What A Difference A Day Makes

Today I log into The Lord of the Rings Online. I am pretty excited about playing. At least I thought I was. How could I go from loving the game to not even wanting to play it?

It was just a weird feeling. I felt totally lost as soon as I logged in. It didn't seem like where I remember logging off. I tried running around, and nothing looked familiar. It just didn't make sense.

It just hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized I didn't know enough about the game to know exactly what I was supposed to be doing. I had no clue on crafts to learn, quests to do, grind spots, or anything.

It is a horrible feeling. Do I think the game sucks? No. I think the game is really nice, but I think deep down I am having a harder time letting go of Warhammer. There is just something about knowing everything you want to know about the game that makes playing that much more fun.

I think MMORPG's lose alot of players this way. The beginner areas are usually not to noob friendly once the game has been out a while.

In newly launched MMORPG's everyone learns together. You learn alot from reading chat, and so on. It is much easier to adapt to a new game with other players. Otherwise it just becomes to overwhelming learning everything without really having anyone to ask questions, or show you around.

Do you hate that lost feeling when you pick up a game months after launch?