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By: Analysis: Signs it’s time to quit your current MMO? « No re-rolls in real life

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:31:11 +0000

[...] blog-sphere. With recent posts like this one from Syp @bio break, and then from Game by Night, and Kill Ten Rats even having chimed in on this topic. So many of us gamers; especially the MMO crowd seem to be [...]

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Analysis: Signs its time to quit your current MMO? « Im Talkin Games — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:42:45 +0000

By: Hess

Hess — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:56:23 +0000

While Fallen Earth is my current “home” I’ve certainly done my share of hopping around in the last 12-ish years. Most recently LotRO was a stable ground for me from beta right up until Lothlorien was released. I tried Aion beta (unimpressed) and gave CO a two week run (thinking of giving it another fair shot) but FE sucked me in. From time to time I even think of digging out my original retail WoW discs and giving that another shot.

I’ve only had about 3 hours to play in the last two weeks and that won’t be improving any time soon. A little sliver in my brain is telling me I should just hang up MMOs for a while. EQ, AO, SWG, MXO, WoW, RFO, Rappelz, LotRO, CO, FE and countless other games that were basically dead on arrival since the late 90′s…not a bad run.

Any suggestions?

By: Moondog548

Moondog548 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:24:59 +0000

I can’t cry if there’s another faker around. :|

By: Bhagpuss

Bhagpuss — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:58:41 +0000

I’ve returned to Everquest, making it once again the main MMO I play, four times now. I didn’t have to re-sub or re-install, because for 9 years I never cancelled my subscription. I just paid it while I played other games, sometimes for a year or more, then came back to EQ.

Each time I returned I played EQ as my main MMO for 6 – 12 months, sometimes pickng up where I left off, sometimes starting over on new servers. Every time I became fully engaged, had an excellent time and enjoyed EQ as much as any new MMO.

I have returned twice to EQ2 and will return again in the spring. I’ve returned once to Vanguard, having another excellent half a year there to follow my original wonderful 9 months. I’ve just returned to Warhammer Online and am having a great time.

At the same time, I’ve played many, many other MMOs, some for a few days, some for a few weeks, a few for a few months. I’m currently playing Fallen Earth and loving it.

You CAN go home again in MMOs, and you CAN play several MMOs at the same time. The grass isn’t greener, there’s just an awful lot of grass and the same grass grows anew season by season.