense epic fights. Once the CL and ML paths are taken, it makes your character much more unique, so that all classes do not typically have the same qualities. Other games such as EQ2 are quite linear... you just fight tougher mobs as you get to the end game... and I find that quite boring.
HEHE in DAOC "Level 50" is just the beginning of the game imo
A level 50 is still very much a "noob" if they haven't played before 
There is still so much to learn, do and see it's not even funny.
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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Still in: A couple Betas
best of luck to you.
i can totally understand with what your saying
El you slacker!!!
j/k
All the best man, and here's praying that the next expansion will draw you back...
Who knows... I'll probably re-sub eventually. DAOC is one of those games I keep coming back to eventually
Currently Playing: Dungeons and Dragons Online.
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Still in: A couple Betas
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I agree totally with this post, well written. You can just jump in and play without LFG for hours.
I miss the good ol' days when nerds were actually intelligent.