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It's Okay To Take Your Time In Your Favorite MMO | MMORPG.com
Anthony breaks down the idea of FOMO and how it's okay to take your time, using his experience in Lost Ark as a perfect example why.
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It's definitely not helped by the rise in daily content that make games feel more like obligations.
This may be a result of what Scot said; developers making PTP2W games that almost encourage this so they can start to make money.
I don't generally, if ever, read through all of the quests. I am fairly methodical about going through all the steps and soaking in the game as a whole.
Just another facet of the "Be careful what you wish for" warning about F2P and cash shops that never got heeded.
Also , I always take it slow for ex. I Never use a mount in LOTRO unless grouped ..
I take my time explore and enjoy the world's.. That applies to every game I play ..
I also never use a guide , always much more satisfying and rewarding figuring things out for myself ..
Shut up Scorch.
One idea is that a "power gamer" is looking for one or more of several things: to be highest level first, part of the highest level club as soon as possible, looking for the power that being high level brings, especially if it's a pvp game.
They aren't necessarily looking to enjoy quests or smell the roses or take in the world as its made.
They want the accolades, power and (possible) respect/awe that being top dog brings.
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I've never gotten it in mostly PvE games or even games where the PvP power is "normalized."
It's not like the "end-game" of most MMOs is so attractive compared to everything that came before that it justifies the rush but it must be to a sizeable portion of the player base otherwise XP pots and instant boosts to high levels wouldn't be such hot sellers in cash shops or AHs when you can also get those as tradeable items in games.
In ESO players pay ridiculous amounts of gold for anything related to player-crafted XP boosts be it the potions, recipes to make your own or the ingredients needed. Also, double XP is a feature of almost every single one of their seasonal events.
So... I think those of us who don't get it might just be in the minority in 2022.
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My time in UO was the only game that I really, truly, enjoyed.
Many Players learned to relax early on. UO wasn't set up for "the ding" like games that came after it. And Players watching their skills for gains were unhappy with the "slow" (seemingly) pace. But as often said back in the day,
"Just play the game and your skills will seem to go up fast."
And just enjoying the game and all those choices, picking what you liked to do, was more rewarding to me than "levels."
I mean, what other game had a large, multi-server Guild like 'The Fishing Council of Britannia'?
Despite the fact that fishing was about as useless as it got.
And those players didn't suffer at all on power scale. But they did what they really enjoyed.
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Maybe the pace should change in mmos, more about the adventure and less about the end game?
So your options are -
1. Rush to the end, play with tryhards/neets/locusts
2. Take your time, play with people even more frustrating than in group 1.
3. Only play MMORPG's with a group of friends and enjoy gaming.
For me, unless 3 is an option I don't even install.
You know something is corrupted when it acts exactly as the opposite it is supposed to be.
There is the incredible idea that the game really starts with the “endgame”.
Yes, awesome idea, let’s start at the end! The end is the start! Same difference (another oxy-moron-ic expression)! One day the players will start the real game, which is the end, uh… no, I mean yes, sort of… I mean they will reach the endgame, which is the start of the game.
Uh…
I have a few okay 5 okay 6 masterminds I am playing and I just play slowly when I solo and I have no urge to rush and when I get into a group it goes faster but just reading every mission and the random conversations by the NPCs and the villains or heroes trying to kill you has been a salve really. No bots except for mastermind ones trying to sell you currency for cash, a community that is so helpful they are discussing stuff long after the answer was given.
Playing at your pace not worrying about missing out is one of the best things you can do for yourself when playing a game. The sheer amount of experience (I don't mean that kind of experience for levelling) you forgo while you chase after that prize that is almost never worth what you gave up in the rush.
As games that you enjoy become for me at least harder to find even when games are being released it is a blessing that these older ones are still there. While you may never recapture the moments you felt and saw when you first played it , playing it the 7th or even 10th (who's counting) time can be a marvelous.
It's not all that incredible of an idea when you consider that most endgames negate the value of everything you earn along the way. That makes it the only place where the rewards will be meaningful for any length of time due to the rapid character advancement of today. People rush to it to enjoy a slightly less brief feeling of achievement.
I also like COH for my 90% solo game - fun and interesting.
SWTOR - is pretty much a solo game with grouping to do some flashpoints, again voice acted so fun to go slow and not worried about keeping up.
DDO used to be fun, till I just got tired of the same thing every 20/30 levels...
EQ was the first one I played a lot of, back when I was young and had crap tons of free time, its problem for me today would be required grouping I would fall behind not playing all the time, and just leveling to where I could eventually do the high level stuff would be rough (EQ solo was pretty rough at the beginning, they made it better over time, but it was still a pretty 'group centric to get stuff done' game.
It's quite amazing to see how fully developers seemed to have missed the point.
MMO start when I say that $hit starts.......
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That would lengthen the process, but ultimately not change the end result. In MMORPGs where characters progress in power but the content remains fixed there will always only be a narrow band of content applicable to a character at a time. As time goes on and more characters level the population would still be clustered at the endgame and that is where further development will always be most needed.
Essentially, such a game is always in a state of planned obsolescence and the current endgame content is still what matters most to the most, and must still be focused on the most to retain players.
For that not to be the case new content must not obsolete older content, but endless character progression in power doesn't work well with that.