NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
you don't value something that came to you at no effort
I haven't seen a game yet gives you something for no effort. But since you're an EQ player, I'm not surprised you'd say something like this.
NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
I put a lot of blood sweat and tears into that shit.
Of course you did, because it was EQ. EQ was the most grindy shit MMO ever, and I knew a guy that lost his life to it.
Isn't it sad that you were lured into an addictive time sink game, so much so, that you feel you must keep your inactive-for-8-years character permanently? lol
NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
The major appeal that style of MMO had was that it was sort of like real life for regular people.
No, that's not the appeal at all. Maybe for you, and other EQ lifers/nerds, but not for the majority. You're a minority. You probably could be grouped with the family-like players, mothers, etc. treating a game like real life. lulz.
No, the appeal was simply that there is online interaction with players, and it's as simple as that. You never once see anyone doing role play, or anyone getting married, or anyone treating it as a real life experience.
NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
You got out of it what you put into it.
Really? So, for the 500 days (12,000) hours that you put into your EQ character, what exactly did you get out of it? lulz. I'll tell you what you got out of it. NOTHING. All you have now is a digital inactive 8-year-old character. That's it. You got nothing out of it. No rewards. You probably dont even have any friends in RL to brag to about it. lulz. How does it feel to lose 500 days of your life to an MMO?
NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
Loot and accomplishment thrown upon you for little to no effort.
Really? So, I can simply walk through a dungeon without doing anything and survive? I can walk straight to the boss? I can fight the boss without doing anything and survive? Every boss needs a pathetic "song and dance" strategy to it for it to be worthwhile to you to feel like there was effort in it? lol
No.
You obviously haven't played Diablo 2, which is a game that you might consider effortless, but it's a game that many consider to be FUN because of that.
NKD wrote on May 4, 2012, 08:46:
I want MMOs to get back to being products for those of us who really enjoy the concept of a virtual world
Go play Second Life then, dude. Or go back to EQ, lol.