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Every MMO since WoW - Been there, done that...

I'm a ranger! I can use a bow, track players, and set traps!

I'm an armored tank! I can use swords, shields, and taunt enemy players to hold aggro!

I'm a healer! I can wield maces and heal players!

I'm a mage! I can mez m enemies and nuke them!

I'm a pet class! I can use pets and throw dots!

Seriously, every game is the fricken same. It's so funny how new entities think that they are coming out with something original when they simply rename WoW's talent tree to "feat", "spec", or "enhancement". It's all the same garbage.

Is there any game that will let you mix and match professions? Is there a game that doesn't have the same old "epic", "heritage", or "destiny" storyline? Ugh, it's gotten to the point where everyone is just so sick of it all. When will we get something new? I'm yearning for a new game where the devs just throw you into whatever virtual world and say, "Do whatever you want". There are no quests, there are no set armors (clones), and there are no items that have the exact same attributes (I want a Diablo II style looting system where the stats are totally random).

I'll be back once they come out with something new. Until then, they can all just smell my arse, as I'm sick of playing 10 different versions of WoW (Yes, I know WoW wasn't the first, but it has, however, set the first precedent and is dubbed the best).

LOL I hear ya.. I hear ya.

fortunately I play to play with my friends, not the game itself.  That being said, WOW has definitely defined the genre to the public (not those of us here) and here's to hoping something new and clever comes out..

heck here's to hoping that a game comes out and puts a gui on some of the most advanced muds.

Throw you into a world and just say "do whatever you want"? sounds like EVE to me.  no classes, no "destiny" storyline about you saving the world.  just a world for you to play around in.

Give it a shot, use the trial, don't buy right away.  its very different from other MMOs so you may find you like those WoW clones more.  But if it is for you, then you'll fall in love after a few days.

beware the learning curve!

Originally posted by depain

Every MMO since WoW - Been there, done that...

I'm a ranger! I can use a bow, track players, and set traps!

I'm an armored tank! I can use swords, shields, and taunt enemy players to hold aggro!

I'm a healer! I can wield maces and heal players!

I'm a mage! I can mez m enemies and nuke them!

I'm a pet class! I can use pets and throw dots!

Seriously, every game is the fricken same. It's so funny how new entities think that they are coming out with something original when they simply rename WoW's talent tree to "feat", "spec", or "enhancement". It's all the same garbage.

Is there any game that will let you mix and match professions? Is there a game that doesn't have the same old "epic", "heritage", or "destiny" storyline? Ugh, it's gotten to the point where everyone is just so sick of it all. When will we get something new? I'm yearning for a new game where the devs just throw you into whatever virtual world and say, "Do whatever you want". There are no quests, there are no set armors (clones), and there are no items that have the exact same attributes (I want a Diablo II style looting system where the stats are totally random).

I'll be back once they come out with something new. Until then, they can all just smell my arse, as I'm sick of playing 10 different versions of WoW (Yes, I know WoW wasn't the first, but it has, however, set the first precedent and is dubbed the best).

It starts with Dungeons and Dragons, Healer, Nuke, Tank. THEN it goes to EQ, and THEN it goes to WoW.

I understand, you started the whole thing with WoW, but some of us started with dice and pieces of paper.

mmo's have all been "been-there-done-that" years before WoW came out. Thats why I never touched WoW. Its more of the same. Its done better, but same is the same no matter how well you polish it.

Originally posted by spookytooth

mmo's have all been "been-there-done-that" years before WoW came out. Thats why I never touched WoW. Its more of the same. Its done better, but same is the same no matter how well you polish it.

I haven't touched WoW either,  I let WoW touch me.

Aha, and games befor WoW didn't have healers and tanks or even rangers... right? And as soon as a game dares to be different, people bash it. Like Guild Wars, came out after WoW, but often forgotten - of course.

Why stick with MMORPG's btw. Try a MMORTS, or whatever is out there.

Originally posted by depain

 

Is there a game that doesn't have the same old "epic", "heritage", or "destiny" storyline? Ugh, it's gotten to the point where everyone is just so sick of it all. When will we get something new? I'm yearning for a new game where the devs just throw you into whatever virtual world and say, "Do whatever you want". There are no quests, there are no set armors (clones), and there are no items that have the exact same attributes

LOL, you know what, one of the first graphic MMO's, Ultima Online has all the features you requested in your OP.  MMORPG's have evolved far from that original model I'm afraid.  Hopefully some INDY games like DF, Earthrise or others can bring us back more towards the center.

Originally posted by erandur

Aha, and games befor WoW didn't have healers and tanks or even rangers... right? And as soon as a game dares to be different, people bash it. Like Guild Wars, came out after WoW, but often forgotten - of course.

Why stick with MMORPG's btw. Try a MMORTS, or whatever is out there.

as many times as i've tried to play guildwars not once playing it did I ever get the feeling of a MMORPG.  I don't bash it, but I just don't find it to be a MMORPG.