General Discussion

Used to play enchanter in EQ1 -- do any mmorpg nowadays have a class with challenging play style that is powerful / rare ?

I was thinking of trying out guildwars because of all the options but it seems a bit poor that anyone can rock up and have a max level character in PVP (i.e. didn't earn their levels etc)

i've played so far also Eve (good but slow paced and takes about a year to do anything) and Vanguard SoH just after release, and Wow (but please don't mention Wow which should have been renamed "super easy for kids")...

so... any worthwhile challenges out there?

van..

let me pull up a few

http://gunz.ijji.com/

http://sfront.ijji.com/

now those are really online FPS. if you want a mmorpg that requires skills you best choice would  be http://mabinogi.nexon.net/

unlike most mmorpg's you dont click once and watch you guy kill something. also you you want it to be a challenge play as the yongest age the yonger  you are the harder it is

IMO try lineage II, just watch out for the scammers;) could also try LOTRO, not terribly easy but interesting enough ( i like the bards, very versatile) or just wait until AoC opens:)

  I like the title of this post........a valid question.  Is skill the correct word to identify someones ability to play a game.  It's not like you could put it down on a job application.  Any mmorpg actually require skill?  Hmm......

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skill1      /sk?l/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skil] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.

2.	competent excellence in performance; expertness; dexterity: The dancers performed with skill.

3.	a craft, trade, or job requiring manual dexterity or special training in which a person has competence and experience: the skill of cabinetmaking.

4.	Obsolete. understanding; discernment.

5.	Obsolete. reason; cause.

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[Origin: 1125–75; ME < ON skil distinction, difference; c. D geschil difference, quarrel. See skill²]

—Synonyms 1. proficiency, facility. 2. deftness, cleverness.

—Antonyms 1. inability.

skill2      /sk?l/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skil] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used without object) Archaic.

1.	to matter.

2.	to help; avail.

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[Origin: 1150–1200; ME skilien < ON skilja to distinguish, divide, akin to skil (see skill¹), OE scylian to separate, Goth skilja butcher, Lith skélti to split]

skill       (sk?l)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. See Synonyms at ability. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body. A developed talent or ability: writing skills. Obsolete A reason; a cause. [Middle English skil, from Old Norse, discernment; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

Skill
A somewhat peculiar blend between Franz-Lisp and C, with a large set of various CAD primitives. It is owned by Cadence Design Systems and has been used in their CAD frameworks since 1985. It's an extension language to the CAD framework (in the same way that Emacs-Lisp extends GNU Emacs), enabling you to automate virtually everything that you can do manually in for example the graphic editor. Skill accepts C-syntax, fun(a b), as well as Lisp syntax, (fun a b), but most users (including Cadence themselves) use the C-style.
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skill

skill: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

  OK, I suppose it applies.  In regards to your question.....no......there arn't any worthwhile challenges out there.  It's all bubble gum for the brain.

~Hairysun~