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i’d argue that MMORPG is the one that should be considered unnecessarily long because at this point MMO is largely synonymous with MMORPGs specifically from what i can tell

going to the actual question: it mostly depends on what’s going on in each one as to which one i play, but it’ll also depend on how pressured i feel to play it. i’m a weird sort in that i’ll be less likely to give something my time if it puts more pressure on me - in that instance i think it’s fairly obvious why i’ve not touched ACNH in a while. i burned out fast trying to complete my fish/bug collections for each month, especially when RNG decided that no, hedj, you don’t get to complete it this month even though you have crafted SO much fish bait :(

(this makes me really sad because halloween looks like a lot of fun but i already feel like i won’t be able to get everything i want so my brain’s just gone “just get other people to pick up all the cute outfits and borrow them to catalogue them later”)

World of Warcraft usually ends up getting the least of my time because i’ll generally only pop on when there’s big events, when other friends are playing it a ton, or when a new expansion’s come out. i do have a soft spot for it even though i’m not fond of activision’s/blizzard’s recent stances and behaviours, the art style is rly cute and it feels comfortable

i’m probably going to be playing it a fair amount with Shadowlands coming out, even if it’s just to experience the new content and make all of my characters prettier, but who knows how long i’ll keep it up. i usually play it in bursts that don’t have me logging in a specific amount of times a week, and i might go a week or so without playing, which isn’t great when i’m paying for 30 days game time a pop but hey

Final Fantasy 14 is a newer addition to my rotation and i spent something like half a year to a year away from it, it’s another subscription MMO so it’s the kind that i’m going to end up playing in fits and bursts, but it’s also... i’d say it’s more casual than WoW? at least putting aside the dungeon/raid content. so i don’t feel like i have to play it constantly to get something out of it, and will be more sparse about it

but its events tend to be a lot more relaxed than WoW’s so i don’t feel quite as pressured to complete them - apart from like. having to stay up til 3am to do cactpot so i can get the extra coins from collecting it within an hour of the draw. honestly i’ll check into this game a couple times a week unless i rly feel like pushing to complete some story or attain some other thing

Guild Wars 2 doesn’t have a subscription fee to play, so i feel much less pressured to get things done on a time limit and so will play it at leisure - that said i usually pop on at least once a week for Ye Olde Lootbox Farming (there’s a lootbox system that’s honestly one of the least egregious in my opinion, you can earn the keys for the boxes in normal gameplay and the boxes just fall on you... and can be sold to other players)

that said i usually play GW2 more heavily during the halloween event rather solidly because it’s my absolute favourite halloween event in any game - i do love being chased around a labyrinth being hounded by killer halloween decor, monstrous candy corn, and the 12 foot Home Depot skeleton but with a chainsaw greatsword

GW2′s story i keep up with as and when it’s released because i really enjoy it, probably the most out of all of these different MMOs, and it’s probably a bit easier for me to keep up with because i know a lot more people who play it and are willing to go through the content with me

the tldr is i usually commit harder to what i’m going to enjoy more with friends, and then it’s generally “can i accomplish something that feels worth my time in the time i have available” after that