I would say Perfect world int. would be the choice for you.

The real question is what type of game do you want to play? There a ton of f2p games that might be a good fit. If your like me though those games lose my attention faster than the p2p. I know Guild Wars is a older game but you can get it cheap nowadays and you don't have to worry about a monster respawning as you take care of your child.

The very best answer to this question is, which I'm surprised nobody has said it.  Is city of heroes.

Theres tons of content, it's easy to solo in, in missions you can take extended afks without dieing and doing a long run back.  Travel time is fast between, so you can always be doing something when you get time to play.

And when you just are bored and can't really concentrate(holding your kid) you can use one arm to just fiddle with costumes.

Without a doubt, EVE...

Heck, set your build up right, you can practically afk mine or mission run ......

You're still allowed to do things that you enjoy after having children.

Warhammer wouldn't be that bad of a choice to be honest, if you just jump into an open Warband for a keep seige or general open RvR, do a few scenarios, a PQ or whatever you're not going to kop any flack if you say 'Hey thanks for the group guys I have to go and take care of my baby now' and you're certainly not going to cause your team to lose.

I find that PvE games can be a lot more demanding, once you're grouped to do something you generally commit to the duration of the task at hand.

*edit* I agree with Kyleran too, EVE would be a fair choice.

WoW and their PvP system was designed specifically with people like you in mind. You don't even need to play, just join Battlegrounds and go AFK and you'll get superior gear.

EvE just spend 18 years building up your stats

i have a 5 month old and come home from work every day while my wife leaves for work to watch my son and im capable of watching him and playing AOC or madden on a regular basis. its not hard just learn your kids schedule. have em close to you so you can interact with them while playing your game babies dont require a whole lot and they are quite easy once you get used to the basics

Originally posted by Cronq

WoW and their PvP system was designed specifically with people like you in mind. You don't even need to play, just join Battlegrounds and go AFK and you'll get superior gear.

LOL good point.

Originally posted by Exavus

I know that sounds silly, but my lady is having a kid and i'm probably going to have to drop a lot of games but i'm looking for something I can do to where i could stop for a moment if i had to, i guess getting into warhammer is out of the question, too much pvp attention and if i stopped i'd make my team lose XD, so it'd have to be a PVE game. iw as thinking EQ2. I played it a bit and enjoyed it.

Honestly I would just stick to single player games.  My brother use to play counter strike for hours and hours everyday (typical for mmorpg players aswell) and he wanted to focus much more on school so he switched to single player games.  The best part for him was that 1) no more social aspect so he was forced to find real life shit to do; 2) he was able to PAUSE and SAVE anytime he wanted too. 

Thank you, That's what I meant, if its to take an hour nap or say the wifey is holding him/her i' could do something like play an MMO that doesn't require much attention.. I didnt mean to make this sound like i was taking away time from the baby.. just something to do if im caring for the baby but have a little time to squeeze something in, and if its checking an auction house for a few minutes or dilly dallying on some new area... yeah, Perhaps it was best to not make a topic like this, It's making me look like a poor father but I didn't mean to come off like that.

Originally posted by Noggin

You're still allowed to do things that you enjoy after having children.

 

Warhammer wouldn't be that bad of a choice to be honest, if you just jump into an open Warband for a keep seige or general open RvR, do a few scenarios, a PQ or whatever you're not going to kop any flack if you say 'Hey thanks for the group guys I have to go and take care of my baby now' and you're certainly not going to cause your team to lose.

 

I find that PvE games can be a lot more demanding, once you're grouped to do something you generally commit to the duration of the task at hand.

 

*edit* I agree with Kyleran too, EVE would be a fair choice.

I've played EVE and while its a very , go away and do your thing and come back game It's not really my type of game. I may have to keep playing warhammer then, the scenarios are just short enough to make good use of time, but those times require a lot of attention, as short as it may be...

I'd say try EVE out, you could be running missions then if you need to you can just warp out and dock in a station, no worries.

Gets a bit depressing when a skill takes week to finish though.....

try magic world online or those other mmorpgs with legal bots (i think granado espada also has one) at least you could take care of the baby while the legal bot does the grinding for you. congrats!

Wizard 101

Has a free trial and is suprisingly fun for a game marketed towards kids.

Most games including EQ2 you cannot just stop playing in the middle of battle and expect not to be punished for dying. Not to mention you will definitely piss any other players off you may be grouped with.

Wizard 101 is very forgiving though since there is essentially no death penalty and the way it's designed, you can drop out of battle and it won't impact others you are grouped with too much.

Congrats on the upcoming addition!

As a father of three I've been where you are now , it's tough trying to juggle a job, social life, relationships and the demands of a new born, with all that in mind slotting mmo gaming into your already hectic life will be a tough thing to do.

Wouldn't it be great to have a pause button in your fav mmo?

Sadly there isn't a pause button.....

Even if there was a pause button  you'll find you won't get much time to play a mmo anyway, especially one that charges you a sub every month. It will get to the point where you won't want to pay for such a thing because you just can't fit it into your ever decreasing budget.

So I suggest a free to play model for your mmo needs, there are some good ones out there with good communities.

I'd recommend Archlord, Last Chaos, Dungeon Runners and Guildwars to name but a few.

I have 2 kids under 3 a full time job and i can still manage to play at least maybe 5-6 hours a week. theres 2 people in a relationship

it's hard just expect to be interupted. i can play pvp and FIRST person onlines too

it's not neglect it's taking care of you too.. trust me it preserves my sanity a bit to escape for an hour or 2 into a game

I would say LOTRO is the best choice.   Although I would be extremely careful playing an MMO with a newborn.    Don't end up like those animals who left the baby in a car seat  sitting in the bedroom for a week while they played EQ.  

I have an eighteen month old.   My play time consists of about 3 hours a night from 7pm until 10pm.   He goes to sleep at 7pm and I'm wore out by 10pm.   I'm able to raid and everything in LOTRO with that schedule.   Some nights I do extend it until 11pm. 

I ONLY play during his hours of sleep.   Except for an extra hour occassionally I never go past 11pm, because I'm no good as a father if I'm a zombie the next day.   

The moment the MMO comes before your child, its time to terminate the account and delete the game.

wow, eq2, or lotro, they are the best for me as haveing 2 kids and looking for something casual and that can also offer a lil challenge when i have more time, out of the 3 i favor eq2.

Kids sleep people come on now, get off your high horses.
 

To the OP it's tough to get much play time in at the very beginning.  Once they start sleep more it gets easier.  You will want something solo friendly and the ability to get to a safe area to log fast.

LOTRO: solo friendly, map teleports, skill teleports

WoW: solo friendly ( minus instances), map hearth

UO: solo frienldy, recall