tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post533474396251314344..comments2023-11-03T02:45:14.110-05:00Comments on I Have Touched the Sky: The Beauty of a Smorgasbord rowanblazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-64427440227488098712013-12-02T16:30:09.998-06:002013-12-02T16:30:09.998-06:00I guess it's a different mindset. I have often...I guess it's a different mindset. I have often felt when paying a sub that I needed to "get my money's worth." On the other hand, I have no problem paying for stuff I want/need in a cash shop. I also don't have a gym membership, because I *know* I would not be getting my money's worth out of it. :Prowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-15664430848177743132013-12-02T14:04:35.620-06:002013-12-02T14:04:35.620-06:00The gym and the National Trust properties aren'...The gym and the National Trust properties aren't there right in front of you as you sit down at your computer. Out of sight is out of mind.<br /><br />Plus most people that have underused gym subs "mean to go", and if they ever think about it how they're not using it, they will tell themselves they'll go more in future.<br /><br />Paying for subs you seldom use might be an option if you have bundles of spare cash, but most of us these days don't feel like that. Which might also explain the timing of the rise of F2P.<br /><br />Time was when I personally subscribed to magazines I didn't have time to read, to orgs whose services I didn't use and much more. Those days are gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-43845441723759193282013-12-02T13:39:05.903-06:002013-12-02T13:39:05.903-06:00I've never really understood the "I'm...I've never really understood the "I'm paying a sub, I have to play all the time" point of view. How many people have a Gym Membership they only use a few times a year? How many people are members of The National Trust but only visit properties once in a blue moon?<br /><br />I've had subs for MMOs that I rarely played because I liked to know I *could* play them on a whim. That I didn't have the whim very often is neither here nor there; the value in the subscription came from my satisfaction in the knowledge that I had it.<br /><br />Of course, so long as MMO companies insist on letting me come through their doors on a whim without having to pay a cent I'm happy to let them go on being idiots about it. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-74512077248446069212013-12-02T13:30:00.954-06:002013-12-02T13:30:00.954-06:00I don't think it was necessarily access alone;...I don't think it was necessarily access alone; more a combination of being in the right place at the right time with a well-designed (despite what haters may say) fun game and a popular IP. On the other hand, while I am deep into TSW, I think it can be done in chunks as you describe. With a limited number of active missions you can jump in do one or two and not worry about the list of twenty you have in your queue. And they rarely take more time than you're spending on a session of WoT or TERA. Also, the maxed-out characters aren't gods compared to the beginners. Anytime you want to fire up your toon again, let me know. I can often help, and if I can't I'm part of two awesome communities that probably can.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-44785178148666870952013-12-02T12:58:24.069-06:002013-12-02T12:58:24.069-06:00I had that problem this weekend - lots of games, l...I had that problem this weekend - lots of games, lots of specials, little time. So I find this to be true - the games I really want to play, to explore, to live in, to appreciate - I can't play them. I'm not at a place in life where I can, as much as I would like to. So instead, its a couple of battles of WoWp/WoT here and a half hour of TERA there, and off to bed. TSW is a good example - I love almost everything about the game, but it seems daunting right now to try to get in and make any sort of progress or have any feeling of satisfaction, knowing how little I can give to the game.<br /><br />But this goes back to the MMO genre overall doesn't it? Is WoW the most successful ever because it was the best, or because it was the easiest to get to? Since one could waltz into Walmart and pick up a boxed computer off the shelf, a time card from the wall, and be off and running...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com