Yeah online mmorpg by far have been the most addicting of any game for me. That need to just get one more level or get that item, or even worse now that i think about it, to raise your craft level.
Spent 1 year with the original Everquest when it came out.
Spent about 4 months with Asherons Call 1
Spent about 2 years total with Dark Ages of Camelot, leveling up many 50's levels and then did those Master Trials with the Atlantis expansion, took a break to play Anarchy Online for about 8 months...got up to 160+ level and quit.
Finally did Final Fantasy 11 for about a 6 months. Got the PC version on launch Fall of 2003. On a daily basis, that game sucked so much time for me that around march/april I just knew it wasn't healthy for me anymore to play these games, although I enjoying them immensely. I loved playing with Japanese players so I could improve my Japanese. I was one of the first US players to reach 60+ level and made some good quality friends from Europe, US and asia.
I do miss the community and its addicting as hell, but for the past year I've just stuck to singleplayer PC & console games, an occassional LAN party and finding cool abandonware. I still get my gaming fix, but now I've got much more time to do other things. Its surprising how much stuff I can actually accomplish now in my spare time.
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