random thoughts

really kind of torn on teso. on the one hand, i really do like it. its looking like it will be a fun and rewarding long term mmorpg. but on the other hand, i had gotten used to just sittin down for an hour or two at night and playing xbox 1. i like that. theres no commitment. you just jump on. have a good time. and turn it off. i dont have THAT much game time. normally when i play an mmorpg, thats the only game i play. which is where mmos are great. youre not out buying all the new stuff and theres unlimited things to do. but on the other hand, especially when a monthly fee is involved, its always nagging at the back of my mind. i end up making time, that i dont have, to sit down and play because i feel like im missing out on something. its a balance i have yet to figure out.

sidenote: yeah i know. blah blah blah xbox one is terrible blah blah. i actually bought one at launch because i couldnt find a ps4 and i fell in love with it. when ps4s became available i was like aw man... ps4 is what i wanted. i should trade my xbox in. so i did. i felt like i let myself down. the ps4 was, imo, boring. the ps4 to me was like a mid range pc. whereas the x1 is like a midrange pc with all sorts of extra features. i loooove upload studio and how theres always something new going on. theres just so much MORE to the xbox one. yeah the kinect is watching me. but thats fine. theres really nothing weird going on in my living room. and after using it, i actually really enjoy it.

I understand where your coming from.  I bought a 360 finally about three years ago because I was getting tired of dealing with the constant updating pc parts so I could play new games that came out.  Or dealing with random crashes because for some reason something decided it didn't want to work right. 

I also bought an X1 at launch and have been enjoying it greatly.  TESO is the only reason why there is still a pc in the man cave.  I don't worry so much about not playing even when there is a subscription involved.  Usually its only for a couple of days during the month that I might not play.  So I still feel like the sub is worth it.  If I think I'm going to not play for more than a month then yea I would look at canceling.   I remember several all night sessions in SWG when I was younger.  :)

I left out the part where I wasn't enjoying the ps4 so I turned around and traded that back in for an xbox1. Yaaay terrible decisions. Yay wasted money. Yaaaay gamestop. But yeah, super stoked to have the xboxone back. I'm ValewalkerSeed on xboxlive

the NSA is super stoked for you to have the Xbone back too!  :)

But on a less conspiratorial note, the MMO might not be for you then.  Stick with what fits your time schedule and gives you the most enjoyment.  You went back to the Xbone for a reason.  The MMO's will be here when you are ready to come back :)

Lol, This post is funny, not because of your plight, but because I experienced the same thing. After Rift my play style became more relaxed...Then I bought a PS4 and became accustomed for abut three hours a night of play after the family went to bed and I was relaxing...Now ESO is here faster than I expected and I still have so much Assassins Creed 4 to play lol, yet I find myself wanting to play more and more ESO. There simply isn't enough time in the day for everything I want to do. I find myself missing those all nighters with Everquest and then SWG...I remember them fondly. Especially the friendships I would make during those marathons. I'm hoping once I move my PC out of the bedroom and into the living room I'll be able to jump into Raidcall more often.

my glory days were back in daoc when i started mmos. i had no idea what an mmo was. i remember being in the starter area (this was back when avalonians started in the woods. camp something forest i believe) and thinking that the whole game was in the forest. i remember the first time i stepped foot outside of the forest into salisbury plains and had my mind completely ripped from my skull. the lack of an ingame map also added to the mystery of it all. i just couldnt fathom what was happening. that game changed my life and led to a lifelong passion of researching what i call "the old world". trials of atlantis came out and more and more people left the game. i moved to wow and was completely blown away all over again, though it was never the same as daoc. played wow for the better part of 6 years. i LOVED rift. i LOVED gw2. i even LOVED swtor. but my son is 3 now. my wife/exwife/whatever she is this week moved out about a month ago. times have changed. i think nostalgia is ultimately what keeps me interested in mmos. i envy the retired guys who get to play all day. at the back of my mind i have the thought of wildstar in 2 months even though i didnt enjoy the beta. im sure ill end up buying it and having a similar experience.

as far as teso, i think once we have a home campaign in ava ill enjoy it much more. from what ive seen, the ava looks absolutely incredible.

LOL Abusabus, if the NSA ever saw me thru the kinect camera they would immediately block it from ever being observed again. 

Lol at the whole NSA thing... I know a couple of conspiracy nuts (and I'm not sure who scares me most, them or the NSA) and I keep telling them - I don't care if they track my cell phone; I don't care if they can watch me through my cable or the Kinect - they will get bored to tears and stop - if they like seeing a 63 old woman romp naked through her apartment or track my visits to the grandkids, the salon,  and the health food store - let them. 

Then they scream, "But the point is they can!"

I calmly reply, "No, the point is I just don't care if they do."  

It frustrates them sooooooooo much - I giggle with delight then I cover the Kinect with a dish towel and take the battery out of my phone 0)

ps.  I really want the Xbox 1 and look forward to playing Destiny on it when it releases.