Poll: MMORPG Community: The Myth
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I picked the one requiring things to be expanded on. First off, I actually know people who met on MMORPGs, so evidently they were nice to each other. Also, I've developed some friendships on MUDs, so unless 3D graphics drastically change the experience, I think you'd be a bit off.
The difference though with MUDs is that people weren't spending money, so the whole experience was much more casual. No grind or trying to play your classes right, I remember building a character purely with charisma that had no benefit otherwise, but I was trying to get every item that gave a charisma boost. People thought it was cool. I figure the deal should be the same with Guild Wars 2 - no money being spent, so no major investment, no specific types of classes so you can solo as well as work in a team. In that sense it's much better, you can play the whole game by yourself if you want, so if you end up working with people it's because you like them not because you have to to fill your party out.
The difference though with MUDs is that people weren't spending money, so the whole experience was much more casual. No grind or trying to play your classes right, I remember building a character purely with charisma that had no benefit otherwise, but I was trying to get every item that gave a charisma boost. People thought it was cool. I figure the deal should be the same with Guild Wars 2 - no money being spent, so no major investment, no specific types of classes so you can solo as well as work in a team. In that sense it's much better, you can play the whole game by yourself if you want, so if you end up working with people it's because you like them not because you have to to fill your party out.
Everything is better with friends.
If you like the people you play with, its fun. If you don't (barring some flavor of sociopathy), its not.
As far as the generally whiny tone of your post... cry more, I guess? WoW, now, is easier than its ever been on every level. If you still don't like it, don't play? I mean, thats what I did. Sunwell was fun, though. Rest of the guild didn't agree.
I do like how it took six days for anyone to respond, though. Very cute.
If you like the people you play with, its fun. If you don't (barring some flavor of sociopathy), its not.
As far as the generally whiny tone of your post... cry more, I guess? WoW, now, is easier than its ever been on every level. If you still don't like it, don't play? I mean, thats what I did. Sunwell was fun, though. Rest of the guild didn't agree.
I do like how it took six days for anyone to respond, though. Very cute.
Found a nice guild, most of the people in it are brits, romanians, french and few other random stranglers and I'm loving it. We speak exclusively eng, raid, run around doing stupid things and such. Oh and 2 of the people there are from Glasstonbury and came to visit me here since I've known them for a long time. So no idea where you managed to find such bad experiences, seeing as I managed to make mates across the world 
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EDIT: Forgot to mention I met my current gf over wow and we've been dating for over 5 months now.
.EDIT: Forgot to mention I met my current gf over wow and we've been dating for over 5 months now.