I know exactly how you feel.  I think the happens to most people.  People only really get properly addicted to their first couple of MMOs and after that it's just a desperate stab at some nostalgia it would seem.

Originally posted by glomma

 

Have you tried the biggest and best mmo of them all ?

It has stunning graphics, biggest world, day/night winter/summer cycle

And its easy to get into, just step outside your door, and there it is... its called RL.

If you want PVP,  you can join the foreign legion.

If you want PVE, join any hunters guild.

It has crafting, gathering, mounts, foods and drinks, tons of skills, you can even fly an airplane if you skill up to it.

And best of all, its a sandbox mmo..

Im playing it right now and have a blast, ( training my computer skill as we speak )

 

Hope to see you in RL soon.

You forfeit the right to post things like this simply be BEING a poster in a forum dedicated to MMOs.

Everyone is different but I find it imperative to find what I want out of the game and set realistic, acheivable goal. For others this is a bad thing and they don't like to be driven and enjoy the game as they get through it.

Sounds similar to me the last month. I think there's too much choice so it's too easy to think the grass is greener. I think the more you put into an mmo the more you get out of it. It may sound retarded but I think you need to push through the bordem barrier. I know people will call this stupid as it's a game but I find that when you get into a game then it was more than worth it on the other side and the enjoyment to be had outweights the struggle.

Sounds like if you've resubbed to WoW so many times after selling accounts you are no doubt repeating alot of content, not sure if this is the case in other games but this is enough for me to want to stop straight away.

I think you should decide what you want out of an mmo, really look into the games. Games like LoTRO and WoW while similar are polar opposites imho where the enjoyment is to be had. Seems like everyone loves the leveling in and journey in LoTRO but in WoW the enjoyment is very much to be had at the level cap. It's a matter of balanacing with what you want and what a game offers, we all have to cut our cloth as very rarely will anyone find the ideal. 

lol what does RL stand for? Real Life? :P

Maybe you just don't have an addictive personality.

That is the reason people play games for long periods, it is not because they really enjoy them, they are addicted.

And why try to seek a long term game anyway, if you only enjoy games in month sperts and keep coming back to them then play them for a month and quit, that is pretty much what I do, even for games I really like, doing anything for a long period of time will make me bored no matter how good the game is, so I take frequent breaks and play a game for about one week out of a month.

I guess it is up to you to determine if that is money well spent, but it works for me.

Originally posted by CactusmanX

That is the reason people play games for long periods, it is not because they really enjoy them, they are addicted.

Hmm, bit of a sweeping statement.

Well, at least it's good to know I'm not the only one who seems to hit the 'cancel account' button three or four days after they bothered to subscribe. What drives me insane is this belief that somewhere I'll find the game for me. The community will rock, the content won't grow stale, and the game itself will stand tall on both its mechanics and fun. It won't be true for everyone, sure, but I'll find ~MY~ game. I have friends who will be perfectly content playing the original Everquest no matter what happens to it, and my wife will play Final Fantasy Online until the servers shut down. I don't think it's a stubborn desire to make sure their efforts are wasted; I know they fully enjoy these games and will continue to do so. Which further contributes to my frustration; I have proof that people can find MMOs they deem worth staying with. Every game I attempt to get into sours after a short period of time, especially if it is just another pretender trying to put lipstick on another set of  ten boars I need to kill and convince me it isn't emulating WoW.

Don't play as much, problem solved and no burnout.

I am currently playing the Link Realms beta right now. Its a great sandbox and it is free. I wonder how long the honeymoon will last. Currently my WOW subscription is good until late March, and my Ultima Online subscription has 14 more days...

Plus yesterday I took part in the Call to Arms free 10 days for Warhammer. So technically I am playing 4 MMOs right now. However, I am pretty sure I will let WoW and UO expire and maybe play some MLB 2k9 on the PC. Its been a while since some PC Baseball.

That and of course, some Link Realms.

But Warhammer has so much potential......

lol

Originally posted by donjn

I am currently playing the Link Realms beta right now. Its a great sandbox and it is free. I wonder how long the honeymoon will last. Currently my WOW subscription is good until late March, and my Ultima Online subscription has 14 more days...

Plus yesterday I took part in the Call to Arms free 10 days for Warhammer. So technically I am playing 4 MMOs right now. However, I am pretty sure I will let WoW and UO expire and maybe play some MLB 2k9 on the PC. Its been a while since some PC Baseball.

That and of course, some Link Realms.

But Warhammer has so much potential......

lol

I resubbed to WAR for the promotion too. I guess it's all in how you approach the game. Games aren't meant to be played hours at a time on a daily basis, week after week, month after month, and year after year. My only goal in WAR is to experience a good fight on a daily basis. Whether it lasts 15min or 5 hours, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not focused on leveling or on getting gear. I haven't killed one PvE mob in the 4 hours I've played so far and would prefer to keep it that way. I've played MMO's for a long time now, and once you kill one boar, you never feel as satisfied killing another. Mob AI in MMO's aren't very good, so I'm trying to stick to the PvP and play single player games for my PvE experience. Right now I'm playing F.E.A.R. 2, which has really good AI and the "thrill" experience, and I mix it up with an hour or two of WAR now and then.

It's like anything in life, you just need variety or to space things out a bit. If you're playing games to much, read a book or do something else for 1 hour after every play session. If it's not the amount of time you spend playing games, and it's just the amount of time you spend playing one type of game, mix it up with another type of game. Playing an MMO? Mix it up with a FPS or sports game like you're doing. Make the sports game your main game, and just log into WAR to participate in some good Open RvR. Who knows, you may gain a level that session and will get the added excitement of getting new abilities and new armor. I'm just saying, mix it up a bit. You like most of us are just tired of the same gameplay MMORPG's have to offer. We're tired of running the same types of quests, tired of the same bad AI, tired of the same healer, tank, dps mechanics, tired of the mind numbing grinding, and tired of the idiots that make all of that worse than it really is. Take a break from it, or mix it up with something completely opposite of it.

Try the Eve Online's Free 14 day trial or have someone send you a 21 day trial.  Do the noob tutorials then go rogue pirate for a challenge.  Huge game, growing daily, sandbox and a totally new expereince from the games you listed. Oh and the gaming aXXhats usually quite because they can't figure out how to be uber in 2 days.

Originally posted by ougarit

Originally posted by Fibsdk

 

Maybe MMO's isn't for you. It's not for everybody. 

Don't say that anymore... games are for everyone, the op is bored by MMOS because MMOS are BORING and REPETITIVE no more no less.

Tried many mmos, was bored after 1 week maybe 2 not because mmos arent' for me, i like playing wuith other people, i like pvp, dungeon and craft but because they are REPETITIVE

 

- kill 12 boars (lotro, tcos)

- kill 12 dwarves ( vanguard)

- kill 12 orcs (lotro)

- kill 10 trolls (war)

 

etc etc etc

for xp and stuff 

These games are now, repetitive. They're are not persistent worlds anymore, they are all paste copies of world of warcraft: war is a perfect copy, same BG, same design, same community. You play war you play Wow, you play wow you played war.  That's why a lot of people tries to play DFO, because they think this game could save the genre, because everyone is looking for a REAL MMORPG, I mean a persistent world, a sandbox game, where you can "be" free.

FREE?  thats Asheron's call

Same things happened to me, I haven't found a decent fun mmo to play in 3 years. I'm currently just holding out with guild wars and Xbox 360.

Originally posted by donjn

I wonder if there is a tipping point? Maybe a second wind? Maybe I have too many choices?

What if, even if I get bored, keep logging in? What if I keep logging and and discover something new that keeps me going and then I get over the hump and start enjoying myself again?

What if I just say "screw it" and at least get to level 80 first in WoW. I mean, I paid for the content, why not AT MINIMUM level all the way to 80 in WOTLK?

Are MMO the only genre in gaming you like?, else I would advise for you to take a break from them, currently I am on a break from "released "MMORPG's and play mostly released RTS/FPS/Action games currrently as to me they offer so much more then MMORPG offer these day's towards my playstyle, what current MMO's give me is just a multiplayer feel and not so much a MMORPG feel to them, but I am playing a few MMORPG's but they simply not released.................... yet....

I am similar to the OP in that I've been having a hard time setting on a game to play. I went back to LotRO and still have an open sub, but I've joined and quit that game at least 2 times and am going on a third. I used to be able to sit down and play MMOs for long periods of time and keep my sub open for months on end. I don't know what's happened to me, other than that I've burnt out on the newer MMOs. The only MMO that I haven't done that with so far is EvE. I can quite happily play EvE for 6 months at a go before taking a break, usually of a month or two.

I was really hoping that LotRO would steal my heart this time round, it's the most similar game in atmosphere to the fantasy MMO I loved most: DAoC. If LotRO had the RvR aspect, I would have stayed longer, but again I grew bored.

I have the same problem, so i decided to pick up Dota again and play some games on my xbox 360, i might try darkfall in a month or 2 but until that time i will give mmo's a rest.