Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
What I said above would be telling them honestly how I feel about it. If my description sounds appealing, they're going to enjoy the game, just like I have.

It's the other poster I'm responding to who is trying to claim you couldn't convince anyone to try the game by describing it as it stands, when their description is (IMO) a skewed one that misrepresents how the game is supposed to be played and therefore sets up the wrong expectations.
What do you mean "how it's supposed to be played"? Games are supposed to be played how the person WANTS to play it, especially MMO's. Not everyone wants to pause the story and spend 100's of hours doing all of the side-quests and stuff, only to resume the story. I for one know a LOT of players that like to play through the story to as close to the end as possible, then go around and get everything else done.

I also love how you skipped over the other part of the person you quoted. They had asked 9 of their friend's to play and only 1 of them is still playing, but only on new expansions for a month before they go. That is 8 people that COULD have stuck around if they were able to play how THEY wanted too, rather than being told how to play. And this is only 1 person's experience.

The MSQ being as long as it is is a MASSIVE hurdle for a LOT of new players. Yes, they can go and experience everything else as well, but, again, not everyone wants to pause the story to go and do other content. I personally would much prefer to go through the game's story to as close to completion as I can, then come back and start doing everything else. This type of thing isn't available to me, because I first have to spent 100's of hours JUST doing the story.