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Opinions on the 'grind'?

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Ymir
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Ymir
Grinding is usually the most boring part of a video-game, but I feel like grinding for something gives you a sense of accomplishment or satisfaction.
As long as the rewards are neat and incentivise you to keep playing, I think grind intensive games are a great thing.


With that in mind, I can't tell if 6 hours of killing goblins & chickens was worth it for a sword that makes little to no difference.

Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou
The feels are different from each games tbh. But most of them are pretty boring. I think the most fun one I have played was ULTRAKILL cyber grind just because each mechanics are really fun by itself
anaxii
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anaxii
The only game where grinding is the fun part is The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. I love spending 40 minutes trying to break my run so I can flex my power on the Isaac community LOL
UPR
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Joined October 2018
UPR
Grinding in of itself isn't a bad thing nor a fun thing. The problem with grinding in general is that a majority of games will make it with little to no tact and have you just mindlessly grind with no incentive to change that approach. You have some games such as Runescape, binding of Isaac, and Mabinogi for example who will change it up through different approaches that incentivize and reward it.
Patatitta
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Joined February 2020
Patatitta
grinding can help as a little moment of relaxation in a game, just turning your brain off, doing whatever, and watching a movie or something in the other monitor, or you have the game in the second monitor and the movie on the first, you decide.

It just depends on what context the grinding exists, getting to the final boss of an rpg, and seeing you have to farm mobs for 2 hours before having a chance to win, that sucks, playing runescape, it's a relaxing game
Duck o-o
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Joined November 2021
Duck o-o
i spent like 15 hours grinding for an armour set on monster hunter with some people i met once
literally some of the most fun ive had in my life lul
Karmine
890 posts
Joined November 2015
Karmine
Grinding is usually boring and a very bad way to artificially increase a game's lifespan (or force players to pay)
It can be cool when the grinding itself is fun and has a significant reward, like in PSO2 (not the new one) it's basically the whole point of the game, beat stuff up and eventually you'll get better equipment to beat more stuff up
anaxii
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anaxii
Grinding is also a waste of time ngl
Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou
Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
anaxii
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anaxii

Rezq wrote:

Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
Account boosters mfs be like
Kaaruumii
843 posts
Joined November 2021
Kaaruumii
if the only content in the game worth doing is grinding mindlessly then its most likely boring as shit

if its just an alternative option compared to other stuff you can do in the game thats more active id much rather play that
Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
Account boosters mfs be like
At least can get profit unlike watching Oreimo
anaxii
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anaxii

Rezq wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
Account boosters mfs be like
At least can get profit unlike watching Oreimo
Watching Oreimo is not grinding, it's suffering
Rezq Gokou
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Joined April 2022
Rezq Gokou

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
Account boosters mfs be like
At least can get profit unlike watching Oreimo
Watching Oreimo is not grinding, it's suffering
It's not suffering, it's legal torture
sametdze
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Joined July 2021
sametdze
i only ever grind in video games whenever i don't have anything else better to do in the game. although, i dont usually play games that have the need for a "grind" in them.. (my peaceful ass playin' simulation games 😎😎)
anaxii
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anaxii

Rezq wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Rezq wrote:

Except if you are grinding other's account and get paid
Account boosters mfs be like
At least can get profit unlike watching Oreimo
Watching Oreimo is not grinding, it's suffering
It's not suffering, it's legal torture
Legal torture ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
sametdze
339 posts
Joined July 2021
sametdze
i just realised that i grinded in osu! to get out of 7 digit
Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou

sametdze wrote:

i just realised that i grinded in osu! to get out of 7 digit
Others in 7 digits: *trying their best to get to 6 digital

Me: hehehehehe
anaxii
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anaxii

Rezq wrote:

sametdze wrote:

i just realised that i grinded in osu! to get out of 7 digit
Others in 7 digits: *trying their best to get to 6 digital

Me: hehehehehe
"interesting mod combination."
Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou

THAT_otaku wrote:

Youre probably the coolest 7digit ever purely because of that score im ngl man, please keep it up
😎
anaxii
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anaxii

Rezq wrote:

THAT_otaku wrote:

Youre probably the coolest 7digit ever purely because of that score im ngl man, please keep it up
😎
Remember, you were the coolest 7 digit!
Kaaruumii
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Joined November 2021
Kaaruumii

Kaaruumii wrote:

if the only content in the game worth doing is grinding mindlessly then its most likely boring as shit

if its just an alternative option compared to other stuff you can do in the game thats more active id much rather play that
also another thing to add on top of this is meaningless grind AKA gear that you grinded out hundreds if not thousands of hours for going to waste because all of the new stuff is better, WoW is the prime example of this because we all know every 2 years everything we have done will go to waste

runescape is the one big mmo that doesnt do this, the best in slot gear for osrs back then had 128+ strength bonus (switched fury for strength amulet) and now we have 174+ strength bonus (switched scythe for osmumten's fang and avernic defender) but this was over the course of 10 years to take into consideration, especially comparing it to WoW however if you brought vanilla gear into WoD you would be laughed at heavily if you even attempted to bring that to dungeons at max level compared to doing god wars dungeon in osrs where that gear is perfectly reasonable (switch rune boots for dragon however and bring a bandos god sword)

Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou
I want to try osrs but don't know where to start 😔
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anaxii
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anaxii
FINALLY!! Now I know where Karmine's profile picture comes from
Rezq Gokou
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Rezq Gokou
Took you long enough lol
anaxii
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anaxii
Ikr XDDDD
Karmine
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Karmine

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

FINALLY!! Now I know where Karmine's profile picture comes from
It's not from runescape if that's what you think
Ymir
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Joined June 2020
Topic Starter
Ymir

Kaaruumii wrote:

Kaaruumii wrote:

if the only content in the game worth doing is grinding mindlessly then its most likely boring as shit

if its just an alternative option compared to other stuff you can do in the game thats more active id much rather play that
also another thing to add on top of this is meaningless grind AKA gear that you grinded out hundreds if not thousands of hours for going to waste because all of the new stuff is better, WoW is the prime example of this because we all know every 2 years everything we have done will go to waste

runescape is the one big mmo that doesnt do this, the best in slot gear for osrs back then had 128+ strength bonus (switched fury for strength amulet) and now we have 174+ strength bonus (switched scythe for osmumten's fang and avernic defender) but this was over the course of 10 years to take into consideration, especially comparing it to WoW however if you brought vanilla gear into WoD you would be laughed at heavily if you even attempted to bring that to dungeons at max level compared to doing god wars dungeon in osrs where that gear is perfectly reasonable (switch rune boots for dragon however and bring a bandos god sword)

Grinding feels rewarding at least somewhat, in RuneScape. It's pretty much the only MMORPG I've enjoyed playing, it's just so relaxing to play, and you can do just about anything in that game. Horizontal Progression goes crazy and I'm all for it, I'm considering membership already.


Rezq wrote:

I want to try osrs but don't know where to start 😔
There is a lot of content even in free to play mode, so I get you.

I started with Adventure Paths (still going through it).
Once I did a few Adventure Paths, I started doing quests like Cook's Assistant and Demon Slayer. Currently on 9 quest points, hoping to get at least one more to lift trade restrictions from my account (so I can sell some fishies :))

A word of advice I've been sticking with is to get familiar with the game and find what I enjoy, and to never accept donations (to a reasonable extent) from other players. I play on world 301, but I've never spoken to anyone.
Kaaruumii
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Joined November 2021
Kaaruumii

-Remi wrote:

Kaaruumii wrote:

Kaaruumii wrote:

if the only content in the game worth doing is grinding mindlessly then its most likely boring as shit

if its just an alternative option compared to other stuff you can do in the game thats more active id much rather play that
also another thing to add on top of this is meaningless grind AKA gear that you grinded out hundreds if not thousands of hours for going to waste because all of the new stuff is better, WoW is the prime example of this because we all know every 2 years everything we have done will go to waste

runescape is the one big mmo that doesnt do this, the best in slot gear for osrs back then had 128+ strength bonus (switched fury for strength amulet) and now we have 174+ strength bonus (switched scythe for osmumten's fang and avernic defender) but this was over the course of 10 years to take into consideration, especially comparing it to WoW however if you brought vanilla gear into WoD you would be laughed at heavily if you even attempted to bring that to dungeons at max level compared to doing god wars dungeon in osrs where that gear is perfectly reasonable (switch rune boots for dragon however and bring a bandos god sword)

Grinding feels rewarding at least somewhat, in RuneScape. It's pretty much the only MMORPG I've enjoyed playing, it's just so relaxing to play, and you can do just about anything in that game. Horizontal Progression goes crazy and I'm all for it, I'm considering membership already.


Rezq wrote:

I want to try osrs but don't know where to start 😔
There is a lot of content even in free to play mode, so I get you.

I started with Adventure Paths (still going through it).
Once I did a few Adventure Paths, I started doing quests like Cook's Assistant and Demon Slayer. Currently on 9 quest points, hoping to get at least one more to lift trade restrictions from my account (so I can sell some fishies :))

A word of advice I've been sticking with is to get familiar with the game and find what I enjoy, and to never accept donations (to a reasonable extent) from other players. I play on world 301, but I've never spoken to anyone.
if you get donations just sell it all on the grand exchange and convert it to platinum tokens by clicking on your gp then clicking on the bank that way you can easily separate it from your real cash stack so you can save up donations to buy more bonds for more free membership
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worst eu player
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emajakolic
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emajakolic
Grinding can be very boring sometimes, but not always. I used to be a big grinder back then but now i gave up on it because i realized that the game is just suposed to be fun. I even grinded without wanting to grind at that point. Just because i got bullied for being a ''total noob''. Well i wasn't a noob, i was actually pretty good but the others just looked at my items, points, coins and so on..instead of looking at my skills and talents. I got kinda hurt and then i got into grinding and it ruined my whole game expirience. I grinded 4-7 hours a day and with that i'm just trying to say to be careful while grinding in this cruel world :-)

THANK GOD I QUITTED THAT GAME AND HERE I AM, YOUR FUTURE OSU CHAMPION!! jk jk jk
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Ymir
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Ymir

K4N44 wrote:

𝐈𝐦 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐒𝐒 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟓𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐒𝐒 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟔.

𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐩𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐝) 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭.

𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝟎𝐥𝐯𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟔𝐗 𝟎𝐥𝐯𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝟑 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬.

(𝐈𝐦 𝐢 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬?)



(𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭)

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐢 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟔𝟎𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭.
Dang, I started Runescape only recently and it's easily one of the best, if not the best game I ever played. I'm not that good at skill based games and I realised that now, so I've been straying to playing the more laid back, calm games, and I've been having fun.

You still play Runescape (OSRS?)?
worst eu player
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anaxii
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anaxii

Karmine wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

FINALLY!! Now I know where Karmine's profile picture comes from
It's not from runescape if that's what you think
FRICKKKKKK
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