well the title says it best but id like to add a few notes to that question.

WoW is not what it used to be,we all know that,starting from ToC the game has been ruined in all its aspects from community quality to the very content of the game with blizzard chasing younger players around cause they knew for a fact kids were their only "cash resource" left. at least this is my opinion and ofc i respect who says that today wow is better than ever while i still think its gonna fall in a craphole in no more than a year time.

GW2 is very well done perfectly shaped,i have to admit that,but as many gw fans and even developers said :it wont fit in any case a powergamer expectations.since there won't be a "vertical progression" that will divide people who play 8 hours a day from people who play 8 hours a week.i wont argue on that since this topic is not about gw2.

Rift: ive played it for a while never liked it: races all look the same, the game is hell boring and feels pointless and plastic-made to me,so i took a chance when my server became a test server and instead of moving to another i just cancelled my sub. i know a lot of content have been developed in rift but its the game itself which ill never like from how characters look to how spells are cast and such. 

Ive played many mmos in my life from eq and eqII to aion,aoc,tera,lotro,swtor and so on and for different lacks in those games that many people have mentioned on these forums  ive left them behind,as i said before i won't go in details cause i dont want this thread to become an open battle like some others.

so after this all here comes the question again: what should a powergamer play these days in your opinion?

Chess?

Powergamer? What does that even mean?

Originally posted by Fangrim

Chess?

i was expecting a hello kitty online answer. you surprised me for real

Runescape...Maplestory...anything that requires a longgg time to really hit the top tier

Well more surprise than most modern day MMO's ! glad I could help a little :)

Originally posted by Fangrim

Well more surprise than most modern day MMO's ! glad I could help a little :)

lol ye i guess playing chess would be much better looking at how mmos are these days

EVE

I dunno..Everquest 1? Everquest 2?  both can be played casual but to reach top tier raids and PvP require signifigant investment of time.  Everquest 2 has arguably more content then any game currently on the market.  It's a big age'd but I swear it's a way under-rated game.

Darkfall - with having its upcoming F2p weekend could be a nice choice for a powergamer, it's a sandbox and can be a harsh world, but, again to reach top tier PvP and such requires some investment of time.

Any of the asian grindfest, I don't play those but they seem to be ideal for the grind, grind, grind type.

Backgammon

WoW was never meant for powergamers from the beginning. In fact EQ2 was directed towards the hardcore faction, whereas Blizzard aimed at the casual players.

But if you want the ultimate challenge as a MMO-gamer, play Vanguard. The crafting alone is a big timesink.

thanks everyone for replying ill look into them all at once :)

Darkfall?

Originally posted by Lobotomist

EVE

Not a powergamer game at all, IMO.

I've been playing Runescape for 8ish years, and I'm still not close to "finishing." There's a lot of content that requires a good amount of time to be input. It's a definite time sink with a feeling of accomplishment, and fits very well into powerleveling. There's a good amount of end game type of stuff too.

There is also an upcoming big update to the combat mechanics and gameplay. It will be totally revamping combat and making it more modern and enjoyable.

Munchkin

Lineage 2?

*scratches head* Powergamer? *looks in dictionary*

... ahhh, you meant to spell Pomegranate!

Originally posted by Lobotomist

EVE

I was gonna say TSW... but damnit there's EVE again....

Whatever I'm not playing.

SWG