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Originally Posted by Ezze
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What is it about someone's mindset that allows them to keep going in this game?
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For me it's about nostalgia and guaranteed progress. Nostalgia is self-explanatory, but guaranteed progress ...
So in real life nothing is guaranteed right? It's not like if you fill out 500 more forms your boss will give you a raise, or if you have exactly 100 conversations with the cute girl at the coffee shop she'll give you her number.
But in EverQuest, if you kill one million (or whatever the number) of monsters you get a level, guaranteed. It's just up to you to kill that one million without dying; if you can, you get the reward of a level (or faction or phat lewtz or whatever).
Classic EQ is all about the grind. For me knowing that I have a guaranteed path to progress, even if it's just in making my virtual character more powerful, makes that grind incredibly satisfying, and that's why I still play EQ sixteen years later.