MORTAL depression:

[Emdash]

ahaha, I dunno what else to call it? Some people might say burn out, but I don't think that's it. I'm someone who has come in and out of mortal universe (cuz you can do a lot, but sometimes you energy cannot be housed within their mechanics, one of my greater hopes for MO2 was that it WOULD accommodate that) and sometimes upon logging in after awhile, you look around you and you see things are still happening as they were, but you don't feel 'a part' of it. Compound that with MO 1 graphics, you might have the feeling... why do I even play this shit game?? In general, I think I was cool with MO conceptually, but I did take offense when they DOXXED ALL OUR INFO. YEA I WENT THERE.

I deleted my main, but I still have 'fullspec' fighter but no way to gear her w/ weps. I have decided that the reason I am feeling these feelings re: MO2 is due to the time lapse between reset to x1 skill gain and hard before-release wipe. I still don't understand why they did that, and I wonder if it's going to affect people's motivation to go hard (not everyone, obv, some people are just gobbling MO2 in all forms) from the jump at release. I feel a desire to play, but I don't really have a means. I'm not working to get that means only to be wiped in a week, as it is almost release anyway (assuming they actually pop the game on 25th.) I might make some new chars and just play without even trying to skill them and let them skill naturally, but beyond that... I can't really think of much to do.

Ideally, the transition would be smooth from beta to release, and we would go in still geeking off the fun we had in beta, but, due to this lapse, it's given me, personally, time to think about a lot of the things that are missing from the game, a lot of the systems that are undesirable and will (IMO) produce undesirable, unintended effects, and it gives me pause like... should I save my sub? I probably won't, but I mean I wasn't even thinking about that for a second when we were beta-ing. I thought we'd just go straight out. Two or three weeks w/o really playing MO is enough to break the spell, for me.

Is anyone else feeling this way? It's like... I'm ready for release, but there is no way to sustain this energy. I will have to divert it into other things, and the question then becomes... when MO does actually tru release, will I be able to reclaim said energy and invest it in MO?

Again, I believe this is due to the 'rocky' transition of mistimed wipes. Tho I did do myself dirty (in a moment of insanity!) by deleting my char and my mats haha. But I was legit upset that they dropped the ball on wiping at the right time because... I dunno? I mean, if we had a wipe to where we could actually grow our chars normally and play a bit THEN had to restart for persistence, it would be a bit different than... one week of wiped or w/e. I dunno why anyone would punish themselves speccing a char for such a short time.

YAFEELME??

 

[Amadman]

I have not logged in much the last few days and have been playing other things. But I think for me it is the idea that the fresh start is right around the corner.

It feels like a waste at this point to do anything. Even rerolling seems pointless knowing there will most likely be another wipe before release. I may start a new character and try different stuff after the next wipe. But as of now I am not really motivated to log in.

I am sure that I will be right back in there on release though. The break will probably do more good than harm.

 

[Emdash]

I have not logged in much the last few days and have been playing other things. But I think for me it is the idea that the fresh start is right around the corner.

It feels like a waste at this point to do anything. Even rerolling seems pointless knowing there will most likely be another wipe before release. I may start a new character and try different stuff after the next wipe. But as of now I am not really motivated to reroll my current character.

I am sure that I will be right back in there on release though. The break will probably do more good than harm.

I hope so! I wanna get it in, but yea, I guess I should just forget about MO for awhile.

 

[Rolufe]

Its a decent time for those who wanna test the peak starting strategies i suppose but its not a very big amount of time to do it.

 

[Vulpin]

IMO the wipe needs to happen before officially launch for numerous reasons. First being why should new players be forced to lvl at a reduced rate from vets? Second many things have changed in the beta we have entire piece of gear, pets, an other items that shouldn't even exist any more like double horse armor. Third the game needs an even playing field for launch so people can properly fight over resources an keeps.

So the wipe needs to happen, as for not playing I my self as well as many others see zero reason to keep playing the beta, we're already test every thing we wanted too an already know our build. So really my self including many others just don't see a reason to invest time into the game when they're a wipe occurring in two weeks. I could amass stacks of gold, steel, weapons, and armor but why would I when it will all be gone before I can use it? I still have plans to play at launch but as of right now no I don't care to keep investing time into a void.

 

[Icegoten]

I think your feelings come from the way you are viewing this time period. I always saw it as a testing phase and the reason I log into the game is to try the things I'm interested in and report anything I don't think works as intended. You seem to see this as a time to play the game. Maybe it is burn out from going through it so much and now it's getting closer to being wiped you no longer see value in spending your time here. Sure it was fine if you were playing and could craft armor and have it in your mind that you'd be able to do that again 4 months from now, 2 months from now, 6 weeks from now, and so on until it's the final moments and now you have days left before it'll all be gone and you have to start from 0 and now it's really on you to develop your character over time and not a day anymore.

This is a MMORPG so when launch hits I'll finally be able to start living out my role play fantasy in the world of Nave with all of the other players. I know not everyone wanted to really dive into the testing during this phase and some people just wanted new stuff and treat it like any other game they spend time in. So I'm excited for all of the players who will jump in and I'll be able to meet out in the world and look forward to the various interactions that could come from just aimlessly walking out of town and finding another player to speak to.

Try taking a break and see how you feel when launch hits.

 

[Emdash]

IMO the wipe needs to happen before officially launch for numerous reasons. First being why should new players be forced to lvl at a reduced rate from vets? Second many things have changed in the beta we have entire piece of gear, pets, an other items that shouldn't even exist any more like double horse armor. Third the game needs an even playing field for launch so people can properly fight over resources an keeps.

So the wipe needs to happen, as for not playing I my self as well as many others see zero reason to keep playing the beta, we're already test every thing we wanted too an already know our build. So really my self including many others just don't see a reason to invest time into the game when they're a wipe occurring in two weeks. I could amass stacks of gold, steel, weapons, and armor but why would I when it will all be gone before I can use it? I still have plans to play at launch but as of right now no I don't care to keep investing time into a void.

two wipes, afaik. A pre wipe and the obv wipe of the launch. But yea this is def a limbo phase. I was speaking of the wipe that is supposedly happening a week before launch or w/e. If they had wiped w/ the skill gain change or wiped like Jan 1st with skill gain change, I would have rerolled and tested at x1.

@Icegoten I just don't wanna spec a char, get wiped, spec a char, and get wiped again. So, I'd rather not play, even tho it's fun to just derp around. Playing brings the reminder of impending double wipe and it's meh.

 

[Teknique]

Yeah mortal depression is when you’re geared up your banks are full and everything seems like a chore. It’s like yeah I could go kill some spiders but is it worth the travel and am I going to bring back anything that’s actually worth it.

Right now I have that except it’s why do anything in beta. Release the game!!

 

[Albanjo Dravae]

ahaha, I dunno what else to call it? Some people might say burn out, but I don't think that's it. I'm someone who has come in and out of mortal universe (cuz you can do a lot, but sometimes you energy cannot be housed within their mechanics, one of my greater hopes for MO2 was that it WOULD accommodate that) and sometimes upon logging in after awhile, you look around you and you see things are still happening as they were, but you don't feel 'a part' of it. Compound that with MO 1 graphics, you might have the feeling... why do I even play this shit game?? In general, I think I was cool with MO conceptually, but I did take offense when they DOXXED ALL OUR INFO. YEA I WENT THERE.

I deleted my main, but I still have 'fullspec' fighter but no way to gear her w/ weps. I have decided that the reason I am feeling these feelings re: MO2 is due to the time lapse between reset to x1 skill gain and hard before-release wipe. I still don't understand why they did that, and I wonder if it's going to affect people's motivation to go hard (not everyone, obv, some people are just gobbling MO2 in all forms) from the jump at release. I feel a desire to play, but I don't really have a means. I'm not working to get that means only to be wiped in a week, as it is almost release anyway (assuming they actually pop the game on 25th.) I might make some new chars and just play without even trying to skill them and let them skill naturally, but beyond that... I can't really think of much to do.

Ideally, the transition would be smooth from beta to release, and we would go in still geeking off the fun we had in beta, but, due to this lapse, it's given me, personally, time to think about a lot of the things that are missing from the game, a lot of the systems that are undesirable and will (IMO) produce undesirable, unintended effects, and it gives me pause like... should I save my sub? I probably won't, but I mean I wasn't even thinking about that for a second when we were beta-ing. I thought we'd just go straight out. Two or three weeks w/o really playing MO is enough to break the spell, for me.

Is anyone else feeling this way? It's like... I'm ready for release, but there is no way to sustain this energy. I will have to divert it into other things, and the question then becomes... when MO does actually tru release, will I be able to reclaim said energy and invest it in MO?

Again, I believe this is due to the 'rocky' transition of mistimed wipes. Tho I did do myself dirty (in a moment of insanity!) by deleting my char and my mats haha. But I was legit upset that they dropped the ball on wiping at the right time because... I dunno? I mean, if we had a wipe to where we could actually grow our chars normally and play a bit THEN had to restart for persistence, it would be a bit different than... one week of wiped or w/e. I dunno why anyone would punish themselves speccing a char for such a short time.

YAFEELME??

Dude looks like u played MO1 for 10 minutes, cuz otherwise you would know not to expect them to deliver either good shit and at the moment the announce it.

Nobody can count the number of times either Henrik or SV hasn't kept their promises regarding the game, the moment u realize this you will find some peace of mind.

Then, we can't be sure but its quite possible the launch is delayed by a lot of time. And if it ain't delayed it's definitely gonna be a shit show, lemme tell you why.
Lack of content, half baked placeholder content, bugs, shitty pets AI, lack of balance, good ping for EU shitty ping for NA.

i've been in fights that had no more than 40 people and the game couldn't handle it, imagine launch when a ton of steam teenagers gonna log in at the same time and try to kill the same fucking zombie.

If they launch now, in the state the game is its gonna truly hurt its population and the potential player income.

So, i think you may have deleted your shit a little too early. And my advice to you is, focus on having fun and not hoarding pixels, you will definitely lose your mojo for mortal the moment you make it your job no matter how grind simulator, how tedious they make progression and how time consuming shitty mechanics can be, don't make it your job (unless you want that shit and good luck with that)

 

[LordMega]

Yeah mortal depression is when you’re geared up your banks are full and everything seems like a chore. It’s like yeah I could go kill some spiders but is it worth the travel and am I going to bring back anything that’s actually worth it.

Right now I have that except it’s why do anything in beta. Release the game!!

Put on your best gear and go pvp. This is what everyone needs to be doing. I was surprised last night by how dead the game felt just 2 weeks out from release.

Everything will be gone in less than 2 weeks. Everything. Might as well take out all that junk in your bank, pimp yourself out, sport that bling and go find something to kill.

Now is also a great time to practice things. You won't have as much time during release to practice, at least for a while as everyone scrambles to meet goals.

 

[Emdash]

Dude looks like u played MO1 for 10 minutes

So, i think you may have deleted your shit a little too early. And my advice to you is, focus on having fun and not hoarding pixels, you will definitely lose your mojo for mortal the moment you make it your job no matter how grind simulator, how tedious they make progression and how time consuming shitty mechanics can be, don't make it your job (unless you want that shit and good luck with that)

1st part: cmonson,

2nd, yea I deleted but I am getting this FEELING that they aren't gonna wipe before release. I FEEL I was misinformed. Which is kind of annoying if true, but w/e. It still doesn't make sense why they'd reset things to release gains w/o wiping.

I can save my sub I guess if it's that bad. hue. Trust me I don't hoard anything, I have an extremely different pov than most players.

But it still takes time to spec a craft char and I'm not speccing a char for a week. If the game gets pushed back I'm just gonna face palm. I still got a veela fighter that is d2f, I just need weps and, depending on the city, armor! If anyone wants to mail me stuff, hmu in PM and tell me where to go. I accept all levels of shit tier gear, cept I need lite armors.

I legit might spec a char if I was 100% sure they wouldn't wipe before launch, but I thought they would. Can someone CONFIRM that they are not going to wipe pre-launch now?

Put on your best gear and go pvp. This is what everyone needs to be doing. I was surprised last night by how dead the game felt just 2 weeks out from release.

Everything will be gone in less than 2 weeks. Everything. Might as well take out all that junk in your bank, pimp yourself out, sport that bling and go find something to kill.

Now is also a great time to practice things. You won't have as much time during release to practice, at least for a while as everyone scrambles to meet goals.

The reason it's dead is because of what I said in the post IMO, they said they were gonna wipe and reset skill gains, didn't wipe, then we have this lingering wipe (maybe?), but there doesn't seem to be enough time or point to it now. If they had wiped J8th with all the limitations, people would be playing now, I reckon, and probably pretty seriously.

 

[Emdash]

ahaha, I remember I met some guy in MO1, maybe my first pseudo-friend, and kind of had a falling out. Wanna read the story? OK! I'll tell you. He wanted to build a new player guild, and I was helping him. He wanted to get molvas in the N, and so we went out. I think he was close to as nubby as me altho he didn't really let on, looking back, but I Was a tru nub. I went AFK at a spawn spot to take a piss and came back and I was DED, my horse was dead, imo SUSPECT because I was not anywhere near where they would have pathed, it's almost like... he did me dirty! Maybe not tho, so I res, get my loot, we continue on, he is on mount, and I am on foot, we cleared a spawn and are waiting for bb molvas to tame.

We finally get the molvas, and for whatever reason his molva is glitched and he can't feed it. He tries to submit a ticket, but he is getting mad, which sucks yaknow? Circumstance happens, and he ends up losing loyalty on the molva. I don't have great memory of the whole event, but I recall him yelling some order at me... I was trying to help him re-tame the molva, but I just stopped and was like "haha." And he kept bitching. So I was like dood you wiln. It ain't that srs... anyway, end of story he ended up leaving me there at a part of the map I was unfamiliar with (the high N), I was on foot w/ this molva trying to bring it back, and of course I died eventually. That ONE INCIDENT + someone later stealing a molva ticket from me inspired me for MONTHS to put in work. I might even go as far as to say that's the whole reason that I started breeding molvas. I was like son I'm gonna have the best molvas AND U AIN'T GETTIN ANY. Nah, I never really saw him. It took a LONG time for me to finally reconcile with him, but we did. I saw him in town and I was like y'know I realize that was stupid, I hope you do, too, and we were cool.

Cool story... bro? Nah, but the reason I say that is I was on that blee MO feeling at the weird wipe and skill reset (as outlined in OP,) however, when I was playing yest and got bb'd and (a guild) killed my friend twice, they killed me once, too, but I chose to fight a dude 1v1 so it wasn't really offensive. Regardless, I'm not at motivation MAX but I am poked. That's all I need really. That's why I said I had to play MO whether I wanted to or not, because I wouldn't wanna play if I just stopped, at release, or I'd be like Zzz and mope into it.


TLDR: my strategy worked, doods pushed on me a little and I am an equal/opposite person so I am BACK N IT. Hopefully it carries to release, got a good idea of how to more easily spec @ release, too. Hue hue. LEZGO.

CLOSE THREAD MORTAL DEPRESSION IS OVA. We enter... MORTAL MANIA?? RIDE OR DIE. HOLLA AT YA BOY. BANG W/ ME. WE GON WIN.