Which MMORPG do you play?
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I play RuneScape, yes they have done some questionable things over the years that have made the game go a little downhill, and I know people say it's for two year olds but there are more aged people than you think on there, anyway, let the flame war begin because I uttered the word RuneScape.
I used to play WoW, but got bored of the required grinding.
Back in the old days one could rely on his skills to manage in WoW.
My prot-warrior was undefeated in duels by everyone but healers... And one VERY GOOD rogue only using poison... That was a long duel!
I could tank 8 or more in heroics as a warrior, a feat only possible with a tank to knew what he was doing, skilled DPS and a darn good healer.
Now its ALL about the gear - Fuck skill. You have to grind your ass to get a decent GearScore to get into Heroics, you have to grind even more Heroics to get to Naxx... Then grind naxx to get higher. Then so on and so on...
Even PvP is about resillience and not how well you could manage the troops. What the heck happened to premades?!
Back in the old days one could rely on his skills to manage in WoW.
My prot-warrior was undefeated in duels by everyone but healers... And one VERY GOOD rogue only using poison... That was a long duel!
I could tank 8 or more in heroics as a warrior, a feat only possible with a tank to knew what he was doing, skilled DPS and a darn good healer.
Now its ALL about the gear - Fuck skill. You have to grind your ass to get a decent GearScore to get into Heroics, you have to grind even more Heroics to get to Naxx... Then grind naxx to get higher. Then so on and so on...
Even PvP is about resillience and not how well you could manage the troops. What the heck happened to premades?!
WoW, man good times playing it. I've had the game for 5 years, but recently I stopped playing. It just got boring.
Diku MUDs - first experience with morpg, lots of flexibility since text based. Massive amounts of original contents across various games, updated regularly.
Everquest - dabbled at a friends house, too much like Diku MUD (but less flexible) and I had to pay for it. Florida's rave scene exploded too busy to play this game
Anarchy Online - played off and on for 5 years. Typical first MMO romance. It was like most MMOs of the time, complicated and with a higher learning curve. Later dumbed downed through expansions. 2 servers to rule the world. The international component of this game is what really made it shine for me, there was always some nationality of people online so there was always options no matter when you logged on.
Matrix Online - beta tested this one. Personally what I think hurt it was the license, being coupled with the Matrix leads to certain expectations. A generic cyberpunk world would have done this game a lot of good and allowed the devs more flexibility in their design.
World of Warcraft - played with my friends off and on for 5 years. I always dislike it's heavy use of lockouts as it forces players to schedule time (I like raiding but at least in AO raiding was a more spontaneous affair). Extremely limited game, one raid path, gotten worse over time. I think this particular genre has devolved from Diku MUD.
EVE Online - Now this game is different, if you liked games like Elite or Tradewars this is the game for you. Personally it's too slow for me. Love the music.
City of Heroes - fun in small doses, by level 20 I had gotten most out of the game as I imagined.
Everquest - dabbled at a friends house, too much like Diku MUD (but less flexible) and I had to pay for it. Florida's rave scene exploded too busy to play this game
Anarchy Online - played off and on for 5 years. Typical first MMO romance. It was like most MMOs of the time, complicated and with a higher learning curve. Later dumbed downed through expansions. 2 servers to rule the world. The international component of this game is what really made it shine for me, there was always some nationality of people online so there was always options no matter when you logged on.
Matrix Online - beta tested this one. Personally what I think hurt it was the license, being coupled with the Matrix leads to certain expectations. A generic cyberpunk world would have done this game a lot of good and allowed the devs more flexibility in their design.
World of Warcraft - played with my friends off and on for 5 years. I always dislike it's heavy use of lockouts as it forces players to schedule time (I like raiding but at least in AO raiding was a more spontaneous affair). Extremely limited game, one raid path, gotten worse over time. I think this particular genre has devolved from Diku MUD.
EVE Online - Now this game is different, if you liked games like Elite or Tradewars this is the game for you. Personally it's too slow for me. Love the music.
City of Heroes - fun in small doses, by level 20 I had gotten most out of the game as I imagined.
^^DazBurger said:
Same reason why I quit the freaking game.
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I still play EverQuest2. I despise the battlegrounds they added. It's all that half my old instance people do now.
Tried EverQuest, but didn't like alot of things in it.
Pretty much the same except I began my mmo experience with GW as it is monthly-free, tried WoW, said 'pleh' after 2 months even though I had tons of friends to back up my experience, and went back to GW. With a full Hall of Monuments, I am completely prepared for GW2.Bigsmith said:
I miss my Armorsmith. /sniffTrebort said:
It's good to hear it's still going somewhat well. I just don't have enough time to justify the monthly fee at the moment. I tried to talk them into offering a lifetime sub fee when I was the Munitions Senator, but I never got a response (not really the devs choice anyways).
I play LoTRO because I bought a lifer back when it first came out, but SWG is my first love and by far the one that I spent the most time in.
This!Leviathan_ said:
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During my 'break' from GW I tried WoW and liked it. Played WoW for 2 years figured it could keep me occupied until GW2 arrived. but sadly WoW bored me too fast in Northrend so I quit. Now I'm playing no MMO until GW2 arrives which is...2011 somewhere.
I don't really play MMO's, although i did play WoW for two years, and I played CoH/CoV for about three. I also briefley tried EVE. I also had the beta for Champions Online.
EVE was depressingly boring, and WoW lost all of it's fun after a while (Although apparently someone has hacked my account, because I keep getting emails from Blizzard about character transfers being successfull.). Looking foward to the Torchlight MMO though.
EVE was depressingly boring, and WoW lost all of it's fun after a while (Although apparently someone has hacked my account, because I keep getting emails from Blizzard about character transfers being successfull.). Looking foward to the Torchlight MMO though.
