Originally posted by Cronq

WoW and their PvP system was designed specifically with people like you in mind. You don't even need to play, just join Battlegrounds and go AFK and you'll get superior gear.

I'm pretty sure the original poster said they wanted something to do, not some gear to obsess over or how to get gear without putting in any effort.  Maybe I am crazy, but it sounded like they actually want to play a game.  *GASP*.  Not that there are not a dozen or so games that have flaws like this.

On topic:

To the original poster, you might want to try guild wars.  Pretty casual, nice stories, etc.  Kids sleep a lot the first few months.  If you just want to level characters solo in PvE any game that has characters with stealth/hide should do fine.  Most MMOs play similar enough that you can get by in any of them if you are just doing PvE. 

If you are worried about hurting your team in warhammer PvP, just don't que up for scenarios.  Once you get your new kids sleep habits on a predictable track, you could squeeze a few scenarios in.  If you roll Order you can't possibly hurt your team.  Any warm body at this point helps.

Exavus i sent you an email please keep an eye out in yer inbox ty.

Are you not married? Will you be a single parent?

If not, once you get in from work and mow the lawn the rest of the evening is your own. Plenty of time for any game you feel like. Obviously you'll have to pause for dinner when she finishes cooking it but apart from that you have all the time you need.

 City of Heroes/Villains is a great choice for rocking a sleeping baby and playing as long as you don't fly! Sadly, that takes two hands! Otherwise, EQ2 is good, and as you said, you can playit while hypnotyzed, especially with the map mod added in.

As for all the concerned posters here, like someone else said already, your first few months are spent holding and rocking. My son needed breathing treatments for his first two month, every three hours, so my wife and I split the shifts with me on nights and her on days. I'd hold and rock him as he slept for hours at a time, while playing CoH one handed! We were both terrified he'd stop breathing, so I held him close and watched all night. I'm actually really grateful for CoH for helping keep me awake and sane.

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Congrats on fatherhood!

You can play most MMOs while watching children.

You would just have to modify your gameplay.

First things first make sure you are playing a game that's solo friendly that lets you go afk at anytime safely.

Spontaneous grouping is a no go when it comes to watching children, You will need to plan ahead.

Set a group during nap time or after the bugger is down for the night maybe set a time with your wife when you could actually group (a schedule you both agree on) this will help when you want to raid.

Do not and I repeat DO NOT! use a head set to play your MMO, a baby is easily drowned out using one and your baby could get injured in some way.

If vent is very important to you, turn the game volume off and have vent come out your speakers and respond back by typing.

Now to answer your question on the easiest MMO to play while watching a baby, my answer would probably be WoW since the game can be played solo all the way to max level and through crafting and random battleground you can actually get decent gear.

Edit: I am a Single father of three children (wife passed on) so i'm an expert at playing MMOs while watching children.

I would say Guild Wars Get the whole trilogy pack with expansion Very good deal and no monthly fee.

Very fast levelling for PVE Game is more skills oriented and not just gear

PVP , Guild Battles and PVE are seperate .

Best of all with the same character you can jump servers (its called districts in the game) so no problem getting party .
I started with Guid Wars when my baby was born.

its not addictive but fun,

Try the trial trilogy pack u get it in store for 3 dollars

I encouraged my wife to call her girlfriends over teh weekends  , get teh grandpas and grandmas , family get togther ensure that you wil get quality time with mmo

Put the computer in the main room where u will be watching kids

Get used to make the child sleep on your chest with one hand on a chair and the 2nd to play the game

Lol I miss those days

All the same kids come 1st

Easiest mmo to play while caring for a baby?

Darkfall

Originally posted by Briansho

Easiest mmo to play while caring for a baby?

 

Darkfall

lol thats mean

Originally posted by sassoonss

Originally posted by Briansho

Easiest mmo to play while caring for a baby?

 

Darkfall

 

lol thats mean

but funny.

GW's was a good suggestion someone else made. (must stay on topic)

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.

Hmm I've been in a similar situation but I wasn't playing any MMO at the time... It would have to be something you can leave at a moment's notice without hurting anybody or missing too much fun...

WAR isn't a bad option because all the instanced PvP scenarios are 15 minutes or less... And if you play casually no one is going to be cross if you simply leave the scenario - someone will replace you soon enough. However there are wait times that can be problematic. Open RvR involves dozens of players at a time and people constantly drop in and out so no one is going think any less of you unless you're a main tank or healer during the boss-killing part of a siege.

Maybe Guild Wars? Didn't play them much but it seems you could just hop in and out of matches..

In any case your best bet would be  a heavily instanced game that is yet casual... Hmm... Hellgate London? It had a horrendous launch but now its pretty much OK. Casual romper stomper fun a-la Diablo that you can play solo or in group. Can't guarantee its future though since Flagship folded over...

Personally if I were in your place I'd choose WAR because I find it a really great game and very casual friendly - in fact most critics actually take its extreme causal friendliness as a flaw. If you don't join a competitive guild and don't take on any responsibilities you can't keep then I think you'll be fine in WAR.

Anywayz, maybe your best bet would be some kind of an online shooter played with a casual clan (if there are any out there).

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.

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.

Congratulations.

First off ignore the people who say "you can't play games with a newborn around", myself and the wife have 3 children, the youngest being 1 yr old now, while my wife was pregnant we played Lord of the Rings Online, we weren't into raiding so hours of our lives weren't spent in the game in a lump sum, this continued until about 6 months ago when we got bored with the game.

Basically any game such as WoW (hate it personally but to each their own), LotRo or any other game similar to these should suit you, if your new to Star Wars Galaxies i'd say give that a try, i myself hate it these days due to the NGE a couple of years ago, but new players who don't know what it changed from may like it (Eu Chimeara server i hear is very populated and has some good community spirit about it)..

Hope this helps out m8 and again.. congratulations