LotRO: You call this the future?
Mike and I been playing our Rangers in Lord of the Rings Online, and talking about our MMO future. Before that, I was gone for a month and couldn’t play at all. Mike didn’t played either. It looks like he only plays for the group now. I understand that, I find it difficult to play solo as well. I guess this whole online game thing is getting tired.
Mark has been playing his World of Warcraft Warrior during the hiatus. Mike and I aren’t ready to go back to WoW just yet. We both think LotRO has some legs. I’m hoping we can find a nice group groove, not an easy thing to find. High-impact, challenging content, that isn’t boring. That’s the dream.
WoW instances worked well for us. We went from one to the next as we progressed. It wasn’t boredom free, but we kept busy. Unfortunately, we had “our little problem”, and had to start over. If we went back to WoW we would be working the same content, we’ve already slogged through, for a year before we got to the new content. I’m kicking myself for harping on this again, but it’s one of the reasons to move on.
Maybe we could play some form of online checkers. Reminiscent of old men playing in the park. Do they do that still? Did they ever? Maybe old men playing online games will be some cultural icon of the future. People who still play UO or EQ might have reached that stage already. I may be getting too far ahead of myself here. I’m just looking for a good game to solo and group with my friends. You young whipper snappers get away from here before we go medieval on your ass. “I’m targeting the whipper snapper on the left, fear the one on the right.”