The toxicity of questing in MMORPGs today

[Mugiawara]

Hey guys, I'm the original person who wrote the blog on the toxicity of questing.

I just don't understand why you used the word "Toxic".
I feel like you used an extreme word for something that's not all that bad at all.
Oh well, I came from League and people there are TOXIC as all hell
and that is where I first heard it being used, so I don't see the comparison.

[Annwyn]

Someone said the writer just wanted MMOs to be like SAO anime/novels...

I actually had the .Hack// series in mind as the "ultimate goal" of developers when I wrote my blog post, but SAO or even Log Horizon are not bad comparisons either.

I just don't understand why you used the word "Toxic".

I like the definition of 'toxicity' on Wikipedia : "Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage an organism." From my perspective, quests are so overused that they begin to harm the player experience. Rather than appearing as a mean for the developers to tell a story, it comes across as a mean for the developers to lengthen or control the time it takes for you to progress through the game. It makes sense considering that's how they make money, keeping players active in the game, but by overusing it I find that the quality of the quests themselves suffers greatly, and so does my enjoyment of the game.

[Zigabar]

I just don't understand why you used the word "Toxic".

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