I love the excitement that builds leading up to playing a new MMORPG. It is all I can think about it. It is going to be my next gaming fix.
Finally the day arrives, and the excitement is uncontrollable. I create my character, and choose my name. My character than spawns in the starting area.
The excitement disappears almost instantly. What happened? Why did I go from being excited to frustrated?
This is where I start to hate playing a new MMORPG. It is when reality sets in that I know nothing about the game.
I am lost in a virtual world, and it gives me that same feeling when I get lost driving somewhere. All I know is how frustrated I become.
I start getting overwhelmed. I start wondering where are the quests, the trainers, the mobs? How do I cast my spells? What spells, and attacks do I start with? Is this the right class to play? How do I check my inventory?
I hate it with a passion. Everything I knew from my last MMORPG basically doesn't apply. I have to learn all new maps, key binds, quests, classes, and etc.
This is what I experienced all last night playing EQ2. After all the downloading, creating a character, and getting into the starting area of the game I just couldn't play. I just felt like a child lost in a busy shopping mall. I killed one mob, and logged off.
I decided I was going back to Warhammer. I resubscribed last night. Why? Because I feel comfortable playing the game. I know everything already. Of course a few things have changed in the last few months, but it isn't like learning a whole new MMORPG.
Do you hate playing a new MMORPG, and not knowing anything? Is that why most players always go back to World of Warcraft?
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