Week in Review: New promise for an Old Republic

@Shadowbender

Gaming in MMOs always benefits you to join early on. After a certain point, you're just too far behind. Besides, early on, everyone has the sense of wonder and exploration. Eventually, it just becomes something you do while you look at walkthroughs and how-to guides. Its kind of like the multiplayer for online shooters. Early on, before people discover the glitches and easy strategies, its glorious chaos.

@Shadowbender

You make a good point, I didn't play WoW till Burning Crusade came out. I did have fun, but I always felt like I missed a big chunk of the game, no one was doing the older instances and it just felt like I didn't see a huge chunk of the game.

@Shadowbender

I can't say my experience agrees. I jumped into WoW at the tail end of Ulduar, and while learning the ropes was maybe a bit more difficult at the very onset, I got into a decent guild on a smallish server pretty quickly, who helped me out a bunch and we managed to do most all the old dungeons as we were leveling, etc. etc.

When I hit 80 I got to go through Naxx a few times because it was almost still relevant, then ToC came out, I did the Heroic grind and I was pretty much on par with everyone. Didn't take too long to get to Tribute to Mad Skill. I got good gear and guilds were still doing Ulduar for achievements, so I got to see all of that and even got an Algalon title out of it.

Etc. etc. You get the idea. I felt like I had a pretty complete experience minus a few things like the AQ event. It really wasn't that bad and I had a really really good time leveling my first character (Warlock) and exploring the world. The introduction of LFD and again my guild also got me through all the BC instances as well (on alternate characters).

@Shadowbender

Hey, it worked for RIFT

@Shadowbender Just the opposite actually, many mmos - especially WoW, give you ever increasing reward for joining later in the game. Everything gets easier and takes less time, things that launch players spent 6-12 months working towards can be obtained in

@Waxil less 24 hours if you're just starting in year 5 (or whatever).
Sure you miss out on all the "firsts" but unless you're playing 12-18 hours a day you're not going to be the one hitting those anyway. Overall it's always better to start later.

@Cadattack123

amen man!

@LeStryfe79

how much were you paid to post this?

While I'm not a huge guild wars fan. I just couldn't get into the original, denying that GW2 will have a large playerbase is no better than sticking your head in the sand and hoping that the dog wont bite you in the arse.