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Okay, so I've had more time to play the game. And I must say that I was vastly mistaken. I have managed to go on epic quests that took me over the mountains of Wherever and allowed me to slay the mighty dragon of Something with my ridiculously powerful Sword of Uber-Craziness. Yes, this game is exactly as I have imagined.
Actually, I haven't played any more of the game. I'm sorry. I know there has been a lot of anger (or just one person being angry because his mother didn't hug him enough when he was little) because of the fact that I, a person who has never played an MMORPG before, has managed to get into Beta. I have a little something to say about that.
Were you born a veteran of MMORPGs? Some of you must have been because you sure seem to hate the idea that other players don't have your breadth of experience or share your passion for the genre. I've never played any MMORPG and I'm discouraged from starting with this game because of the 'not-warm' welcome that new people seem to get. My first post here in 1969 (check the date) was in a thread I started called "I hate everquest" (the real thread for that is actually here). Was I serious? No. But we had like 20 members and I figured why not. 2 and a half years later, the site has grown a little bit and an ugly minority feels that they must defend their game from every fanboi who comes along.
I am no stranger to fanboism as I am an Xbox owner and have faced (and dished out, I'll admit) my fair share of the "My system r0x0rs" mentality. But no where have I seen such devotion as I have seen here. I'll be honest, that is what drew me to the game initially. Talking to people who played EQ for what seems like an impossible amount of time and hearing their stories made me wish that I had been playing the game. There were stories that I wish I could have gotten tapes of because they seemed like such amazing things to actually experience in a game that I wanted to share them with my friends. The road, however, was closed. Everyone I knew who had played EQ was no longer playing and those who still did play were such high level that I would not be able to explore the game with them. Hence, EQ2. This would be my chance, my time to create my own adventures and stories to share with friends at E3 or at a LAN.
The more I read, the more I realize that I can't even jump into this game from a standstill like I had hoped. You guys speak a whole different language. You have libraries of knowledge that scare the living bejesus out of me, but I feel like I should get college credit for trying to learn it. Maybe there is something to be said for jumping in early and having the time to devote to learning the game. What do you think, is it possible that there is a cutoff for playing a game such as this? Are new players going to be handicapped because they have to learn all of the mechanics? Will that handicap matter?
I don't really know what I am saying anymore, all of this political coverage is making the gray matter between my ears a bit watery. I'm going to play the beta some more and see if I can find something in it that holds my interest. So I ask you, o wise players of MMORPGs, what is there to do in this world that you love? What do you recommend a new player do?
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