Have you finally kicked the MMO addiction? - Page 2

Oberon · 08-09-12, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

What random battle thing? I know nothing. Neither do you.

seaniam81 · 08-09-12, 07:10 AM

Nope still play MMO. Running EVE, Rift, and WoT. Soon to be playing Hawken, and MechWarrior Online.

08-09-12, 10:37 AM

I don't think I'm that susceptible to becoming addicted to a single game, let alone a MMO. I mean I can get really into a game, play it hardcore for hours at a time, but that hardcore playing usually causes a burnout on the game I'm playing. If I'm playing a game to the point where it would be considered an addiction, then next week I'll probably have moved on and be playing something different.

Usually the only games that I actually continue playing in the long term are those that play almost a casual amount of, for example the only reason I'm still playing WoT regularly is that I only ever play a few battles at a time, surpassing a half-dozen battles in a day is pretty rare for me.

MMO wise I played WoW for a few months a couple times years ago but in the end I always end up hitting a brick wall where progression is a pain in the ass and I just end up saying **** it and stop playing. Eve kept me a long time but the major keeper for me was the people I was playing with, if I was flying solo I probably would of quit long before I did.

kranz · 08-09-12, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

he gets pvp Gladiator title end of this season

I got the Conqueror title with my warrior on some private server. (blizzlike experience from battlegrounds). It took me around 120 days of total playing time plus smth like 60k honorable kills. A month later, they wiped the database.

After that, I quited.

Crécy · 08-09-12, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Yeah, I read about it. They will change the trial to free2play model, you still
need to subscribe to get all the goodies.

Ah, okay. Hmm, wonder if I should start playing it...

Even though my strict policy is not to touch games with monthly fees.

TheSatyr · 08-09-12, 02:11 PM

I actually have 4 on my HD at the moment. WoW,SW:TOR,LOTRO and STOL. I go through phases though. Sometimes I bear down and play MMOs for weeks straight and other times I just screw around with other games. Right now I'm kinda messing around with Rise of Flight. I wish they would add some earlier era planes though.

kiwi_2005 · 08-14-12, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kranz

I got the Conqueror title with my warrior on some private server. (blizzlike experience from battlegrounds). It took me around 120 days of total playing time plus smth like 60k honorable kills. A month later, they wiped the database.

After that, I quited.

On my hunter i had the Conqueror title early in the game when lvl cap was 70 then i went for the 100,000 pvp kills and got the 'Of the Horde' title, at 85 then i faction change to Alliance and now its 'Of the Alliance' title, got these titles on blizzard servers not private. But i have never been able to get Gladiator. Just not good enough or join arena teams where everyone quits gives up because we aren't doing so well. Son gets glad with his warrior and i been playing longer than him!

Anyhow loaded up my hunter the other night im on Oceanic server full of aussies, kiwis and asians. The oceanic servers are practically dead i prefer to play on US west servers ping is higher but playing with Americans is better. Us oceanic players are just moaners. So i might get a realm change back to Ticondrius US west. So much for me staying away from WoW the pull is getting to me, expansion is out next month. Oh no!

Platapus · 08-16-12, 06:50 PM

I really liked DAoC. I think the classes in that game were the most varied and interesting. But DAoC was a grind game and a particularly bad grind. I played D&D online and liked that especially since it is free.

WoW is the game that kept my interest for the longest. I closed my account to finish up my degree. I may get back into it. From a game-playing aspect WoW is still a good un.

Briefly I played City of Heros and I understand it has gotten a lot better but I don't think I will go back to it. But a very interesting concept.

The issue that I have with online games is that I prefer to play solo, which kinds defeats the purpose.

It is too bad there is not a single player version of WoW for us anti-social players.

But until I gradumacate, I can't afford the time requirements for online games.

Highbury · 08-16-12, 09:44 PM

I dropped my "addiction" to them a few years back. I mostly played EQII in a fairly large raiding guild but stopped playing about 5 years ago. I have tried a few since but nothing has made me want to stay with it very long.

Skybird · 08-17-12, 06:06 AM

MMO...? Can one eat that?

Task Force · 08-17-12, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

MMO...? Can one eat that?

In fact,Yes you can! I hear they taste like money with a hint of wasted time. Plus they all come with a side of player stupidity.

kiwi_2005 · 08-17-12, 10:56 PM

Don't go hating on me but here is the latest Mists of Pandaria video and i liked it! haha

Think back to the Warcraft 3 intro, this video is similar - WCIII orc, human battling it out, burning comes along and smashes them both. MoP - orc, human are battling it out, kung fu Panda shows up... well you know the rest.

Mists of Pandaria

Sailor Steve · 08-17-12, 11:07 PM

I must have missed this the first time around.

Nope, I've never played one.

kranz · 08-20-12, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

MMO...? Can one eat that?

0/10

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Originally Posted by Task Force

I hear they taste like money with a hint of wasted time. Plus they all come with a side of player stupidity.

said by a guy with 6,73 posts per day

Do you know that you could have got a PhD, climb Mt. Everest or do a gazillion of other beneficial activities? You've wasted so much time...

Seriously now, I don't see any difference between an MMO and any other game. It's just a matter of how much time you want to devote to it.
Evil Blizzard takes your money away? Find a free MMO. Or stop playing. It's your choice.
Sure it's a carrot on a stick and it doesn't take a rocket science to discover that. Every game has its final aim. MMO games have them very, very, very away. It's business. I know people who played WoW for 1-2 hours a day and I know people who played 10-12. But it was their deliberate choice.
Player stupidity? Agreed. More than 2 years ago I almost failed my B.A because what I did was: 3 battlegrounds in a row, Alt+Tab to write 2 lines and delete 1, Alt+Tab for another 3 battlegrounds. But the danger comes with all sort of addictions and it's not MMO-specific.

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Don't go hating on me but here is the latest Mists of Pandaria video and i liked it! haha

Think back to the Warcraft 3 intro, this video is similar - WCIII orc, human battling it out, burning comes along and smashes them both. MoP - orc, human are battling it out, kung fu Panda shows up... well you know the rest.

them cute pandas <3

WC3 Pandaren Brewmaster with his combo Burning Breath + Drunken Haze (sooo goooood against ghouls and archers <3)

Kiwi, are you going to buy GW2 as well?

Ducimus · 08-20-12, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kranz

Seriously now, I don't see any difference between an MMO and any other game.

OH i can. I can tell a HUGE difference. Where do i start? Hmmm..

Firstly, no social obligations. This comes in the way of guild, or anyone you normally group with. Case in point, Evercamp.. err i mean everquest. To put it simply, in that game, if you want to progress, you must group. Here, your player reputation comes into play. have a poor rep? Nobody wants to group with you, hence you don't progress. Have a good rep? You progress! How to get a good rep? Start a dungeon with a group, see it all the way through. Never bail and be good at your class. So you get locked into a group on two counts really. One, its hard to extricate yourself, if you die, you loose all your crap in a corpse retrevial. Also, if you bail, people will remember, and you won't be invited again. So basically, your chained to your desk.

Second. You can save the game anytime you want and walk away. See point 1.

Third, No huge time sink is required.

Fourth. Don't like something about the game? Mod it!

Fifth, The game is yours. No monthy fee, no BS Free to play plan where you end up spending more on small things then if you had a flat monthy fee.

In sum, there is a world of difference between an MMO and other games.

View Poll Results: Have you kicked the MMO addiction?
Yup, i kicked it. No desire to play any of them anymore.	9	17.65%
No i haven't, i'm still on the treadmill.	7	13.73%
I still play one on occasion, but only once in a great while, and never for very long.	14	27.45%
I have never played an MMO, or I was never addicted to begin with.	21	41.18%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

08-09-12, 07:10 AM	#17
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Nope still play MMO. Running EVE, Rift, and WoT. Soon to be playing Hawken, and MechWarrior Online. __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

08-16-12, 06:50 PM	#23
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I really liked DAoC. I think the classes in that game were the most varied and interesting. But DAoC was a grind game and a particularly bad grind. I played D&D online and liked that especially since it is free. WoW is the game that kept my interest for the longest. I closed my account to finish up my degree. I may get back into it. From a game-playing aspect WoW is still a good un. Briefly I played City of Heros and I understand it has gotten a lot better but I don't think I will go back to it. But a very interesting concept. The issue that I have with online games is that I prefer to play solo, which kinds defeats the purpose. It is too bad there is not a single player version of WoW for us anti-social players. But until I gradumacate, I can't afford the time requirements for online games. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-17-12, 06:06 AM	#25
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,637 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	MMO...? Can one eat that? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-17-12, 10:56 PM	#27
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Don't go hating on me but here is the latest Mists of Pandaria video and i liked it! haha Think back to the Warcraft 3 intro, this video is similar - WCIII orc, human battling it out, burning comes along and smashes them both. MoP - orc, human are battling it out, kung fu Panda shows up... well you know the rest. Mists of Pandaria __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

08-09-12, 10:37 AM	#18
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I don't think I'm that susceptible to becoming addicted to a single game, let alone a MMO. I mean I can get really into a game, play it hardcore for hours at a time, but that hardcore playing usually causes a burnout on the game I'm playing. If I'm playing a game to the point where it would be considered an addiction, then next week I'll probably have moved on and be playing something different. Usually the only games that I actually continue playing in the long term are those that play almost a casual amount of, for example the only reason I'm still playing WoT regularly is that I only ever play a few battles at a time, surpassing a half-dozen battles in a day is pretty rare for me. MMO wise I played WoW for a few months a couple times years ago but in the end I always end up hitting a brick wall where progression is a pain in the ass and I just end up saying **** it and stop playing. Eve kept me a long time but the major keeper for me was the people I was playing with, if I was flying solo I probably would of quit long before I did.

08-09-12, 02:11 PM	#21
TheSatyr Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 545 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I actually have 4 on my HD at the moment. WoW,SW:TOR,LOTRO and STOL. I go through phases though. Sometimes I bear down and play MMOs for weeks straight and other times I just screw around with other games. Right now I'm kinda messing around with Rise of Flight. I wish they would add some earlier era planes though.

08-16-12, 09:44 PM	#24
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I dropped my "addiction" to them a few years back. I mostly played EQII in a fairly large raiding guild but stopped playing about 5 years ago. I have tried a few since but nothing has made me want to stay with it very long.

08-17-12, 11:07 PM	#28
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I must have missed this the first time around. Nope, I've never played one. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo