My Geek Notes

So world of warcraft has had its grips on me since the beginning of time (well, since it came out). I’ve created every character, and in many cases i’ve had characters achieve levels greater than 40 (two of which are 60+). I am located on the kel’ thuzad server and I am a horde player, the best kind.

Recently the burning crusades expansion pack was release and everyone had the opportunity to have their characters reach lvl 70. I myself held off and instead created a blood elf paladin with the incentive that I would not play in the outlands (the expansion zones) until my paladin was able to successfully play out there. Well last week I achieved that goal and even passed my previous lvl 60 druid up, I am now a lvl 61 paladin and I couldn’t be happier.

My problem right now is after getting to lvl 61 I am experiencing an insane amount of game burnout, I log in for only a few minutes and I am bored. I’ve had this happen before with my other character, so what I have decided to do is take a break from warcraft.

In the meantime I am playing another mmorpg (can you tell I like massive multiplayers yet?) this one is called Ryzom. For a massive multiplayer this game has a great story-line, with a huge emphasis on player involvement in the future story-line/plot of the game. This game just about allows total freedom in how you play you character. If you like to harvest stuff out of the ground and make items with the resources you find, you can spend all of your time doing that and you get better and better and it without having to spend all your time leveling up killing monsters. Now I am not saying you wouldn’t want to go out and kill monsters, this is one of the funnest features of the game AND they make it beneficial to play and group with other people. You can actually skill up faster if you participate and make yourself and active member of the community.

I’ve only been playing the game for a few days now and I am already impressed by the generosity of the players and the helpful staff (CSR’s). Right when I left the (noob island) where they start you out, I let people know on the universal chat that it was my first day and immediately I was offered assistance and I even had a player show me around the new zone and help me level for about three hours (I am now in his guild).

If you want a great experience and a friendly atmosphere with great graphics and an awesome gameplay format then I suggest you go to http://www.ryzom.com and download the unlimited free trial, what do you have to lose? ITS FREE!!