Ok I thought I'd just do a post in response to comments from the last post. I really am right there with you guys in terms of fearing having it get out of hand. World of Warcraft honestly got pretty bad ... it took over as the only hobby in my life for quite some time. I really have no desire to ever let a video game get like that again. I sincerely love mini games and other types of games. WoW really makes me angry as it has co-opted a huge segment of gamers ... I'm sure ya'll know people who practically live their lives around that damn game. It makes me sad that so many people are totally ok with settling for a really mediocre game and forsake all other gaming whether playing other games like WAR or playing real games like 40K, board games, RPGs, etc. I honestly feel like WoW has taken a negative toll on gaming maybe more than any other single phenomena over the past six years ... save only the recession.
My goal is to try to do what BJ has been doing ... just play for an hour or so a night ... if even. Maybe a couple hours at a time here and there on the weekend. One positive aspect of MMOs ... again like BJ mentioned ... is that the wife will actually play those with me. She will not touch a mini game (though I did get her to play Space Hulk with me .. woot!!) and will sometimes do a board game but no RPGs either. So any gaming I can do with her is cool and that was actually one of the few positive aspects of WoW ... we did play together and have some common fun with it.
Anyway I've got the toon leveled up to 10 ... looking forward to a boar mount at lvl 20. One cool thing about the Orks is the grow as they lvl up ... so the higher lvl Orks are perceptibly larger than the lower lvl ones. Pretty cool if you ask me. Anyway I'll try to chronicle my trials and tribulations with the game over the next few months.
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I play destruction on Volkmar, nothing really high level as I just rolled destro from Order on Iron Rock.
Ayway I find that I level just fine in the limited time I play. I don't often play nightly. When I do play it is usually around an hour, maybe 2 on a Friday or weekend. That is what I like about WAR, I can play for a short time and still feel like I accomplished something.
Ya that is a cool aspect of the game. Its really designed to allow for solo play too. In many MMOs if your not in a big guild or constantly in a group ... your hosed. In WAR you can easily lvl just as fast as anyone else ... solo. You can go have fun with PVP ... solo. Its a really good MMO to play casually ... I'm diggin that aspect of WAR.
I liked WAR when I played it. I've been trying Aion and it's kinda fun, but mostly MEH. Maybe I should give WAR another shot. Going to give Aion a little more time first to make sure I give it a valid chance. The idea of playing WAR again sounds entertaining. I will hit you guys up if I do. I have to agree with ya on WoW larry. The problem is they have the formula for an addictive game so exceptionally dialed in. Evil fucking geniuses. I am also glad to be rid of WoW.
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