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MMOs are addictive. No shit. An interesting story about a guy who Evercracked out. I’d like to think I was never this bad with wow, but my played on my main was something like 72-80 day range. So yeah, maybe I played a bit of wow — over 4 years, with two hiatuses.
But I took two hiatuses, and I did other things in the real world. I now take a maths class Tuesdays and Thursdays, and of course there is the photography (my favorite lens is currently broken so I need to take care of that) and other habits like reading to do.
I try to never let any of this get in the way of work. Too dangerous. No point ruining your livelihood for a bunch of people you will never meet in real life. That’s the main reason I’m reluctant to join a legion in Aion. Right now I’m able to dump a group if they’re a bunch of idiots. That’s harder to do when you a main heal for legion raids of Elyos space. Not cool. I may not make it far in that game because I don’t want to sink unrecoverable time better spent on other things.
The whole problem with the mmo gaming isn’t the money spent per month (I don’t have cable, so it’s entertainment cost to me to have some sort of subscription going) it’s the finding of will-power to not play. I’m doing better with Aion than I did with WoW. It seems Blizzard really likes hooking people with daily this and that in order to keep server population and month-to-month numbers high. Aion relies on the promise of ‘great’ PvP to fill that void. If you’re a carebear you can ignore this, however.
The most frustrating part is dealing with the online guilt for having a life and missing out on a raid on xyz. Sorry, IRL>game, thanks.
elwing 08:57 on 2009/10/21 Permalink |
I’m still playing WoW, but generally only when I have time (or during the world events to get the achievements). I never joined a guild, especially one that has set times for raiding (like Thursday through Sunday 8-midnight.. Uh.. hello, I have a life!) I maybe fit 1-3 hours in per week if I’m lucky, sometimes less, but I’m OK with that.
lowmagnet 07:41 on 2009/10/22 Permalink |
Or to collect pets :P
I played Aion for a quick run through BC (Black Claw Tribe) area to get some kills to grind some XP. But healers don’t get much XP for healing so I’m about to give up on that approach.
I did grab up Assassin’s creed for $5 and played some of that. 2560×1600 with great shadows and a solid frame rate. Everything the consoles never had.