How many years have you been playing MMORPGs? Thread

Started 8 years ago when I was 14, and when I first
came across Conquer Online, it was fun and great. No trashtalking, no spams,
mining Dragon Balls, grinding hard to level, etc. But I haven't played it since
2011, and instead I started to play the Diablo series, and later Path of Exile. I notice
that IGN posted news about Conquer Online's big expansion, adding a new character
Lee-Long to the game this year. It kind of piqued my curiosity as to what kind
of this class would be like.

In terms of MMOPRGs, there are several changes that I
notice through my playing life.

1.
More
and more people tend to use their fragmented time to play games, meaning lesser
players spend time on MMOPRGs.

2.
Path
of Exile and the Diablo series are still hardcore players' cuppa, and Conquer
Online, despite on-and-off playing time, is becoming more of a leisure game
with PvP features.

Too lazy to count, but I started MMOs with ROSE online. I think I just got off from college back then.

I've played the subway/sewer area in Anarchy Online a few times. After that I kind of lose interest the main game and start running around making silly gestures in front of people.

4 years - World of Warcraft only. End-game raiding and high-ranked arena.
Stopped because it felt too much like a job in the end, and I wanted to focus on my education/career (good choice).

Today I simply stay away from MMORPG´s. I did play Diablo 3 when it was new, but that´s not an MMORPG - its an action RPG.

Started with Biosfear (Savage Eden for English players; Laghaim for Asian players) 12 years ago and played MMOs on and off. The list is pretty much endless, played a lot of free stuff, but also games like GuildWars and WoW. Still like the genre a lot