Best MMO

**Dardaigh** · 10-22-2011 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by GekiDan

It takes a lot of my time, and bandwidth. Since I'm downloading stuffs for my blog, and once I play online, I need to stop it.

A very practical reason not to play MMO. Most would say that MMO grinds. And, it does and the higher you go in MMO, the harder it is to level up but you can't quit cause of the time already invested. Without at least one friend in an MMO game, I won't bother cause it grinds unbelievably. It starts to feel like actual work. I know people who play MMO alone and I never understand why. I could not bear it. And, yeah, the bandwidth requirements to play MMO is massive by comparison to just playing a computer game, which only uses the resources of your computer.

**GekiDan** · 10-28-2011 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Dardaigh

A very practical reason not to play MMO. Most would say that MMO grinds. And, it does and the higher you go in MMO, the harder it is to level up but you can't quit cause of the time already invested. Without at least one friend in an MMO game, I won't bother cause it grinds unbelievably. It starts to feel like actual work. I know people who play MMO alone and I never understand why. I could not bear it. And, yeah, the bandwidth requirements to play MMO is massive by comparison to just playing a computer game, which only uses the resources of your computer.

Grinding is damn boring! I tried it a couple of times before and it's definitely a time waster! Although you can see the effects of it after you level up. Kinda fulfilling.

**Dardaigh** · 12-01-2011 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by GekiDan

Grinding is damn boring! I tried it a couple of times before and it's definitely a time waster! Although you can see the effects of it after you level up. Kinda fulfilling.

Since that time, i quit Runescape for about a month, barely logging in once a week.

Came back to Runescape about two weeks ago and found lots better ways to level up on everything. I guess it's possible to grind the levels and get them done, but really how fast does it need to go? Right?

I talked to a player who'd been in the game for 10 years. I told him that i was way behind and trying to catch up. He said, don't play to catch up, play for fun. And, really if an MMO or any game is not fun, then why are you playing? So find ways to keep it fun, take it slow if you need to.

That's what i'm doing, anyway. At least for now. And, yeah, i did bother to actually start making more friends in Runescape since i came back, started a clan, met some great people. Not everyone is on at the same time, but i do usually have one or two people online at any given time and we hang out when we can. It's fun, otherwise i solo in game or do my work.

Unregistered · 12-12-2011 12:15 PM

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**GekiDan** · 12-13-2011 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by Dardaigh

I talked to a player who'd been in the game for 10 years. I told him that i was way behind and trying to catch up. He said, don't play to catch up, play for fun. And, really if an MMO or any game is not fun, then why are you playing? So find ways to keep it fun, take it slow if you need to.

That's pretty much true. You are playing the game to enjoy and relax yourself, not play tag.

But you know what, grinding for a week without any level up is kinda unsatisfactory. When that happened, I felt lazy and went out of the game for weeks.

**Dardaigh** · 01-20-2012 04:39 AM

hehe. Yeah, it stops being fun without progression. Making even small achievements or 'wins' in games, even on levels is a big deal, it's like a personal mark of excellence, some way you can control a tiny piece of your life, even when your job, personal life, family life, neighborhood, boss, life circumstances, etc, is unchangeable or out of control.