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[Column] General: State of the Game: People Still Play That?

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
in News & Features Discussion

One issue that's near and dear to my heart is that of dedication to an MMO and MMO community. I wrote about loyalty a few weeks ago, and this goes hand-in-hand with that, but from a different angle. I have a five-stage period I go through when any new game launches. You might be able to relate.

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  • mayito7777mayito7777 Member UncommonPosts: 768
    I tried that with LOTRO and I couldn't stand the awkward combat, tried the same with STO and couldn't take the new changes in crafting. Tried on SWTOR and I just couldnt take it, so here is my story.

    want 7 free days of playing? Try this

    http://www.swtor.com/r/ZptVnY

  • Nemesis7884Nemesis7884 Member UncommonPosts: 1,023

    i just recently picked up swtor again and really like it :-)

    on the other hand i picked up neverwinter again and couldnt get into it again...ill see what happens with eso in a year or so

  • nuttobnuttob Member Posts: 291
    Make a post about EQ1 or EQ2 = automatic "Do people still play that?" comment generator!
  • AftermathShawnAftermathShawn Member UncommonPosts: 1
    Originally posted by Torvaldr

    The Guild Wars community is the GLU that has held the game together. :p

    I see what you did there! :p

  • clumsytoes44clumsytoes44 Member UncommonPosts: 463

      I remember year's ago I was looking for a new mmo to play, I was burnt out on the ones I played at the time. Gamestop had EQ1 plus 18 expac's for 20$, and Lotro MoM CE for 20$. So I decided on Lotro, I liked the lore and the game looked pretty decent. It quickly became my mmo of choice mainly due to a few very kind player's helping a newbie who wondered where I should not have. Stayed with it through all the change's until Helm's Deep I couldn't stand the character class revamp's, very similar to rift's skill trees but worse. I'm able to login every so often and enjoy the game as long as I don't run any of my high level character's.

     

      If it wasn't for the class changes and a few unsavory changes they made. I would still be playing every chance I got, Even with the dated animation's and graphic's.

  • ZulikaZulika Member UncommonPosts: 62

    Shawn Schuster!  Are you lost?  Always a fan your podcasts and articles. 

    Hope to see more from you, including your thoughts the current and soon to come post-apop/sandboxes.

     

  • AlomarAlomar Member RarePosts: 1,299
    I've gone back to my favorite mmo's several times each over the years. I've gone back to many of these several times each in between new releases: Lotro, WoW, Rift, AoC, EVE, Runescape, and DAOC.
    Haxus Council Member
    21  year MMO veteran 
    PvP Raid Leader 
    Lover of The Witcher & CD Projekt Red
  • SamhaelSamhael Member RarePosts: 1,534
    Originally posted by Torvaldr

    Good article. It highlights the problem of perception and what success means on different levels. Your article immediately brought to mind City of Heroes. I don't think that was unprofitable but it wasn't profitable enough for the publisher. NCSoft seems to have this weird mindset that it only wants to deal with blockbuster titles. I think that mindset works against it on a few different levels - player loyalty, trust, community, and commitment.

    I immediately thought of CoH as well. After the launch rush ended and the game settled down, all of the players pretty much made alts. We were always running back through old zones and sidekicking up our exemplaring down to play with friends. No other game I've been in since did such a good job of allowing folks of such different levels to all hang out together. Group sizes of 8 were perfect and there was usually a few such groups running at any time from my CoH guild. Cryptic definitely made some rookie calls with the game and eventually dumped it in NCSoft's lap where it languished for a bit.

  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Nice post OP.
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