Elysian Shadows

trufun202 wrote:Yeah, as a programmer, its hard to sit there and put so much time and effort into something that gives virtually no return. I have buddies that are trying to get me to play Warhammer Online and WoW, but I'd rather spend hours programming than leveling.

Amen. I must have that feeling of accomplishment. That's why I can put time and effort into the occassional offline game. I can say "hey, I beat this."

But online games either give very little payback, or the sense of achievement doesn't come until you've put 999999 hours into it.

This thread is about suggesting MMORPGs, not trying to convince me not to play one. -_-

LusikkaMage wrote:This thread is about suggesting MMORPGs, not trying to convince me not to play one. -_-

I played both sides of the coin.

trufun202 wrote:

LusikkaMage wrote:This thread is about suggesting MMORPGs, not trying to convince me not to play one. -_-

I played both sides of the coin.

If I started a thread that said "suggest the best drug supplier," I should hope that you would respond by talking me out of it.

MMO obsessions are for people with no direction and no social interraction. It interferes and can destroy both. But hey, maybe people have more self control than I do.

GyroVorbis wrote:If I started a thread that said "suggest the best drug supplier," I should hope that you would respond by talking me out of it.

touche.

You said you played PSO for about a year, which is as long as I played UO - so we're even. :P

You could try Final Fantasy XI. My friend used to play that like it was going out of style. Not because he likes MMOs, rather because it's a Final Fantasy game, and he MUST play every FF!

mllarson wrote:You could try Final Fantasy XI. My friend used to play that like it was going out of style. Not because he likes MMOs, rather because it's a Final Fantasy game, and he MUST play every FF!

NOOOOOOO!!!!!

I used to play FFXI. If you value your life, your sanity, your spare time, stay the fuck away. I also played, because I wanted to do every Final Fantasy. It's not a bad game at all, but it's horrible for you. The game requires literally your soul to get anywhere. You cannot be a casual FFXI player. There are quests that take hours and hours to do one tiny thing.

You also lose experience and delevel at times when you die. That brought me to a whole new level of pissed off that I have never been at a video game. It just feels like they crossed the line there. You don't fucking delevel in RPGs--especially not MMOs. Some fuckass in your party gets you all murdered, and he just cost you hours of work grinding. Then combine that with the fact that you are always fucking broke and always underpowered in that game.

The emphasis on teamwork is what made it so damn fun. You are all little bitches and pussies, but you could do amazing things in a team. It rewards you juuuuust enough to keep you slightly happy and lusting for more pleasure from the game, so you put hours upon hours of more work into it. It's like a woman, no matter how much time and effort you invest into it, it will never be happy.

The game has sooooo much content. But every new major step takes 9999 hours to achieve. If they just dropped the deleveling, made leveling and money acquisition easier so that you could progress faster, the game would be absolutely amazing. There is just too much time in between huge events to get pissed, frustrated, and feel violated.

I quit before I lost my sanity and life. I still miss it from time to time, but it wasn't as fun as sex (which I had to basically give up for that game), so I had to leave.

Here's an MMO for ya:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/chipndale

I have cut myself away from MMORPGs. They became too addictive for me and I was spending my entire time on them. I just won't let myself play one anymore. As for an MMO for you, you could always play Maple again and be unbalanced as hell, and spend 16 hours in a level.

When I played Maple my ex and I would literally spend the entire day leveling. I ended up at around lvl 74, which would take about 10 hours leveling. My ex was 103 which took her about 14 or so hours to level. eh heh...

I tend to think that playing an MMO with a spouse/girlfriend is significantly less harmful than playing one alone.

GyroVorbis wrote:I tend to think that playing an MMO with a spouse/girlfriend is significantly less harmful than playing one alone.

You'd think that, wouldn't you... <_<

You never attended the fights we got in because of it.

"YOU ASSHOLE WHY'D YOU GO TO VICTORIA ISLAND, I NEEDED YOU TO STAY HERE."

"BITCH, I WANTED TO GOT TO A CERTAIN MAP."

"GET YOUR ASS BACK OVER HERE."

"NO, FUCK OFF"

etc. etc. It was not pretty XD

(Yes, it's really that sad. But that was towards the end of the relationship =P and it makes it awkward when you're sitting right next to them and have dead silence. Oh and never call her a cunt in guild chat with her sitting right next to you...)

P.S. I know that makes me sound like an asshole, but you don't know how bad my ex was, and how possessive and forceful she was. She'd punch holes in the freakin wall for christ sakes.

Jesus Christ.

I've never dated a forceful, agressive, or possessive girl. Just stuck up, spoiled, attention starved chicks.

Andy K. wrote:Oh and never call her a cunt in guild chat with her sitting right next to you...)

!!

I have played guild wars for 3 years but i stopped some time ago. In the beginning i only played the PvE part. I dont know why i kept playing because when i think back, it must have been boring as hell. After a while i was lucky to get in a VERY nice Guild(clan).

Then it began to be fun. The good thing about guild wars is that it is skill based(you have to be good) the level cap is 20 and you can make PvP only charactors that starts in lvl 20.

in the end of my guild wars time i played nearly only Pvp. Nothing beats shouting at each other in vent in the middle of the night .

I guess it was the social part that kept me playing, but in the end i was getting tierd of the game, so i quit.

I dont know if i would recomend it, because the learning curve for PvP(whic i think is the nice part) is very steep. So if you dont have luck to find a nice guild, i think it will be very lame.

But i will be back when they realese guild wars 2 (if my computer can run it...)

Endless-online Its anime themed art style but the gameplay is alot of fun and its free.