im pretty much done with soe. I initially got pissed with the nge but gave that shit a try for a long time. swg holds my interest for about a week and i get pissed i blew 15 bucks on it.
when i first played eq2, i was amazed. I couldnt belive how well run, well put together the game was. compared to the shit storm swg was. i enjoyed grouping with people in dungeons and needing them to quest, to me it promoted socializing, cracking jokes, having a good time, and just an escape from rl bullshit.
To me the signaling of the end for me was when Rok dropped. The legendary quest crap was better than EoF fabled, Rok raid gear was shitty at best. Eof raid gear that i so desperately sought after was made useless.
I saw no point in grinding up my toons.
I mean why bother?
All the quests in Rok were soloable. I didnt even think they were all that good.
The instances, the ones i did do, were well shitty.
The time i most enjoyed was between KoS and Eof. I absolutely enjoyed Eof. Great exapansion. Some say it blew, but i disagree.
Bottom line-
Soe as a whole is on the decline.
I mean look at the games they host-
planetside- garbage
eq1- old and not as strong as it used to be especially in its glory days.
eq2- you guys know the story
matrix- crap game. subs speak for themselves. reviews read em youll see.
swg- My first mmo. loved it back in the day. Now a joke in the mmo world on how not to run an mmo. NGE anyone? gme has only gotten worse since nge's inception.
vanguard- was most anticiapted. original devs screwed the pooch, let soe take over and its being revamped. subs dropped drastically. still a peice of shit.
Soe promotes itself as a leader and innovator in the mmo world, but look at the bullshit they host. all of these games they host either were good 4- 8 years ago before wow came onto the scene or suck sweaty balls now.
i need an mmo fix. The way i see it, and i hate quest solo, but if im going to play an mmo i might as well play with 8 million people.
Im done with soe.