Choose My Adventure: Be gentle with me edition

Alright, places everyone. Cue the John Williams music. I'm about to embark on my life-long dream of being an adventurer for hire. That's right folks, you've got a new ~~host~~ puppet to play around with (or stick pins in, if you prefer) when it comes to Massively's Choose My Adventure. Now's your chance to pick my poison in terms of the lands I'll be pillaging, plowing, or otherwise partaking of for the next six weeks.

Now, I know what you're thinking (because it's the same thing I'm thinking): how in the heck is he going to play Age of Conan, report on community and customer service, bring us the news, and do justice to the CMA title of everyone's choosing? Honestly I don't know, but I'm betting it will involve truck loads of caffeinated beverages.

So what'll it be, dear readers? WAAAGHing it up in Warhammer? Running for our lives as Deathwing singes our back hair? Fretting over interfaces and leves in Final Fantasy XIV? Dodging Darkfall's PvP fanatics? These are but a few of our options this week. Anyway, before I end up with a preamble that's as over-the-top as a side of chilled monkey brains, flip past the cut to get to the polls and pick our next great adventure.

Also, make sure you cast your vote prior to 11:59 pm Eastern on Tuesday, November 9th.

Continue to Part II.

CMA: Be gentle with me
Age of Conan	70 (2.8%)
Champions Online	147 (5.8%)
Darkfall	1408 (55.6%)
EVE Online	115 (4.5%)
Final Fantasy XIV	128 (5.1%)
Global Agenda	288 (11.4%)
Pirates of the Burning Sea	111 (4.4%)
Runes of Magic	26 (1.0%)
Ryzom	58 (2.3%)
Star Trek Online	56 (2.2%)
Warhammer Online	58 (2.3%)
World of Warcraft	68 (2.7%)

Join Jef as he morphs from a ranty writer into a grindy action hero in a Choose My Adventure directed by you, the Massively readers! Add Jef in-game to play along, or simply follow the column every Wednesday for a recap of the week's mischief. When six weeks are up, we'll spin the wheel of fate and do it all again.

Reader Comments (56)

I'd like to see DarkFall's updates to PvE and maybe join you/others in a group of noobs checking out the game. I played the trial for a day before and really liked it I was just all alone and didn't know what to do.

I'd love to come back to Darkfall, tbh (and I probably will anyway if it doesn't win, lol). Tell your friends to vote, or post on the Darkfall boards, or both.

I should clarify, I'll probably resub on my own time if it doesn't win, I'll of course bow to the wishes of the CMA electorate for the next six weeks. :p

If only DF had some extra love with its U.I.
I really want to like the game but I just can't get over the 1st person akward interface.

+1 DF.

The UI is a bit lacking from my experience (though it was only a day of play). I have read that some time in 2010 they are supposed to overhaul it.

I haven't really followed Choose My Adventure much, do you allow others to join you as you play(more so than just random grouping/questing)?

Sure, anyone can play along, we'll group or do whatever. This is my first time doing the column so I'll figure it out as I go. Past columns have gone down the winning game's progression path as far as they could in six weeks, and offered a couple of set play sessions per week.

I'll probably do that too, as well as log in and play at odd times when my schedule permits it. You'll be able to friend my main character as his info will be part of an upcoming column entry.

Now, if a PvP-centric game like Darkfall or EVE wins out, and I end up getting ganked for six hours straight, I'll probably roll a less public character in order to actually get to play the game enough to write about it. Who knows, maybe a bunch of newbs will band together to fight off the hordes. Anything can happen really, it's up to you guys as far as that goes.

My vote goes for "Hello Kitty Online".

I noticed it was missing from the list but figure since Massively has chosen to report on it, they should be forced to play it :)

YES!!! I vote for Hello Kitty Online also!!!

May as well vote for Star Trek Online then

i just resub'd to darkfall yesterday. My thought was a month of darkfall, then go back to wow to chk out cat for a month and go from there.....

I'd really like to see someone play FFXIV for the first time. I can't believe all the people who say it's so frustrating.

I picked Eve Online just because that game was a real struggle for me to get into. Never really figured it out.

Be interesting to see the introduction to the game documented.

Ryzom is in a REALLY good place right now. I'm envious of an actual beginner.

Beau

FFXIV, please. I want to know more without having to dredge through it myself.

HELLO KITTY!!! Do ite! .... thats gentle ^-^

Dude, Lego Universe just came out. Play that.

If you get FFXIV, come to Rabanastre Server!
We can weave death and heap ruin upon a boundless abundance of Dodos.

Darkfall's a good choice. I never got into it, but I'd be interested in someone else's experience with it.

As I've said for each of the last four "what next" votes: Wurm. Yet still it's not even on the list.

Why WoW and EVE but not Wurm, Vindictus, Tale in the Desert, or some other game that mainstream MMG players aren't familiar with? We all know how WoW and EVE play; it's like offering to share recipes for Jell-O.

Vindictus is pretty mainstream (much moreso than EVE at any rate), everybody and their dog is playing it. In my personal opinion, it's also not an MMORPG nor very interesting, which is why I didn't include it.

I'm with on WURM and ATITD though, it's been awhile since I've played either and they'll be on the next vote if I'm still on the column (we do pass it amongst the writers though, so no guarantees).

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