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What keeps you playing an MMO longterm?

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  • TruthXHurtsTruthXHurts Member UncommonPosts: 1,555
    Originally posted by sirphobos
    Basically, when I get to the point where I've seen everything in an MMO, I get bored.  As such, Everquest is the only MMO to every hold my attention longer than six months, as it was designed such that the average player never reached the end of what was available at any given time.

    What I miss from EQ1 are random items that NOBODY knows what they are for.

    "I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"

  • VirusDancerVirusDancer Member UncommonPosts: 3,649
    Originally posted by Illius

    This brings me to Community.  I used to like the mmo community but it has changed... and I probably have too.  With regards to that statement I can no longer stand most people that play mmos nowadays.  I have to dredge through a lot of crap just to find those few gems worth talking to and it's starting to not be worth it.

    I had a sad lol at that...meh.  Much like the market changed, the community changed...

    I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?

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  • worldalphaworldalpha Member Posts: 403
    Usually it is a mix of gameplay, graphics and community, with a strong emphasis on community.

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  • SilaxSilax Member Posts: 250

    A mix of coffee, alcohol, and OCD.

     

    Oh and good PVP and responsive controls.  Lag is a real downer.

  • soulmirrorsoulmirror Member UncommonPosts: 124

    1.  Things to do besides the level grind, to be able to explore, craft, work on a guild city / house, guild runs in a newbie area (think aid station).

     

    2. Long leveling curve, give me a goal in years not days.

     

    3.  Community, good and bad, thay all make the server revolve, you need heroes and villans to give a server the spark it needs.

     

    4.  Everything you do has consequence wether it is to further yourself, guild or rep or to destroy it.  You are accountable for your actions.

     

    5. Risk Versus Reward, you take the risk or time to do something you are rewarded for completion.

  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910

    I really don't know. The things that I liked in WoW are things that I don't want to see in other games; quest hub/spoke throughout the progression of my character, talent trees and weak crafting. I played WoW for about three years. I also played a lot of hours in Global Agenda, but I think it's because it wasn't WoW. It really was a lobby based shooter mmo, and it was great.

    Now? I've spent a ton of time in Minecraft, but I don't think that means I want the next game I play to have Minecraft's features. I think Torchlight 2 is going to be my next game, and maybe, just maybe GW2. That's only a maybe though. I'm not even sure I'll play it.

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  • JakdstripperJakdstripper Member RarePosts: 2,410

    comunity.

    a good group of guys you play with and a tight all arround comunity. nothing else keeps me for very long.

  • CakeisyummehCakeisyummeh Member Posts: 194
    A good community and roleplay.
  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    On a personal level Tank hit it on the head: freedom to make the game my own. The main differnce between "old" games and "new" ones is that the new ones are tailor made from beginning to end... That's what single player console games are for IMO.

    From a broader industry scope I think it's too many choices, that's the first problem. The second is that since most, or all, of the new MMOs out there are missing a world people can call thier own. They seem designed to take a month to finish without much else to them.

    I hope more flexible games start popping up that provide a world you really want to be a part of. That or I'll finally break down and get the next gen Xbox because they do consoles better :)
  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 9,739
        Progression and replayability...Those two things can kill a game or keep it going for years for me...One of the reasons why I get so frustrated with msot of the newr games is they make them to only last a very short time anymore.
  • BrueskieBrueskie Member UncommonPosts: 42
    Memories of what was (started playing these thing in '98 with UO.)
  • Thunder073Thunder073 Member UncommonPosts: 108

    SLOW (EQ) leveling curve. Sick of playing games, hitting max level in a week and waiting for new content. I want to feel like I'm always advancing my character. Whether it be leveling up with AA's (or some sort of max cap progression) crafting, earning positive factional reputation to go to KoS areas.

     

    LESSSSS quests! omg so sick of 50 quests per level. I just want to group up and kill normal mobs. FORCE us to group, tired of solo playing a character to max level in a week. Mobs need to be much stronger, no charcter should be able to solo... its a MMO for christ sake, make us group. This solves the community problems as well. No one wants to group up with pricks. This will force players to play nice together so they get invited back to exp grind groups.

    /sigh... I miss old school EQ 1 so bad

     

    btw, i now realize i hate children playing games as well, no more f2p bs. Make them 18+ CC manditory. I cant throw money at a game fast enough for this to happen. Devs are targetting the wrong demographic...

     

    fml, i have had nothing to play since EQ and DAoC. "Maybe next year" is getting annoying.

  • Ice-QueenIce-Queen Member UncommonPosts: 2,483
    Housing and having other things to do other than just pvp or pve, such as fishing, gathering, crafting, exploring,mini games.

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  • Cephus404Cephus404 Member CommonPosts: 3,675

    Currently, nothing, but what WOULD make me play an MMO long-term?

    Content.  Lots and lots and lots of excellent, non-grindy content.

    Community.  Decent human beings that I actually want to spend time around.

    Fun.  If it's not fun all the time, I'm not playing.

    Since those three things are entirely absent from most MMOs, I don't play any.

    Played: UO, EQ, WoW, DDO, SWG, AO, CoH, EvE, TR, AoC, GW, GA, Aion, Allods, lots more
    Relatively Recently (Re)Played: HL2 (all), Halo (PC, all), Batman:AA; AC, ME, BS, DA, FO3, DS, Doom (all), LFD1&2, KOTOR, Portal 1&2, Blink, Elder Scrolls (all), lots more
    Now Playing: None
    Hope: None

  • maplestonemaplestone Member UncommonPosts: 3,099
    I'm living a life of denial and escape.  I'd like to believe that MMOs are healthier than alcohol.
  • NovusodNovusod Member UncommonPosts: 912
    In order for a MMO to have long term playability it needs to have social aspects and that means some type of forced grouping. Doesn't matter if it is sandbox or theme park. MMO's where the whole game can be solo'ed will not last.
  • CalmmoCalmmo Member Posts: 52
    Simply put, raids
  • nariusseldonnariusseldon Member EpicPosts: 27,775

    I did (and prob will for a little more) play WOW longterm (2-3 year?) but there is no apriori reason why i should play any MMO longterm.

    MMOs are games .. if they are fun .. i will play. In fact, after MOP, i probably will move to F2P MMOs and hop around.

    The OLD games? I got disgusted with UO during beta. EQ got too grindy (horrible camping) in a year. WOW is the only one that holds my attention for more than 1 year.

  • AusareAusare Member Posts: 850
    Alt'ing. I rarely like end game. Not a competitive pvp'er. Not really into raiding. I like leveling characters, even the same classes in different specs.
  • BlackWatchBlackWatch Member UncommonPosts: 972

    Is the game fun? 

    Do I have friends that play it?

    Am I able to find an active/mature guild of like-minded individuals and avoid 'trade-chat-trash'?

    How well are classes balanced for PvP?

    How engaging is the PvE? 

    Is it a 'grindfest'?

    Am I able to create a 'unique' character (character creation, development, appearance, etc.,..)

    What genre is the game?

    Does the game have a healthy population?

    If I want to do something in game (dungeon/pvp/raid/etc.,..) how long do I have to wait in a queue?

    How dedicated and accessible is the Dev Team and how well do they communicate to their customers?

    Player housing?

    Fun/engaging/rewarding crafting system?

    ... lots of stuff, tbh.

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  • RockhideRockhide Member Posts: 155

    There are three major factors for me:

     

    An in-game group of friends that I get along with who share similar game priorities and level of (or lack of) commitment as my own.

     

    The feeling of having a personal investment in my characters.  This starts with name and appearance options but includes things like "class theme" and abilities, and the types of rewards and accomplishments I'm able to accumulate on the character.  You could have the most awesome game world ever, but if I don't feel a connection to my character, I'm not going to play for very long.

     

    Amount and diversity of content.  I've found that I often stop playing games, not just MMOs, when I feel I have seen "everything" of consequence.  If the future is a repetition of what I've already experienced, I begin to feel that I no longer need to continue.  How does the amount of content (including content being added) compare to how fast I consume that content?   Is the ocntent I have yet to experience different enough from the content I have experienced to keep me working toward experiencing it (includes visuals, atmosphere, types of enemies, and level of challenge of skill and ability)?

  • S1LentKillerS1LentKiller Member CommonPosts: 71
    Originally posted by Thunder073

    SLOW (EQ) leveling curve. Sick of playing games, hitting max level in a week and waiting for new content. I want to feel like I'm always advancing my character. Whether it be leveling up with AA's (or some sort of max cap progression) crafting, earning positive factional reputation to go to KoS areas.

     

    LESSSSS quests! omg so sick of 50 quests per level. I just want to group up and kill normal mobs. FORCE us to group, tired of solo playing a character to max level in a week. Mobs need to be much stronger, no charcter should be able to solo... its a MMO for christ sake, make us group. This solves the community problems as well. No one wants to group up with pricks. This will force players to play nice together so they get invited back to exp grind groups.

    /sigh... I miss old school EQ 1 so bad

     

    btw, i now realize i hate children playing games as well, no more f2p bs. Make them 18+ CC manditory. I cant throw money at a game fast enough for this to happen. Devs are targetting the wrong demographic...

     

    fml, i have had nothing to play since EQ and DAoC. "Maybe next year" is getting annoying.

    First off i agree with you 100% on grouping and the community, I also miss EQ because of that. I'm not liking this F2P bull Sh*t. SoE F2P so stupid. you can't even breath with out them asking me to be a gold membership or  buy a jar of air. 

    What keeps me in an MMO is how  massive the world is. kinda like EQ.If i can see it i want to beable to walk/run/ride my mount there. This is before they added PoK portal books. i liked how people would sit at east common land to sell/buy and ask for a port by a druid or wizard because its so darn far to just run there. That to made EQ so life like. I think thats the reason why i played EQ for 4 or 5 years before SoE went crazy with the expansion packs.

    I made more friends on EQ then i have ever made on any other MMO because of the grouping . some of them still hang out with me on other MMOs just to hang out. I like MMoRPG becaue its suppost to be massive with multi players. I don't want a massive single role playing game ( MSoRPG ). 

     

     

  • IcewhiteIcewhite Member Posts: 6,403
    Originally posted by maplestone
    I'm living a life of denial and escape.  I'd like to believe that MMOs are healthier than alcohol.

    Have your doctor evaluate your weight and bp.

    If you make it past those hurdles, talk to the spine specialist about what all those hours seated is doing to your back.

    Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.

  • CalerxesCalerxes Member UncommonPosts: 1,641
    Originally posted by nariusseldon

    I did (and prob will for a little more) play WOW longterm (2-3 year?) but there is no apriori reason why i should play any MMO longterm.

    MMOs are games .. if they are fun .. i will play. In fact, after MOP, i probably will move to F2P MMOs and hop around.

    The OLD games? I got disgusted with UO during beta. EQ got too grindy (horrible camping) in a year. WOW is the only one that holds my attention for more than 1 year.

     

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  • kevjardskevjards Member UncommonPosts: 1,452
    Originally posted by VirusDancer

    Playing other games.  What?  Yes, what keeps me playing a MMORPG for an extended period of time is to play other games.  I used to run around four games a year - not concurrently - no, rather one at a time.  Though, at times, I might have two subs running as I switched games during the month.

    Might be a case of playing Game X for 2-3 months, then Game Y for a month, then Game X again for a couple of months, then Game Y for 2-3 months, then maybe Game Y or Game X... heck, might even play one for 4-6 months before switching.  But it's the switching that keeps me playing...

    So as the years passed, I was still playing a group of games over the long term.  It wasn't a case of hopping from Game A to Game B to Game C to Game D to Game E to Game F to Game G.... it was playing a group of games over the long term.

    yep thats my approach,but mine is more accidental than deliberate..sometimes i guess i just need a break for certain games.like lotro for instance..aint played it for about 3 months but i know when ex pack comes i'll be there immediately.

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