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Why are you playing MMOs

Lord.BachusLord.Bachus Member RarePosts: 9,686
edited November 2015 in The Pub at MMORPG.COM
Which of the following 4 reasons keeps you playing MMO's. Choose the most important reason.

Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)

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  • kaiser3282kaiser3282 Member UncommonPosts: 2,759
    For me it's mainly the PvP, as well as other interactions with players. If I want a good story or more interesting / challenging gameplay (when it comes to AI) I stick to single player games since they tend to do it better. I prefer PvP to PvE in MMOs because, along with SP games doing PvE better, PvP offers a challenge not found in any PvE. Competing against other humans who will not act according to a predetermined script and will do everything possible, sometimes very unexpected things,  to stay alive. 
  • GardavsshadeGardavsshade Member UncommonPosts: 907
    edited November 2015
    Poll Option #5: To forget the current real world for a while (Escapism).
  • gamer9087gamer9087 Member UncommonPosts: 9
    oddly enough crafting to make up for the lack of ability to do it in real life because of a sever lack of cash =/ 
  • cameltosiscameltosis Member LegendaryPosts: 3,847
    Voted social, but its really about doing endgame content socially, either pvp or pve. I like the challenge of the endgame content, but as with everything in life, its better with friends. 
    Currently Playing: WAR RoR - Spitt rr7X Black Orc | Scrotling rr6X Squig Herder | Scabrous rr4X Shaman

  • VorthanionVorthanion Member RarePosts: 2,749
    Three words sum it up on why I love virtual worlds, exploration, exploration, exploration.

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  • Righteous_RockRighteous_Rock Member RarePosts: 1,234
    Voted for killing... Which is part of the reason I don't play mmorpg anymore, I am getting my kill fix from moba and shooters now. They still social games too. Immersion and mmorpg just have never clicked for me. It's tough to beat single player rpgs when it comes to immersion, games like Skyrim, The last of us, and likely Fallout 4 give me a much greater stimulated experience with respect to immersion.
  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    That was a hard one to answer because of how everything overlaps so much, but in the end I went with Explorer. Years ago, it probably would have leaned more toward Achieving or Killing, but like some others said, MOBAs and FPSs do a better job at providing more rewarding content for those paths.

      

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  • KilrainKilrain Member RarePosts: 1,185
    edited November 2015
    No place for my vote: 

    I play MMOs because I like playing in a living world, not just npcs. Sometimes I like to group, sometimes I don't. With a good MMORPG I can play it the way I want, with or without other players. 

    You could say I chose all of the above, with the added benefit that I don't need to group with others.

    edit: Just to clarify, if I feel like soloing, I still like having the other players in the world. I haven't been able to play a single player game since EQ1 for this very reason. Even if I don't talk to them.
  • CooperstownCooperstown Member UncommonPosts: 32
    True story . . . . 

    When I was young my father took me fishing, he told me his father had taken him fishing, and his father's father before that . . . I'll never forget the time when he bought me my first fishing pole and reminded me of the day I too would take my son fishing.

    Well, today I have no son because my wife is barren.  The fish in our river have two heads because of the toxic sludge from the local plant.   And as for my father . . . turned out he wasn't my real father, he was a con man named Joe who had 13 different families across the entire United States.   

    People often ask me, "Coop, why do you play them mmorpgs so much?"

    I just tell em straight, "Cause aint nobody going fishin no more"



  • nerovergilnerovergil Member UncommonPosts: 680
    life suck. boring. i want adventure
  • CyraelCyrael Member UncommonPosts: 239
    I picked the social option, but like many others indicate above, it's really a combination. In particular, I love the virtual world aspect, every facet of which is enhanced by playing with other players. If you want to exploration, questing, gear grinding, etc, but don't want the social aspect of all of that, then you should be playing Skyrim, not MMORPGs (as a general rule; there's always exceptions).
  • sunandshadowsunandshadow Member RarePosts: 1,985
    I'd like to second "RL crafting is too expensive." and third "Real life sucks." :unamused: 
    I want to help design and develop a PvE-focused, solo-friendly, sandpark MMO which combines crafting, monster hunting, and story.  So PM me if you are starting one.
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,507
    I play computer games for fun.  If a game isn't fun to play, nothing else about it matters.
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    It used to be for the social element, but only when games used to have social consequences, such as being a douche on a server would follow your main until it transferred and name changed. Now its more just to pvp, cause crushing people is fun sometimes and people are honestly becoming less and less social in MMOs, go figure.
  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    I like customizing my character, finding cool gear/combinations, playing with my friends, meeting people, raging, and yeah. ^^
    When all is said and done, more is always said than done.
  • GruugGruug Member RarePosts: 1,794
    Along with an "All of the above" or  "Other" choice, there could have been a "I currently am not playing any MMO's because none are worth the time".

    Let's party like it is 1863!

  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    [X] RPG and relaxation.
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

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    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,069
    I play to be a fixture in a virtual world, which option is that?

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

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    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

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  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    Like others have said, Other is missing from the poll.  So is 'Grinding mind-numbing repetitive, meaningless tasks' for the OCD crowd.

    But of the choices listed, I am closest to the social type.

    Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.

  • nimander99nimander99 Member UncommonPosts: 288
    Ummmm why no all of the above? This poll is flawed.
  • Lord.BachusLord.Bachus Member RarePosts: 9,686
    Mendel said:
    Like others have said, Other is missing from the poll.  So is 'Grinding mind-numbing repetitive, meaningless tasks' for the OCD crowd.

    But of the choices listed, I am closest to the social type.
    No there is nothing missing from this poll...........


    maybe the phrasing from the poll could be a bit more clear, but for those that havent seen it yet.... these 4 choices are refference to the types of players we have in MMO's, a bit elloborated.... Explorer, Social, KIller, Archiever...  the only problem was explorer, because the ESKA dates back to a time when Quests and story werent really part of MMO's it was just a whole braod wide world to explore, But then what is QUests and story? I think i explore them all the time, discovering new facts about the world.

    Just trying to identify what of these 4 parts people deem most important in MMO's

    Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)

  • ThourneThourne Member RarePosts: 757
    I really enjoy Lore and Exploration but not questing so terribly much.
    I prefer a sandbox type of Exploration in a world with good Lore that allows players to create their own stories.
  • VyntVynt Member UncommonPosts: 757
    Some of it contradicts for me. Like the first option, I love world immersion. I basically play for a virtual world, but I HATE questing, which usually makes it less of a world and more of a mini game treadmill that is so boring. 

    I also play for progression and like to play with others usually. I find the interaction more fun. I don't think I could just choose 1 because the game would feel very empty to me.

    If I had to choose, probably the world immersion one because most likely that would have everything because you can't be immersed if it is lacking all the stuff I like, lol.
  • Ocalypse0Ocalypse0 Member UncommonPosts: 19
    I play because I've found most single-player games to lack the depth and density of the content I can find in an MMO while raiding. 

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  • scorpex-xscorpex-x Member RarePosts: 1,030
    Addiction.
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