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Do You Have A Casual MMO You Return To Every So Often? | MMORPG.com
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Do You Have A Casual MMO You Return To Every So Often? | MMORPG.com
Bradford, as he's played pretty much nothing but New World since the end of September, logged into EVE Online for the first time in quite a while. And it was glorious. However, it would surprise many to learn that the hardcore EVE Online is his 'casual' MMO, the one he returns to to break up the monotony of other MMOs he'd otherwise be grinding. Do you have an MMO like this?
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Mostly focused on NW of course.
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2024: 47 years on the Net.
Was playing SWToR for a while, hit Neverwinter when the big game shift happened, than shifted to STO for the new content and now I'm back to LotRO after about a year.
SWG (pre-cu) - AoC (pre-f2p) - PotBS (pre-boarder) - DDO - LotRO (pre-f2p) - STO (pre-f2p) - GnH (beta tester) - SWTOR - Neverwinter
I tried hard to find MMO number two. You know, if Lotro's hotfix for hotfix that hotfixed patch to update took longer than 4 hours.
None. Maybe Istaria, but it could not run on my PC, some software problem.
So - Lotro and Lotro only. If I want something else, I rush all my Sakkra fleet in Master of Orion 2.
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I think it will be very tough to go back to eso after new worlds combat
I play XI, ESO, CO, DCUO and GW2.
XIV's combat just feels repetitive to me; hence I come back when there is a free weekend or event I like.
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I usually play PVE and co-op games in my other time as I haven't found an MMO that really speaks to me in years. Recently I've been playing Deep Rock Galactic, Valheim, Satisfactory and now The Riftbreaker.
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I tried firing up EQ the other day and it froze on me before I could even get in......I always feel lost when I go back to EQ.
They changed the way it worked years ago, to where your skills would not train while away so i never went back.
Other 2 games are not really MMO's, (in the true sense, to me) That I go to every other month or so. Elite Dangerous, and No Mans Sky. Last true MMO was WOW classic for a few months when they launched that.
Seem to have more fun on Single player or slightly multi player games now.
First I thought the same but actually you can play EvE casually even though the game itself is not a casual game. It's one of the advantages of a sandbox game.
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My usuall MMO-carousel is:
FFXIV - SWTOR - Warhammer Online (RoR) - GW2 - ESO
It used to be EQ2 aswell but it hasn't aged well and since there is no real classic server I had to kick it out of my list.
I'm curious if New World might break the cycle since I haven't had so much fun in at least a decade.
Ragnarok Online and Wakfu
these 2 old gems are the only 2 MMO where i can casually go back at anytime, enjoy the BGM, sit around, do some PvP and War of Emperium ( for Ragnarok ) and help new players and then log out, and i'd do it over and over and will never get bored of these 2
Also, Ragnarok is one of the old MMO where the community are still so strong. i can even meet someone that has been playing since 2003 and are still playing it, it's crazy!
So What Now?
Every now and then I come back to the game for like two weeks.
I do some meta events, some achievement hunting, typical daily world boss chains, and then I simply put the game aside for like six months.
I also usually come back during the holiday season because I really like the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle. No idea why but I just like it. I turn my brain off and farm the JP hard while listening to music or having a Twitch stream running on the second monitor.