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nanoviper

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Joined: 5/08/05
Posts: 64

8/09/09 4:48:38 PM#126

Best: Star Wars Galaxies; Everyone was nice and always willing to help a newb

Worst: World of Warcraft, It by far has to be the worst community I've ever seen. Even in most guilds there seems to be this animousity, that doesn't exist in other mmo's. Prehaps it is because there are alot of player competeing for a single piece of gear. 

Blizzard uses WOW to harvest hours played into bottles so that the dev team can remain immortal

storyless

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Joined: 7/29/09
Posts: 82

8/09/09 4:51:59 PM#127
Originally posted by nanoviper

Best: Star Wars Galaxies; Everyone was nice and always willing to help a newb

Worst: World of Warcraft, It by far has to be the worst community I've ever seen. Even in most guilds there seems to be this animousity, that doesn't exist in other mmo's. Prehaps it is because there are alot of player competeing for a single piece of gear. 


 

He he, I logged into this thread to say precisely the same thing - and found you'd said it first.

The WoW server I was on was full of 12 year old Swedish kids all trying to talk a clumsy Scandinavian version of Wigga smack to each other. Eventually, it killed the game for me.

paintchips

Novice Member

Joined: 2/06/06
Posts: 72

8/09/09 4:53:34 PM#128

Best: EQ,SWG and LotRO.

Worst: SWG (NGE) and AoC.

BuzWeaver

Hard Core Member

Joined: 1/27/07
Posts: 786

8/09/09 5:05:05 PM#129


Originally posted by cybertrucker
Was just curious to see which games people thought had the best and worst communities from the games they have personally played.
For me it would probably be like this.
BEST: Vanguard or EQ1..Why?

For me it was EQ. What the EQ community illustrated was a group of people that were dedicated to the game, for the sake of gamesmanship. In my opinion the best way to gauge this is by the 'quality' of information. EQ had quite a few dedicated sites for Maps, Trade Skills, Classes and Quest related information. Some of those sites still exist and sadly quite a few of them have long disappeared (or have not been updated). There are a few fledgling sites that are new and have updated/current game information.


Making a call on which is worst is a little to subjective, suffices to say I go by the quality of information. Some sites have players that are willing to give good information concerning the game, however a lot of it is inter mixed with the sea of critics and cynics.


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zuka017

Novice Member

Joined: 9/10/07
Posts: 1

8/09/09 5:13:30 PM#130

Worst :

WOW.. and no Im not a WOW hater or something like that... lots of that i hate there... angry kids, no answers to me questions allways 1337 and on forum every post someone write noob, idiot lamer.... etc...

Best :

Mortal Online...

nice people, ppl healping each other, devplorers and mods allvais there and i talk whit them almost every day about game, future addons etc..

Bluefix

Hard Core Member

Joined: 6/27/05
Posts: 55

8/09/09 5:14:37 PM#131

Best: Eve Online. Very helpful and friendly community(obviously not friendly when if you go to unprotected systems) and the learning curve gets rid of undecired types :) Sure there's people bitching like children when they die, but it's definately not worse than any other game and pretty good considering it's a pvp game.

Worst: I used to have this spot for WoW, but Darkfall wins it by a miles now. It's really really really bad. PvP is more smacktalk than pvp and the number of mechanics that can be abused has lured a lot of idiots in. Noobs are slaughtered and abused just because people can, protective systems are highly flawed and tend to protect pk'ers. Harassment is almost a daily occurence inside cities.

Cherise

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Joined: 4/11/06
Posts: 61

8/09/09 5:16:59 PM#132

Best:  EQ2 (Lucan D'Lere server - turn off 1-9 chat!),  Istaria (although I didn't play for long, the community was pretty amazing), and DAOC (Gaheris server)

Worst:  WoW, SWG (but I still enjoyed them both for a short while)

User Deleted
8/09/09 5:21:16 PM#133

Best-UO

Worst-WoW

BuzWeaver

Hard Core Member

Joined: 1/27/07
Posts: 786

8/09/09 5:28:33 PM#134


Originally posted by Papadam
Best: WAR is probably the most anti-social MMO I have played, no one ever speaks. AoC was simillar but atleast you get some insults and profanites after being ganked...

I noticed during beta and when the game went live that there wasn't a lot of game chatter in War, I attribute that to the communication system in War where you could only talk to people within a certain range. I suppose I could be part of that none talking community as our Guild pretty much just grouped with each other and most of our conversation was on Vent and or between each other in Guild/Group Chat.



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All about the fun!

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HiGHPLAiNS

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Joined: 9/27/04
Posts: 1925

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8/09/09 5:30:19 PM#135

The best community in my experience of MMORPGing was.

Everquest, Anarchy Online and Star Wars Galaxies (between the years of 2001 to 2005)

The worst community in my experience of MMORPGing was.

World of Warcraft from 2005 to present, however what do you expect a game that caters to 6 year olds and up. 

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TheRedDread

Guru

Joined: 12/31/04
Posts: 139

8/09/09 5:31:24 PM#136

Ragnarok Online (closed/open beta) community was one of the best I've been part of - also FFXI.

Sheista

Hard Core Member

Joined: 9/30/05
Posts: 778

8/09/09 5:33:39 PM#137

Best: Asheron's Call 1's PvE community

Worst: Asheron's Call 1 PvP community

 

I loved the game.  The PvP was magnificent, and the people I met were great.  Those who were more interested in the PvE side of the game were some of the most helpful people I have ever met in an MMO.  They really made you feel like part of a family.  The same is true about some of the PvPers I met.  I had some great times PvPing, and had some great friends there too.  But in the same aspect of the game, I met some of the most horrific people ever.  People who would make you cringe just from the crap they said.

So, it was a double edged sword.  It had aspects of the best community I've ever seen, and the worst, all rolled into one.

Punk999

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Joined: 10/26/04
Posts: 453

Why do you read this?

8/09/09 5:40:50 PM#138

Best Community is easily FFXI Great people on that game.

Worst Community WoW no doubt.

ZoeMcCloskey

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Joined: 7/14/05
Posts: 147

8/09/09 6:24:41 PM#139

Best:  Star Wars Galaxies, a long time ago in a land far far away when SWG first came out it was rather wonderful.

 

Worst:  Eve Online, sure there are some polite people around but they seem to be the exception to the rule.  Never seen a game where it seems to be encouraged to be the biggest a$$ you can be.

spankybus

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Joined: 11/20/05
Posts: 496

"Don''t touch that squirrel''s nuts!" - Willy Wonka

8/09/09 6:33:22 PM#140

You aren't kidding about EVE. its a bitch to find decent people. If you need a laugh, listen in to the public 'CEO' channel. THere are a handful of nerds in there who actually think they are badasses lol its like a biker bar for nerds. pathetic! lol

 

Favorite Community: FFXI - the game requires grouping, and jerks quickly run out of people who will group with them.

 

Worst Community - I will NOT say EVE. Dispite what i said up top, there are good people in the game. WoW, is loaded with a massive amount of morons. Even the game mechanics rewards anti-socialism. When you finally have to group...its like forcing a bunch of loaners to work together.

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Crenait

World of Warcraft Correspondent

Joined: 5/31/07
Posts: 112

8/09/09 6:34:00 PM#141

I think the people posting Darkfall are confusing the game with Forumfall...WIth that said:

Best: Tie between FFXI, Eve and Darkfall (You have to find a guild in the last two)

Worst: Tie between WoW or Guild Wars

sweetdreams

Apprentice Member

Joined: 3/19/05
Posts: 131

8/09/09 6:46:54 PM#142

Best I would say is probably FFXI, pratically everything in that game is socializing with other people. Second best would be EQ2. Worst would be WoW.

Beatnik59

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Joined: 11/23/05
Posts: 1520

"Playing things I shouldn''t be playing since 1977."

Now Playing:
CoH, CoV

8/09/09 6:54:37 PM#143

The best community I was a part of is CoH...hands down the most helpful, outgoing, non-snooty, and fun living group I've ever gamed with.

The worst community had to be WAR.  In my entire two month stay, nobody said word one.

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fuzzi1983

Novice Member

Joined: 7/30/07
Posts: 95

8/09/09 7:03:03 PM#144

Best - LOTRO it was by far the best community. Ranging from attitude to community events.  Everyone is very helpful, and yes you still had people that were just rude.

 

Worst - WOW You have great people and asshats. Unfortunally asshats were > nice people. No one had patience or would help anyone unless it benefited them 100% Thier attitudes are the same likeon these forums. Someone else said this and I aggree 100%

coffee

Guru

Joined: 8/28/05
Posts: 1775

8/09/09 7:11:39 PM#145

Ill jump on the "cool kids" bandwagon and say WoW has the worse community because you know I've played on all 200 or so of my region servers... no sorry I've played 3 of em but thats enough to lable all players right? and every 1 shouts out "chuck norris" jokes... oh wait sorry that stopped in 2005... every one ninja loots... oh wait wait I tell a lie from my own 4 year experience I have never been a group with some one ninja looting... every one is 8 years old... oh wait somtimes I play up to the early hours around 2-3am and the servers are still packed.

In all seriousness I didin't need to open this thread to know WoW would labeled as the worst... price it pays for being the most played MMO I guess.  Your all entitled to your opinons but for me WoW is just fine community wise, not too serious and can have a bit of fun.

Worst community and for the only reason no one talked was WAR.. for the short month I played it.

DeathWolf2u

Apprentice Member

Joined: 6/04/04
Posts: 105

8/09/09 7:19:29 PM#146

WORST: Ultima Online - Why: From bank sitters creating lag to the a$$holes who stabbed everyone else in their backs, birthplace of scammers, hackers, exploiters, bullsh!ters and every other worthless scum on the face of this planet, Good Rithens UO.

 

BEST: Star Wars Galaxies - Why: On SWG first intial launch the community was great, easy to make friends and group with, most helpful, first two months of launch PvP was the most fun until the hacks and exploits came out overall still a blast 

Death1942

Hard Core Member

Joined: 2/24/07
Posts: 2179

8/09/09 7:24:22 PM#147
Originally posted by tupodawg999
Originally posted by Death1942
Originally posted by tarvik
Originally posted by tupodawg999

Worst: Everquest, Sullon Zek server.

Best: Everquest, Sullon Zek server (heh heh)


 

lol me as well..i have yet to meet a community worse than SZ  server ..i look at the servers ive played on WoW as a joke compare to the crap that would happen on SZ ,  but at the sametime it was the most awesome community lol

people would of had to play on SZ to understand lol

 

just spent 20 minutes googling that server and reading up on it.  I stopped once i got to the 50yr old pedophile who multiboxes and hires prostitutes....

 I remember that guy. He had six boxes IIRC so he could have a full group without anyone else. He used to talk on the forums about hiring (adult female) prostitutes. You must have decided to add that pedo bit in yourself... which implies your comment was intended as a kind of indirect flame... which implies you spent 20 minutes of your life looking for some material for a pathetic little indirect flame... and came up with that.

My turn.

as for the thread:

Best:  toss up between Ryzom and Lotro.   Ryzom was just filled with helpful people.

Ryzom's that game where one of the races looks like little kids isn't it?

Lotro because people seemed so nice and welcoming...and every guild i have been in (4 so far) have been the friendliest guilds i have come across in any game.

Four guilds huh - were they all friendly enough to help you out with lots of gear before you quit for the next one?

 

 

actually i stumbled across a charge laid against him for having sex with an underage girl.  It was posted on some site filled with Zek fanboi's (quite a scary place).

Guilds wise:  1st one i left because i left the game (many moons ago, for AoC).  2nd one fell apart after the leaders left the game.  3rd one i was on a trial account at the time and was just looking for some company.  4th one (current one) is full of awesome people.

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waveslayer

Advanced Member

Joined: 8/07/03
Posts: 173

8/09/09 7:32:27 PM#148

Best early EQ and early DAoC, in both these games at least early on there was a since of comradarie amongst the community that I havnt seen in a game since, LotRO gets an honorable mention.

Worst it has to be between WoW and AoC, which is a complete shame becuase as games both are pretty darnned good IMO.

Godz of War I call Thee

Wickedjelly

Apprentice Member

Joined: 4/19/09
Posts: 750

8/09/09 7:35:55 PM#149
Originally posted by coffee

Ill jump on the "cool kids" bandwagon and say WoW has the worse community because you know I've played on all 200 or so of my region servers... no sorry I've played 3 of em but thats enough to lable all players right? and every 1 shouts out "chuck norris" jokes... oh wait sorry that stopped in 2005... every one ninja loots... oh wait wait I tell a lie from my own 4 year experience I have never been a group with some one ninja looting... every one is 8 years old... oh wait somtimes I play up to the early hours around 2-3am and the servers are still packed.

In all seriousness I didin't need to open this thread to know WoW would labeled as the worst... price it pays for being the most played MMO I guess.  Your all entitled to your opinons but for me WoW is just fine community wise, not too serious and can have a bit of fun.

Worst community and for the only reason no one talked was WAR.. for the short month I played it.


 

I tried WoW again just last year and people were still doing the same old bullshit with the Chuck Norris jokes and the even more nauseating "add murloc into the movie topic" thing.  As for ninjalooting it was still around but no matter which game you play you're going to run across those types of greedy bastards.

As for worst community, I'll have to agree with you on Warhammer.  While I did enjoy the PvP aspect of the game from a gameplay standpoint until T4 the amount of assholes you could encounter especially in scenarios was mindboggling at times.  You really have to wonder at times if people were that miserable or unhappy with others they were playing with why the hell they were still around.  Of course, there were times you would run across some really cool people and have a great time but the negativity of some-amazingly at times even in scenarios you were winning was just astounding to me.  Outside of scenarios or RVR chat was dead too.  At least as annoying as the likes of WoW can be  t times there are people active-saying something at least for god's sake.

As for best community: EQ for me, never seen one as helpful and friendly as that one although LotR does come close.

Gishgeron

Hard Core Member

Joined: 3/05/07
Posts: 1016

8/09/09 7:38:24 PM#150

  I have answered these kinds of posts before.  The answer will always be the same I'm afraid.

 

  BEST : City of Heroes/Villains

    Why?  It just is.  Trial the game, and learn.

 

  WORST:  Silkroad.

  Probably because it didn't exist, due to all the botting and PKing

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