Comments on: Bored of sinking ships

By: 6 Games in 6 Days | MMO Gamers

6 Games in 6 Days | MMO Gamers — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:23:19 +0000

[...] If I could reach the end-game I might find a decent PvP game. As it stands I’ll have to take Keen’s word for it, though he didn’t seem overly impressed [...]

By: The value of the blogging community. « Hardcore Casual

The value of the blogging community. « Hardcore Casual — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:02:17 +0000

[...] in the PotBS beta, my decision to see what the game was like in release was put on hold based on Keen’s PvP write ups, showing me that game was not yet ready for prime time. Of course, if in two months [...]

By: Swift Voyager

Swift Voyager — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:17:22 +0000

Start an alt character?

By: Luk

Luk — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:15:07 +0000

Just somethig that I notice again and again.
Expectations creat disappointments. Being hyped over something over a long period of time does come at this price. Look at Bildo, he is getting hyped over things all the time, then once he gets it (PotBS, TR, LOTRO), his blog is full of disappointment,lol

By: Keen

Keen — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:20:31 +0000

It’s true. I am a pretty hardcore player and that classification definitely carries a lot of weight in my comments. While I might get only 3 months of play out of a game some people can go on for a year or more and not even scratch the surface of what I’ve done. Their enjoyment as a result of it could be the same as or more than my enjoyment during the few months.

No doubt about it my heart is truly devoted to Warhammer Online. DAOC is and always will be my favorite MMO. It’s one of the few games I stopped playing that I actually loved from start to finish. As a result I’m incredibly hyped about Warhammer under Mythic’s development. Without question Warhammer will be my next DAOC – a mmo that I stick with for years.

But, because it’s in my blood, I try as many games as I can and then I talk about them with people. I never want to see any game fail and when I dislike something about a game I end up disliking that I dislike something more than the something I dislike! *takes a breath* Whew, did that make sense?

By: Snafzg

Snafzg — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:22:40 +0000

You have to admit, you’re a pretty hardcore player, Keen. It wasn’t uncommon for people to write similar blog posts a month after WoW launched as well. They reached the end of the game and found that there was nothing left for them to do. While you may not have reached the end, you definitely seem to have exhausted your options.

My only suggestion is that you play PotBS more casually. It seems as though your heart is truly devoted to WAR though, which makes you subconsciously view this game as a holdover, so there’s probably no real remedy aside from enjoying it for what it is…

Maybe I’m wrong though!

By: Keen

Keen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:03:24 +0000

@ Rusty: I’ve read about the ship dungeons. I think you’re right in that they will be more to my liking. I’m definitely sticking around to see them.

By: woop

woop — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:16:58 +0000

I’ve been playing a couple of weeks and reached level 21 as a Spanish Privateer. The ship battles are great when you first set out, exciting and well visualized. But the game feels ‘explored’ far too quickly. You can (and probably will) sail from one end of the Caribbean to the other fairly early, stopping at ports of choice along the way.

After a pretty short time you’ll wonder what is next? Is there anything more to see? Anything particularly different to do?

I’m a bit disappointed and probably won’t hang around for longer than my first month. Sadly I had a similar experience with Tabula Rasa. I wonder whether mmos are increasingly catering for a slightly more casual audience, making it much easier to get in and get started, but ultimately leaving the games short of depth.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:19:03 +0000

I suspect the first content update with the ship dungeons will be more to your liking. The ship dungeons present a lot of different ways to play through the same encounter with different rewards.

I think the big difference between CoH and Pirates is that we have a lot of elder game content coming, content that will expand out from the bsaic ship combat. The goal was to create a solid foundation to build out from. Now that we’ve done that, we’re beginning the building out process.

By: Keen

Keen — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:59:33 +0000

I had the same feelings about CoH as I do about PotBS… *rubs chins*

You could be on to something Luk.