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Im not against WoW but I dont play it, I dont play Pay2Play MMO's cause I dont have the money to do so..

Im now playing WYD Global, Im kinda hooked on this one cause my character can gain level though Im afk  cause this game has an auto attack system..

Originally posted by FrostHearT09

Im not against WoW but I dont play it, I dont play Pay2Play MMO's cause I dont have the money to do so..

Im now playing WYD Global, Im kinda hooked on this one cause my character can gain level though Im afk  cause this game has an auto attack system..

Where's the fun in that?

Originally posted by piquet

Originally posted by FrostHearT09

Im not against WoW but I dont play it, I dont play Pay2Play MMO's cause I dont have the money to do so..

Im now playing WYD Global, Im kinda hooked on this one cause my character can gain level though Im afk  cause this game has an auto attack system..

Where's the fun in that?

Try it you'll definitely know where..

I play Vanguard.

I tried closed beta of AoC and all I can say is I'm sticking to Vanguard for now.

I hope Stargate Worlds will be something new.

After a couple trys at WoW I threw away my disks for it and installed Eve.  I'll play AoC also but keep my Eve account.

I played WoW for a little while and simply just didn't enjoy it.  Didn't like the cartoony graphics, or spinning in circles trying to find everything.  After one session where my character died and I ended up spending nearly three hours trying to find the body I stopped playing.

I now play EQ2 exclusively.  It's actually fun.  I'm pretty busy so 1 mmo is more than enough for me.

Nothing.  MMORPGs are too EQ-like and don't offer that much freedom to be honest.  It is sad that I feel more open ended content in a game like Oblivion than in most MMORPGs.  MMORPG developers are just not interested in creating worlds anymore, they are more interested in creating theme parks.

The last game I played was Eve, but in that game you are forced to join guilds (Though it was the Trinity release XP screw up that made me decide to cancel).  Eve also does not feel like a world, it feels more like a Strategy Game and you are the little zergling.  Eve's world feeling goes away when you realize you are basically cannon fodder to be respawned and killed over and over again.  You can't make your mark upon eve, you are only a cog really.  (Through the support of legit scams in Eve is something really cool and should be stolen by other developers looking to push the limits of MMORPGs)

The last MMORPG I really liked was SWG, but then they NGE'd it.  SWG felt like a world where you could make your own way and were not really forced to do anything.  But SOE/LA decided to throw all of that away because they did not want to take time to fix and develop a game they released to early.  Now I wait for the SWG  Pre-CU Australian birds that can't be named here and Fallen Earth.  I don't have much faith in either really, I just want to play in a virtual world again.

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Originally posted by Calintz333

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Originally posted by tvalentine

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Originally posted by Calintz333

I am currently no longer playing true mmorpg games, I can go as far as saying that I now honestly Hate all true mmorpg games. I play Phantasy star universe, and Hellgate london, both online action games, Very casual and simple, easy (you can max out in each in about 30 days) casual play. I also play Unreal tournament 3, I like the PvP in UT3, I love the simple non elitist feel of PSU, where gear and overall popularity or guilds don't mean anything. Hellgate I play because it is free, If I had too choose 1 game to stick with 1 online game that is, I would pick Monster hunter, Because it is a very casual online adventure game, that really gives you that feel of Guild wars or Phantasy star but it was free 2 play. (Cant wait for MH3 on Wii)

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so why do you come here if you dont like MMORPGs?

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Im hoping that some day they make an mmorpg without levels or very Monster hunterish, Casual, no real grind, and no real way to hack it because all rare or valuable items are Bind on pickup, and you play online with people. And the off topic forums are fun to go to.

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They do have a Monster Hunter MMO...but it will never get sent over to here...sadly

second life?

Originally posted by griff66
I honestly have nothing against WoW, I am pretty open and neutral. I realize WoW is the most popular and a majority would be playing it. But to those who dislike WoW. What are you playing (MMO or not) and why? I am honestly just curious to see what games you play and why you play them. (Try to give a good explanation as to why you play/like it.) Once again. I am not a WoW fan boy, it's honestly a serious question I have.

Wow was a game that was in reality drawn from nothing.It's entire makeup was a complete copy of everquest.I still tried it twice but in reality it was the community that drove me away more so than the game.After a few things got me pissed off in FFXI i decided to play EQ2 for 18 months and actually found the game extremely good.Without getting into details,i may have stayed playing EQ2,but decided to leave.It sent me right back to FFXI.

The biggest problem i see in the whole MMO industry is not "SOLO friendly" but more so games that can stand the test of time.By this i mean games that players can start anytime and still feel like the game just started for everyone.Instead games choose to hang onto there clientel by adding new zones that alienate them further away from noobs making noob zones barren and obsolete only a few months after launch.Sure a few players may go back and re roll alts or whatever other reason but EVERY single game out there,still alienates vets from noobs,making it so newer players do not want to join an older game.As an example i went back to WOW for a second time and re rolled a new player,and even though it has the largest sub base ,the noob zones felt dead,and didn't give me the feeling of being in an MMO.I feel a livelier atmosphere playing in a 8 player server in unrealtournament.