Courtesy of Yuliya at Examiner. Usually when you play a game, your goal is to beat it. There's nothing like that sweet feeling of victory when you see the end credits roll. But what about when you play an MMO game? Players get into MMOs knowing there won't be an "end," that they will waste away hours of their lives for a game that they can't even beat.
Or can they? Taiwanese World of Warcraft player, "Little Gray" has recently managed to be the first person to
get all 986 achievements now available on WoW. For games like WoW, reaching the level cap is only the beginning, thanks to plenty of end-game content and achievements like the ones that Little Gray has gotten. Can it be said that Little Gray "beat" WoW? Only until Blizzard comes out with a new patch.
So how exactly do you beat an MMO? Reaching the level cap is a definite first must. Once you're there you must set to work collecting all the things that can be collected (Limited edition mounts or pets? Special costumes?). Then you can gather every title and achievement that are available within the game (like the achievements on WoW, or collecting all the titles and Monster Information in Atlantica Online). Once that is out of the way, there is still more to do! Upgrade all your equipment to the highest that you can, and beat all the monsters/bosses that are created by the development team for perfectionists like you. Does your MMO have any competitions? Win them. If all this sounds too easy for you, don't worry: as you're working on these things, the game is sure to come out with a new content patch and give you lots more to do.
The winner's character.OK, so maybe fully beating an MMO is pretty difficult (if not impossible). But Little Gray's ability to get so many achievements is impressive. Think about it, WoW has been out for 5 years already, and only one person has managed to do this? This WoW player shows us that it's not impossible, at the very least. But you do need a few things before you set out to do the same in your MMO. Having a lot of time on your hands is a must. So is having a lot of patience. Being at least mildly perfectionist helps. And you will probably need to stock up on energy drinks and coffee. Good luck, my friends.
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In Honor of the Player who "Beat" WoW
What do you think beating an MMO would take? And why do we go through the effort of playing games that we know we can never beat?
Comments (5)
I was always one of the best geared Rogues on my server, which was pretty sweet. I was almost, to my knowledge, the world first full set of bloodfang (rogue tier 2), but it wasn't until our 12th kill that Nefarian dropped my chestpiece. :(
I did take pride at being, probably, the very best rogue in some aspects of the raid. When the tanks lose aggro or die, normally, the chance for a raid wipe was pretty high. If I was second on threat, however, It was not uncommon for me to stabilize fights by picking up the boss and holding him in the correct place for a while until the offtank could get threat built up, then i would vanish and the fight would continue.
you beat a MMO when you're too bored to continue, whether or not there is still content left =]
Wow I gotta give that guy props. That's insane seeing how many of the achievements don't overlap nicely. Like Arena and PvE especially for content changes, e.g., Old Onyxia.
Some would say that you beat an MMO when you break its systems and conquer its creatures. Just like life, winning is just a snapshot in time. Beating a foe is beating code. Beating a system is just like you said, you're victor until the next patch comes out. It's just more often in life, or is it less often? Actually, I can't remember the last life patch ...
@ThisUserNameIsAvaliable@xanga - Haha true.