I had the slump where I went through multiple MMORPGs trying to find one that would hold my interest for a long period of time. I realized I burned through content fast and wasn't getting the experience I wanted because of it. It may take months to build new content that a player will come along and burn through in a day. I slowed down and found that I was in the slump because I was in too much of a hurry to get to the elite skills and gear rather than enjoying my time as a newbie.  

I feel the same way.  Same old song and dance...I never feel like I am truely experiencing something remarkable anymore.  I may try Terra, but it still looks quite familar.  I guess the feelings of old, in which playing with other people in a huge community, have slowly turned worse for me.  I still want that feeling and refuse to believe it will never happen again in an mmo.  Have hope, something will happen.

i hope FFXIV can change your mind

MMORPGs are pretty much always going to be the same and if anyone believes differently they are crazy.  What a person must do is put a game down once in awhile when you are bored with it.  The problem with some mmorpgs though is you are made to feel you are letting your guild down or uhmmm if you go away you will get behind in the game and quite honestly I have felt that way at times but if you look how Blizzard does things as an example really you can get into the game late in a patch for content and still get welfare epics from heroics and there are enough quick raids plus crafting now to gear you up a bit.  Honestly though what I recommend for people is to not play these games at all as there is that chance of addiction. 

I am no die hard RPG fan... but I really don't see how these MMORPG's resemble RPG's at all. Honestly what good RPG tells you to go kill 10 wolves and gather 7 rabbit intestines for 600 experience and a little gold and maybe a weapon?

The RPG's combat systems differ a lot too, look  at Dark messiah versus diablo for example, or oblivion , fall-out 3, even two-worlds vomit*.

Someone in another post made a good point, MMORPGS aren't that different from each-other right now. For me anyway the fact that the combat is completely boring and doesn't have any real player skill element to it really ruins the game as well.... I've been dabbling in the free to play games market for awhile now and I actually found a game once that held my interest off and on and sometimes continuously for like 2-3 years and that was Rakion. When I first found it ... it was like finding that lost treasure... but the developers sacked that game.... anyway.... something important to note, Rakion was not an RPG at all, and definitely not an mmorpg...

RPG's are supposed to have story-lines and the only role playing thing in most mmorpg's these days seems to be Tank, Healer, DPS, etc... which I suppose means they are true role-playing games, they are just bland ones..... But I am more for the combat than for anything else so.... if the combats awful i'll probably hate a game anyway.

Originally posted by Shalak1989

I am no die hard RPG fan... but I really don't see how these MMORPG's resemble RPG's at all. Honestly what good RPG tells you to go kill 10 wolves and gather 7 rabbit intestines for 600 experience and a little gold and maybe a weapon?

The RPG's combat systems differ a lot too, look  at Dark messiah versus diablo for example, or oblivion , fall-out 3, even two-worlds vomit*.

Someone in another post made a good point, MMORPGS aren't that different from each-other right now. For me anyway the fact that the combat is completely boring and doesn't have any real player skill element to it really ruins the game as well.... I've been dabbling in the free to play games market for awhile now and I actually found a game once that held my interest off and on and sometimes continuously for like 2-3 years and that was Rakion. When I first found it ... it was like finding that lost treasure... but the developers sacked that game.... anyway.... something important to note, Rakion was not an RPG at all, and definitely not an mmorpg...

RPG's are supposed to have story-lines and the only role playing thing in most mmorpg's these days seems to be Tank, Healer, DPS, etc... which I suppose means they are true role-playing games, they are just bland ones..... But I am more for the combat than for anything else so.... if the combats awful i'll probably hate a game anyway.

There is no RPG in MMO's.

MMO's have turned into poor action combat games for me. Maybe I just need a long break from these games, I have become cynical and bored of games lately.

The themepark scene has all but killed the genre for me.

While mmo devs continue to deliver horrible games we have amazing single player games continuing to release.

Games like Risen, Dragon Age and Borderlands show us how to truly be immersed in a game.

I would give my and your left nut for mmo to be the quality of these games.

I just finished a two hour session of Mass Effect and honestly I feel like an asshole for wasting hundreds of dollars on MMO subs.

Paying hundreds of dollars a year for access to a subpar videogame with terrible combat, shallow pve content and five year old graphics.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by metalhead980

The themepark scene has all but killed the genre for me.

While mmo devs continue to deliver horrible games we have amazing single player games continuing to release.

Games like Risen, Dragon Age and Borderlands show us how to truly be immersed in a game.

I would give my and your left nut for mmo to be the quality of these games.

I just finished a two hour session of Mass Effect and honestly I feel like an asshole for wasting hundreds of dollars on MMO subs.

Paying hundreds of dollars a year for access to a subpar videogame with terrible combat, shallow pve content and five year old graphics.

 

 

It is SOOOO exciting when the only ones you see in such games is the local potato NPC.

I guess every time I do somehting in those games I feel like the Super patato amongst NPC potatoes.

It show just how fucked up some people are.

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They hate so called theme parc MMo's, while at the same time they play off line games with only puppets in them.

Let's say I have more fun with my guild doing Lake WIntergrasp or the Isle of Conquest than following  a scripted NPC anytime.

That's perhaps because I became conditioned with these kind of "AI" in early computer age.

"I don't know what you mean Sir", or "your command is not valid, try again", when looking at a face that just hangs there in front of my screen.

How exciting being the King of puppets.

 

When a MMO is released with the depth and quality of Mass Effect then you can talk, until then stfu and go back to your pathetic part time job the WoW item farm.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by metalhead980

The themepark scene has all but killed the genre for me.

While mmo devs continue to deliver horrible games we have amazing single player games continuing to release.

Games like Risen, Dragon Age and Borderlands show us how to truly be immersed in a game.

I would give my and your left nut for mmo to be the quality of these games.

I just finished a two hour session of Mass Effect and honestly I feel like an asshole for wasting hundreds of dollars on MMO subs.

Paying hundreds of dollars a year for access to a subpar videogame with terrible combat, shallow pve content and five year old graphics.

 

 

It is SOOOO exciting when the only ones you see in such games is the local potato NPC.

I guess every time I do somehting in those games I feel like the Super patato amongst NPC potatoes.

It shows just how fucked up some people are.

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They hate so called theme parc MMo's, while at the same time they play off line games with only puppets in them.

Let's say I have more fun with my guild doing Lake WIntergrasp or the Isle of Conquest than following  a scripted NPC anytime.

That's perhaps because I became conditioned with these kind of "AI" in early computer age.

"I don't know what you mean Sir", or "your command is not valid, try again", when looking at a face that just hangs there in front of my screen.

How exciting being the King of puppets.

 

At least single player games can give you a good story to follow along with. MMO's fail to deliver on that even, all they have is combat....and more combat, it gets tiresome. I think I get more enjoyment out of playing Minesweeper than mmo's these days.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by arenasb

 

At least single player games can give you a good story to follow along with. MMO's fail to deliver on that even, all they have is combat....and more combat, it gets tiresome. I think I get more enjoyment out of playing Minesweeper than mmo's these days.

 

That "story" line is a very meager thing compared to the social interaction you can get through playing On line games.

So your problem is you play the not very good WOW clones. Of course people are fed up with them, but that doesn't mean I am ......... going BACK in time to look at some NPC's .... replacing friends and real ennemies. :)))

 

I get enough social interaction in real life, I don't need some ass conversing with me online. Really I've come to the realization that mmo's are just glorified chat rooms with combat.

For PvP? Meh, FPS games provide much better pvp experience than mmo's ever will.

There is a post here in this forum asking if the game Dragon Age was an organic living breathing world. Well of course it isn't, no game is. However, that is what mmorpg's should be. Everybody should have an effect upon the world, a real effect. If that unique monster in fantasy country dies to my sword or someone elses sword, it should stay dead. Another different monster could appear someplace else but don't have the same freaking thing pop up in the same place. That's not a living world. If me and my 39 online friends decide to raid and destroy an enemy's city than let it stay destroyed until that other faction can build it up again. That is truly what this genre should be, an online virtual gaming world. Not poor excuses for single player games that have online chat capability.

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Originally posted by arenasb

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Originally posted by Zorndorf

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Originally posted by arenasb

 
At least single player games can give you a good story to follow along with. MMO's fail to deliver on that even, all they have is combat....and more combat, it gets tiresome. I think I get more enjoyment out of playing Minesweeper than mmo's these days.

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That "story" line is a very meager thing compared to the social interaction you can get through playing On line games.
So your problem is you play the not very good WOW clones. Of course people are fed up with them, but that doesn't mean I am ......... going BACK in time to look at some NPC's .... replacing friends and real ennemies. :)))
 

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I get enough social interaction in real life, I don't need some ass conversing with me online. Really I've come to the realization that mmo's are just glorified chat rooms with combat.
For PvP? Meh, FPS games provide much better pvp experience than mmo's ever will.
There is a post here in this forum asking if the game Dragon Age was an organic living breathing world. Well of course it isn't, no game is. However, that is what mmorpg's should be. Everybody should have an effect upon the world, a real effect. If that unique monster in fantasy country dies to my sword or someone elses sword, it should stay dead. Another different monster could appear someplace else but don't have the same freaking thing pop up in the same place. That's not a living world. If me and my 39 online friends decide to raid and destroy an enemy's city than let it stay destroyed until that other faction can build it up again. That is truly what this genre should be, an online virtual gaming world. Not poor excuses for single player games that have online chat capability.

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I'm in the same boat. Even though I have a sub to Fallen Earth, I just don't feel like logging in. So I've been playing shooters, L4D2, MW1, AVA, etc. I'm hoping that Mortal Online and/or SWTOR will be a breath of fresh air once they are released.

 i'm not sure exactly how you feel, but i know since i stopped playing WoW i haven't been able to get into another. They just all feel the same just a crappy version of WoW, but honestly there are a lot of mmo's coming out 2010 that look promising. 

A lot of them get out of the fantasy genre that i think is needed. 

ps to the guy saying TERA... lol... looks like every other korean mmo out there. 

 Try Requiem: Bloodymare.

I know it's typical gameplay but the art direction is pretty cool.  It's got decent character creation and the monsters aren't your typicals cutesy ones.

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF

 i'm not sure exactly how you feel, but i know since i stopped playing WoW i haven't been able to get into another. They just all feel the same just a crappy version of WoW, but honestly there are a lot of mmo's coming out 2010 that look promising. 

A lot of them get out of the fantasy genre that i think is needed. 

ps to the guy saying TERA... lol... looks like every other korean mmo out there. 

Says the guy who played wow, why dont you get your mom or dad to hold you in your hand while you play a real MMORPG?

It would be kinda like playing WoW...

TERA seems to be a great game and before looking at it and saying it LOOKS like any other korean mmo perhaps you should try it once it launches?

Id say that the Korean games often holds a higher quality than many of the NA/EU ones, because many EU/NA ones crashes before getting into the air.

Why not just take a break? I mean I love pumpkin pie but i can't eat it everyday.

Originally posted by WhackANewbie

Why not just take a break? I mean I love pumpkin pie but i can't eat it everyday.

OFC you can but you will start wondering why your still doing it after it loses the taste it once had.

Yes I have found myself in the same fix.   A few things I will do..

1. Switch back to a previous game enjoyed

2. Take a break for  awhile...  get some fresh air for a few months

3. Go new game hunting. Do your research and find that one that will light a spark again.

4. And dont worry about it too much.. true gamers go through this when grind, grind, grind..same-o same-o has run it's course.

Cheers  outfctrl

 so, teala,  what is the name of the game u r testing? :)

MMO's just aren't as interesting anymore to me i mean friends begged me to come back to WoW i did for a month but didn't play half as much as i did before and i cancelled again i have accounts for lotro,cot/cov, conan,guild wars, and non of it even interests me over the last few months i'm leaning towards getting a ps3 and playing console games again thats how bored i am of MMO's.

hell i've been more into playing my ds emulator and pokemon platinum & FFTA2 roms lol