MMORPG

[baavgai]

I haven't played WoW in forever. I fired it up the other day and was still amused. I can't dedicate hours to the thing like I used to, but I figure I might kill the odd quest as the spirit moves. And I got to thinking: where the hell is everyone?

Surely some folks who read this infrequented blog must have various other online addictions? Games wise, what and where are people playing?

Comments

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

You know what I've been doing....

[mikekn]

Kingdom of Loathing - low tech all the way :)

[math5.livejournal.com]

What he said :)

[maccuswell.livejournal.com]

Aside from the peeps who went over to Silvergate and 7th Cavalry (which I'm sure you knew about), there are a few of us that just quit because it wasn't fun anymore. The grinding scratched my compulsive itch until the day when a switch flicked off and I realized I was logging in out of habit, rather than any sense of fun.

Every so often I play Guild Wars. It's got a few advantages over WoW for the casual gamer:

• Free online play, so I don't mind going long stretches between adventures.
• Cool graphics.
• Henchbots to game with so you don't have to worry about other players flaking.
• No realms; you can move between servers to get in the same zone as your friends merely by picking from a drop-down.
• Lower levels and less emphasis on grinding. In fact, you can make a purely PvP player and start at the top level (20).
• The entire game is an instance except the towns. This means:
  • There's no 12 year old squealing on general chat for most of the game.
  • It's just your party when adventuring, so you don't need fifty apex predators wandering in triangles on a hillside.
• You can name your toon something meaningful.

[dame-margarete.livejournal.com]

I'm still playing WOW - my main dinged lvl 70 the other night! I haven't played any of my alts since BC came out, but plan to stop neglecting them at some point soon as well.

[baavgai.livejournal.com]

Grats! This is your hunter on IC?

[reverend-s.livejournal.com]

I've sort of retreated to the safety of my XBOX360. BioShock comes out tomorrow! WooHoo!

[h3salthea.livejournal.com]

7th Calvary was dead dead deadski....quiet, too.

So...Grimm and I were lured back to our old PvP svr(what can I say, the Guild there freakin rocks socks).

If you can deal with it, Grimm and I play on Eredar once more, his Pally is 53 and currently gearing up for the higher raids, and I've got a Lvl 26 Hunter who may soon be nothing more than a farming toon because I've discovered how much fun a Shaman is! Created one Friday night, and she's already lvl 20.

Look us up...Imsety/Duamutef are my two...(why, yes...they ARE named after canopic jars...why do you ask?)...I played with my IC toons from Tuesday to Thursday this past week...saw no one I know.

Of course...playing WoW always takes a back seat to Scribing...and I just got assigned a scroll for Coronation, so my playing for the next few weeks is going to be iffy again...