And no, it’s not Wurm. Every time I think of that game I remember being burned out by the very thing I enjoyed doing, and I really doubt ‘Wurmlogic’ will ever change.
The game I’d never thought I would play again (let alone be able to resurrect my old account for it), is Guild Wars 2.
The last time I talked about it was back in 2015, aka I guess you could call
the ‘MMO Era’ of my life. 2004 to 2016, I think it was. Starting with WoW.
So what made me come back to Guild Wars 2, after so long? Kovo indirectly did, of one day him and Nova were playing it. Even Nappie and Melan were playing it. Turns out a few weeks ago it got released on Steam, and it’s ‘free’ to all. And there’s a good reason why that word is in quotes.
When you first start as a new character, you’re part of a free account. ..And the game hounds you to buy a DLC to unlock it to a full account. And there’s mounts now. Ground mounts, and flying mounts. You get a free mount at Level 10.. but you only ‘own’ it for ten hours. And when your ‘free mount trial’ ends, it once again hounds you to buy a DLC.
So you’re back on your two legs, running around the map just like those ‘good ole times’ I had when I was leveling back then.
Also, indirectly thanks to Nappie, I ..somehow was able to log into my old account, and saw my old Level 80 chars from back then. Like.. holy fuck! Deathclaw Ragefist is back in action! What I mean by ‘somehow’ is my old account was linked to my even older ISP email, and I assumed I no longer had access to it. I’m glad I was wrong.
But bringing back such an old character, comes with a huge problem. …I have nothing to do since I’m Level 80. Here I was assuming my old chars were permanently retired, so I created a fresh char using the Steam account.
Eventually I had enough. I need a fucking reason besides “I can help Kovo and Nova
now.” There’s a Black Friday sale coming next week that has discounts for the DLCs, but I said “screw waiting!” and got this $40 thing that you can get all three DLCs.
Do I regret it? Yes. Because the $75 one had some nice bells and whistles attached that I don’t think you can normally get through gameplay.
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There’s also another problem. Well, it’s hard to say if this truly would be considered a problem, but say “this game isn’t for everyone”. Talking about Kovo. Yes the same person that made me do this, is getting bored with the game. Him and Nova both.
Their biggest issue with the game is, there’s only one way to level up through Open World. Aka doing the heart quests. They want to do other things, but the game limits them. They do understand this is a 10-year-old MMORPG, and are trying to give it their all. But I feel they’ll eventually stop playing. Give it a week.
But as I said I dunno why I’m letting this.. bug me. I guess because I.. well, don’t want to feel alone again? Nappie and Melan are nice, but.. but they’re not Kovo and Nova, who I’ve been around with a lot more than those two.
It really shouldn’t affect me, as I played this game way.. way before I ever heard
of VRChat (where I met them). I should be used to this.