Huge updates turn you off from going back to a MMORPG?

Effect

Recently I had the desire to play Everquest 2 and Age of Conan again. This fire was stoked again due to the free play time offered by both SOE and Funcom. Still after installing both games I was greet with a 3GB at the smallest update. I took a look at both games and just said no. I uninstalled both and put the CDs away.

I know MMORPGs are constantly updating. I've been playing them since EQ1 and DAoC. However the idea of constantly redownloading the entire game again is just so damn unappealing. Even if one were to buy the latest box version in a story one would still be facing these updates. Perhaps I'm still burned out on MMORPGs. These big updates used to didn't bother me. I'd set it download in the evening and let it run through the night and maybe repeat that for another night. Still now just the idea of doing it now sort of makes me mad.

Has anyone else wanted to return to a MMO but been so turned off by the big updates to get back into the game? Or perhaps something else that just killed the desire you had?

Markusan

I never got bothered by the updates, but was instead really happy to see an update since they usually contained new content.

I might imagine they are a big turn off if you have a slow connection though..

Grunty

Updates happen. A game having a large update is and never has been a reason to not play it. Then again I'm moderately patient. Well, most of the time.

Orthelian

Not only is 3 GB not much of a download, even for my ramen-budget connection, it's also not as if 3 GB ‘updates’ occur every month or something. The 3 GB download through the AoC launcher is the Rise of the Godslayer expansion, for instance, not simply an ‘update.’

Sovrath

Though updates don't bother me as it means "new content" or bug fixes, I kind of know what you mean.

I used to have a slower internet and some of the updates would take 9 hours to download. Recently I got a better internet package and now downloading several gigs doesn't take a day.

Having said that, I always found that downloading at night and allow the computer to run over night and then while I was at worked did the trick. Since I was elsewhere or asleep it didn't bother me.