First post ever.

First.


Now that that is out of the way. Now I can concentrate on what's been absorbing my time lately.
A mix of playing Champions Online free player, and Disgaea 3.

I started playing CO about a week ago, with no real reason other than the ever gnawing hunger for more games.
At first I made a mind based sentinel, which is the closest thing to a healer the game has. I didn't fall in love with that character so I deleted it.
So I started another, a grimoire, which is basicly the mario class of this game. I've been on a kick of playing Dissidia Final Fantasy whenever I can't sleep, go to the john, take the bus, etc, and Exdeath is one of my favorites to play as.  So...  I based my CO char on him.

 Now, there's no playable villains side in CO, but since the first time I logged in, about 1/4 of the other players I've looked at are demons, batwings, horns and all. Not to mention the first character I made was one too.  >_>
So yeah, no body seems to care about what side they're on, as long as they get to grind XP on classic comic book thugs and goons.
But that's the thing, XP grinding gets boring by yourself and I'm horrible at making friends in games nowadays, I never ask for help,(mostly since I'm smart enough to do it all solo,) and if I can't do something, it's cause it's way too high a level for my character in the first place.

I'm too busy trying to power level to socialize. Let me talk about Star Trek Online, a sister MMO to CO,(both are developed by Cryptic,) and expound on what this means. The last time I played, My captain was maximum rank. I got there by myself, since no teamwork is required to get up to the level cap. I had 1 person in my friends list, and only because he wanted me to add him. I typically make female avatars 99% and I am pretty good at not making them ugly. Tangent: Somehow I always forget that there are tons of people out there willing to cyber with anything that looks hot to them, even if they claim no homo, yet know the person behind the cute avatar is male. Anyways, cyber has never been my thing, but the point I'm trying to make is that MMO's are about playing with friends, or at least making friends in the process. While I did that in WoW, I only did that when I was a noob. Once I went hardcore with the friends I made there, I never made very many new ones. And that is what stuck with me, I'm not an elitist jerk, I share my info with noobs who are learning, but I just never maintain contact with them, since they can't possibly help me get more epic gear.
Now when I play ANY other MMO, It takes me a day or two of fooling around to 'get it' and then know how the game works, what and how to use stats, and an idea of how much grinding it will take to hit cap. All the while, I may never speak to a single other person, (other than typical barrens chat chuck norris drivel,) Which leaves me in the same boat I'm in in STO, Max Level, Awesome Ship. No Buddies. Then I'm bored since there's nothing else to level up, no new powers or skills to play with, and no drive to epic my avatar out since that takes the one thing I lack. In game friends.

And that's why I play games like Disgaea 3. The level cap is 9999. Just look at this vid:






The numbers just keep going up. Maybe I'll save that for another day.