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Recommend me a MMO
- Thread starter rei1574
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what do you like in a MMO?
Aside from WoW, I believe the absolute best fantasy MMO at current is Warhammer Online. It just went through a HUGE patch today and released a couple of new classes!
Aside from WoW, I believe the absolute best fantasy MMO at current is Warhammer Online. It just went through a HUGE patch today and released a couple of new classes!
Not to thread hijack, but were those the classes that weren't released on launch date?
On Topic, I've only ever played WoW and a veeery small amount of guild wars. I'd try out WoW's 14 day trial and level up a few characters, see if you like that. Since you said time over Christmas break, are you going to continue playing aftewards? Or is this something you're going to invest in? If not, i'd go crazy and pic up all the MMO demos you can.
Ok, id definitely NOT RECOMMEND WoW, unless u intend to give up ur social life and live in mommys basement, this is definitely not the game for you!
Id try Guild Wars, its fun, easy to pick up and play, and doesnt force you to give up ur social life
Id try Guild Wars, its fun, easy to pick up and play, and doesnt force you to give up ur social life
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EQ2 has turned out to be a pretty good game IMO. WAR is fun and easy to get into, even for the casual player. Guild Wars is always a win.
I have a 27 or something on tyranny, I stopped playing about a month after release, I am currently enjoying a free trial of lotro.. good game so far.
Seconded, I have been playing that game since the second beta event and I really enjoy it.
I dont have to pay to play and while its got some shortcomings overall its the most fun I have had in an MMO. Hated WoW and have not tried war.
There are a lot of them out there, just need to try some of the demo's and see which one you like the most and which one fits your gaming style.
radiatinglines
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curious about why you don't want lotro. I got it a couple weeks ago and I'm loving it.
Worst MMO I've ever played. Bothced PvP, botched raiding, and botched PvE. Way to ruin a great franchise funcom.
Out of all of them, I'm enjoying LoTRO and WAR currently moreso then any of the others.
C McCarter
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I would have to give another vote to Guild Wars. Played it for since launch and loved it, but the pve does get boring in GWEN. that being said I played through most of the GW games will all 8 of my chars. If not GW then LOTRO is great. I currently have a few chars going...good fun.
Depends what you into... I like Dungeons and Dragons Online, but it's instanced, group based PvE, without PvP game... but still, community is nice, and it's one of those few MMOs which really don't force you into choosing a class and doing all the "auto level"... you can get own builds and so - just like in Neverwinter Nights or pen and paper D&D 
I've been playing it since beginning, and I really like this game. But if you in for PvP that it's bad choice
WH Online is decent one, though the pvp was bit hectic for me, looked rather like quake deathmatch "bang, bang, you dead, respawn, bang, bang, you killed someone, then got killed, respawn"
One thing I would NOT recommend are Pirates of the Burning Sea. It had potential, it had ideas... but then Devs listened to forum mob and whiners, and all hell broke loose. Basically it's a XVIII century sail ship game - with economy a bit more complicated - got different resources in port, you need lots of items to build ships and so on. But... it's gank/grief fest. If you want to PvP then you need a group of 6 ships, otherwise you will be ganked and sunk. And if enemy can't sink you, they will grief you to death.
I've been playing it since beginning, and I really like this game. But if you in for PvP that it's bad choice WH Online is decent one, though the pvp was bit hectic for me, looked rather like quake deathmatch "bang, bang, you dead, respawn, bang, bang, you killed someone, then got killed, respawn"
One thing I would NOT recommend are Pirates of the Burning Sea. It had potential, it had ideas... but then Devs listened to forum mob and whiners, and all hell broke loose. Basically it's a XVIII century sail ship game - with economy a bit more complicated - got different resources in port, you need lots of items to build ships and so on. But... it's gank/grief fest. If you want to PvP then you need a group of 6 ships, otherwise you will be ganked and sunk. And if enemy can't sink you, they will grief you to death.
lol, I actually still read AOC forums every once in a blue moon. It is funny, really funny. Their merger was a failure and caused a number of items to simply dissapear. Not sure if they have rolled back the changes to fix the issues. Funcom is the definition of fail, the new game director has done nothing significant which could revive the game. Game has been dying down, will continue to do so until Funcom gets their act together.
LOTRO is the shit. They have done a ton to make it even better. Trust me, if you decide to get it, won't regret it. Higher level areas are a joy, the Mines of Moria are simply AWESOME!!!
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if you wanna play a good free mmo try 9dragons or cabal online.
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Let me tell you what this is going to come down to: every single one of these games is pretty much WoW made inferior in some way by comparison.
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Warhammer Online is amazing on the RVR/PVP front, and decent on the PVE front. WOW is its opposite: good PVE, *sucky* PVP.
I love WAR, have been playing it since March in the beta and since launch on the live servers. It's really fleshed itself out since launch (which was pretty smooth anyway).
WhiteZero
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Go classic and try Ultima Online, which I've started playing again recently. Best of all, there are tons of private serves with thousands of players, which is free.
Nah, wow appeals to common gamer; simple as that. Other games have better features, they do lack certain areas that wow excels in. However, they do differ. For example, why do you think LOTRO isn't as popular? It is PVE oriented with a large number of quests/zones, however teh PVP is an afterthough.
pretty sure it does. I can run it at 1920x1080 (my native resolution)
I must say I really liked WAR too...but I didn't really have many friends (all wow players), and then WotLK came out, and I went back into wow (after like 1 year + of inactivity).
Now that I am 80 and realized that once again there is nothing to do other than running instances over and over, I am alrdy bored and am thinking of reopening my WAR account...The classes were cool and fun, and the PVP (RVR) is a lot of fun...
Plus I am curious about the black guard...
Patch 1.1a kicked ORvR into high gear. Pretty amazing now. Battles are epic and constant, no more keep flipping or constant scenario grinding. I constantly see battles of 4-5 WB's from EACH side fighting over keeps, BO's. It's great.
Well I just gave wow another break for the 2nd time in the last 3 years that I have been playing it. In fact I didn't even pick up WOTLK for 1 simple reason, I knew I would be back in the same bored state I was in after BC and that is, when not raiding your running instances or pvp grinding or arenaing and that gets old fast. So I decided to get off the WoW tredmill and picked up WAR a few days ago and while I haven't had a ton of time to play I have 2 lev 6 toons so far. a witchelf and a sorceress both destruction toons. At first i was like meh about it but I must say it's starting to grow on me and I think this wil be fun the further along I get. So far it seems cool.
I would say if you like PVP try WAR if your pve then wow, or lotr might suit you best.
As a side note. I did play AOC at lauch for 2 months this past spring and I must say I felt like everyone else. Game had GREAT potential and was the best looking MMO I have ever seen bar none. However, lack of polish, and content after lev 30ish along with game breakign bugs and a semi broken engine combined with shitty PVP/raiding drove me and thousands of other away. Shame really since the combat system, graphics and IP had alot going for it but in the end it wasn't enough. I'm still annoyed about AOC and the HUGE failure that is funcom. Bleh.
I would say if you like PVP try WAR if your pve then wow, or lotr might suit you best.
As a side note. I did play AOC at lauch for 2 months this past spring and I must say I felt like everyone else. Game had GREAT potential and was the best looking MMO I have ever seen bar none. However, lack of polish, and content after lev 30ish along with game breakign bugs and a semi broken engine combined with shitty PVP/raiding drove me and thousands of other away. Shame really since the combat system, graphics and IP had alot going for it but in the end it wasn't enough. I'm still annoyed about AOC and the HUGE failure that is funcom. Bleh.