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I have gotten back into MMORPGs the last 3 years. Going back to buying Rift on release was my first purchase.
Bought Rift and dropped it after 30 days = 40 or 50 I am not sure now.
I spent 30 on WoW expansions and played for 2 months which is another 30.
So in total I spent $100 to $110 on MMORPGs in the last 5 years. How much do you spend on this hobby?
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Past 5 Years?
-WAR(+3 Months)=80€
-RoM(F2P)=200€+
-Aion CN=20€
-Aion CE EU(+12 Months)=200€
-STO=50€
-Atlantica Online(F2P)=200€+
-Rift=50€
-FF XIV CE=70€
-ToR CE(+2 Months)=100€
-TERA(+2Months)=70€
-The Secret World=30€
-Age of Wushu(F2P)=100€
-Scarlet Blade(F2P)=40€
-Age of Wulin(F2P)=100€
~1300€ ^^
My guess is between one and two grand. I don't even have the heart to
go back and count
No matter how cynical you become, its never enough to keep up - Lily Tomlin
Not a whole lot. Most of them I've tried in a beta or with a buddy key and since almost no good MMORPG have come out in the past 5 years I haven't purchased many. I just wait a year and play them when they go free to play.
I bought GW2 and TSW and that might actually be it. I probably subbed to WoW for a while in there too, I quit when Cataclysm killed the game.
when I was into runescape a few years ago(2008-2010) 6$ x 20 = 120$
last purchase was gw2 for 50 euro (70$), nothing else as far as my memory goes.
total: 190$
been traveling from mmo to mmo, the life of a mmo-nomad
WoW ~ 1500€ (total) ~ 700€ (last five years) : 4 years non-stop and 4 years in and out, all the expantions and a few server transfers/ faction changes.
Aion ~ 120€ : Game+6 months sub.
Rift ~ 70€ :Game + 2-3 (?) months sub.
SWTOR ~ 65€: Game+2 months (that i never played:P)
Tera ~ 130€ : CE + 6 months
GW2 ~ 60€ : Game + few diamonds
~1100€
Mmhh...
GW2 digital deluxe = $65
$15 on average for GW2 per month = $210
SW:TOR digital deluxe = $70 I think (don't remember)
7 months of subscription to SW:TOR = 7x15 = $105
At least 4 years of WoW sub for two accounts (I took short breaks) = 4 x 12 x 15 x 2 = $1440
WoW Cataclysm and WoW Pandaland for two accounts = $35x4 (or something approaching) = $140
Bought Rift (worst purchase in these last 5 years) = $55 (I think)
There must be other purchases I do not remember right now.
The total is something between $2000 and $2500 I think.
I don't regret a cent of it, except the $55 of Rift which were a total waste of my money. But that's like 2.5% of my total so not a big deal.
My computer is better than yours.
These days I look back in disgust but Ive spend a few thousand.
The weird thing is that the best times Ive had cost me no more than a subscription fee, but the last years of trying to find something fun to play (2008 - 2011) I frequently dropped 300euro's on a game I only played for a week or 2.
2 things are the cause. 1 Games are shit so I tried to make it fun by spending money ( Didnt work ) and 2, I didn't really have anything else to do.
Havn't spend a dime for at least a year now and my life is better than ever in case anyone is wondering. :P
Just want to add that I didn't even count box prices. Just the F2P cancer.
The only non trivial amount spent has been Eve Online. Two accounts for three years, so $1,080.
Sprinkled in there was a few months sub for City of Heroes and Vanguard.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
~2 years of runescape sub (before they went full retard with the microtransactions) - 150$
GW2 - 60$ (still regretting it)
TSW box + sub until f2p + 2 DLCs - 180$
Wurm online - 40$ or so (probably the biggest surprise in those 5 years, chose a random MMO from the list and it was actually decent)
Runes of magic - around $110, no idea what state this game is in now, haven't seen any ads or threads, so I'm guessing mostly dead, was fun while it lasted though
DayZ - 25$ (for arma 2)
so around 500-600 give or take
same -- for me probably around 4 thousand
on EQ -alone- I spent around 2 thousand before WOW launched
I subbed to EQ with multiple accts for 5 years, including buying 8 expansions for my 3 accts
EQ2 fan sites
I spend about $30-$40 a month on avg...so I guess about 2k ?
If I really want a jaw dropping price tag I'll work out how much I've spent on lunch in the last 5 years
I wish there was something to spend $ on...
For me was Aion + 2 months of sub then DCUO + 3 months of ($10 a month) then returned to it when it became F2P, paid $20 for some DLC packages.
Biggest $ sink over the couple years, obvioslly World of Warcraft. Bought MOP, and $140 for yearly sub on and off, so I've sinked around $200 since MOP came. (Keep in mind with annual pass promo, where I got Diablo 3 for free)
So since November 28th (Aion release) to November 2013 = 5 full years I've spent total of $300-325 (Between Aion, DCUO and WOW) + another $50-70 (estimated if I've played WOW before that). $400-450 top, round it $500
$500 for 5 years, $100 a year playing the best of what's available out there. Not bad, but could've done better and there is a very big chance this is my last month of WOW monthly sub.
Vendetta Online
Free download.
Premium Subscription (since Nov. 2008) - $479.97
Lite Sub (2nd acct, since Oct. 2013) - $1.98
Merchandise (Aquean Ore Carrier + Fleet Long Sleeve, Hunter Green) - $51.98
Total - $533.93
Unless you count the ticket I purchased to CTIA 2011 so I could meet the devs, which was an additional couple hundred including gasoline, probably, and the opportunity cost of devoting over a thousand hours to playing the game :-).
"The simple is the seal of the true and beauty is the splendor of truth" -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
In the past 5 years? Not as much as I use to, not even close. I'm now only subbed to one game and one account at a time, 8 months out of the year. Skipped gaming most of last year. ~$500?
Hell, my rig is 5 years old. I use to stay up-to-date, but there's no reason to anymore.
Have you guys included costs for gaming rigs and hardware over the five years?
And no, I'm not burnt out. I have the money. I want to spend it on a good MMORPG. I want to build a new rig just for a MMORPG.
There just isn't any worth it.
**edit Oh yeah, I bought a few boxes/expansions and spent some money trying out "free" games. So maybe ~$1.1k total for 5 years. Still waaaay lower than the golden era and I was drinking $150 per night out back then too.
Total: $2426.99
So yeah, lol, i've played alot all around and the majority has been worth it and I can definitely say i've experienced alot of different types, but now I just stick to a couple and lightly dabble in others (very lightly) as I have been bitten a couple of times and other than that it has been worth it.
i made same mistake
EQ2 fan sites
$60 for Guild Wars 2, about half a year prior to its release, via a pre-purchase.
It ended up going as low as $45 from multiple e-tailers about a month from release. ArenaNet/NCSoft basically said 'tough shit' and refused to do anything short of terminate my account refund me, which I obviously rejected.
I ended up quitting within the launch week because of how horrible their server stability was; so did quite a few of my friends. I went back later and played on and off since then, but the launch issues really ruined the game for me.
I have not spent money on another MMO otherwise; F2P all the way ever since I quit WoW prior to TBC's release (I did go back over the years via free game time, but that's been it). For comparison, my friend still spends $15/mo to grind and grind and grind away in WoW and no matter what i do to try and get him to quit, he just somehow refuses and tries to defend the game. To think he even quit in the first place.. (went back after MoP's relese)
A lot. lol.
Oh you mean just ON mmos? Not IN mmos? (Item shops, or whatever "shop" you want to call it.)
More than I want to know, but probably less than $300 for subs/game price/itemshop.
I am entitled to my opinions, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
Shit!!!!
Probably thousands. Not even going to try to figure it out. It will only make me depressed.