When I first started playing Warhammer Online as part of Choose My Adventure ages ago, I had a lot of fun. Until I leveled out of the unlimited free trial, anyway. That’s when the game went from a series of pitched PvP battles to being nothing more than a series of mobs roaming about, cycling through fixed PvP battlefields but never actually fighting over them, leveling and farming points without the slightest inclination to actually battle over stuff. It pretty well killed my enjoyment of the game.
Really, that wasn’t entirely the fault of the game itself; the population was low enough that it was a viable strategy and people had just settled upon it. But I think there are other games that introduce themselves well but start to lose their luster quite quickly. Personally, I had more fun starting in RIFT and Allods Online than I did in continuing. So I ask you, dear readers: What MMOs have you liked more when you started than when you advanced? Which titles made a great first impression that faded as you climbed in proficiency?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
