Thursday, December 2, 2010

Practicum #4

Thanks to MapleGuide.com I finally figured out how to get to some of the other islands. I still can't get to the main island, but I discovered another "starter" island where the starter jobs are different from the ones I was able to choose from. I almost wish I had gone with that choice as it sounds much cooler.
I still haven't been able to learn anything new from this game as far as what the online multiplayer aspect of the game does for the gameplay. I'm hoping eventually when I've gotten to some different areas I can either meet some people who will explain it for me or I will learn how to utilize the multiplayer aspect to enhance my game.
Since you can create a different character on each server, I've been considering starting a new character to see how things differ in other locations. I'd like to see what the game is like with a different job as well. I'd like to also play around with clothing, figuring out which items boost which stats and seeing if I can, like other users, try to make my avatar look as "cool" as possible.
As I've mentioned before, it's hard for me to want to play this game. It's really not very fun to me, which makes me wonder why people get so addicted to it and other similar MMORPGs. It really feels like I'm just doing the same thing over and over again. Fighting monsters, collecting items, finishing quests. The quests are really the only thing that I enjoy doing because there is a reward at the end. There is a definitive ending to each quest, and they are challenging to complete but not impossible. It seems everything else within the game seems too open ended, and I don't get any sense of satisfaction from running around killing monsters.

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