[Disclaimer]: In no way is this post intended to offend any person, mage or halfling. Its intent is to have a sad discussion and of the reminisced.
Hi everyone,
I'm from a long heritage of RPG's, that I don't care to list because if you are a gamer. It's as simple as that. It's not a contest as it seems to be in other posts. I'm not here to argue classes being better than others or people not knowing how to use their classes. So i'll make this as short as possible and get to the point:
When EQ2 came out I subscribed to an account (leaving EQ to try EQ2) and was totally impressed. The graphics, the abilities, the possibilities were endless! My stay was short lived when I left to serve in Iraq. Now, upon my return from combat, I play EQ2 to keep my mind off what I've seen. It's a way to escape, even if its only for a few short hours while the wife goes shopping with her friends. So I post my dilemna:
I've been playing again for almost a month, reacquainting myself with my characters, the new game-play and some veteran awards I was rewarded while overseas. But now I've found there is an eerie silence in Norrath. I will OOC just to chat and there is either no response, or a smart-*** remark thats rather un-intellectual to say the least. I will shout to attempt to spark some RolePlay on the Lucan D'Lere(RP) server and there is either no response, or someone threatening to open a "CAN OF WHOOP-***" on me with excessive caps. I've heard there was some drama that happened on the (RP) server that killed the (RP) but frankly, I could care less. Did this drama make the hardcore RolePlayers stop playing EQ2 ? I highly doubt it.
Is this game NOT to have fun anymore? I just want a good straight answer why it is so anti-social. Why RP means caps lock words circa 1995+. I watched my friend play Guild Wars, which is his addiction and to each his own. As I watched, the local channel was just filled with constant spam, caps lock spam, I need a girlfriend spam, watch me dance spam, excessive WTS WTS WTB spam. The games players just seems adolescent and immature, and I only compare this to when I started RPGs. We were (sanely) serious about our games, and had an absolute blast playing in a world where we didnt have to hear quotes from Napolean Dynamite every ten seconds.
-End Rant
As I said. I dont mean to offend anyone. I'm just curious what happened to the fun. I want people to talk to, to play with. I miss being able to go:
t millen Hey mike, lets go kick some gnoll tail together!
Saddened,
Dan