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MMO that you have played and your opinion of them

Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:57 pm
Posted by DoUrden
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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:57 pm
It's hard to find a MMO that can keep my attention, hell I go back and play EQ for a month or two every year because it's my first love, WoW is in 2nd place and I play it for a month every couple of years. I would love to find a MMO that could keep my attention.

Tried:

Everquest 2 - I love the crafting and house "building" in this game and it's fun but after a while you need a guild to progress.

Age of Conan - The best starting area in any MMO, but gets muddied after that.

RIFT - This kept me for a few months but then lost interest.

Warhammer - It was OK but didn't keep me past the initial month.

Atlantica Online - This was a great game and it ranks third on my MMO list, this game did so many things different than any other MMO and they were FUN, but you need a good guild holding a town to make it fun.

Lord of the Rings - This is fourth on my list but I always hit a wall around level 35, very good up to that point and did a good job up to that point.

Guild Wars - Joined late to the game and it was fun for a while.

Guild Wars 2 - Very good game but the crafting was too damn hard to figure out, still put a few months into it and enjoyed it, I still fire it up once a year.

D&D Online - had a lot of fun in this but it became cash shop heavy to progress.

Star Wars the old Republic - Fun game and I still play it for a while every year or two, but still not endgame that matters, and to experience different character stories you have to trudge through the same areas every time.

Star Trek - Didn't get past a few days in this.

Dare Ages of Camelot - I regret missing this game but I was busy playing EQ, tried it for a bit after the fact and it was too late.

Original Star Wars MMO - Missed the before NGE ruined the game because I was playing EQ.

Elder Scrolls - Played the Beta and wasn't impressed, but thinking of playing again.

Neverwinter - This is still a good game that I play every couple of years, but after time it's hard to catch up with the updates because you feel lost. Still worth playing.

Everquest Landmark - This was fun, but the building was too technical.

Rust and games like this where your shite can get wiped out and you have to start from scratch don't do much for me, I have tried a few.

I am sure I am missing some and will add them later if somene joggs my memory, I have tried a lot of the Asian MMO's but none of them are memorable, I have never tried a Final Fantasy MMO because of the reported grind.

Game others have reminded me of:

Vangaurd - Was supposed to be the next EQ and was fun but buggy as hell and didn't stick.

City of Heroes - It was fun but I have never been into the super hero genre. It was fun though.

EVE - Hold shite the learning curve in that game was too much for me and I suck at flying games.

Definace - It was fun but nothing stood out for me and didn't keep my interest.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 12:17 am
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
44108 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:05 am to
Dark age of Camelot- amazing but system limitations caused too much lag during large scale sieges. Servers and clients couldn't handle 200 people sieging a keep with spells and siege engines going off.

This led to 3 Am sieges, but eventually people lost interest.

There was a shared pve/pvp dungeon called Darkness Falls where all 3 realms could fight bosses and each other. Incredible stuff.

Skirmishes and solo pvp was great. And the regular Pve was really good.

WoW - played thru wrath then quit. Got boring. Was fun.

Guild wars 2 - very fun solo leveling. Endgame was lacking when I quit. I suspect it's a very solid game now.
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:06 am to
Ultima Online
EQ
EQ2
Vanguard
Asheron's Call
Global Agenda
LOTRO
Rift
Age of Conan
Anarchy Online
DAOC
WOW
SWTOR
SWG
The Secret World
ESO
Warhammer Online
Guild Wars
Guild Wars2
Neverwinter
D&D Online
Champions
City of Heroes
City of Villains
Planetside -- My favorite game ever easily
Planetsiide2
Defiance
Archeage
Black Desert Online
Tera
Aion
DC Universe
Eve
World of Tanks
Earth and Beyond
Wildstar
H1Z1
Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Darkfall - frick that game and those devs.

I am sure there are others I am not remembering.

This post was edited on 1/19/17 at 8:15 am
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:16 am to
No runescape?
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 12:19 am to
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Ultima Online


I think I played this for a month or so, but the monthly sub at them time and the kill campers made me not like it. If I was there at the beginning I think I would have liked it.
Posted by TheCorelton
Member since Oct 2013
638 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:02 am to
Dark Age of Camelot --- The best ever made.

Star Wars The Old Republic --- PVP was legit

Planetside --- Absolutely miss the golden ages of this game. Planetside 2 just sucks.

Then everything else randomly mixed in. Nothing held my interest like the three above. though.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:25 am to
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I have never tried a Final Fantasy MMO because of the reported grind.


FFXIV was one I played for awhile because a few of my friends played it.

I enjoyed it mostly because it was on console and had crossover play to PC. It was fun and like almost any other MMO, I don't mind grinding.

I stopped playing though after a couple of months. My friends were WAYYYY in front of me level wise and they eventually got tired of running through the story and what not with me so I lost interest.
Posted by UltimateHog
Oregon
Member since Dec 2011
65825 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:40 am to
Black Desert was the funnest one I had played but even it got stale after a few months. Quite a few of us on here played it.
Posted by sicboy
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Member since Nov 2010
77620 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:09 am to
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RIFT


My first MMO experience because it was free. Andvari was a part of this. It was fun enough even though I quickly got tired of 1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,4,1,1........I've tried to go back to it a few times but there's nothing about the world that grabs me.

I never knew about the stupid joy of stripping down to your underwear and dancing in the middle of a town before this game.

Forgot I had a wolf named Noodles.



RIFT lasted for maybe a month before I decided to go big with FFXIV.........1.0, and this is where I've spent a majority of my MMO time. I love the game and kind of wish I still had the time to play it. The friends I played with gave it up and it's just not as fun. Have always loved FF music so I could play it for just that alone. Dungeon runs and primal fights are great and there's just so much to do that you'll never run out of content, which to me became overwhelming because I always felt that I was so far behind everyone else and prevented myself from just enjoying my own pace. I'll re-up for a month every once in a while just to maintain my legacy status, but just no time.

1.0 days:

Best name ever


Power leveling a friend with some freak creeping me.


In Ul'Dah like a day before they shut down the game to start getting ARR up and running.


A Realm Reborn



Posted by rmc
Truth or Consequences
Member since Sep 2004
26522 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:20 am to
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Have always loved FF music so I could play it for just that alone.


I will go pull up random youtube vids re UO just to hear the UO background music and random sounds like pulling something from your bag. I got that same feeling when I bought OOT on Wii U and started playing. My wife thought I was crazy.

As to OP - I only have two:

UO - Any time it comes up I usually knight for it here. This game was my intro to MMOs and took more of my time gaming wise with the exception of maybe CS/TFC.

LOTRO - I capped a character and sold it and was done with the game. This was before any expansion ever came and before the game was FTP. Enjoyed it and it was my first and only MMO with a modern UI/graphics.
Posted by Doldil
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Member since Jan 2010
6214 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:07 am to
EQ - still randomly play on the EMU servers

EQ2 - first ever raiding experience, played with a lot of real life friends...great memories of this game, but couldn't live up to EQ

Anarchy Online- one of the games I played through a couple of weeks and went back to EQ

Dark Ages of Camelot- never gave it a fair chance b/c EQ, but remember it being fun early on

WoW- my group of friends went to EQ2 instead of WoW so I got a late start here. It's fun to frick off on for a couple of months still.

Rift- basically leveld to max and quit
Warhammer Online - enjoyed the pvp a lot in this...the siege aspect of this game was cool af but never saw many large battles.

Vanguard - best crafting ever...I built my own house brick by brick and then built one for someone else and traded my house for a boat

FF XI - didn't play this one much

FF XIV - beautiful...spent more time crafting than anything else

Guild Wars 2 - possibly one of the best looking games...jump puzzles were a lot of fun. Again, one I got in early on, leveled to max and quit because I didn't know what to do anymore.

Star Wars the old Republic - big ole pile of meh for me

TESO - didn't play this one much

Black Desert Online - really fun. spent more time crafting and doing supply lines than leveling and wound up quitting early on. not really sure why, though.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some here and there, but that's the basic list. EQ has always been my favorite. EQ/EQ2/WoW have held my attention longer than most
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 8:18 am
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
9768 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:10 am to
I will revisit this thread when I have time to remember all the MMOs I've tried
Posted by SprintFun
Columbus, OH
Member since Dec 2007
45794 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 8:25 am to
EQ2, Vanguard and, Elder Scrolls Online are all games that were significantly better a year after than at launch.

I avoid MMOs because they just destroy my life. A decent one that was good for being a casual was Neverwinter on the xbone.

ETA: nothing will ever beat original EQ. I started playing a week before Luclin launched. What a fricking game.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 8:27 am
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
7636 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:05 am to
Black desert is prob the best if you're into PvE. You can spend months leveling professions, taming and breeding horse, fishing, etc.. If you plan to PvP successfully it will prob take 1000 hours to catch up to the top 250 or so players, and that's if new content doesn't drop. I quit because it just got too grindy to upgrade my gear. Found myself spending 4-6 hours a day just going for stuff to upgrade gear, and the upgradess have a chance to fail and drop you down a level.
Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:07 am to
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That's a sexy dude behind you
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77620 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:10 am to
Picture always cracks me up.




And looking back, I really hate the original white mage gear.



Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
77991 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:14 am to
quote:

You can spend months leveling professions, taming and breeding horse, fishing, etc..


I don't understand how people see that as fun, but to each their own I suppose.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37295 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:17 am to
I can't play MMO's anymore, there's just not enough time. But I do miss the experience. From what I have played lately it isn't worth it anyway. The only one that vaguely interests me outside of GW2 is FFXIV, but that's almost too old now.

My thoughts:

Tier 1
Everquest - The best. The wild west. Played from launch and my first character was a bard and the fact that we were in that exploration phase and created twisting was something I'll never forget. GOAT game experience.
Dark Age of Camelot - Best PvP straight up
City of Heroes - Best story and best community/events/most unique character building
Guild Wars 2 - Best Overall game I just never had the time, this was the last one I played.
LOTRO - Best narrative experience and world building. At least until they want FTP which didn't work. The one game that was completely worth the subscription.

Tier 2
Guild Wars
Eve
Ultima Online
Star Wars Galaxies
Vanguard

Tier 3
RIFT
EQ 2
Warhammer
The Secret World
DCUO

Tier 4
Neverwinter
D&D Online
Star Trek
Horizons
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:18 am
Posted by fladohado
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2010
2842 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:22 am to
Runescape - GOAT /thread... jk but will hold special place in my heart because of childhood.

Silkroad - anyone else play this back in the day as well? Was also fun

Age of Conan- enjoyed it but could never stay playing it consistently.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 11:23 am
Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
18296 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:28 am to
quote:

Tier 1
Everquest - The best. The wild west. Played from launch and my first character was a bard and the fact that we were in that exploration phase and created twisting was something I'll never forget. GOAT game experience.
Dark Age of Camelot - Best PvP straight up
City of Heroes - Best story and best community/events/most unique character building
Guild Wars 2 - Best Overall game I just never had the time, this was the last one I played.
LOTRO - Best narrative experience and world building. At least until they want FTP which didn't work. The one game that was completely worth the subscription.


Let me add:

God Tier
FFXI - Just hands down the best MMO of it's time
Everquest - Easily as good as XI, but I enjoyed XI more

Tier 1
Add FFXIV and remove Everquest (to put in God Tier)
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