How I learned to enjoy MMOs (works for Defiance)

[Amicus Curiae]

MacDeath, you speak wise things.

There is no appreciation for wisdom in this perma-adolesence world we live in. If you're 50 and speak wisdom, most will brand you "old and out-of-touch." If you're young and speak wisdom, most will ignore it call it "cliche."

But wisdom is wisdom. Of course, cliches are cliche, and often confused for wisdom by the young or the out-of-touch.

YOU SHOULD BE LIKE ME, guys! Wise and thoughtful, that's what I'm saying.

Or am I saying that a real sense of humor is the greatest mark of wisdom of all?

What is not wise? Wasting my time talking about wisdom. The people who want it, nothing gets in their way of pursuit of it. And all the perma-adolecents out there? Nothing gets in their way, either.

I like Defiance. But its just a dang computer game. Fortunately, I have spent many years not complaining, not judging people, not nit-picking reality, and working with what I've got (not much), and _building_ a life that's worth more than taking (wasting) time to do these things on internet forums. Now I have a couple hours-a-week to "waste" playing a computer game. That time is so valuable to me. If I didn't like the game, why would I waste time going on a fan site telling people I don't like it?

Do these people go into McDonald's and tell them how to make their hamburgers better? Do they park outside television producers' houses to tell them how they want their favorite show to go? I'm sure some of you do, huh?

On a stupid computer game forum I'll tell a big secret: If you guys had any idea where dollars come from. . . what dollars are. . . Eh, there I go thinking people actually want wisdom... Most want dollars, chase dollars, get mad a $60 video game wasted their money. . . don't have a clue what those dollars are. And yes, euros, loonies, all these "bills," people obsess over their whole lives. . .

Ah ha! I just told you! It's a dollar bill, isn't it? Who is getting billed? Who is billing who for what? Too much for you? Live your life how you want. . . I'm just sayin'... What I'm saying here is public knowledge - start reading Title 31 Code of Federal Regulations. Yes, it's public knowledge, it's no secret... and yet barely a soul in the world has any idea what these dollars are.

It is not in your best interest to ignore wisdom. . . to "not have time for it,". . . i am JUST SAYIN

If you like to make computer games, make em. If you like to play them, play em. Just do my kids a favor, for Pete's sake do your Self a favor: don't bankrupt yourself and your society in the process of doing whatever it is that you love to do..

[Garu]

The problem is that the good things to do in this game are so few and far between that doing these things quickly becomes boring and something you once found fun becomes tedious. Its not even like theres a point to doing most of the stuff, most games atleast give you some reward for doing tedious stuff.

[Amicus Curiae]

Yes yes... low post count. I am a troll. I don't even play Defiance. Nothing to see here...

[Saboteur 6]

Nice post MacDeath. I've been saying something similar for a while now too. Don't worry though there are people still playing and enjoying the game. I've realized that the forums right now are more representative of polar extremes and aren't a completely accurate representation of how people feel about the game. Much like in US politics, you hear from the extreme left and right while the moderate middle just ignores places like the forums and plays the game when they feel like it.


It'll be interesting to see what happens with the community once the dust settles and a lot of these visceral "**** Trion" threads die down.

[af1killer]

Ya but that only brings you so far, it would of been nice if the whole game itself was great, and not just simple factors that keep us playing...You know, i would like it if the glitched trucks in the sky would disappear.

[Archeus9]

Yes yes... low post count. I am a troll. I don't even play Defiance. Nothing to see here...

What, a troll beating me to calling his own self out? What.. sph.. sdjkflksfs... how DARE you sir. How dare you take the only pleasure i have in these forums away from me.

No not really, but thanks for the lolz.

[N3gativeCr33p]

What's that got to do with MMOs, you might ask... It's about what we focus on. MMOs have lots of different features/aspects. IF we allow ourselves to focus on the aspects of a game that we don't enjoy, we might not notice the aspects that we do like. I don't like bugs or flawed design. When I find a unique one, I shoot off a bug report and then forget about it. I find the game play in Defiance to be fun, so that's where I focus my attention.

Couldn't have said it much better myself! Worked wonders for me back in DCUO's early days.

[Zertael]

I am sorry, but I disagree, the game has to be good as a whole, not have us cherry pick for the good bits, while ignoring the bad.

Sorry that I explained it so poorly. It's not about IGNORING the parts you don't like. It's about deciding to FOCUS on those parts or to focus on the parts that are fun for your play style.

In my opinion this pretty much describes the current mindset of gamers with MMOs in general. For years everyone wanted more options, more ways to enjoy the game. Now that there are more MMOs with TONS of different things you can do a lot of people either complain that there is no direction, or play merely for bigger numbers and then complain when they've maxed their character that there is nothing left to do.

If you're worried about the parts of the game that don't appeal to you, you are missing the point of having an open game world to begin with. If there are more things you dislike than things you like, then yes, maybe it's not the game for you.

[chefwhitey]

Sorry that I explained it so poorly. It's not about IGNORING the parts you don't like. It's about deciding to FOCUS on those parts or to focus on the parts that are fun for your play style.

The part that I did like was content, and playing that content.

Everything else is a big cow pie to me now. Can find something wrong with everything else.

[Zorlond]

The part that I did like was content, and playing that content.

Everything else is a big cow pie to me now. Can find something wrong with everything else.

So, the stuff that you like becomes 'content', and anything you don't like is not content. Interesting approach you have. [/sarcasm]