What makes us addicted? What makes us want to play? I've been searching for that answer for so long now. I've come to a lot of conclusions. They can be enjoyed for a long time. Well, sometimes they can be. I found it very hard to stick to a game, even though i want to keep playing it. I can love a game so much, but still dislike it. Hard to understand? Yeah, i'd say so. I love playing a lot of online games. Trying to new genre's, new features, new styles. I have not found that one game to completely blow me away yet. I highly doubt there will ever be a game that does. I'm picky, yet i'm not. I love having some features in a game. I don't care if they are cloning off another game. I've very picky when it comes to PvP. PvP can be the best thing in the game, if done correctly. It can also be the downfall of the game if down poorly. This speaks for a lot of players. One whole thing can ruin the game completely for players or wither them down until they eventually give up and say "I'm done". Quitting is always hard for me. I always disappoint myself for not going farther. I always give myself and the game a chance. Usually i end up quitting. The game never quits us. The game tries very hard to keep us entertained for as long as possible. I can't blame us totally. It would be unfair. We can love the simple things of a game, then further down the road the developers will add a feature that totally screws up the gameplay. We've seen it happen a dozen times. It shouldn't shock us anymore. Sadly, it still does with me. Improve the features that work and keep people drawn. Don't kill it, and add something else.
When a mass of people quit the game due to factors that have done poorly. Your sort of left by yourself in a way. When guilds go from one game to another. You have two choices. Switch and keep your current friends whom you have played with all this time, or stay and play the game as is and find something new. It also works when a close friend quits and plays a different game. Whatever the situation is, all players have a reason why the quit the game. It could be how they are being treated, immaturity of the community. Developers. Lack of content. Whatever it is, we all have a solid, valid point to why we quit. I tend to stay for the players of the game. Along with some gameplay aspects. The gameplay can be the most horrible experience but your friends/guilds can make up for it. Cracking jokes between quests, doing whatever. If you have fun with people, and the gameplay sucks. Weigh the options out. I was shocked to find out. No matter how much i hate grinding and questing for hours and hours. Friends/Family make up for it in the end. I can be laughing my ass off completely and i wouldn't even know i've been grinding for three hours.
Character development is huge for me. Along with other people. I love games that have a very unique character development process. It could be in character creation(Looks). A unique skill tree path. Whatever it is. A character that is unique, is a character that stays. Awhile back ago, i had a character who looked so odd, and so silly that no one would ever take me seriously. I kicked some major ass though. I took all that critisim with a grain of salt. I didn't care if my character looked like barney(I still don't know why i was called that haha). I rocked in PvP, and PvE. Now, even if people look like clones of each other. A skill tree is really important. I don't think people want a game, where you can look different, but still have the same development skill wise. Everyone spams 1,2,3. Everyone uses the same skills. What's the point? Difference is important too me. I like being different, i like being the odd ball. I can have the most different path of pvp, but if it works. Why not join me? Not call me a loser/freak. Difference is important. I can't really stress that enough. I research a game before i play it. I do not look at players opinions. I look at the features. Watch some youtube videos on gameplay in action. See what looks good and what looks bad. No matter what i'll play it.
Can a mmorpg have nothing new? Of course it can. It can offer the same features of the greatest mmorpg. Wait... Lemme rephrase that. Great mmorpg. The greatest mmorpg does not exist, and will never exist in my mind. Games clone games. Thats a very true fact. They can name it different, and tweak it all they want. In reality it's the same thing. I can't really get mad at cloning. I probably would too. If it works, why not copy? If it makes money, why not make money? I'm not siding with cloning. Don't get me wrong. Too much cloning does get ridiculous. We really can't do anything about it except offer our opinions and hope they listen to us. The players. I'm not sick of cloning. I'm getting close to that. I really can't do anything except express my hopes and opinions. Even though hoping doesn't really exist anymore. I don't really hope anymore when it comes to online games. I just get crushed like a lot of people now.
See you all next time. Enjoy!
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