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Sense of Accomplishment
GPrestige
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In a lot of MMOs nowadays, it seems that the sense of accomplishment is all but gone. A lot of gear is handed to you, or achievements are very easy to obtain. Now, this isn't saying that absolutely everything is handed to you on a silver platter... but I miss the days when you got that piece of armor you were working towards for a LONG time and really felt satisfied.
While instant gratification can be nice at times, I think any MMO needs a balanced mix between the two.
What games that you played (or are still playing) do you still get that sense of accimplishment and how? I remember getting my first level 75 in FFXI before they reduced the level curve. Man, did that feel good. How about you?
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Hmm.... the last time I ever really felt like I accomplished something was in Everquest getting my Epic Weapon, and this was during the time a couple expansions after Ruins of Kunark. It was my first MMO and I felt very satisified that I took the time to do the quest line and gain the reward. That was fun for me.
This type of thing might seem stupid, dumb or trivial to others... but I found it to be rewarding.
The first time I claimed Leaping Lizzy before the boots were rare/ex. I was just a lowly noob and managed to rake in 1m gil. I had a total nerdgasm. Hitting 75 was great as well. Farming for two weeks straight in Zi'Tah for tree cuttings to fund my Haub. For all its faults, I will always love that game. Damn I miss FFXI
I get it a lot in Wurm when I finish smaller projects; finished terraforming/clearcutting/mining/building. There is also random 20-30 second music bits that happen randomly after an action (after long periods of only ambiant noises), and it tends to remind me to take a step back and have a moment to gawk at what I done so far. Kinda smart pavlov's dog thing going on there.
Otherwise, the only time I really felt a sense of accomplishment in an MMO was in SWG; when I got my pad looking pimp status and finally downed the star destroyer so I could get master pilot, and never have to mess with it again. That thing was a bitch to wait for and claim, I can't imagine how you folk in EQ did epics.
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I used to be like you too, but when you find out your epic weapon is going to be nerfed next patch you soon adapt to the instant gratification croud and i won't complain i actually quite like it. Take wow for example, yes gear is easily obtainable but it's bosses that you were killed at a lower lvl or a mount you saw when you were lvl 5 and have always wanted it kind of things that satisfy me personally. Gear is a season thing, it comes and goes so i don't really care much about it.
Well ... I can only say I neither got my full APW set nor my Palladium Cleric Armor handled on a silver platern in Vanguard.
Both took me a year or so from first item to last item.
The Palladium Armor is by the way a special armor set for Death Clerics (who get attack spells).
Main problem of the Palladium set was to get a group for this area.
Main problem for the APW set was how tough APW was. I only managed to kill the final dragon once...
I tried to get another set (forgotten its name) on my Shaman and it was, well, quite impossible. Just couldnt get a group.
I am less into items I can get and more into battles. Epic battles where disadvantaged and outnumbered you still manage to succeed in winning or putting up a good fight.
Had this LOTR in monsterplay playing as a warg. Lot of battles won while outnumbered and still managing to flip the map.
For achievements i work hard in real life where as for fun and entertainment i rely on video games.
I'm a member of this casual raiding guild in WoW. We struggle with content. There are a lot of female members.
When I joined I was the highest DPS and I had very poor gear. Some DPS were only doing about 1,000 DPS. It's fairly easy to do 3,000 and they all should've been doing about 5,000 dps.
So what did I accomplish? I got them all to do more DPS. It took a lot of diplomacy. You can't just come out and say 'you suck'. And you can't kick people from such a casual guild. You have to work with what you have.
We started running heroics to get them better gear. I gave hints on simple ways to improve DPS like raising your +hit and speccing your talents correctly and following the hit rotation for your class. I would /whisper them and asked them if I could help and that I would keep things discreet.
We started to down the bosses in Naxx and Ulduar one by one. The guildies were starting to get into it. It was a lot of fun. Dealing with real life people can be difficult. But it's the M in MMO.
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Planetside - Ceryshen.
Me and my squad of nine trying to drain-hack a base, facing larger waves of enemy trying to resecure. Orbital-striking the AMS as it arrived at the nanite silo. The last ten minutes being a full-blown defend-die-respawn-run like the wind-kill the guy rehacking-die cycle and acheiving the hack.
We even pulled enough guys away from the main fight (and took their only tech plant), securing a win for our faction over the entire continent.
Good times.
Getting my full Artifact Armor set for my RDM in FFXI.
Then beating the living shit out of Maat...after being beaten 2 times before that.
I really hope SE keeps that sense of accomplishment in XIV.