Submitted by holygraell on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 17:11.
Honestly, I agree with the author's wife. It's absolutely nothing to get bent out of shape about. And yes, I'm female. If a female gamer is going to get ticked off about something, how about going to the core of most games and commenting on how the female characters are almost always perfect little Barbie dolls. But even I don't care about that. Let's face it. These worlds are first and foremost fantasy worlds. There are those of us out there who are oddballs, and when given the chance, do on occasion play the heavier, elderly or not so pretty females (although most games do not offer this option). But overall, since it is fantasy, everyone wants to look pretty -- prettier in fact than many of them are in real life. So, that said, get over it ladies. There's real world stuff regarding the treatment of females to get ticked off over. A line from a character in a game? Not so much.
Submitted by holygraell on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 23:30.
I myself am incapable of understanding what Rainy called the 'console kiddies'. I never understood the purpose of buying a game, paying a subscription fee, and then ignoring the majority of the content in it. I think those people are fools and personally, I'd just as soon see them ALL return to console games permanently. I find that I love the process of questing in Rift, getting achievements, collecting shinies (OOOH! SHINY!) , as well as doing dungeons and lots of pvp. My biggest wish is that the Rift Devs would get a clue and back off the endless exp boosts they've been giving. We get a ton of potions to increase it, little useable items to increase it once we hit 50, rest exp, bonus weekends all over the place. Frankly, I really just want to slow down! I want to be able to not have to struggle to choose how I'm going to spend the next ten levels. Am I going to just quest and do one dungeon? Am I finally going to do nothing but pvp just so I can feel some real pvp satisfaction for a while. As it is, I usually find myself struggling to fit it all in before I level out of yet another thing. And that is just wrong. I'd hate to see these whiners and crybabies play a game like FFXI where you needed millions upon millions of exp to level one level, and then, if you died you could very well delevel unless you had worked for 6 or so hours to get enough of a buffer to allow a death! Their cute widdle heads would explode! :P Seriously though, as several have said, games truly have gotten far too easy. I really miss the days of tough fights, hard quests, being able to pvp for weeks before hitting the next level tier. I feel the devs out there, not just in Rift, but in all games, are trying too hard to keep mere children happy. Let the kiddies play consoles. Leave the MMO's for the grownups! Let us have our tougher, longer play back to the way it was. All this rushing us isn't good for anyone, and it's worst of all for the games. Real gamers like it long lasting and hard! ;)
Submitted by holygraell on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 04:13.
YAY!!! Welcome back Boomjack!
And dude... love the use of the Latin! Makes me happy that I spent five years on it in school! lol Anyway, good to know the old sarcasm and wit will be freely flowing again. :)
Submitted by holygraell on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 14:01.
Well, now you've gone and done it Boomjack! You'd better hide under your desk. lol
But thanks for the opinion. I have never played Guildwars, although I have some friends who are rabidly into it. Personally, I've always considered myself pretty antisocial as a gamer but the description of instanced zones and only being able to interact with your npc hencemen kinda made me go "Ewww." Somehow I think I still won't be playing Guildwars. Even us antisocial types need some kind of community to interact with in game. Just in town doesn't really cut it for me. So question sinice it's too early in the morning for my gamer buddies to be awake...
Is it possible to "party" with someone else and their henchmen at all and go into zones that way?
Submitted by holygraell on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 15:00.
One game that is noticably missing from most coverage that still has a rather large following if Final Fantasy XI. Don't figure you've played it Boomjack, but it does have a lot going for it even though it has it's problem areas too. I'd like your opinion of it. I figure maybe it's days are past now for the larger gaming community, but if they would make a few changes I'd be back there in a heartbeat. The story lines were interesting and well developed, the graphics were quite pretty and you really had to work for what you got, which kept the game really engaging. The drawbacks were multilingual servers and the attendant xenophibia/racism along with forced grouping to level past about level 15. Also it would have been nice if the mobs that checked "Too weak to be worthwhile" really were! lol (Mobs check weaker but are really pretty tough and can kick your butt if you're not careful at all times in managing your health, mana, etc.) Overall though, it was a really cool game that required a lot of skill, thought, and work to make your goals. (Crafting system was one of the nicer points -- very well thought out.)
Anyhoo, apart from that game, put me down as another vote for DDO!
Honestly, I agree with the author's wife. It's absolutely nothing to get bent out of shape about. And yes, I'm female. If a female gamer is going to get ticked off about something, how about going to the core of most games and commenting on how the female characters are almost always perfect little Barbie dolls. But even I don't care about that. Let's face it. These worlds are first and foremost fantasy worlds. There are those of us out there who are oddballs, and when given the chance, do on occasion play the heavier, elderly or not so pretty females (although most games do not offer this option). But overall, since it is fantasy, everyone wants to look pretty -- prettier in fact than many of them are in real life. So, that said, get over it ladies. There's real world stuff regarding the treatment of females to get ticked off over. A line from a character in a game? Not so much.
I myself am incapable of understanding what Rainy called the 'console kiddies'. I never understood the purpose of buying a game, paying a subscription fee, and then ignoring the majority of the content in it. I think those people are fools and personally, I'd just as soon see them ALL return to console games permanently. I find that I love the process of questing in Rift, getting achievements, collecting shinies (OOOH! SHINY!) , as well as doing dungeons and lots of pvp. My biggest wish is that the Rift Devs would get a clue and back off the endless exp boosts they've been giving. We get a ton of potions to increase it, little useable items to increase it once we hit 50, rest exp, bonus weekends all over the place. Frankly, I really just want to slow down! I want to be able to not have to struggle to choose how I'm going to spend the next ten levels. Am I going to just quest and do one dungeon? Am I finally going to do nothing but pvp just so I can feel some real pvp satisfaction for a while. As it is, I usually find myself struggling to fit it all in before I level out of yet another thing. And that is just wrong. I'd hate to see these whiners and crybabies play a game like FFXI where you needed millions upon millions of exp to level one level, and then, if you died you could very well delevel unless you had worked for 6 or so hours to get enough of a buffer to allow a death! Their cute widdle heads would explode! :P Seriously though, as several have said, games truly have gotten far too easy. I really miss the days of tough fights, hard quests, being able to pvp for weeks before hitting the next level tier. I feel the devs out there, not just in Rift, but in all games, are trying too hard to keep mere children happy. Let the kiddies play consoles. Leave the MMO's for the grownups! Let us have our tougher, longer play back to the way it was. All this rushing us isn't good for anyone, and it's worst of all for the games. Real gamers like it long lasting and hard! ;)
YAY!!! Welcome back Boomjack!
And dude... love the use of the Latin! Makes me happy that I spent five years on it in school! lol Anyway, good to know the old sarcasm and wit will be freely flowing again. :)
Well, now you've gone and done it Boomjack! You'd better hide under your desk. lol
But thanks for the opinion. I have never played Guildwars, although I have some friends who are rabidly into it. Personally, I've always considered myself pretty antisocial as a gamer but the description of instanced zones and only being able to interact with your npc hencemen kinda made me go "Ewww." Somehow I think I still won't be playing Guildwars. Even us antisocial types need some kind of community to interact with in game. Just in town doesn't really cut it for me. So question sinice it's too early in the morning for my gamer buddies to be awake...
Is it possible to "party" with someone else and their henchmen at all and go into zones that way?
One game that is noticably missing from most coverage that still has a rather large following if Final Fantasy XI. Don't figure you've played it Boomjack, but it does have a lot going for it even though it has it's problem areas too. I'd like your opinion of it. I figure maybe it's days are past now for the larger gaming community, but if they would make a few changes I'd be back there in a heartbeat. The story lines were interesting and well developed, the graphics were quite pretty and you really had to work for what you got, which kept the game really engaging. The drawbacks were multilingual servers and the attendant xenophibia/racism along with forced grouping to level past about level 15. Also it would have been nice if the mobs that checked "Too weak to be worthwhile" really were! lol (Mobs check weaker but are really pretty tough and can kick your butt if you're not careful at all times in managing your health, mana, etc.) Overall though, it was a really cool game that required a lot of skill, thought, and work to make your goals. (Crafting system was one of the nicer points -- very well thought out.)
Anyhoo, apart from that game, put me down as another vote for DDO!