Why people quit?

[Tholus]

Why people leave this game after two or three years of playing?

I am asking this question to myself and cant find an answare....

Is it for the game mechanics?
Nah. I still think that with all the bugs and unbalances there is still nothing similar on the market.

Is it for the community?
Nah. I love to think people have friends here. Yes, if I spend three years playng a game and talking with someone, I think I can call him a friend... even if I never met him "really".

Is it for boredum?
Maybe. Everything become boring after a while. But with new patches and so many things to explore and do, and new people to meet, and new battles to win...

Is it for having a nice "goodbay thread"?
Maybe. Everyone can see people crying at his own "funeral", people showing friendship, people sayng "please come back"... and that is a good sensation. But this is an effect, don't think is the reason.

So why? why really?

Consider me as almost an external obsever.
For a long series of reasons my work and family duties dont let me play as much as I would like at the moment.
I log in a bit in the weekends, I play and talk a bit with my friends.
I read this forum sometimes.

But I still have the "pleasure" of playng.
I still have the warm pleasure of talking with people I have meet years ago, to explore new things and kill albs.
Bored? sometimes. But I am not addicted. When I am bored of the game I simply pause playing it, for days, months....
But when I am back, there is the old Tholus, there are his friends and his foes, and still is a joy.
I really hope this will remain the same in times to come.

And I think that losing that "warm pleasure" is the reason people quit.

And still I wonder how, playing with calm and serenity, people can lose that pleasure.
And still miss a good answare...

 

[Hanni]

You think too much mate..

Lighten up and have fun

 

[Tholus]

You think too much mate..

Lighten up and have fun

I have always considered thinking a fun thing.....
but maybe I am weird

 

[Hanni]

Thinking is bad, makes you smarter..
We dont want that..

Please just stop thinking

 

[Elewyth]

people like to quit and blame anyone but themselves for quitting.. so when something comes along like NF and they cant/wont compete then they Wajn about population imbalances and nerfs and zergs etc etc... when really what theyre saying is "i just cba anymore and i suck"

 

[bloved]

I still love you Tholus but the again iam Crazy

and same here i think peeps quiting cause they cant take it no more, or have a to few friends, borred or just taking it wrong its not about how uber you are or what RR or what gear you have... ofc all those this help but the basic line is still Fun

all rest doesnt matter and aslong as the games still fun and they put new stuff to it no matter how nerfed or crap it seem ill keep supporting hib

like Tholus says you have to look pretty good to find a other game like this
and i got way to many friends here so i cant leave they wont let me

imo DaoC still roxs

and for the peeps leaving well have fun with your life, friends or any other game you are going to play .... long as we all get along hugs kisses

ciao Ti amo
:eek2:

 

[bloved]

oh Hanni BTW i looooooooooooooooooooooovvvveee you cute babyface lol

 

[Culanan]

people like to quit and blame anyone but themselves for quitting.. so when something comes along like NF and they cant/wont compete then they Wajn about population imbalances and nerfs and zergs etc etc... when really what theyre saying is "i just cba anymore and i suck"

Niiiiiice generalisation, really covered all the reasons there didn't you...not.

By now I think most of us know the reasons for quitting, there are lots of them, whether we think they are lame or not it doesn't really matter, some go for what many would understand as extremely valid reasons (addiction, irl commitments etc) or not so valid (at least in another persons eyes).

I'm sad to see so many Hibs going, especially some nice old timers, I think they may well back once they see things calm down but why play if frustrated?
Why pretend that the game doesn't have more negative than positive points for some players?

People often say if you don't like it don't play, well that's still true, however people often want things to improve before they actually throw the towel in and if the current state of affairs doesn't suit some players then I happen to think it's a shame, the game should be accessible to everyone and their style of play, whether it's fg vs fg or zerg vs zerg or 1 v1.

I don't think it's too much to want and it's no surprise when people do go, just wish all the narrowminded people would just stop gloating for imagined reasons that only exist in their own heads and have nothing to do with reality but then their has always been something vaguely soap'ish and dramatic about MMORPGS

 

[LordjOX]

bored of the game, after 2.5 years, ups and downs

 

[oblimov]

i quit coz i used radar

oh and i was bored out my tits

 

[Kaap]

My tits Nikie!

 

[oblimov]

no i wasnt bored out ur tits

ive neva seen ur tits

twas only my tits

oh and i missed the wifes tits when playing

ok i think ive said tits enough

 

[Nausilus^^]

I think the answer you're missing isn't there to find. Not because people don't have reasons to quit, but because you speak of it as 1 answer, where I'm very confident that all the people who quit have 1000's of reasons to do so. The people who post about it on FH may be doing so for the attention, but maybe also because this is the last place they can get in touch with some of their ingame friends.
I took a break some time ago because I found DAoC so boring. After 3 years (I only played for 2 years or so, but others played longer), some people might find the game a bit boring.. especially after ToA grinding if the only interest one has in the game is RvR, things tend to get a bit boring. I'm leaving soon too (waiting for WoW), because the game IS boring for me. Of course I have many good friends in the game, but I'm not going to play for them. I've tried a lot of things, killed big mobs, rvr'ed, lvled a lot of characters, getting equipment for them, crafted, explored zones etc etc. I've tried most of what I wanted to try, so now I need something else to try, which will be WoW

For the other people who quits DAoC, I don't know what their reasons may be, but I'm sure they have excellent reasons too. After all, we play the game to have fun, but if the fun isn't there and hasn't been for a long time.. what else is there to do?

 

[angrysquirrel]

You think too much mate..

Lighten up and have fun

thats why people are leaving, they are not having fun.

i dont find the game the same now, i think its to do primarily with the game being old, people moving on to new things and secondly to wow. all the whine posted in fh kinda sums up peoples feelings so its inevitable surely?

interesting thing is, as far as ive seen, its mostly hib doing the leaving- after all, who plays to lose and get outnumbered 24/7?

<-- undecided

 

[Tallen]

Some people (mentioning no names...Raven... ) seem to quit every month and are back after 2 days

I think you may find a LOT quit for good when WoW is released. I have played DAoC since release and have taken a few 6 month breaks, also tried a few other mmog's along the way....but i dont think there has been anything like WoW in the last 3 years and I really think this will have a huge impact on DAoC numbers come the Euro open beta.

I know i will pre-order on the 26th.

The other killer is NF, its another "like-it-or-hate-it" add-on that seems to shed a few players temporarily just as SI and ToA did on release.

 

[Culanan]

no i wasnt bored out ur tits

ive neva seen ur tits

twas only my tits

oh and i missed the wifes tits when playing

ok i think ive said tits enough

I haven't seen any tits except mine for 5 months, it's a sad lonely life

 

[Event]

people like to quit and blame anyone but themselves for quitting.. so when something comes along like NF and they cant/wont compete then they Wajn about population imbalances and nerfs and zergs etc etc... when really what theyre saying is "i just cba anymore and i suck"

You are so full of shit.

The reasons people have for leaving are varied.

I quit daoc for personal reasons. I am someone who cant do something without putting everything into it. The timesink that is daoc sucked me into a circle of escapism and when i awoke my life was falling apart. The game itself is designed to be a timesink so I had to escape. Made friends in daoc but in the end I can chat to them on irc/msn.

Feels good to breathe the free air again, make some changes and prepare for WoW

 

[Mckennitt]

spleen

More to come

 

[Mckennitt]

Originally Posted by Old.Elewyth
people like to quit and blame anyone but themselves for quitting.. so when something comes along like NF and they cant/wont compete then they Wajn about population imbalances and nerfs and zergs etc etc... when really what theyre saying is "i just cba anymore and i suck"

Honestly m8 u dont know shit Sorry for my attitude but judging people like a maze is full of shit..and has nothing to do..
The problem isnt NF or any expansion.. Ofc game needs to be upgraded all the time but a small matter that u just passed and didnt even bother to discuss is our BIG ubah! prob with population..

Yes we managed for 3 years to take away albs/mids in many battles - not all of em - but most of em.. and yes we had quite tons of fun... BUT after NF the population is a big matter and problem for us.. which so far lead us to nothing...

Small example ive faced before some days...

we were trying to defend a keep an dhad around 2-3 fgs hibs ( and thats uber zerg for us ) but for our bad luck we just saw that 150 mids where inc and 167 albs also too ( got ss if u need proof ... and so im asking you.. whats that has to do with all those craps u said.. when simply none give us any other solution than either quit the game or do a break till catacombs arives..

Personally im playing this game quite allot and for my bad luck ( and im saying this cause im really surpised ) as my main is bard i just saw that after NF - bard isnt so MUST class to do.. the startegy on NF simply works.. like : form /bg get peeps go get a keep/tower kill someone and log.. I miss all 1fg vs 1fg too much even with all those crazy alb zergs running in amg--->mmg--->hpk etc etc,cause NF made rvr zerg versus zerg and not group vs group .. Its not experience that counts atm.. just numbers.. even if u got the best tricky sneaky haxor plan even... tell me how u can deal with 100 albs and 100 mids? oh really how ! ;p

Anyway off to my crafting part..cause still playing daoc and hoping it will get better and soon!

/crossing fingers
/goa move your arses and think how hib can be saved
/daoc roxxor

Ps: No offence to anyone - just stated how things are in hib and feelings that most hibs has atm

Regards

Mck

 

[highland3r]

people like to quit and blame anyone but themselves for quitting.. so when something comes along like NF and they cant/wont compete then they Wajn about population imbalances and nerfs and zergs etc etc... when really what theyre saying is "i just cba anymore and i suck"

grow up got nothin 2 do with NF

if peeps quit its only cous there lookin for a new challenge mostly and with the new crap comin out etc its not appealin so much anymore

its like if you see a movie and you expect a sequal (wich arrives eventually) and he sux big time and you had high hopes with it , believe me if you played so much rvr over the years you want a new challenge eventually ; and not even upgrades , patches , classes or anythin can change peeps opinion otherwhys (this got nothin 2 do with being outzerged) cos look theres wow around the corner (alot of peeps seen it same as i did) and r thinkin of movin mostly cous they have seen it all in daoc atm and nothin else

and wanna explore new horizons in games

 

[Drummer]

Hmm.

For me the reason was the pressure of RL and the boredom of DAoC combined.

For 3 years I managed to not think about my RL and the problems I had(school!). And these problems were severe. Because I was always having fun in DAoC these problems seemed far away and all that was important was getting level 50, then rr5 then getting another lvl50 etc etc.....

But I guess the game grew too old for me and it was too time for me to no longer fool myself and quit the addiction that had troubled my life for a while.
Time to pick up my real life for real and get things sorted.

(Unfortunately I'm still doing as bad on school as before)

 

[Raven]

Yes i quit again this week, and yes i have decided to stay, i refuse to let those retards at mythic ruin what is probably the best (going by playtime) online game i have ever played.

The reason i quit was that tanks are boring in NF, i made the most RPs/per hour after NF, if RPs were the reason i played i would be happy, but they arent. Sure great, i can stand at a keep firing a cata for a couple of hours and make 50k RPs, but whats the point, i can try to go solo only to be nuked down by some random toa rog wearing caster or if i am lucky i can get stealth zerged. Grouping, i like random groups, but only if they are going to stay alive, this isnt an elitist comment but if the people in the group you join simply have no idea what thier class is for or havent stuck with a class long enough to learn (fins50s) you dont stand a chance (why bother then) most dont even listen to commands, i am not saying i am the best, i dont even consider myself that good at group rvr, but i try to listen and i try to learn when more experianced players tell me something.

I am going to toa my ranger (not a PL ranger, wasnt made for NF etc) which i made over 18 months ago, got to rr4 and got bored, however, i am not going to farm more money, i will only do it with the money i already have.
I dont like the way that as a tank i am forced into playing a siege bot or caster fodder, i personaly find casters boring to play so am going to have 1 last try at it with a ranger.

Mythic have fucked this game up, not the players, we all know how little a regard to player opinion Mythic have, you just need to see the waste of time that is the team lead program.

All this is besides the point anyway, WoW (euro) is out in around 3-4 months, Goa need to patch us up fast or they will lose a very large part of the community, yes its been said before "when xx game arrives everyone will quit" but this time i think its different, from speaking to people who have played WoW, most of them say its good, tbh good is enough when compared to utter shit.

 

[Robot]

Like some of the others have said, people leave for different reasons. Its looking like ill be quiting very soon, as i am bored of the game and most of the people i was friends with have left the game. I think after nearly 3 years its a good time to move on. Before i played DAOC I had played Ultima Online for near 3 years before deciding i had done all the game offered and many good friends had gone.

 

[vintervargen]

get a duo partner, and you can have have extreme fun in nf

(so that you have speed, some sort of CC etcetera )

 

[Elewyth]

You are so full of shit.

The reasons people have for leaving are varied.

I quit daoc for personal reasons. I am someone who cant do something without putting everything into it. The timesink that is daoc sucked me into a circle of escapism and when i awoke my life was falling apart. The game itself is designed to be a timesink so I had to escape. Made friends in daoc but in the end I can chat to them on irc/msn.

Feels good to breathe the free air again, make some changes and prepare for WoW

it may have been a sweeping generalisation but it covers 80% of those who quit and blame either mythic/nerfs/cant be bothered to arty level/ or are just shit and dont enjoy it because they wont do the grind.

I accept some people quit for other reasons.. personal and social.. myself included after the death of my partner and contracting cancer myself i took time out.. but when u really read most of the quit postings its full of crap.. waj wajn zerging albs ruin my fun... QQ mythic nerfed my class.... if you read between the lines 80% of those who quit do so because they just cba anymore..

 

[GrIrcSpammer]

i quit coz i used radar

oh and i was bored out my tits

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[Ogen]

I blame the lags and the stupid name color bug! Its freaking me out so bad
I mean .. is this really worth paying for? Only thing atm i like is duo´ing with friends and playing shade in bg1.. But then again i love that alot :wub:

Wub u all Tits! mmmm raven :wub:

 

[Kinzana]

Thinking is bad, makes you smarter..
We dont want that..

Please just stop thinking

be blont ! and the rest will folllow

 

[Huntingtons]

you know you shouldn't take Old.Elewyth serious tbh, he posts some of the most retarded comments about hibs (read rvr section)

i havn't quit, but im taking a break... When i get home from whatever i've been doing i simply dont feel the urge to log in and rvr anymore. In the rare case i log in, i just sit in ligen hoping for a grp invite from someone i know, and someone i know wont go seige because i cba with it.

 

[Divinia]

I don't know why people are quitting. But maybe it has something to do with the fact that Mythic tried to remove the most competative aspect of this game with an expansion designed for people who earlier lived in small holes making artificial money. And now they can have a chance for lagged epicbattles of d00m where they can spam buttons on random targets and win because they had the most ppl pressing their realms button when they bought the game.

Or maybe we got more attentionseekers than before, lamers who think ppl here give a fuck if they quit or not and therefor feel a need to post a fucking thread about their retirement.