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Stuck in MMO limbo
RudyRaccoon
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I hate to say this but I'm lost here. it's really difficult to choose what MMO game to play these days. I had been a long time WoW player before Cataclysm and now I don't want to play the game anymore. Most people are super jerks and I was very unfortunate of being hacked and lost everything I had before. By losing the nostalgia that Cataclysm removed WoW once had, WoW is now an out-dated mess and it seems bizarre that 7 million subscribed players still play it.
I have had my goes on other MMO's, none I can really call home.
The Lord of the Rings Online - Game design doesn't match the epic feel of the Peter Jackson films, story quests were extremely difficult.
Dungeons & Dragon's Online - Character customization is too complex.
Aion - Too much "Asian-ness"
Age of Conan - Broken mechanics
Star Wars The Old Republic - Would have been my favourite if only Biochem wasn't the only useful crafting skill at end game, plus it's run by EA which also isn't great...
The thing is I don't want to play something that's overly complex like EVE Online, over-rated like Guild Wars 2, don't want anything that's unpopular or anything that's a cheap free to play like Runes of Magic. I just want to play a good game that I can like and doesn't suck in some way. 
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I find myself in the same boat about every year or so. I feel like I get into a particular game, invest a decent amount of time into it only to find myself bored or kinda burned out after a few months.
To combat this, I have basically started rotating a few MMO's and try to enjoy the strengths that each has.
For hanging with friends and a certain level of nostalgia I play WoW.
I play a bit of Rift (F2P) for the housing and Rift Hunts / dynamic content
For PvP, I tend to play GW2 (B2P), mostly WvW
And for some additional PvP, more of the arena style, I play Smite (F2P).
I get all of this enjoyment for the price of one sub. I think the days of losing yourself in a single game are long gone, so these days it's more about finding a combo of games to satisfy your gaming needs.
I have and I do enjoy it. But what keeps me from being able to fully commit to it is all the damn loading screens.
Immersion is a big deal for me
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Try Rift.
That's what I'm doing at the moment. It's not totally awesome, but it fill my mmo needs and is free. Am I hooked in for the long haul? nope, but it is giving me something to do until something good comes out.
It's tough coming up with an untaken name these days. Slashimi is the best I could come up with, rolled warrior Horde side. Wholly shit talk about join a guild spam lol.
I joined one just to stop the spamming, at least the guy asked me in person or character should I say lol.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Me too. WoW veteran and nothing out there floats my boat.
Tried all the hype turkeys- Aion, Tera, SWTOR, FFARR, Rift and they all failed to deliver. Simply mediocre and boring.
Currently playing World of Tanks and Warthunder which aren't MMOs but good sociable fun till DayZ Standalone comes out.
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