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Why do you play mmos?
shinjorai
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I'm, actually trying to figure out why i play them anymore. They just don't seem as fun as they used to be. Part of the problem is myself, i enjoy games with story line and learning about the lore and i try to play them like single player RPGs and i KNOW that's not how it works.Matter of fact im one of the few people i know who even reads all the quest text in the games to get the story line.
I know mmos are completely different games from single player RPGS, but i still enjoy the aspect of being in a world surrounded by people that i have the opportunity to talk to them go on adventures with them etc. But heres the thing. Most of the time if you actually do talk to anybody theyre in a hurry, could care less about talking to you or going on adventure, its all about gear gear level level, do this do that the other. Or either you run into people who are obnoxious and rude etc for no real reason other than i guess they enjoy it? I don't know lol.
I just wish i could find enjoyment in mmos. I have anxiety issues so most of the time i don't even talk to people and i end up soloing what i can, maybe use a dungeon queue system for random people to run dungeons with, but then again the social aspect is missing from that its just kill this, move here, kill that, grab loot exit dungeon, repeat or go run some more solo quests.
So i joined a guild with some people i had met in another game for the upcoming wow expansion, i bought it, I hadnt played in years and had no characters on this server. I made a mage, boosted it to 100 then i realized i needed to level my trade skills, so i went enchanting and tailoring and ive done literally nothing the last 4 days but farm old raids and dungeons for cloth to make stuff to level tailoring and then disenchant to level enchanting and then i got it to about 500 and i was wanting my wife to play too so thats another 50 bucks for the expansion plus 30 every month to play this game that all im doing is basically working a in a tailoring enchanting sweatshop for some evil blizzard goblin behind the scenes lol so im like why the HELL am i even doing this?
What really bothers me about it all is i have been playing the witcher 3 and that game is so amazing, the writing, the story, the character interaction, the lore, the world, the creatures. All of it, its actually interesting. Then i hop into this mmo and its just I don't know lacking the soul i guess. Like i say i know how it works ive been playing mmos for about 15 years but i just wish there was a way to get some more story line into the games and i could find other people that enjoy playing the way i do.
So im curious, you personally if you had to pick one or two things about mmos you enjoy what is it? What keeps you coming back and playing through the years?
I know mmos are completely different games from single player RPGS, but i still enjoy the aspect of being in a world surrounded by people that i have the opportunity to talk to them go on adventures with them etc. But heres the thing. Most of the time if you actually do talk to anybody theyre in a hurry, could care less about talking to you or going on adventure, its all about gear gear level level, do this do that the other. Or either you run into people who are obnoxious and rude etc for no real reason other than i guess they enjoy it? I don't know lol.
I just wish i could find enjoyment in mmos. I have anxiety issues so most of the time i don't even talk to people and i end up soloing what i can, maybe use a dungeon queue system for random people to run dungeons with, but then again the social aspect is missing from that its just kill this, move here, kill that, grab loot exit dungeon, repeat or go run some more solo quests.
So i joined a guild with some people i had met in another game for the upcoming wow expansion, i bought it, I hadnt played in years and had no characters on this server. I made a mage, boosted it to 100 then i realized i needed to level my trade skills, so i went enchanting and tailoring and ive done literally nothing the last 4 days but farm old raids and dungeons for cloth to make stuff to level tailoring and then disenchant to level enchanting and then i got it to about 500 and i was wanting my wife to play too so thats another 50 bucks for the expansion plus 30 every month to play this game that all im doing is basically working a in a tailoring enchanting sweatshop for some evil blizzard goblin behind the scenes lol so im like why the HELL am i even doing this?
What really bothers me about it all is i have been playing the witcher 3 and that game is so amazing, the writing, the story, the character interaction, the lore, the world, the creatures. All of it, its actually interesting. Then i hop into this mmo and its just I don't know lacking the soul i guess. Like i say i know how it works ive been playing mmos for about 15 years but i just wish there was a way to get some more story line into the games and i could find other people that enjoy playing the way i do.
So im curious, you personally if you had to pick one or two things about mmos you enjoy what is it? What keeps you coming back and playing through the years?
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To kill.
I loathe level based mmos focused on pve raiding, I play REAL mmos.
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I play because I love it..
..because we're gamers, damn it!! - William Massachusetts (Log Horizon)
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Not too long ago I realized that MMO attempts at lore and story tend to be fairly weak. When I get the itch for that sort of experience I watch a movie, read a book, pick up a single-player game or reconnect with my RP buddies.
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• An immersion into the game world.
• A sense of accomplishment, not as a given reward, but as tasks completed.
• A sense of importance, primarily playing together with other people.
• A sense of something being worth my time.
Unfair things like glitches and exploits are detrimental to my enjoyment of a game, because my sense of investment of time into the gameplay, is abruptly offset by this notion of other people (or my) cheating intentionally or not, by experiencing glitches and making use of exploits.
Godmode in games is something I truly detest, taking the fun away. (e.g sim city cheat commands)
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
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?"
But the acronym MMMORPG now currently means Microscopic Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Kappa.
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It sure as hell isn't to buy crap from a cash shop.
"classification of games into MMOs is not by rational reasoning" - nariusseldon
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/Great answer.
Epic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
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?"
2. Long-term progression gives me a goal - however shallow
3. Easy to play for short periods of time
4. The comfort factor - like putting on an old glove
That said, I don't invest myself in them anymore. I licensed my soul to the void for 3 years playing WoW from 2005-2008 - and I've been there, done that.
So now, I'm exactly the kind of casual player that I never understood during my obsession
Alternatively, it only makes sense as in escaping some aspect of reality, not reality as such. Two WILDLY different notions.
Chris Robers of CIG also made this mistake I remember, making this claim about other people, becoming a fallacy in an instant.
It doesn't mean literally entering another reality - it means escaping into a pleasant experience that's removed from the trials and trivialities of everyday life. Like sitting down to watch a great movie in a darkened room.
It't not rocket science.
MMOs have offered the deepest combat systems I've ever experienced so even though most pve content is trivial, the group content tends to step up the difficulty and make pve a challenge. I love getting together with friends and taking on that challenge. Its social, engaging and you get to kill some awesome monsters.
I also love MMO-style PvP. For all the level imbalances, class imbalances, gear imbalances and population imbalances, I always manage to find a lot of fun in the pvp scene, both solo and group. I love fighting over keeps! I love seeing zerg vs zerg. I love solo-roaming and small group roaming. I love organised raids that can wipe the zerg. I even love battlegrounds.