DrSketchpad
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For all of you MMO/RPG fans out there what is your free favorite MMO and or RPG in existence?
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SpaceYeti
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The free ones tend to suck. My fallback is WoW. It's not all that expensive, and it's fun. Granted, I'll probably just quit again when the next expansion comes out. That's been the pattern so far.
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The starwars one is coming out free in a few weeks I think. Apparently the story is amazing but combat and end game aren't. What type of gameplay do you like though. Most mmo's are going free to play recently so there are plenty to choose from.
EyeSeeCold
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AddictScape.
I officially quit a long time ago, and only return for holiday events however. It's been steadily going downhill with every new update(the updated "HD" graphics are kind of cool though).
I officially quit a long time ago, and only return for holiday events however. It's been steadily going downhill with every new update(the updated "HD" graphics are kind of cool though).
Jennywocky
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Let's see, over the last 7-8 years, I've played:
City of Heroes
DC Universe
EverQuest 2
WoW
Rift
The Secret World
SWTOR
The Matrix Online
Lineage 2
Tera
Second Life
Out of all of them, I hated DC Universe (the screen layouts and design) and TMO (the gameplay).
EQ2, as the "old-timer," seemed pretty cobbled together, but it deserves a nod for being one of the first really big game and precursor to WoW.
WoW of course did do an excellent job revamping and packaging MMOs for entry-level players and still controls market share; they basically created the Second Generation (or third, depending on how you number them) of MMOs.
I will always have a soft spot for CoH, since it was my first MMO, and the first one where I maxed out a toon (my kinetics/fire controller, BEFORE it got a rep as Flavor of the Month). I was very sad when they announced they'd be shutting it down at the end of November this year.
SWTOR was cool because of Jedi and the morality system, but quickly just started to feel like WoW with sci-fi elements, and I got bored by level 20.
The Secret World actually was the most different game I've played -- the graphics, unfortunately, are outdated, but the setting is creepy (kind of harkening back to Quake and FEAR and other spooky computer games), and it uses this really cool system called a Skills wheel, where you cobble together your character completely from scratch, and as you fill out certain parts of the wheel or purchase the right skills to match a particular profession, you gain extra abilities. It also demands that you use the Internet to answer some of the puzzles -- you need to use your head and Google stuff to find out the answers. This can be both fun AND frustrating, since the answers are not necessarily inherent to the game; however, there's enough players out there that you can also just Google the quest name and cheat, if need be. If only the graphics were better, and more cards/professions were available to you based on faction, it would be really good; it wins hands-down on tone if you are into spooky crap.
I think Rift actually is my favorite MMO right now, and I'd be playing it if I wasn't broke. It's of course got similarities to Wow, but introduced the idea of the PUG Raid, and beautifully. When rifts open, you can just run in, you are assigned to groups, and you can just beat the crap out of stuff and ride around with your PUG without ever even talking to them, until the Raid Event ends, and just bail. They merge small groups into one large raid group automatically as well. Overall, they took the WoW concept and built on it, even if it's still generally the same game. I'm a casual but committed solo player, so I really appreciate being able to Raid without having to commit lots of time to a guild, hours on a specific raid, and have to play my part exactly right so that we win; that's just too machine-like for me, and not a lot of fun.
Tera looked beautiful (anime style graphics and play), but... around level 12-14 the character dev and gameplay started to suck. It was all cluttered, the monsters got too hard for soloing in spots, etc. It was a beautiful-looking but "bad" game.
I just started playing Aion, which is a free NCSoft game, and I really really like it. I would say it's equivalent to some kind of mix between WoW and EQ2, in design, yet it's entirely free. And you can fly (on a limited basis), and sometimes need to in order to finish quests. I haven't had an issue in figuring out what to do, how to build my attack chains, etc. Definitely something Tera needs to figure out.
I haven't gone into Second Life for years now. I was in there a lot for about a year (in the mid-2000's), especially in regard to being able to make and sell your own items and get money back OUT of the game. There was a killing to be made early on; unfortunately, it seemed like the economy broke at some point, especially for the adult industry (where I was under the impression you could make a lot of decent money doing chat sex, until the webcam chicks came in and shot everyone in both feet by doing webcam with less talent and far cheaper... and much cheaper than they would be paid IRL webcam business... stupid).
EDIT: Wondering if NCSoft pulled CoH to focus on other games, like this one:
http://us.bladeandsoul.com/en/
I'm a "customization and exploration" player, as well as primarily a soloer. So if I can design my character in unique fashion and she looks cool, then that's part of what I like in a game. (Also has to have decent solo play as well as ability to team up easily.) Asian games typically do "look better" than western games.
City of Heroes
DC Universe
EverQuest 2
WoW
Rift
The Secret World
SWTOR
The Matrix Online
Lineage 2
Tera
Second Life
Out of all of them, I hated DC Universe (the screen layouts and design) and TMO (the gameplay).
EQ2, as the "old-timer," seemed pretty cobbled together, but it deserves a nod for being one of the first really big game and precursor to WoW.
WoW of course did do an excellent job revamping and packaging MMOs for entry-level players and still controls market share; they basically created the Second Generation (or third, depending on how you number them) of MMOs.
I will always have a soft spot for CoH, since it was my first MMO, and the first one where I maxed out a toon (my kinetics/fire controller, BEFORE it got a rep as Flavor of the Month). I was very sad when they announced they'd be shutting it down at the end of November this year.
SWTOR was cool because of Jedi and the morality system, but quickly just started to feel like WoW with sci-fi elements, and I got bored by level 20.
The Secret World actually was the most different game I've played -- the graphics, unfortunately, are outdated, but the setting is creepy (kind of harkening back to Quake and FEAR and other spooky computer games), and it uses this really cool system called a Skills wheel, where you cobble together your character completely from scratch, and as you fill out certain parts of the wheel or purchase the right skills to match a particular profession, you gain extra abilities. It also demands that you use the Internet to answer some of the puzzles -- you need to use your head and Google stuff to find out the answers. This can be both fun AND frustrating, since the answers are not necessarily inherent to the game; however, there's enough players out there that you can also just Google the quest name and cheat, if need be. If only the graphics were better, and more cards/professions were available to you based on faction, it would be really good; it wins hands-down on tone if you are into spooky crap.
I think Rift actually is my favorite MMO right now, and I'd be playing it if I wasn't broke. It's of course got similarities to Wow, but introduced the idea of the PUG Raid, and beautifully. When rifts open, you can just run in, you are assigned to groups, and you can just beat the crap out of stuff and ride around with your PUG without ever even talking to them, until the Raid Event ends, and just bail. They merge small groups into one large raid group automatically as well. Overall, they took the WoW concept and built on it, even if it's still generally the same game. I'm a casual but committed solo player, so I really appreciate being able to Raid without having to commit lots of time to a guild, hours on a specific raid, and have to play my part exactly right so that we win; that's just too machine-like for me, and not a lot of fun.
Tera looked beautiful (anime style graphics and play), but... around level 12-14 the character dev and gameplay started to suck. It was all cluttered, the monsters got too hard for soloing in spots, etc. It was a beautiful-looking but "bad" game.
I just started playing Aion, which is a free NCSoft game, and I really really like it. I would say it's equivalent to some kind of mix between WoW and EQ2, in design, yet it's entirely free. And you can fly (on a limited basis), and sometimes need to in order to finish quests. I haven't had an issue in figuring out what to do, how to build my attack chains, etc. Definitely something Tera needs to figure out.
I haven't gone into Second Life for years now. I was in there a lot for about a year (in the mid-2000's), especially in regard to being able to make and sell your own items and get money back OUT of the game. There was a killing to be made early on; unfortunately, it seemed like the economy broke at some point, especially for the adult industry (where I was under the impression you could make a lot of decent money doing chat sex, until the webcam chicks came in and shot everyone in both feet by doing webcam with less talent and far cheaper... and much cheaper than they would be paid IRL webcam business... stupid).
EDIT: Wondering if NCSoft pulled CoH to focus on other games, like this one:
http://us.bladeandsoul.com/en/
I'm a "customization and exploration" player, as well as primarily a soloer. So if I can design my character in unique fashion and she looks cool, then that's part of what I like in a game. (Also has to have decent solo play as well as ability to team up easily.) Asian games typically do "look better" than western games.
LarsMac
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I have been playing around in Project Entropia a bit over that last several years.
Since most of the guys in my society all bailed, though, it s not very interesting as a single player.
Since most of the guys in my society all bailed, though, it s not very interesting as a single player.
Lot
Don't forget to bring a towel
I swore off MMO's back in 2008 when I quit WoW. I'm looking forward to the Elder Scrolls MMO. I'll probably end up playing it.
My biggest gripe with WoW was the end game. I also hated most of the people that played. They were all so mean. People took too seriously. I've seen super nice people cuss out their team mates for getting them wiped.
I remember when WoW was fresh and new. It was such a unique experience. I finally got to freely explore the world that I was enchanted by since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Then people got so demanding and mean. I just wanted to have fun. Not have some 16 year old tell me that he's going to rape my mom for pulling that mob. I also had to put up with my friend's dad constantly thinking he should be group leader so he could tell everyone how to play. I remember back in the beginning when nobody really knew what they were doing, so we voted on what to do next or when to attack. I have more things to complain about WoW, but I'll just leave it at that.
My biggest gripe with WoW was the end game. I also hated most of the people that played. They were all so mean. People took too seriously. I've seen super nice people cuss out their team mates for getting them wiped.
I remember when WoW was fresh and new. It was such a unique experience. I finally got to freely explore the world that I was enchanted by since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Then people got so demanding and mean. I just wanted to have fun. Not have some 16 year old tell me that he's going to rape my mom for pulling that mob. I also had to put up with my friend's dad constantly thinking he should be group leader so he could tell everyone how to play. I remember back in the beginning when nobody really knew what they were doing, so we voted on what to do next or when to attack. I have more things to complain about WoW, but I'll just leave it at that.
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World of Tanks. Just play it.
Going down the German tree now. Current tank is the Pzkfw V Tiger.
EyeSeeCold
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This year's Halloween event was not even worth logging in, a disgrace.
redbaron
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WoW
SWTOR (WoW in space, biggest waste of money ever)
Yeah that part is the worst part about WoW. There are some HUGE morons playing the game. That said, I raided in a hardcore 25m guild for 2 years, server first or right behind on nearly every boss. It was the only guild I ever had fun raiding with for a long time, because of their attitudes despite being hardcore. People still got chewed out sometimes when we were pushing for a server first and certain people were screwing up sequences that we'd perfected hours or even days ago. But to me that's fair game when you're wasting 20+ people's time and effort.
But it was still pretty forgiving. One night I screwed up on three bosses in a run, but it just became a joke. They understood I wasn't repeating the same mistakes, just different minor screw-ups in different places. They made a running joke out of it for about a week, which was basically their way of putting me on notice. Like before a pull, 'Oh and by the way redbaron, don't stand in the fire'. I actually liked it, and I continued the joke as well. During fights where we had to stack up or spread I would randomly stand in the wrong spot and go, 'I touch the blue thing right?' before stacking up just in time.
I think there's so many people playing WoW, most of the people are decent. It's just a case of the vocal minority being more obvious than the majority who are fine.
SWTOR (WoW in space, biggest waste of money ever)
Yeah that part is the worst part about WoW. There are some HUGE morons playing the game. That said, I raided in a hardcore 25m guild for 2 years, server first or right behind on nearly every boss. It was the only guild I ever had fun raiding with for a long time, because of their attitudes despite being hardcore. People still got chewed out sometimes when we were pushing for a server first and certain people were screwing up sequences that we'd perfected hours or even days ago. But to me that's fair game when you're wasting 20+ people's time and effort.
But it was still pretty forgiving. One night I screwed up on three bosses in a run, but it just became a joke. They understood I wasn't repeating the same mistakes, just different minor screw-ups in different places. They made a running joke out of it for about a week, which was basically their way of putting me on notice. Like before a pull, 'Oh and by the way redbaron, don't stand in the fire'. I actually liked it, and I continued the joke as well. During fights where we had to stack up or spread I would randomly stand in the wrong spot and go, 'I touch the blue thing right?' before stacking up just in time.
I think there's so many people playing WoW, most of the people are decent. It's just a case of the vocal minority being more obvious than the majority who are fine.
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Jennywocky
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You can actually get some free stuff in some MMOs by having Raptr set up, by the way, and if you meet certain criteria as evaluated by Raptr. The latest item they offer is some kind of ship for EVE Online, I think.
I'd like to get a free spider mount in Rift (you can actually purchase it for $10 to link to one's account), but there's no way I'm going to make Elite status by 1/13/13 (I need to log 136 hours of gameplay/achievements by them to make Elite), and they've only got a limited amount of them anyway. But they did have a special for a free month of game time for new subscribers, and I got a few pieces of neat cosmetic gear.
I'd like to get a free spider mount in Rift (you can actually purchase it for $10 to link to one's account), but there's no way I'm going to make Elite status by 1/13/13 (I need to log 136 hours of gameplay/achievements by them to make Elite), and they've only got a limited amount of them anyway. But they did have a special for a free month of game time for new subscribers, and I got a few pieces of neat cosmetic gear.
Ocofan
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I agree with this as well. I would still be playing that game if not for such rude people that play it. The game becomes boring on your own if you try to avoid people entirely, but I had so much fun in a couple of guilds that take it semi-seriously in terms of progression but not so that it doesn't stop people from having fun. It was easy to find guilds like that, but most of the time I had to PUG dungeons on my own and I would be stuck with elitist aholes. Grinding is such a core element to that MMO that avoiding PUG groups was impossible for me outside of core raids. I would play again if I could find enjoyable people to play in most of the aspects within the game; even consider realm xferring if there was a guild on here lol. I would say I was pretty good at that game, but some people on there just kill it for me.