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| From TheGearPage. And Spaceballs. |
But I do have MMO toons.
I spent a bit of time yesterday visiting some of my old characters, just to check them out for a bit. Such as Dalaak here, my original SWTOR toon.
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| Hello, big fella. |
Or my original LOTRO toon, Aranandor, when he's not lounging around Bree.
There's also my GW2 toon, Mikath...
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| I still think that the toons and NPCs in GW2 all look like the Beautiful People, with flawless skin and impeccable grooming. The beat up outfit notwithstanding. |
Or my friendly Vulcan from STO...
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| And his entire officer corps, too! |
And there's also that crazy Dunmer from ESO...
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| Those loading screens show the actual armor worn, not the outfit she actually has on. That's one thing that Retail WoW does better, at least. |
But I guess that this wouldn't be a post about MMO toons if it didn't include the instigator of this post, WoW:
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| Hey, Lady. Long time no see. |
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| Or even longer, really. |
Okay, that wasn't the actual version of WoW I was talking about, but this one...
I occasionally go to the loading screen just to see how long it's been since I last logged into Retail. If I see "Gear Update" listed on all of these toons, I know it's been some months, and likely at least one major/minor patch in the interim.
Those are four of my most played toons on Retail --the original Azshandra isn't there-- but given how things progressed in Classic WoW, it just didn't feel quite right. Therefore, I tweaked the composition a bit:
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| There. That's better. |
The gear (and levels, to be honest) are all wrong from my perspective, but I'm not planning on doing anything about that. At least now the names are correct on that Warband.
There are other toons I have from MMOs I no longer play* such as Age of Conan, Rift, or Neverwinter, that would require me to install the games again to simply take a screenshot of the loading screen. And then there are games that no longer exist, such as Wildstar, ArcheAge, or TERA. I do miss Wildstar, but not the other two.
Even though I really have no desire to play some games (or specific toons), it's nice to pull them up on screen every once in a while just to enjoy how they looked, and the memories they recalled.
*Again, I'm surprised that Age of Conan is still hanging on after all these years.
EtA: Corrected grammar.
EtA: And corrected some more grammar. Sheesh.
Oh wow, you're not the only one who misses Wildstar. I couldn't figure out what happened there as I thought it was fairly popular. Hmmmm, I wonder if it's still on that old computer. I keep it for Photoshop. I can't remember her name! Ancient
ReplyDeleteI couldn't tell you about the financials, but it's extended time in development likely hurt the game. There was also the focus on a hardcore style of play, which didn't really take off when Wildstar was released. (Ironically enough, Hardcore WoW is very much a thing, but it's also been quite a few years after Wildstar shut down.)
DeleteI'm actually quite surprised at how good the story ended up being. When I tried it first in the Open Beta, I couldn't decide what game Wildstar wanted to be, but ironically enough when I tried it after it went Free to Play, I got past those initial zones and then the game suddenly opened up around L20 or so. I was quite surprised at how interesting the game became at that point.