u/ChaiyasingMild

unpopular opinion maybe, but beginner friendly does not mean easy, and the genre keeps confusing the two

easy content teaches nothing, it just delays the wall, what actually helps a new player is hard content with permission to fail at it

the best onboarding i have experienced recently was a structured beginner raid group where wiping was the syllabus, hardest fight in the game, zero pressure, and i learned more in two nights than in months of solo play

which mmo has done onboarding right, in your experience? curious what else is out there

patch day question for the mmo uncles here, you all still get excited or numb already?

my excitement level turns out to depend less on the notes and more on whether got people to run it with

same content, with the group feels like event, without the group feels like chores update

what was the last patch you were genuinely excited for, and were you playing with people at the time

how do you weigh cosmetic monetisation against gameplay monetisation when you pick what to play
i have been on an mmo where the outfits are premium and expensive but the raid gear is entirely drops, and honestly i prefer that trade to the reverse
the dailies are still a chore and i skip them, and nothing punishes me for it, which is the point
where is your line, paying for looks or paying for power?

what actually makes a raid worth learning for you in 2026
i have been thinking about this because the last tier i enjoyed had one mechanic that rooted whoever it marked, so spreading out was the wrong answer and someone had to walk into it
my group argued for a week about who takes it and that argument was the fun part
most tiers i have run since just scale numbers, curious whether anyone still finds designs like that or whether i am remembering the old days too fondly

anybody here quit a game that looks damn good but got nothing to actually do inside
i put forty hours into one purely for the scenery then never opened it again, felt like a waste of a good game
what fixed it for me was not more content, it was five other people expecting me on a fixed night
is it the content or the people that keeps you playing, honestly?