Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Investment Hurdle

I used to read up on the EQ quests at work. My fir...

2011-11-06T03:24:04.629-05:00

I used to read up on the EQ quests at work. My first longterm game goal was the set of ranger ivy armour quests that centred around lvl 30-ish and some weapons that went with them plus fletching high enough to make the trueshot longbow. There was also mastering tailoring.

It's not just having longterm goals it's having ones that you decide for yourself.

Hehehe, my long term goal is usually either an arm...

2011-07-05T21:41:26.867-04:00

Hehehe, my long term goal is usually either an armor set or an ability. I see something that looks cool ( To wear or use) and I'll generally suffer through to get it.

In FFXI, some of my goals were the Iron Musketeer armor, the Rampage axe weapon skill, and after those I tried other jobs, and found more goals. In EVE, it's always a ship.

I need two things to keep going in an MMO, and rea...

2011-06-30T13:36:08.607-04:00

I need two things to keep going in an MMO, and really, in any game. The moment to moment gameplay needs to be fun, and I need to keep finding new things to do and/or see. Sometimes it's more of one than the other, but if those two factors together pass a non-quantifiable threshold, I'm happy to keep playing.

If the sum of those two factors doesn't move me, nothing else in a game will. Achievements mean nothing to me and gear is only a means to an end.

for me - i chose to become a mage/tamer in UO. i&#...

2011-06-30T02:25:14.429-04:00

for me - i chose to become a mage/tamer in UO. i've always felt the path of magic is the right for me, but my actual ultimate goal was to tame a dragon. (i didn't stick around to reach that goal in UO - i dipped a bit in Lin2 and then GW and WoW)

Perhaps. But I can't jump back into FFXI or Wo...

2011-06-29T18:15:43.653-04:00

Perhaps. But I can't jump back into FFXI or WoW for any extended period of time. I log in and after about 10 minutes I think, "oh yeah. I remember this..." Then I end up leaving for all the same reasons.

You know, I've had a very similar problem. I i...

2011-06-29T15:55:16.471-04:00

You know, I've had a very similar problem. I invested a lot of time into WoW, especially after being a WC3 fan. And then after I became tired with the game, I looked around. LOTRO, RIFT, DDO, all of those couldn't hold my attention. Even when I wanted to play WoW again, I tried those first and it still didn't click.

I think it's familiarity. It was very easy for me to jump back into WoW, as I had characters set up and I knew what to do, as opposed to learning how to live in a whole new world.