So I've been a part of a small but great teamspeak community since about 2 months before the shutdown. I met these people on a game called Team Fortress 2 and we hit it off pretty well and still talk to eachother everyday. They were with me during the final moments of the shutdown feeling my pain and listening to my pathetic crying as most of them had lost their game too in SWG and others as well.
The next year was spent playing Tf2 with them and having fun. We started a competitive team and lost terribly.. All during that year and this year I've frequently brought up to them how much I miss City of Heroes and how nothing is doing it for me anymore. Over time they've helped by exploring other MMOs with me as I mentioned in my last post. All that we found was misery and endless grind. So I looked to upcoming MMOs like Wildstar and Eso to fill my mental hole. I brought this up to them and they seemed exhausted at the idea of following me around ANOTHER MMO for a week to see if I finally found something I like.
Then today my friend got fed up with me and asked
"Why did you like City of Heroes? What about that game made it so good to you?"
I though and answered the usual things we all have spammed to people since the shutdown.
"Oh well great community. Very little grind. Great character builder yadda yadda yadda.
My friends then asked
"And have you found any of those thing in the countless MMos we've played?"
"No"
It hit me... I didn't love City of Heroes because it was an MMO. That had NOTHING to do with it.
My long list of reasons I liked that game never once mentioned it being an MMO..
I realized that I absolutely despise the entire MMO genre.
So much time wasted when the better path of right there in front of me.
My friends new they were finally getting through to me.
"You like creating"
"You like flying"
"You like beating bosses"
"You like teamwork"
"You like strategy"
I thought of countless games that I know about and own that have these things.
I installed some of them.
Played a while and felt something I haven't felt since COH.
Path of Exile, Torchlight 2, Civilization 5, Terraria.
Games and communities I've neglected for a terrible amount of time all due to some idiotic bias I had.
Steam also helps a great deal as that is where I met my best internet friends.
So if anyone else is suffering from the same problem still I encourage you to download steam and try some other genres of games. Just because it may not be Massively Multiplayer doesn't mean it doesn't have a strong community.
I feel WAY better. I'm running a Path of Exile group full of people who love what they do.
I'm building a world in Terraria with my friends brick by brick.
I'm helping creating mods in Torchlight 2 now.
It's great. problem solved..
GOODBYE MMOs!
My withdrawals are gone. But my memories aren't
