direpath
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I'm a busy guy. I have four kids, a wife, a full-time job, plus a rental house and I am co-owner of a farm. That being said, I have plenty of time most evenings to play games, which I love. I occasionally need to check myself in the game-life balance category, but my wife is usually good to call me out and I am good at listening for this.
I have been finding myself being a roaming MMO player as of late. I have a ton of games kicking around. When it comes to single player ones, I cannot even think of the last time I actually completed one.
Here is my current list of games I tend to rotate through:
I tend to cycle through them. Last summer I was in GW2, then SWTOR, then WoW, then I bought TSW, then returned to WoW, moved to Terenas and played there for several months. Then I got back into D3, capped a Crusader while playing WoW. I then picked up SWTOR where I am currently. All of that is within a span of less than a year lol.
I have the pre-order of WoD for WoW and intend to return for that (if not before). SWTOR interests me in terms of finishing class stories and achievements. The end game holds little interest for me (truly in any game). My problem is Wildstar is only weeks away and I am eyeballing it again. I'm going to give the open beta a go and see if it interests me. I was in closed beta and stopped playing it after a few weeks. I'd love to love it, but I am skeptical about it winning out and even if it does, I have WoD coming by the fall...
So if I end up adding WS, thats another game in the list. Oh my. I wanted to try FF14 and briefly considered ESO, but neither held enough interest for me to pay for another subscription-based game.
Don't get me wrong. I play plenty as is and wish for no more playtime. I just get a bit overwhelmed when I look at the list of games I am not playing. I played each more than enough to get my money's worth out of them so I am not feeling like I have wasted money. I would say that when I decide what I am playing, subs will play into that. I will not sub for more than one game at a time. So that means WoW/WS/SWTOR are competing for my time. If I am subbed I will tend to play that game over a F2P game. Yes I do realize SWTOR can be played for free, but it is terrible in that format so I consider it a sub-or-don't-bother game.
Do any of you find yourself in the situation of tons of games you want to play/finish and not enough time?
I have been finding myself being a roaming MMO player as of late. I have a ton of games kicking around. When it comes to single player ones, I cannot even think of the last time I actually completed one.
Here is my current list of games I tend to rotate through:
- WoW - I have been playing since vanilla, recently moving to Terenas to join TF. I resub at least once each expansion for 6-9 months (not all at once some times). I enjoy it but its old and I need to mix it up.
- GW2 - Love the visual style and the combat. The gameplay tends to get a bit dry in the higher levels. Being part of LoJ helps. No sub helps too.
- SWTOR - Love the stories and achievements. Collections are my favorite thing. BotL/CttL are my home. They are a small bunch but its nice to have a few around here and there.
- TSW - The combat was interesting but the difficulty jumps in each new area pushed me away. I love the story, lore, and ambiance. Language is a bit much (headphone game for sure) and the dark content can be a bit overbearing. I do wish to carry through the story. No sub is a nice bonus.
- Diablo 3 - No sub. Single player for the most part (never at the same level as my friends). Love achievements and leveling. Transmog rules.
- Starcraft 2 - love playing the campaign. I have not finished. Achievements.
I tend to cycle through them. Last summer I was in GW2, then SWTOR, then WoW, then I bought TSW, then returned to WoW, moved to Terenas and played there for several months. Then I got back into D3, capped a Crusader while playing WoW. I then picked up SWTOR where I am currently. All of that is within a span of less than a year lol.
I have the pre-order of WoD for WoW and intend to return for that (if not before). SWTOR interests me in terms of finishing class stories and achievements. The end game holds little interest for me (truly in any game). My problem is Wildstar is only weeks away and I am eyeballing it again. I'm going to give the open beta a go and see if it interests me. I was in closed beta and stopped playing it after a few weeks. I'd love to love it, but I am skeptical about it winning out and even if it does, I have WoD coming by the fall...
So if I end up adding WS, thats another game in the list. Oh my. I wanted to try FF14 and briefly considered ESO, but neither held enough interest for me to pay for another subscription-based game.
Don't get me wrong. I play plenty as is and wish for no more playtime. I just get a bit overwhelmed when I look at the list of games I am not playing. I played each more than enough to get my money's worth out of them so I am not feeling like I have wasted money. I would say that when I decide what I am playing, subs will play into that. I will not sub for more than one game at a time. So that means WoW/WS/SWTOR are competing for my time. If I am subbed I will tend to play that game over a F2P game. Yes I do realize SWTOR can be played for free, but it is terrible in that format so I consider it a sub-or-don't-bother game.
Do any of you find yourself in the situation of tons of games you want to play/finish and not enough time?