I never did play EQ myself.. I did play PSO, PSU, FFXI, GW, and WoW over the years, though. Heck I am currently poking a bit at FFXIV on and off out of boredom.
You really don't have to devote that much time to them.. At the very worst, they can saturate all the time you'd normally spend gaming anyway if you want them to, but eh.. You have to be lacking in serious restraint or have literally nothing else to do to play them endlessly like that.![]()
I played WoW with a free trial account. That was just long enough for me to enjoy it for a while before I realized all I was doing is grinding. And I hate grinding.
Oh I know, I didn't mean that you're bound to end up only playing that game for 24 hours a day because it's so addictive or something. I was saying that if you wanted to sell your account for a lot of money you'd need the really high end armor/weapons, which usually take hundreds (if not thousands) of hours to get. It's totally possible to play MMOs casually, although there will always be the people lacking in self control that will let them take over their lives, but I guess that's just inevitable for some people. Although most MMOs are very addictive and are hard to quit playing once you've invested a lot of time into them. I played WoW and FFXI myself for awhile, and know all too well the negative effects they can have if you let your habits get out of hand.![]()
FFXI was a very, very unforgiving game.. I left that game quite bitterly to tell the truth, although I notice they've fixed a lot of problems with it in recent years. (Not nearly enough, but quite a few that I found most annoying..)
WoW actually just made me bored after awhile.. I would always really enjoy it for a bit, and then.. I dunno, I'd suddenly get incredibly bored with it.![]()
Yeah, tan was exceptionally ill. I figured he was slightly under the weather.
Boy, was I wrong.
He was trippin' balls.