It’s all about forward momentum. As long as there’s a path forward, as long as there’s a way to progress, I’m happy. Even if the going is slow, I’m OK with it knowing that one day I’ll get to where I want to be.
Yet MMOs sometimes throw up a big, nasty wall that stops me dead in my tracks, and that is one of the most disheartening things ever. This past week I’ve been struggling with a quest in LOTRO called The Shadow Over Shathur Munzu. I’ve spent many game sessions inside this small public dungeon, trying to finish a quest an unable to do so. The mobs are too tough, too packed together, and even when I can find a mate to play with, the roving quest mob I need never shows his ugly face. I’ve rage quit at least twice on that.
Usually, my solution to hitting a wall is to walk away from the game for a day or two and then come back with a fresh outlook. But that’s me. What do you do when you hit a wall in an MMO? Do you grind through it, flee from it, research it, overwhelm it with friends, or something else entirely?
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!
