I’m struggling to put into words what I’m thinking about my current MMO situation. I’m raiding in Swtor, I’m exploring Secret World, I’m not caring in WoW and I’m curious about Gw2. I’m pretty much playing four MMOs at the same time and so far I’m managing well just by spending a bit of time here and there. How I got to this point I don’t know for sure but when I think about it I think it’s simply because no MMO seems to be able to satisfy my all on its own.
Let me start off with the Secret World. It’s a great exploration MMO, right up there with Lotro (which I need to get back to…) and every time I play it I come away with that great feeling you get after seeing a good movie. The downside though is that I’m pretty much the only one playing it in my circle of friends and as far as endgame goes I don’t think it would be a good fit.
Guild Wars 2 is really more of a curiosity thing on my part. Normaly I wouldn’t have considered it but I was curious and since there’s no sub I felt like I wasn’t losing anything. So far I don’t think it’s a bad game but it just doesn’t click… I’m giving it more time to see if it gets better later on.
Swtor… well… Swtor is where the people I love raiding with are. That’s pretty much it. The more I think about it and the more I think this should have been a single player game and not an MMO. The game is great when you level the first time around but the endgame is atrocious. Dailies are a pain, game performance is poor and I just don’t feel like logging in unless there’s something going on. The raids themselves are okay but by themselves they wouldn’t get me to subscribe.
Why am I still playing? Because as I said so often, that’s where my friends are and playing with these people is enough to keep me playing and enduring dailies.
And we come to WoW, the game I never thought I’d play again. When I resubed it was mostly to get rid of the nostalgia bug and also to keep in touch with some people. And then I’m finding myself playing more than I thought I would. I don’t know exactly how to explain it but there’s something about WoW that’s relaxing. I don’t have to over think anything, I can just go out and kill mobs, get a cute pet and call it a day. I think I was missing this simplicity.
So that’s pretty much me right now. Anyone else stuck like me? I’m thinking of making something like Altholics anymous but instead call it Gameaolics anonymous.
Playing WoW mostly for the people, though looking forward to playing MoP. Not sure what I’ll do thereafter.
Currently consumed by World of Tanks, of all things. Not sure why, but I’m finding it very addictive.
Curious about other things, but I know my attention is too focused on either WoW or WoT (and a couple of single player games like Max Payne 3 and Sniper Elite).
Let us know how u go with GW2. Have u tried the ftp Rift or Conan recently? Me to Darth still getting through my single players. But mean to check out GW2 and kinda wanted to pop my head in on Tera. Other than that I cant see many mmos on the horrizon which feels weird.
Wow. You’re kind of like me. I play gw2 like you play wow, just run around and do stuff. I play swtor because my guild of loved ones is there, so it’s my outlet for group content, but I find myself not logging in if we’re not slated to do something. Some nights I even avoid mumble so I don’t get guilted into it (by myself, not my guildies) and (excuse warning) so I can hear the voice overs in tsw. I’m getting back into tsw because I’ve got a lifetime and I love stories (and Funcom). And I’m hardly ever logging into wow, though I did check out the new talents. Thanks for giving me thoughts for a blog entry. And thanks for all the tsw and tor posts you’ve put out there (those have piqued my interest most).
“So far I don’t think it’s a bad game but it just doesn’t click… I’m giving it more time to see if it gets better later on.”
Just to be clear what you experience at the start of GW2 is similar to what you experience at “endgame”. ArenaNet has been very firm in de-emphasizing the “endgame” concept. What they do emphasize is making the game accessibly for all players and not just those who have time for raiding. Additionally there are no “raids” in GW2. The biggest instances are all 5-mans.
Paradigms have shifted with the release of GW2 and I expect all future MMO’s will adopt many of the groundbreaking game changes GW2 has brought to the genre. What is clear though is the traditional “raiding” model is quickly dying as as a core factor in MMO’s.
For myself GW2 has revitalised my guild (we are a multi-game group) and we’ve had more people logging in than ever. People are enthusiastic and actually talking about an MMO. We’ve not had this level of interested since the release of WoW.
You need to approach GW2 with an open mind and enjoy what it offers. I am sure many of your fellow guildmates are already playing it even if they do not want to admit it.
LOL lono, I just made a post like this yesterday!
https://themeatshield.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/whats-up-buttercup/
You are not alone man!