Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Back to Vanguard, or Why I Hate MMORPGs
Vanguard...Schmanguard.
So, I had heard that Vanguard has been significantly improved upon since launch, and since I've grown tired of AoC already (I have ADD when it comes to games, apparently), I thought I'd fish out my 10 day trial that came with the game and give it another go.
First of all, my computer just sucks. I have got to upgrade, and as if AoC wasn't reminder enough, Vanguard also plays like poop. I have to turn the graphics way down, which makes the scenery all blocky and blah, and that alone distracts me from content because it's still kind of laggy. While there appears to be some interesting facets to the game--the same interesting facets as before, mind you--I can't really enjoy them because I need a better system.
Stop pushing me into a corner, software manufacturers! I don't want to upgrade yet!
Aside from all the performance related problems I seem to be having with games lately, I'm just kind of bored in general. There's nothing out there that does "it" for me anymore. I'm having a hard time getting all excited about any one game. I wish I could find something that could give me a character like my WoW Hunter (and her ability to tame beasts) mixed with an EQ2 Warden's ability to shapeshift and the Ranger's ability to stealth...with the realm PvP siege content of Lineage II. And AoC graphics. With LOTRO-like story lines. Also, no grinding. More crafting, but easier.
I mean, is it too much to ask?
Apparently.
I'm trying to figure out if I can even continue to play Vanguard with my performance issues, and if I do, if it will make up for the hours I lost just patching the stupid thing. So far, I'm as unimpressed as I've been with basically everything else here lately. I beta test every MMORPG that comes out, and I just haven't found anything good.
B-O-R-E-D. Bah.
My husband, meanwhile, happily grinds his little heart out in WoW, and I keep thinking that maybe it's a fundamental flaw in my brain that makes me unable to endure the same type of content over and over.
I WANT to play WoW, I really do. I actually have done nothing with my character since the expansion...she's still at 60, in the Outlands, living off of scraps and the remains of her Worg, no doubt. I just can't seem to do it. There's rep to be gotten...grinding to be done...and everyone is way far ahead so there's few to partner with. I level slow. I have a life. Everyone outlevels me pretty quickly. I hate immature little freaks that run through instances like Leeeeroy.
And now, I'm whining.
Damn it.
Minor Irritations from the Support Desk
1) Windows XP, Service Pack 3. You install it, you can't uninstall IE 7. It won't let you. You have to uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reinstall SP3 and hide the IE 7 update if you don't want to upgrade your IE. Bah. Firefox, that's the answer.
2) NVIDIA. Same deal, different week. Don't believe me? Look.
3) I hate Mitsumi card readers. Mitsumi=fail.
4) Customer spam. You know, chain letters and the like. I love that you like me enough to put me in your address book, just please don't send me Nigerian Bank spam. Please?
5) Industry events that happen in the middle of the week. Nvision, for instance, is Monday-Wednesday. Why? We have jobs to do!
So, I had heard that Vanguard has been significantly improved upon since launch, and since I've grown tired of AoC already (I have ADD when it comes to games, apparently), I thought I'd fish out my 10 day trial that came with the game and give it another go.
First of all, my computer just sucks. I have got to upgrade, and as if AoC wasn't reminder enough, Vanguard also plays like poop. I have to turn the graphics way down, which makes the scenery all blocky and blah, and that alone distracts me from content because it's still kind of laggy. While there appears to be some interesting facets to the game--the same interesting facets as before, mind you--I can't really enjoy them because I need a better system.
Stop pushing me into a corner, software manufacturers! I don't want to upgrade yet!
Aside from all the performance related problems I seem to be having with games lately, I'm just kind of bored in general. There's nothing out there that does "it" for me anymore. I'm having a hard time getting all excited about any one game. I wish I could find something that could give me a character like my WoW Hunter (and her ability to tame beasts) mixed with an EQ2 Warden's ability to shapeshift and the Ranger's ability to stealth...with the realm PvP siege content of Lineage II. And AoC graphics. With LOTRO-like story lines. Also, no grinding. More crafting, but easier.
I mean, is it too much to ask?
Apparently.
I'm trying to figure out if I can even continue to play Vanguard with my performance issues, and if I do, if it will make up for the hours I lost just patching the stupid thing. So far, I'm as unimpressed as I've been with basically everything else here lately. I beta test every MMORPG that comes out, and I just haven't found anything good.
B-O-R-E-D. Bah.
My husband, meanwhile, happily grinds his little heart out in WoW, and I keep thinking that maybe it's a fundamental flaw in my brain that makes me unable to endure the same type of content over and over.
I WANT to play WoW, I really do. I actually have done nothing with my character since the expansion...she's still at 60, in the Outlands, living off of scraps and the remains of her Worg, no doubt. I just can't seem to do it. There's rep to be gotten...grinding to be done...and everyone is way far ahead so there's few to partner with. I level slow. I have a life. Everyone outlevels me pretty quickly. I hate immature little freaks that run through instances like Leeeeroy.
And now, I'm whining.
Damn it.
Minor Irritations from the Support Desk
1) Windows XP, Service Pack 3. You install it, you can't uninstall IE 7. It won't let you. You have to uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reinstall SP3 and hide the IE 7 update if you don't want to upgrade your IE. Bah. Firefox, that's the answer.
2) NVIDIA. Same deal, different week. Don't believe me? Look.
3) I hate Mitsumi card readers. Mitsumi=fail.
4) Customer spam. You know, chain letters and the like. I love that you like me enough to put me in your address book, just please don't send me Nigerian Bank spam. Please?
5) Industry events that happen in the middle of the week. Nvision, for instance, is Monday-Wednesday. Why? We have jobs to do!
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