General Discussion

Ultima Online: the game itself was getting old. Besides, UO:R (with Trammel) had just been released, and it did the game more bad than good. Played it for 3-4 years.

Then I had a few years of 'no-MMO period'.

Lineage 2: the grind was getting boring, but the biggest reason I left was because it was a botter, Ebay and hack fest with barely any decent support from NCSoft. Played it for a year or 2.

LoTRO: was actually a fun game to play through once, to max level. Nothing complicated, just casual fun, and a nice storyline. However, for the long term it was too casual, and it lacked PvP. I prefer MMOs that have a healthy mix of both PvP and PvE. Quit after a few months.

PotBS: was great in beta, and then, poof, at release, they made the game extremely grindy. Quit within a month.

Hellgate: London: not really an MMO, but anyway. I don't think I need to explain why I quit after 2 weeks)

Guildwars: haven't quit yet, but I'm about to. After 3,5 years, it's getting old, and I want a change of scenery. PoTBS and Hellgate were supposed to be those games, but alas.

Currently only interested in seeing what Warhammer brings. If that doesn't deliver what they promised, I'll probably will go back to a few years of 'no-MMO period', since there is nothing on the horizon after the release of Warhammer that I fancy; at least nothing that will be released any time soon. MAY play the new LoTRO expansion for a few months though, before I take an MMO break.

So, to sum it up: I quit 2 games simply because I was tired of them, after playing them for years. 2 games because they were (getting) too grindy. 1 game because it was 'PvE-only'. And 1 game because, well, it simply was unplayable due to bugs and crashes.

last one was EQ2, they removed shards and group xp penalties.

game is way too easy. death means nothing.

they should have left a few servers as was, but no all went easy mode, well F u SOE.

cheers

Originally posted by Arndur

So is there any game ever made that you have liked? Also I still don't get your problem with people under 18 I am suprised some times when I find out ages of people and thinking that they were over 18 and weren't or under 18 and weren't I just play to play age doesn't matter its how they act.

Yea there are lots of games I like , I was very impressed with guild wars. The reason I prefer not to play with the kiddies is that as a responsible adult, when children are present I make sure the content discussed is "child appropriate" as all responsible adults should do. See .. when I come home from clubbing and am still a bit wound up, I like to go on one of the many games I play and kill everyone I see and just relax and have fun, and being around children I don't really feel like it is relaxing, I feel that I still have to worry about the subject matter, whether it is discussing a controversial song, or talking about the party last night, I choose not to discuss those things with the kiddies and it should be my choice to do so. How they act has absolutly nothing to do with why i do not wish to play with them, talk to them or hang out with them. Adults have more life expierance, My adult friends go to parties with me,  I actually meet and hang out with people I have  met in games, in person, and online.. that is something I would never do with kids. I do not think that children have any business talking to adults online, and vice versa. Kids go play with kids and let the adults hang out together.. That is just how it should be, so why would it be any different in games?

And as for your ramblings about change .. I like change too,  and I want the ability to change alot on my character whenever i feel like it rather than have the devs limit me to death. 

The game became un-fun to play.   Funcom totally screwed it up.  They sucked the fun out of it.   Right now I am playing pretty much nothing.   ::sigh::  It doesn't look like I'll be playing any MMORPG's for a long time to come unfortunately...nothing looks good.   Tired of instances, tired of level based grind fest, sick of lack of character customization options, poorly designed game play...the whole genre is just going down into the gamers abyss of hell.

Originally posted by Teala

The game became un-fun to play.   Funcom totally screwed it up.  They sucked the fun out of it.   Right now I am playing pretty much nothing.   ::sigh::  It doesn't look like I'll be playing any MMORPG's for a long time to come unfortunately...nothing looks good.   Tired of instances, tired of level based grind fest, sick of lack of character customization options, poorly designed game play...the whole genre is just going down into the gamers abyss of hell.

Sounds like Fallen Earth be someting for you If you can stand not having a elf or Orc :)

Its in its first public Alfa stage now. release early 2009

http://forums.fallenearth.com/fallenearth/forumdisplay.php?f=18

Let's see...the last game I quit that I had a subscription to was Tabula Rasa...

I quit that after three months of casual play because my main drive in it was to play one of the hybrid races. Even as low as the level requirement for access to the first hybrid is, I knew I wouldn't get there any time soon, and I wanted to get a second subscription to Istaria. So, bai TR.

Last game I deleted was Mabinogi. I was impressed that it had a skill system, but having quests forced down my throat constantly was a huge turn-off. I didn't play far in it, and lapsed from it completely for several months, during which time I heard about its cash shop being too necessary. So as soon as I needed to free up some hard drive space, bai Mabinogi.

I quit WoW because after several years of hoping for meaningful AVH PVP I realized they were not going to deliver.  I got sick of gross class imbalances.  TBC screwed up casual raiding.  Arena's sucked balls and BG's were boring as hell.  They they screwed up Hero Class with Blizzcon 2 and are upping the level cap again and I realized WoW will never be the game I hoped and they promised back in Beta. 

I have tried a few since then, but not been able to get into them.  I even tried to go back to old games like Eve and DAOC. Maybe I am getting too old for MMORPG's now :(

No political movement, no real freedom, lack of simulation of remote reality, unfounded asinine explanations for magic.

Originally posted by Loira

I quit WoW because after several years of hoping for meaningful AVH PVP I realized they were not going to deliver.  I got sick of gross class imbalances.  TBC screwed up casual raiding.  Arena's sucked balls and BG's were boring as hell.  They they screwed up Hero Class with Blizzcon 2 and are upping the level cap again and I realized WoW will never be the game I hoped and they promised back in Beta. 

 

I have tried a few since then, but not been able to get into them.  I even tried to go back to old games like Eve and DAOC. Maybe I am getting too old for MMORPG's now :(

 

 

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