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Good to see that someone else realizes it's the journey and not the detination. Excellent post.

Message Edited by MachineZed on 05-10-2004 09:00 AM

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X Machine'Zed X
Obsidian Dagger Squadron

Excellent post.

I've played a few MMOs, and I've always found that I get bored with the game when I strive to accumulate the most items or grind towards uberness. I've learned to have fun when I play. I powergame at times, but other times I just sit around with my ingame friends and chat. I'm also an RPer, which I've found makes the game 10 times more interesting for me because it's so creative and there's a lot of player interaction, and it's just plain fun for me.

Grinding towards uberness only means you're working. That's not to say you can't or shouldn't grind at times, but just pace yourself and only make it a side goal to what you're really trying to do, which is have fun. Grinding is a horrible goal, because it gets so tedious and boring, not to mention once you finish the grind, where do you go from there? Ok, you've unlocked your FSCS. What if you end up not liking being a Jedi. Maybe you're sick of grnding and on't want to grind Jedi xp. From the Jedi I've talked to, it's a lot of work to grind jedi xp. One of them put it very well with "think of it like having all your skills only taking combat experience". Maybe it's too frustrating because of bounty hunters. Or maybe you just don't enjoy being a Jedi once the novelty wears off. So you've spent hours and hours of gameplay for something you might not even like, and when you get there you're sick of the game because you've burnt yourself out. Whatever the reason, grinding just kills the game.

I say send your time playing the game, not working in it. Find a profession you enjoy and play with it. Try being a crafter, not just grind through it, but try to set up a shop with vendors and sell quality goods, you might enjoy that far more than beinga Jedi. Participate in the GCW if you haven't already. Try roleplaying too if you've never done it before, it can be very fun and rewarding too.

In any case, do what you do to have fun. Some people have fun grinding, although I don't think many do. I think many people do it because others are, and they just want to become uber, not realizing they might not like what they get when they get to their goal. Just have fun, this is a game and games are suppose to be fun.

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MegAtomic wrote:

The very line that brought you here: **experience the greatest star wars saga ever told.....YOURS**

Many of you forgot this line. But that does not matter. But before you whine or complain or leave out of boredom.
Remember you have only yourself to blame. And that goes for every MMORPG.

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While its true that SWG has improved a lot since launch, blaming boredom on the players is rediculous. What if SOE had just slapped the Starwars name on a simple text chat program? Would it still be the player's fault if they weren't having a fun, Starwars experience? There's a difference between a Roleplaying Enviroment, and a Roleplaying Game. Being classified as a "game" implies that something will have rules to govern how the participants play the game. In an MMOG such as SWG, those rules are all the algorithms and code that control combat, crafting, content interaction, player balance, etc. In such a situation, players have every right to complain when these rules are either broken, poorly implimented, unbalanced, or contradictory.

/cheer megatomic

great post

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Imaridril wrote:

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MegAtomic wrote:

The very line that brought you here: **experience the greatest star wars saga ever told.....YOURS**

Many of you forgot this line. But that does not matter. But before you whine or complain or leave out of boredom.
Remember you have only yourself to blame. And that goes for every MMORPG.

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While its true that SWG has improved a lot since launch, blaming boredom on the players is rediculous. What if SOE had just slapped the Starwars name on a simple text chat program? Would it still be the player's fault if they weren't having a fun, Starwars experience? There's a difference between a Roleplaying Enviroment, and a Roleplaying Game. Being classified as a "game" implies that something will have rules to govern how the participants play the game. In an MMOG such as SWG, those rules are all the algorithms and code that control combat, crafting, content interaction, player balance, etc. In such a situation, players have every right to complain when these rules are either broken, poorly implimented, unbalanced, or contradictory.

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