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Re: How Video Games Can Help With Depression

lucasfenix — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:37:33 -0000

I felt the same way 7-10 years ago. I've had the friends disappear thing happen to me, you can keep your friends but it takes effort. Either they're gamers and you hang on to them virtually or you've gotta make the effort to set up a regular meeting.

I wouldn't believe that I could go from from unemployed to management level years later doing something I love. It feels like my life has only just started properly.

There's no shame to being an average guy, in the bigger picture we're all just average cogs, spinning round and making things work. Think of life as an MMORPG raid, you've got the charismatic tanks, the healers supporting everyone, the min-maxing hard studying DPS.. then the rest of the DPS. Now some of them might not be using the most optimal talents or classes but they're doing their part and even if they're at the bottom of the DPS list the raid still needs their damage to down the boss. They'll get their share of loot and improve.

Don't give up because nobody likes a rage quitter.

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lucasfenix — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:41:13 -0000

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Re: Eye on: Aion

lucasfenix — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:48:37 -0000

I'm looking into Aion aswell, I've pre-ordered it as I had no luck winning a beta key from the fansites but I was really impressed. It has a totally different feel to it than most MMO's.

I think it's got the mapdesign of WAR, the UI of WoW, the combos are a wonderful creation which has to be from asia, they love that kind of stuff.

I would have liked it to take a few pages from LOTRO as that had brilliant map design... but then again, I doubt a spaced out design would fit the linear progression of a grind MMO where you don't have to look far to find the quest mobs.

When you figure out how to glide, it's a beautiful thing, it becomes a game within itself.. as you gradually slow down and try desperately to rock your directions back and forward, to find a slight bump or slope and wooosh you're back up in the air gaining speed. I imagine it will be alot funner at higher levels when you can actually fly for longer.

One thing that irks me is the classes aren't explained well enough ingame, you really have to do alot of internet reading before logging in and picking your starting "class".

There's other bugs which haven't been fixed in forever, like the Spritmaster not being able to use pets in the air, isn't air combat supposed to be a big PVP thing? Couldn't they invent a new flying pet that can only be used in the air to give them atleast a small boost? They can clip your wings though, so they do have a few unfair tricks up their sleeves.