I hated them when I was kid so I missed the golden age (also didn’t really have money for the good ones).

Now I’m very entrenched into FFXIV and GW2 but there isn’t really a community here on lemmy for them.

    • lorty@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Having a schedule to play with friends seems like the only way to actually play together when you are an adult. It’s not like people randomly show uo to play anymore.

    • lorty@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      It’s been rough indeed. I can barely find parties for the content that we do have, so another 6 months before Dawntrail will be difficult.

    • lorty@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      That’s something I can relate to. When I was playing a lot of Elden Ring my wife enjoyed watching it a lot. Not so much any of these MMOs.

      Tbh I feel like I spend way too much time on them, but I got swept in the need to get some milestones done before I’m satisfied dropping them.

  • commiespammer [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I used to play world of warplanes, tanks, and warships a lot. I burned myself out really hard though, and I haven’t played in like half a year.

  • Comp4 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I used to be into WoW in the early days after its release and during the Burning Crusade. I also played a bit of Guild Wars and some smaller MMOs over the years. These days I would rather play a dozen other games than spend all my time in an MMO

  • macabrett[they/them]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I liked GW and GW2 a lot back in the day, but never really got into anything less casual. Been nearly a decade since I messed with an MMO at this point though.

  • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I played WoW pretty regularly from Burning Crusade through Cataclysm, then bits and pieces of future expansions, but tbh I’m pretty burned out from MMOs because every single time I start playing one I always quickly get the feeling that I’m wasting my life and my time would be better spent doing literally anything else. Plus with all the shitty psychological hooks that WoW (and other MMOs I’m sure) do to keep you coming back, like daily quests and time gated content, they’ve made it pretty clear we’re paying customers first and players second, and I just don’t want any part of that. I’ll stick with my single player games that I can pick up and put down at my leisure without being pressured to play them because of an active monthly subscription.