So, Maybe it was discussed already erlier. But Still, how to make My girlfrined play LA2? So basivly she never played anything before, well she tryed WoW and she didnt like it. Then she tryed Guildwars and didnt like it ever. The thing is that its not the games that she dont like but the she didnt get it :-) i mean she find it boring. so how to cure her :-)
be more entertaining instead of non-stop grinding on mobs. maybe focus specifically on duo-ing in games instead of playing the uber classes and soloing (just assuming here, I dont know what classes you guys have been playing)
L2 might be a big leap for a newbie gamer, and female. Maybe try WoW again. I just recently got my girlfriend into WoW. She asked what class to play, I suggested the Hunter. I played a shaman and made it my job to get her familiar with the game and keep her healed. When it came time to get a pet for her, I took her blood elf hunter to Dun Morogh and trained Bjarn.. the polar bear. It was pretty exciting for her to travel so far away and getting such a nice pet instead of settling for what the horde side had to offer. Shes always getting compliments on the pet since shes a newbie and playing in sub-20 areas. We also got a nice looking bangel tiger from that island out in mulgore.
we game together, we never solo. This is the main reason we enjoy the game so much, and why she enjoys playing it so much. We've made several alts now and she is a priest and im a warrior currently. She really enjoying it. What she enjoys most though, are the surprises I show her..or send her. Even if its little of nothing. Last night we took 2 level 4 gnomes from Stormwind to Booty Bay on foot without any assistance. We died a lot, but it was one of the most fun nights we both had.
guess my point is, make more out of the game than connect-the-dots from one quest to another. Be her healer for a bit, and by no means tell her how to play or what to play.
Im not meaning to push WoW, please dont get me wrong. All this is possible in Lineage 2 also, and she may enjoy the eye candy ..lanscapes etc.
*edit* one more thing, get skype or some sort of voice-com. talk to her when you play instead of typing
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well the thing that pushes my girlfriend away (and most girls) is the fact that in most MMO game when you start (usually noob area) you have to kill 10 defenceless sometimes very cute, creatures as your first quest.
then you get a conversation that goes like this
man: ok so after you create your character my guy will be there wating for you to help you out
girl: ok
man: ok follow me
girl : how?
man: (5 minute explanation on how to move)
girl :you think im stupid do you... well i havent been playing video games all my life
man: your not stupid its normal to not know the mechanics
girl: ok so what now
man: ok you talk to this guy
girl: like i just click on him?
man : yes
girl: ok i pressed ok what do i do?
man: ok follow me
girl : k
man ok you have to kill 10 of these
girl: 10 of what?
man: these little cut bunnies
girl: why?
man: cuz its your quest
girl :but i dont want to kill the bunnies!
man but you have to, thats your quest
girl: do i have to do the quest, i dont wanna kill those bunnies
man : ok but you have to kill the bunnies because thats the only thing you can kill untill you reach lvl 3 where you go kill the giant turtles
girl: why?
man: so you can lvl.
ugh,..,, and so on
omg! u really made me have a good laf thanks for that!
If what you want is a girl that likes the same things as you (mmorpgs) why not get a new girlfriend who likes them to begin with?
Liked: Shadowbane, Neocron, Ultima Online(Before UO:R) Not Sure about: DAoC Disliked: AC1, Everquest 1, Everquest 2, World of Garbage(Warcraft), Eve Online, Jumpgate, AC2, Anarchy Online, Sims Online, Saga of Ryzom, Lineage II, City of Heroes, FFXI, Planetside, UO:R(and after)
I actually met my first GF on lineage 2, i stopped playing it for a year or so but she still plays actually recetnally got me to come back to it for teh new patch.
But to be honest, you would have better luck convincing her to play wow then lineage 2, lineage 2 isnt really noob friendly.
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Ironically, I've known of more female gamers playing L2 than any other MMO I've played. In many cases, it was their first and/or only MMO. In other cases, they were introduced by their boyfriends, sometimes on their own.
But I agree, if it's something your girlfriend isn't into doing, then let it be. So long as:
A: She doesn't take issue with you playing it - ie "doing something without her" and,
B: You're not playing it and neglecting her/your relationship to the point where she has a valid complaint
You should be fine.
Personally, I had an ex girlfriend who *I* thought played too much; she never wanted to leave the house unless she absolutely had to. She'd wake upin the middle of the night to "check her shops", then hours later would still be up, doing raids. Would often skip college classes because she'd been up 'til 5AM playing the night before and couldn't wake up, knowing she had a class, etc. etc.
In that case, the roles were definitely reversed. It definitely replaced her real-world social life and is part of what eventually pushed me away.
On the other hand, I had an ex who hated computers, hated games and really hated the thought of me engaging in either activity, for any amount of time, whether she was there or not. In her mind, I should have been spending every minute not with her thinking of things to do when I was with her. I tried introducing her to a couple and she scoffed at the idea. So I never brought it up again. Eventually her absolute refusal to accept it was something I enjoyed doing - even though it was in her absence, and her tendency to make it an issue to argue over almost daily - pushed me away.
So... point is... yes, there are women out there who will take naturally to these games (sometimes more than you might expect) and there are types who would sooner smash the PC with a sledge-hammer than even look at it.
Kinda have to make the most of either case... or back away if you find it's too much an incompatibility.
"If you just step away for a sec you will clearly see all the pot holes in the road, and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
Well I have a wife whom tries and plays mmo's with me, this is what keeps her in ceartain games, and the games that she has played for a duration of time is eq2, cov/coh, and eve, and earth and beyond, she loves crafting, , she loves all the little stuff like small enhancements, little tweeks you can make on yer char, and a mature fanbase or at least mature guild/corp. Games hse didnt like because they didnt have all the cool little options like eq2 and eve and coh have is wow, ryl, sotnw,
So now we are both happy in eve, play together, and look forward to the pipedream that someday earth and beyond will be reanimated. Oh yeah she loves swg before it was wacked with the ugly stick because the crafting in it was her favorite.
What got my GF to play after so many years was simply the look of the toon, if she sees a race that looks ''hot'' then she is all for playing, sadly the only game i ever got her to jump into was WoW, and that was on my downward enjoyment of the game but any how she saw the drenai females and was sold, the only problem was that my main at the time was a 70 UD rogue it took alot of will to force myself to make an alli char to play with her... couldnt shake the need to slay every gnome and NE i saw.
tbh, I think a different approach to this subject would more viable.
first of all, you gotta remember that your GF, or any other female for that matter, is not so different from males, or perhaps not different at all. sure, girls "usually" like other stuff, but in the end we're all human.
getting your GF to play a computer game is like getting a guy who doesn't play computer games to play a computer game; if that person is capable of "wanting" to play computer games, I gotta know what kind of things will stimulate him into playing that game.
which brings to my next point:
not all males play computer games. it's the same with females; some play, some don't. don't expect your girlfriend to play games with you, because her likes and dislikes are probably different from yours. if you want a GF that plays computer games, you're likely best off waiting for a girl who already plays computer games, but if you had coosen that you'd probably wouldn't be here asking that question. ANYWAY, what I'm trying to say is that most likely, you won't succeed in this troublesome quest.
but ofcourse, that shouldn't stop you from trying, and so there's still hope!
if you DO think your GF is a person whom is capable of wanting to play computer games, you must find which way would be most efficient in showing her that games can be a fun thing and a great way to pass time.
make a list of things she likes which you can find similarities in the game, and show it to her.
what kind of person is she? would she like the idea of killing people online and becoming an infamous pvper? or perhaps she likes to collect stuff, and then pve would be more suitable to her. does she like to explore places/things? MMOs can be a fun "tool" of virtual exploration. avatar customization is a thing most people like, so show it to her in its various ways.
find that out, if you don't already know, and try to show her that gaming is fun. if in the end she doesn't like the idea of playing games, then well, relationships aren't easy; you don't always get what you want, and the perfection we try so hard to seek is a mere illusion that gives us a reason to breathe.
so anyway, this is my theory, or perhaps just an elaborated thought on the subject. I'm probably completely wrong, but regardless I really do hope you'll manage to accomplish what you want.
Ok...and if she is playing the game with you who is gonna make you a sandwhich when you are in the middle of an hours long dungeon crawl and cannot leave your computer?
Or suppose you just got that godly loot drop and want to have a private little victory dance in the bedroom with her. How pissed are you gonna be when she says she's too busy grinding a level or in the middle of a dungeon crawl herself?
I was intent on getting my wife to play until she broke it down for me. See, she knows what I want even when I don't.
I'd show her all the (female) character models in different outfits. My girlfriend is more into L2 than I am and a lot of the reason is the look of the female characters.
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be more entertaining instead of non-stop grinding on mobs. maybe focus specifically on duo-ing in games instead of playing the uber classes and soloing (just assuming here, I dont know what classes you guys have been playing)
L2 might be a big leap for a newbie gamer, and female. Maybe try WoW again. I just recently got my girlfriend into WoW. She asked what class to play, I suggested the Hunter. I played a shaman and made it my job to get her familiar with the game and keep her healed. When it came time to get a pet for her, I took her blood elf hunter to Dun Morogh and trained Bjarn.. the polar bear. It was pretty exciting for her to travel so far away and getting such a nice pet instead of settling for what the horde side had to offer. Shes always getting compliments on the pet since shes a newbie and playing in sub-20 areas. We also got a nice looking bangel tiger from that island out in mulgore.
we game together, we never solo. This is the main reason we enjoy the game so much, and why she enjoys playing it so much. We've made several alts now and she is a priest and im a warrior currently. She really enjoying it. What she enjoys most though, are the surprises I show her..or send her. Even if its little of nothing. Last night we took 2 level 4 gnomes from Stormwind to Booty Bay on foot without any assistance. We died a lot, but it was one of the most fun nights we both had.
guess my point is, make more out of the game than connect-the-dots from one quest to another. Be her healer for a bit, and by no means tell her how to play or what to play.
Im not meaning to push WoW, please dont get me wrong. All this is possible in Lineage 2 also, and she may enjoy the eye candy ..lanscapes etc.
*edit* one more thing, get skype or some sort of voice-com. talk to her when you play instead of typing
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
omg! u really made me have a good laf
thanks for that!
If what you want is a girl that likes the same things as you (mmorpgs) why not get a new girlfriend who likes them to begin with?
Liked: Shadowbane, Neocron, Ultima Online(Before UO:R)
Not Sure about: DAoC
Disliked: AC1, Everquest 1, Everquest 2, World of Garbage(Warcraft), Eve Online, Jumpgate, AC2, Anarchy Online, Sims Online, Saga of Ryzom, Lineage II, City of Heroes, FFXI, Planetside, UO:R(and after)
I actually met my first GF on lineage 2, i stopped playing it for a year or so but she still plays actually recetnally got me to come back to it for teh new patch.
But to be honest, you would have better luck convincing her to play wow then lineage 2, lineage 2 isnt really noob friendly.
Quotations Those Who make peaceful resolutions impossible, make violent resolutions inevitable. John F. Kennedy
Life... is the shit that happens while you wait for moments that never come - Lester Freeman
Lie to no one. If there 's somebody close to you, you'll ruin it with a lie. If they're a stranger, who the fuck are they you gotta lie to them? - Willy Nelson
Ironically, I've known of more female gamers playing L2 than any other MMO I've played. In many cases, it was their first and/or only MMO. In other cases, they were introduced by their boyfriends, sometimes on their own.
But I agree, if it's something your girlfriend isn't into doing, then let it be. So long as:
A: She doesn't take issue with you playing it - ie "doing something without her" and,
B: You're not playing it and neglecting her/your relationship to the point where she has a valid complaint
You should be fine.
Personally, I had an ex girlfriend who *I* thought played too much; she never wanted to leave the house unless she absolutely had to. She'd wake upin the middle of the night to "check her shops", then hours later would still be up, doing raids. Would often skip college classes because she'd been up 'til 5AM playing the night before and couldn't wake up, knowing she had a class, etc. etc.
In that case, the roles were definitely reversed. It definitely replaced her real-world social life and is part of what eventually pushed me away.
On the other hand, I had an ex who hated computers, hated games and really hated the thought of me engaging in either activity, for any amount of time, whether she was there or not. In her mind, I should have been spending every minute not with her thinking of things to do when I was with her. I tried introducing her to a couple and she scoffed at the idea. So I never brought it up again. Eventually her absolute refusal to accept it was something I enjoyed doing - even though it was in her absence, and her tendency to make it an issue to argue over almost daily - pushed me away.
So... point is... yes, there are women out there who will take naturally to these games (sometimes more than you might expect) and there are types who would sooner smash the PC with a sledge-hammer than even look at it.
Kinda have to make the most of either case... or back away if you find it's too much an incompatibility.
and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
Well I have a wife whom tries and plays mmo's with me, this is what keeps her in ceartain games, and the games that she has played for a duration of time is eq2, cov/coh, and eve, and earth and beyond, she loves crafting, , she loves all the little stuff like small enhancements, little tweeks you can make on yer char, and a mature fanbase or at least mature guild/corp. Games hse didnt like because they didnt have all the cool little options like eq2 and eve and coh have is wow, ryl, sotnw,
So now we are both happy in eve, play together, and look forward to the pipedream that someday earth and beyond will be reanimated. Oh yeah she loves swg before it was wacked with the ugly stick because the crafting in it was her favorite.
playing eq2 and two worlds
What got my GF to play after so many years was simply the look of the toon, if she sees a race that looks ''hot'' then she is all for playing, sadly the only game i ever got her to jump into was WoW, and that was on my downward enjoyment of the game but any how she saw the drenai females and was sold, the only problem was that my main at the time was a 70 UD rogue it took alot of will to force myself to make an alli char to play with her... couldnt shake the need to slay every gnome and NE i saw.
I can barely get my GF to touch a computer for anything other then myspace. However, a Wii sure did do the trick.
Nintendo is quite the savior.
tbh, I think a different approach to this subject would more viable.
first of all, you gotta remember that your GF, or any other female for that matter, is not so different from males, or perhaps not different at all. sure, girls "usually" like other stuff, but in the end we're all human.
getting your GF to play a computer game is like getting a guy who doesn't play computer games to play a computer game; if that person is capable of "wanting" to play computer games, I gotta know what kind of things will stimulate him into playing that game.
which brings to my next point:
not all males play computer games. it's the same with females; some play, some don't. don't expect your girlfriend to play games with you, because her likes and dislikes are probably different from yours. if you want a GF that plays computer games, you're likely best off waiting for a girl who already plays computer games, but if you had coosen that you'd probably wouldn't be here asking that question. ANYWAY, what I'm trying to say is that most likely, you won't succeed in this troublesome quest.
but ofcourse, that shouldn't stop you from trying, and so there's still hope!
if you DO think your GF is a person whom is capable of wanting to play computer games, you must find which way would be most efficient in showing her that games can be a fun thing and a great way to pass time.
make a list of things she likes which you can find similarities in the game, and show it to her.
what kind of person is she? would she like the idea of killing people online and becoming an infamous pvper? or perhaps she likes to collect stuff, and then pve would be more suitable to her. does she like to explore places/things? MMOs can be a fun "tool" of virtual exploration. avatar customization is a thing most people like, so show it to her in its various ways.
find that out, if you don't already know, and try to show her that gaming is fun. if in the end she doesn't like the idea of playing games, then well, relationships aren't easy; you don't always get what you want, and the perfection we try so hard to seek is a mere illusion that gives us a reason to breathe.
so anyway, this is my theory, or perhaps just an elaborated thought on the subject. I'm probably completely wrong, but regardless I really do hope you'll manage to accomplish what you want.
Ok...and if she is playing the game with you who is gonna make you a sandwhich when you are in the middle of an hours long dungeon crawl and cannot leave your computer?
Or suppose you just got that godly loot drop and want to have a private little victory dance in the bedroom with her. How pissed are you gonna be when she says she's too busy grinding a level or in the middle of a dungeon crawl herself?
I was intent on getting my wife to play until she broke it down for me. See, she knows what I want even when I don't.
my girlfriend got adicted to IMVU instant messaging program... i guess its a start...
I'd show her all the (female) character models in different outfits. My girlfriend is more into L2 than I am and a lot of the reason is the look of the female characters.