It is official, I’ll be getting my World of Warcraft beta invite in the next few weeks. I hereby proclaim this the “make or break” MMORPG for me. If it is good, I’m in for the long haul. If not, I’m done. At least until someone tries to do something REVOLUTIONARY!
Been going back and forth over deciding to go buy Thief 3. It looks good, but honestly I’ve never played any of the Thief games so I’m not totally drooling here.
Played some more FFXI last night. Changed my Taru’s job from Black Mage to Red Mage. Thus I had to start all over. Oh well, so far it is a fun class. Raised him up to almost level 5 before I had to hit the sack. With WoW beta looming, I suppose that this game will be getting the old CANCEL button too. Meh.
So I was fishing in FFXI the other day and one of my friends sent me a tell asking me how it was going. I replied that I had not been seeing my skill go up, but fishing has been pretty successful.
He replied back: Fishing will pick up if you login tomorrow at 4:45 pm. The phase of the moon is just right at that time.
OK, I’m all for making games interesting, but I am not about to schedule my real life around an MMORPG clock. When I have some free time, I log in and I fish. That is how it has to be.
In other news, a friend of mine that is in the World of Warcraft beta has sent me word that he *may* be able to get me a beta slot. Now that would be something.
Only problem with beta testing an MMORPG is that testing removes a lot of the magic that you get when you first play. The magic is a big part of what sucks you in. I am a bit torn as to what to do if he gets me a beta account.
I take that back. I’d play, er I mean test. Yes I would. Stay posted.
One of my friends in FFXI borrowed me some fishing gear so I spent a few hours fishing. While somewhat boring at this time, it was nice to have something semi-interesting to do with my higher-level friends. Plus, I actually can make some money (called gil in FFXI) for armor.
Off to do some more fishing, see you later!
I decided to sign up for another month of FFXI. Since everyone that I have ever played MMORPGs with (including my brother) plays it, it seems logical to give it another shot. That and the fact that at $12.95 a month it is a virtual bargain compared to all the other MMORPGs.
Since I can’t keep up with them level-wise, I’m going to focus on being able to chat with them, as well as doing some crafting and fishing. And if they happen to be playing a new job in my level range I’ll go hunting with them.
There are a lot of quests in this game and I missed most of them because the last time I was playing I was trying to keep up with them. Impossible to do since they play at least 400% more time than I do.
I really wish more games would add the brilliant feature that City of Heroes has: the “Sidekick”. This allows you to team up with anyone, no matter what level they are, and go hunting. Your character is boosted up to a level or 2 below the other person and your stats scale up too. You don’t get any more skills or anything, but the ones you have scale up. Just plain cool.
So for now I begin the adventures of a low level FFXI explorer. I’ll keep you posted. All none of you.