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Kigneer · 11-20-2009, 02:34 PM

zzilba wrote:

I am a community minded individual, so working collaboratively with others is why I play MMO's and not single player console games, but I have to be honest and admit that the majority of the time it feels like a single player experience.

Ah, SP is better simply because there is no chat; no outside drama; nothing to distract you from just roleplaying and you earn everything yourself. You can be almost 100% immersed into the world and character.

In a MMO, it's a killer as MMOs are designed much like FPS multiplayer for instant gratification and group play (something that may also in time evolve, since online time is now more limited due to more online outlets). Where x4 raids from 1999-2004 was rad due to only a few MMOs to share the thousands of players, where today, a PuG x4 raid can clear world chat of chatters.

11-20-2009, 02:34 PM	#13
Kigneer Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,462	zzilba wrote: I am a community minded individual, so working collaboratively with others is why I play MMO's and not single player console games, but I have to be honest and admit that the majority of the time it feels like a single player experience. Ah, SP is better simply because there is no chat; no outside drama; nothing to distract you from just roleplaying and you earn everything yourself. You can be almost 100% immersed into the world and character. In a MMO, it's a killer as MMOs are designed much like FPS multiplayer for instant gratification and group play (something that may also in time evolve, since online time is now more limited due to more online outlets). Where x4 raids from 1999-2004 was rad due to only a few MMOs to share the thousands of players, where today, a PuG x4 raid can clear world chat of chatters. __________________ The "have nots" will always point what the "haves" have. Harmony is reached when both sides have their *needs* met.