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[Recidiva]

Oblivion is dumb.

Oblivion...is...Awesome!

And it has the most loveable assassin's guild ever.

 

[ImOnIt]

Oblivion is dumb.

Oblivion takes mods to be playable. I hate that the encounters scale in power with your character level. The world is gorgeous and wonderful, but the open-ended and time intensive level-up system really failed to interest me in a single player game.

Also, I caught the vampirism (porphyric hemophilia) at level 1. Total kick in the face.

 

[Recidiva]

Oblivion takes mods to be playable. I hate that the encounters scale in power with your character level. The world is gorgeous and wonderful, but the open-ended and time intensive level-up system really failed to interest me in a single player game.

Also, I caught the vampirism (porphyric hemophilia) at level 1. Total kick in the face.

Vampirism sucks. No fast travel during the day. Ew.

Don't need mods, really, just set the difficulty level to where rats to kick the crap out of you at every level.

 

[CarnageSIS]

Looking forward to tonight, may finally get my 25-man Kingslayer title for killing LK, got my 10 man a couple weeks back. Trying out with a new guild so keeping my fingers crossed.

Meanwhile got some SC:2 to finish up and have pre-ordered my CEs of Cata and FF:XIV

 

[John Doe]

Oblivion...is...Awesome!

And it has the most loveable assassin's guild ever.

It would be a great game for me and I would've played it past level 10 if the mobs didn't level up with me. I never felt like I was getting more powerful.

 

[Recidiva]

It would be a great game for me and I would've played it past level 10 if the mobs didn't level up with me. I never felt like I was getting more powerful.

The power comes from customization. Making a mace that soultrapped, drained their health and had you absorb their health...and then being able to name it "BONK!" is awesome.

And there's no beating the various fun ways to kill the adoring fan. I think it's a hilarious game. Shivering Isles just made it better. Sheogorath is awesome. "I'm so happy I could strangle you with your own intestines!"

 

[Primalex]

Who's excited for The Old Republic?

Way too far away.

Although, W40K Space Marine does excite me. Way too far away, too, but at least there is a release date.

 

[Homburg]

Displayed, or entered? And if you entered, how did you do?

Neither. I don't enter things like that. My work isn't up to snuff these days and I know it. In this case, minis I painted made it there as part of armies brought by my clients. Hopefully they did well.

 

[VelvetSin]

Looking forward to tonight, may finally get my 25-man Kingslayer title for killing LK, got my 10 man a couple weeks back. Trying out with a new guild so keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm starting to miss WoW again.

There, I said it.

We stopped playing around April (maybe March?) when game time started interrupting little things like life, and we had a lot of life things happening just then. It's so addicting. Once the addiction was broken I was pretty sure it was gone for good (until the next expac came out if I'm going to be perfectly honest) but now I'm missing my little hordie guild people.

 

[Loradai]

I am so glad my guild died I think that would pull me back, I LOVED hanging out with them for WAY to much time everyday. But I am starting to have WoW related dreams hehe I was running Scholo the other night in my dreams. But I know I will not be able to stay away when the next expac comes out

 

[Homburg]

Two of my guildies drove 10 hours to come down here for a visit. For one, it was the first time, and he wanted to meet the load of people down here that I've brought into the guild.

It's really cool the connections that can be made over these games. The one what was visiting the first time was totally comfortable with everyone in minutes, and we were comfortable with him.

It's stuff like this that I miss when I get burnt out on these games. The game? Whatever. It's the people.

 

[CarnageSIS]

It's stuff like this that I miss when I get burnt out on these games. The game? Whatever. It's the people.

This is exactly it for me, I totally miss the social aspect of it. When my guild was dying I only hung around cause I was friends with some people and hoping things might workout.

Now I'm trying to prove myself to a new guild to make new friends *fingers crossed*

 

[Sealgair]

Just found this thread. My name is Mike, 42.

Been playing MMO's since muds were around. If it is an MMO I have played it, pvp'd it and probably been pwnd by it.

Glad to find the thread here.

 

[Recidiva]

Just found this thread. My name is Mike, 42.

Been playing MMO's since muds were around. If it is an MMO I have played it, pvp'd it and probably been pwnd by it.

Glad to find the thread here.

The mud I played, Farside/Avatar, was vicious. I'd never play a game that nasty again. Though I was obsessed...and the gamer community was awesome.

But having my equipment regularly melt off me, not so great.

 

[John Doe]

Just found this thread. My name is Mike, 42.

Been playing MMO's since muds were around. If it is an MMO I have played it, pvp'd it and probably been pwnd by it.

Glad to find the thread here.

If you've been pwnd by World of Warcraft then that's just sad.

 

[CarnageSIS]

Just found this thread. My name is Mike, 42.

Been playing MMO's since muds were around. If it is an MMO I have played it, pvp'd it and probably been pwnd by it.

Glad to find the thread here.

Well not personally a big fan of PvP, but been loving MMO's for awhile now. Huge difference from when I started playing MUDDs, ah Gemstone 3. Heck, I remember making my parents switch ISPs just so I could keep playing my fav for free, lol.

My friends always get hyped up about some new MMO coming out so we all get roped into it. Then they get into the beta's, play for a few weeks or maybe a couple months, and we all fall off the wagon and back to WoW. Though after being burned I am getting better about only getting roped into things I actually have an interest in (FF:XIV) and avoiding stuff I could care less about (APB) just to be in the same game with them

 

[Recidiva]

Well not personally a big fan of PvP, but been loving MMO's for awhile now. Huge difference from when I started playing MUDDs, ah Gemstone 3. Heck, I remember making my parents switch ISPs just so I could keep playing my fav for free, lol.

My friends always get hyped up about some new MMO coming out so we all get roped into it. Then they get into the beta's, play for a few weeks or maybe a couple months, and we all fall off the wagon and back to WoW. Though after being burned I am getting better about only getting roped into things I actually have an interest in (FF:XIV) and avoiding stuff I could care less about (APB) just to be in the same game with them

I tend to make the rounds. I have a few console games I love replaying (Right now Oblivion and Alpha Centauri) and there's always Fable, Fable 2 and now Dragon Age Origins.

Then I tend to swap back and forth between Everquest 2 and Warcraft. When either one comes out with a new expansion.

I was sad when I went back to Dark Age of Camelot, the game's dead

 

[CarnageSIS]

I tend to make the rounds. I have a few console games I love replaying (Right now Oblivion and Alpha Centauri) and there's always Fable, Fable 2 and now Dragon Age Origins.

Then I tend to swap back and forth between Everquest 2 and Warcraft. When either one comes out with a new expansion.

I was sad when I went back to Dark Age of Camelot, the game's dead

That's the one thing about MMO's. I mean if you wanna go back and play Final Fantasy, or the first Super Mario Brothers, or Sonic, or whatever you can. Sure you may have to do alittle work getting a ROM if you can't find it otherwise, but nothing really stops you from replaying and reliving your memories.

But with MMO's you just have to enjoy the time you have with them because the people will never be the same, the situations will never be the same, and sometimes the game won't even be there when you get the urge to go back and pick it up again.

 

[Recidiva]

That's the one thing about MMO's. I mean if you wanna go back and play Final Fantasy, or the first Super Mario Brothers, or Sonic, or whatever you can. Sure you may have to do alittle work getting a ROM if you can't find it otherwise, but nothing really stops you from replaying and reliving your memories.

But with MMO's you just have to enjoy the time you have with them because the people will never be the same, the situations will never be the same, and sometimes the game won't even be there when you get the urge to go back and pick it up again.

That's what happened with Dark Age, and part of the reason why I shift games.

I'm ultimately a crafter (thus my enjoying Oblivion so much, being able to customize everything)

DAOC had an awesome crafting setup and I had my own home and merchants selling lots of stuff and I thrived and prospered just making things.

But now nobody plays, it's not worth buying a home if you can't support the cost with what you can sell there, and the fun's gone.

I just had a nice long run on Everquest 2, but eventually I just get sick of the grind and need something new.

 

[CarnageSIS]

That's what happened with Dark Age, and part of the reason why I shift games.

I'm ultimately a crafter (thus my enjoying Oblivion so much, being able to customize everything)

DAOC had an awesome crafting setup and I had my own home and merchants selling lots of stuff and I thrived and prospered just making things.

But now nobody plays, it's not worth buying a home if you can't support the cost with what you can sell there, and the fun's gone.

I just had a nice long run on Everquest 2, but eventually I just get sick of the grind and need something new.

Yea, since I play my MMO's from more of a social aspect I'm really just looking for smooth game play to help me keep up with where my friends are.

Now what your describing sounds abit too much like real life for my taste But it does sound like a great system and alot more fun than just grinding up a profession just to get to the end things you really want to make. Plus sounds like it beats the heck out of farming for gold between raids, lol.

 

[Recidiva]

Yea, since I play my MMO's from more of a social aspect I'm really just looking for smooth game play to help me keep up with where my friends are.

Now what your describing sounds abit too much like real life for my taste But it does sound like a great system and alot more fun than just grinding up a profession just to get to the end things you really want to make. Plus sounds like it beats the heck out of farming for gold between raids, lol.

Heh. Well, my gaming situation is very different, I tend to play while I work, which means that I can't really do much of anything that doesn't involve being interrupted a LOT. So I don't group and I don't raid...really...ever. I did a few for achievements, and it's my least favorite aspect of gaming. I like MAKING what I use. Every now and then I'll help my husband with something and that's the extent of my involvement. I make my own guild wherever I can and just hang out with my crafters. Warcraft got a lot better at crafting with the 60+ stuff. But I still despise their 48-hour auction house system where you pay a fee to put something up. HATE. IT. Really. So I pretend it's not there, and unlike other games, my high-level crafters just don't bother selling what they make or trying to figure out what anyone needs. I just use my own resources.

I'm also an alt machine, so I tend to make one of EVERYTHING and I that means in Warcraft I have 18 chars, in both realms, all crafters...

So mine's just always a happy "I can do this alone" happy chugging along with all channels off.

I just want something that's fun and pretty. I don't care if it's a challenge (that's too much like real life) and I can't bear listening to people squabble about their loot, so I'm just off in a corner doing my own thing year after year.

I MIGHT give Warcraft a try again after I finish this run through of Oblivion. It's pretty and it's fun and my high level chars make enough money to support everyone else's habits, but it does get to be a drag to raise the money for the twelfth Northrend flying mount license. That's the sort of thing that eventually gets to me, the inherent repetition of being an altomaniac. Usually comes the day there's no way I want to do one more quest that I've done 15 times before. And at a certain point of saturation, I can't avoid that.

 

[CarnageSIS]

Holy cow, 18 alts? Damn, I can't even manage 2 lvl 80s, hats off to you on that one, lol.

Being single and living alone, I've got more than enough of alone time. Not having a ton of extra money at the moment, and having no interest in getting drunk and stumbling home, MMO's are my next best option for being social.

Though that may all be changing soon, if I pick up this pup I'm looking at tomorrow

But most of the time when I leave a game it's because everyone I know and enjoyed playing with has moved on, or life's just gotten too crazy and I don't have the time to commit that I would like.

When I quit WoW last it was actually just after WotLK came out, I played it for like a month then quit for serveral months. This was because none of my friends were playing at the time, I was frustrated and left behind my guild at the time, then readjusting to the new playing mechanics was just all too much for me. So I took a break, and came back to playing because of someone here on Lit which then got my friends back into playing with me too.

But, now my friends are all kinda burnt out on it, and I'm sans a guild once more. This time though I'm trying to find a new home and stop following the fickle feelings of my friends. Most of them have SOs in their lives, and alot more going on than I do at the moment so leaving behind WoW for them really just frees up time. Where as for me it just means more time watching TV, lol.

 

[Recidiva]

Holy cow, 18 alts? Damn, I can't even manage 2 lvl 80s, hats off to you on that one, lol.

Being single and living alone, I've got more than enough of alone time. Not having a ton of extra money at the moment, and having no interest in getting drunk and stumbling home, MMO's are my next best option for being social.

Though that may all be changing soon, if I pick up this pup I'm looking at tomorrow

But most of the time when I leave a game it's because everyone I know and enjoyed playing with has moved on, or life's just gotten too crazy and I don't have the time to commit that I would like.

When I quit WoW last it was actually just after WotLK came out, I played it for like a month then quit for serveral months. This was because none of my friends were playing at the time, I was frustrated and left behind my guild at the time, then readjusting to the new playing mechanics was just all too much for me. So I took a break, and came back to playing because of someone here on Lit which then got my friends back into playing with me too.

But, now my friends are all kinda burnt out on it, and I'm sans a guild once more. This time though I'm trying to find a new home and stop following the fickle feelings of my friends. Most of them have SOs in their lives, and alot more going on than I do at the moment so leaving behind WoW for them really just frees up time. Where as for me it just means more time watching TV, lol.

Yes, my altomania is extreme. In EQ2 I had 32 alts...basically...as many characters as there are...I makes 'em!

Good luck with the puppy! I have husband, son, two cats and a dog, so silence is rare

 

[ImOnIt]

Recidiva, what exactly is it about the auction house that you dont like?

 

[Recidiva]

Recidiva, what exactly is it about the auction house that you dont like?

The time frame and fees are ridiculous and the economy is skewed and inflated because of it. Having to collect everything from your mailbox every 48 hours and put it back up for sale if it didn't sell (how much of a pain in the ass that is with 9 chars per realm is not to be spoken.) Not to mention if I don't make it back within a month on each character, I lose the mail entirely. So I have to log every character in on schedule. Even if I consolidate to one char selling, it's a lot of keeping track and losing track and not giving a damn anymore.

Take DAOC - you could purchase your own merchants and people could buy items from it. No timer, stuff could stay up forever. Just walk outside your house, put item on vendor, collect cash. No fee, no tax, no "time limit."

EQ2 has an auction house where you do basically the same thing. Put item up for sale (forever) and wait until someone buys, collect money.

Paying fees to put things up for auction and then losing that money if you don't sell it is infuriating. Since everything's up for such a short time, prices are insane because there's no competition that really gets going. So trade items are very rarely available and when they are, they're insanely high.

So say I make some very high level crafted item nobody wants RIGHT NOW. Say...for instance...in the old game, before expansion, dragon scale armor. So I pay the fee to put it up to see if maybe someone will buy it.

There's very little way to make money from crafting there, and since I disenchant everything for enchanting components, no reason for me to even put up any finished good or drop item for sale.

So, no way for me to use the system reliably to make money with finished crafted goods. So what's the most reliable way to make money? Craft components, because anyone who wants to craft is stuck buying at ridiculous prices or farming for endless hours. Screws the crafters over entirely, who can never make anything as good as a raid drop anyway unless they do the equivalent farming of several raids to buy the components. AND, by the time you can make something, you can only wear it for a little bit before it's obsolete.

EQ2 also has an independent crafting system that's not adventure-level based. So a crafter there can make stuff far above their own level and sell it to make money. You can theoretically be a level 85 crafter and a level 1 adventurer.