I have a set group of highschool friends that I mmo with when in the season, and we are pretty closed off twinking our own toons for hard mode group material. A lot of gamers are asshole showing off their epeen or just fall into that mentality when they are playing. I'll grab a raiding guild now and then, and I find it annoying that the majority log on and are either silent or bragging about good they are and how much you suck. Then just log off as soon as the raid is over. Not too pleasant.
When I began Everquest, over a dozen years ago, the genre was fresh and new and incredibly difficult. The was no soloing unless you were a necromancer, and even then it was hard as hell. The high difficulty of it actually made the gamers very nice and friendly. I think because people relied on others to do just about everything it kept the community more pleasant. Nobody wanted to be blacklisted by the server for being annoying or purposely trying to get others killed when deleveling and strict xp climbs was on the table. The community in the early mmo days was a peaceful and awesome experience. Nowadays everything is nearly soloable and people don't need to worry about their reputation, because you can do it all by yourself so why not be an asshole? That's one theory anyway.
When I began Everquest, over a dozen years ago, the genre was fresh and new and incredibly difficult. The was no soloing unless you were a necromancer, and even then it was hard as hell. The high difficulty of it actually made the gamers very nice and friendly. I think because people relied on others to do just about everything it kept the community more pleasant. Nobody wanted to be blacklisted by the server for being annoying or purposely trying to get others killed when deleveling and strict xp climbs was on the table. The community in the early mmo days was a peaceful and awesome experience. Nowadays everything is nearly soloable and people don't need to worry about their reputation, because you can do it all by yourself so why not be an asshole? That's one theory anyway.
