
A lot of us talk about how long we have been playing MMORPGs with a certain amount of editing. For example, it would be broadly accurate to say that I have been playing World of Warcraft since the game launched… but y’know, there have been breaks in there. And it’s hardly unique in that regard. Oh, sure, I have been playing Final Fantasy XIV since the 1.0 launch, but I am not going to pretend that I have been active in the game during 1.0 as a continual spend-hours-every-day sort of thing.
But I have been subscribed to the game non-stop since the relaunch, and I have been consistently active since then. That is definitely my longest unbroken stretch of time in a single MMORPG, with no real breaks along the way. Sure, some weeks are not terribly active, but I would never describe myself as taking a break.
It can be harder when you’re dealing with free-to-play or buy-to-play games, but I’m curious about what your longest unbroken stretch of time in a single MMORPG would be. Have you been in a game nonstop since it launched? Did you play a single game for several years at a stretch? Or do you tend to graze, playing one game for a few months, then another, on down the line?
