05-09-2005, 03:20 PM
Um... basically: what Nystul said :)
The monthly fees are, compared to other amounts I tend to spend for toys, really neglegible. Peanuts in Deutsche Bank terms :P
I tried AC, had a quick look at SWG (*still shudders*) and looked at a friend playing WoW for hours. Not my piece of cake. Even WoW still does NOT cater for the casual gamer IMO.
The downtime to actually meaningful gameplay ratio is awful in MMORPGs.
The worlds still feel totally artificial (spawn points... gaaah), there's almost no story, no real effect of whatever I (and thousands of other players) am doing.
The roleplay aspect is ruined by powerlevelers, item hunters and general munchkin mania.
The rule systems are all awful, numbers mean nothing (you go from 100 to 2000 hitpoints and 5 damage to 1000 damage and so what...) and combat never really changes.
Not my piece of cake. I'll rather download a few more NWN modules :wub:
The monthly fees are, compared to other amounts I tend to spend for toys, really neglegible. Peanuts in Deutsche Bank terms :P
I tried AC, had a quick look at SWG (*still shudders*) and looked at a friend playing WoW for hours. Not my piece of cake. Even WoW still does NOT cater for the casual gamer IMO.
The downtime to actually meaningful gameplay ratio is awful in MMORPGs.
The worlds still feel totally artificial (spawn points... gaaah), there's almost no story, no real effect of whatever I (and thousands of other players) am doing.
The roleplay aspect is ruined by powerlevelers, item hunters and general munchkin mania.
The rule systems are all awful, numbers mean nothing (you go from 100 to 2000 hitpoints and 5 damage to 1000 damage and so what...) and combat never really changes.
Not my piece of cake. I'll rather download a few more NWN modules :wub:
With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince...
With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. ...
and still keep the frog you started with.