Some of MMO's bigest hurndles

If you talk to most people who don't like M.M.O.s; the first thing they will cite for not liking the genre is the monthly cost. I can understand that to a point. But what I think the main disconnect between people who really like M.M.O.'s and those who just don't get them is the big picture.

A MMO is more than just the game. Granted the game is very important though it's how you play it. The game can be much more than a DPS, Tank, heal-bot and nuker. I think one of the really fun parts of the game that seems to get overlooked or trivialized is that you can play with anyone other the planet. That alone I think would and does appeal to tons of people. It helps you get a little world perspective, plus it's fun to see people from other countries go at it. Case in point just listen Australians and New Zealanders go at it. That alone for me has been worth fifteen bucks a month for me to see them really go at it. The only down side is I now refuse to where any wool products from either of those two countries. If you have never heard the two people go at it from either of those two countries lets just say steam cleaned is just not enough.

Now lets address the elephant in the room. A game in which you only rent time to play. It's the same as when you go to a concert or a movie but; because both have been happens longer than MMOs this is not seen as a waste of money. Well you might think it's not a waste to see either of those because other people are there. Yet when you log into a game most of the people running around are really there as well. So that can't be it. So is it ownership of the game? Because as I have already stated that the disk you buy to install the game is yours. You do buy it.

Still you might say that's good and all but I'm still pissing money down the drain. Then I would ask you if you have a netflix account or game fly account? That's pissing money away as well. Yet there is one game that I can point to that has a one time buy option. It turns out that Turbine has a one time buyout option for the Lord of The Rings Online. the cost what two years cost. That's it, you can log on for for the rest of the games life and play to your hearts content for no more cash except for the price of optional expansions.

So as long as you like or can stand Tolkien fans who seem to unusually nice for a online community. You could enjoy the game for as long as it is up and running. If that's not enough of a reason to at least give a mmo a chance I don't know what else to say. �