MMOs and the demise of Uru

When Uru shut down I thought I wouldn't do another MMO. Partly for the time and partly because World of Warcraft and the like never appealed to me.

As the old saying goes, Never Say Never. I picked up Age of Conan a few weeks ago. What first caught my eye was the beauty of the graphics in the screen shots and trailers. I have always enjoyed the world of Conan stories as well. It is an MMO first and foremost, so there are some down sides, but I am actually enjoying it. Even the odd control it yourself combat system is better than I feared. It still is difficult as a solo gamer because as you go up in level the quests get much harder.

You start in a solo adventure, to learn the game, and then go to a town where there are solo and group quests. The solo ones I can handle, but, as a casual gamer, the group quests are quite a bit more difficult. Since my life outside the game is quite full, I don't have the time to devote to the game. This makes it harder to find other people to help with the multi-player quests, so I die a lot trying to complete them solo. I am glad the death penalties aren't too harsh because that would drive me away very quickly.