Never played EQ, but spent my fair share of time in WoW. And then, many many other MMOs. What was aleays great is jumping into a random new game and not knowing what to do or where to go - just figuring it out on the fly. A few times in recent history I've tried to jump into the latest MMOs only to find that they hold your hand every step of the way, forcing you to walk through lengthy tutorials. If I wanted to play a game I'd just load up Doom. I want a WORLD to explore! Until MMOs learn to provide a rich and compelling world again, the genre is dead in my eyes.
So many games, not only MMOs, lose my interest in the intro/tutorial due to this. Let me play the game, or at least a way to skip / a shortcut. I can’t remember what game it was, but almost an hour in and I’m still locked in the tutorial house and I just put it down forever.
