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@leakypen

You responded fast =)

I don't have passions in my life, except for friendships with a few select people.  And I have been told that it doesn't really count and/or it is bad to not have passions that are your own.  And even further, some people believe that everyone DOES have a passion, though they just don't know it yet.  I used to be one of those people who tried to look for passions in life and whatnot, but I've started coming to the conclusion that maybe there are people who just don't have passions in their life, and maybe I'm one of them, and that that should be perfectly Ok.

I mean, I still have preferences in life and things I do.  I play video games, gone skydiving once (and plan to again one day), enjoy snowboarding and all that.  But if I never get to do those things anymore, it's just as well.

But, the majority of the world doesn't seem to agree with that.  In fact, there's been a saying that I've noticed going around: "Lack of Passion is Fatal".  I mean, I'm still alive as far as I can tell, and it kind of annoys me that a saying like that exists.  I understand that people are positive about passion.  In fact, I think passion must be pretty awesome to have, and to a degree I envy people who have them.  But I think the negativity towards a lack of passion is a little uncalled for, though I suppose that's not exactly the way people are thinking about it when they post the quote.  Or maybe they are.

PEWPEWPEW's sister guild:

So I've been playing this game now for a bit more than nine months now, and while i have been playing less recently due to time constraints and real priorities rising, my love for this game has not dwindled.  If I could, I would play every night until the sun rose, like I did while I was still in college.

So, why is this game so amazing?

It appeals to all levels of gamers, from casual to pro.  Starting off in this game as someone who was unaware of anything, I had my initial goals that kept me preoccupied, but was challenging enough for my skill level.  With promises of unlocking new classes, i was kept entertained long enough to discover the harder enemies, and harder dungeons.  And of course with that, came better loot.  

And this game gets more compelling as your skills and commitment increases, because of the level of depth included in the game, as well as the consistent and substantial updates that the developers place in more than reasonable intervals.

But what made this so much better than simple grinding as in any other mmorpg?

Fucking permadeath.  It sucks so much when you are starting, just because you want to get to level 20 to unlock other classes.  Yet each time you die, you have to start at level 1 again.  It's almost a throwback to those really old game in arcades that didn't have savepoints, and required winning within a single run.

Yet, once you reach level 20, it is only the tip of the iceberg.  You have 8 stats that you try to max, which admittedly takes a while.  But because of the depth of the game, and the existence of permadeath, "grinding" still seems rather compelling.

And when you die after you start maxing stats.  Man.  That sucks.  Sure you get some compensation (fame and a tiered gravestone) But you lost a character you put so much dedication into.  Your heart, soul, blood and tears went into it, and now all you get is tombstone that disappears as soon as the realm is reset (or even sooner)

Fucking throwback