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Originally posted by Exavus

I know that sounds silly, but my lady is having a kid and i'm probably going to have to drop a lot of games but i'm looking for something I can do to where i could stop for a moment if i had to, i guess getting into warhammer is out of the question, too much pvp attention and if i stopped i'd make my team lose XD, so it'd have to be a PVE game. iw as thinking EQ2. I played it a bit and enjoyed it.

I think your first instinct is always the best choice for you. I played a lot of EQ2 and grouped like once... I don't group because I like you am a parent. Now my child is in grade 2 so I have lots more time then before but I still don't like to spend a large amount of my time doing something heavy like a raid or large dungeon crawl. That said there's still lots to do in an mmo either solo or with small groups.

Guild Wars and City of Heroes/Villains are super great suggestions. My husband still enjoys City and we play some Guild Wars together. The missions don't take too long so you can knock one or two of them a night. :)

You don't have to be a college kid with nothing better to do then game all day/night, but it does slim down your options somewhat. Another suggestion is to join a family guild, like golf, bingo and other totally acceptable pass times of society you can schedule raids to be once a week only and do whatever you want the rest of the time. If MMOs are what you do to relax it's no one's place to tell you should do something else. Like what knitting? lol...

People assuming you won't take care of the child .... Do parents who play sports, have poker night, watch movies or tv, belong to a dart or painting club are bad parents too?

I'd say you'll be fine in any game where you do plenty of farming. Because farming is pretty routine and it is easy to stop at any time. I spent ages playing FFXI when my daughter was a baby and it's certainly been no child care disater. Your baby can sit with you and you can talk, at the same time you don't lose your mind from baby boredom. Ryzom is another good game for farming.

It gets much more difficult when they're walking. You pretty much have to leave your playing time to their sleeping time. Make the most of the first 6 to 9 months.

BTW people who think you are going to spend every minute when a baby is awake talking to them etc. haven't had kids. You need some stimuli for yourself or you'll just go crazy.

Check out Atlantica

Seriously i have 3 kids age 3 and under so i feel your pain. Atlantica is great though, since it allows you to auto-move to npc's and quests. Also, the game allows you to go back and forth between WASD movement and point and click without going into a menu to change it.(point and click for when you don't have both hands free) it works too, because you don't have to group all the time.

If you don't like this game though look for games with these features

Point and Click movement- (already explained why)

Solo Content- (a group won't always appreciate your constant breaks)

oh and avoid open pvp game...nothing more frustrating than getting ganked while changing a diaper

One casual game I've not seen recommeneded it the City of Heroes/Villains. Sidekick will allow you to group up with friends who outlevel you, instance missions that if baby requires attention that you can escape a mob and hang out.

A mission can take around 5 to 10 min to do.

Originally posted by Exavus

I know that sounds silly, but my lady is having a kid and i'm probably going to have to drop a lot of games but i'm looking for something I can do to where i could stop for a moment if i had to, i guess getting into warhammer is out of the question, too much pvp attention and if i stopped i'd make my team lose XD, so it'd have to be a PVE game. iw as thinking EQ2. I played it a bit and enjoyed it.

I would suggest AoC as its so boring you wont mind having to log out for long periods.  Or not logging in for long periods.

LoL @ -Lum

I agree with the posters who said City of Heroes is a great game for parents as we have more than a few couples and even whole families in my guild on Freedom. In CoH many of the older player oriented SG's (guilds) know how real life works.... They don't mind if you go AFK for 10-15 min to cook or clean the kid (just move your mouse so you don't time out). They also don't get mad because you log out in the middle of a mission. The only time you might catch a bit of grief is if you join a TF (Task Force) and leave,

   TF's can take a few hours to do (think raiding) and many require almost as many players to finish as it did to start. CoH is also a fairly laid back community not that we don't have our share of A-holes but they generally get shunned and ignored quickly. CoH is also solo friendly and with the new Issue 13 update you will be able to make a Hero Pact and level your character even when you are too busy to play. That way you can keep up with the rest of your SG.

If you look around they have free trials and if you are intrested send  me your email address and i can send you an invite code to the game.

play EVE lol

My son's about 7 months, so I feel your pain. As soon as he's asleep all I wanna do is have a few mins for myself and what better way to kill time then an mmo.

If all else fails there are other free non-mmo's to play that only require a few mins at a time of your attention, but I should warn you, they aren't exactly high intensity fun, but hell you take what you can get.

Try bite fight for example ( http://s8.bitefight.org/c.php?uid=141104), but there are crap loads just like it.  Gotta go, baby calling.

City of Heroes/Villains.

It's an awesome game. Between one mission (or mob) and the next you can tend to your baby as I've seencountless moms and dads right there, in CoX.