Anarchy Online

haha

I can relate

I stopped playing AO 2 months ago, having a break, will be back eventually though.

I tried WOW, wow just annoys me. Full of children and its just not the game for me

RS definitely no

EVE gets boring quick

StarWars I would play but dont have the money atm

But other than star wars, there really is no other game that matches up to Anarchy Online

The community rocks

PVP rocks

the ARKS and GM's rock

PVM rocks

gameplay rocks

everything rocks

i cant wait to go back ^^

Currently, playing Tabula Rasa. Canceled EQ2.

Have played all the major MMORPGs. Will be playing AO in th near future again.

After playing many games... Graal Online, Redmoon Online from the beta until the final death of Diosa server (about 4 years there). and other free/cheap games of that same type... I began playing AO in the early part of 2004 

...and I loved it!

That inital reaction grew into sort of an addiction. However, as with most things, it got old after awhile... leaving me wanting something new... something better!

So the hunt began. I've tried just about everything I could. I played Matrix Online from beta until SoE killed it (I'm a  fan of the Matrix but the game wasn't all I had expected). I then got a station pass and tried the other SoE games. EQ and EQII were ok but I have a hard time getting into fantasy games. I couldn't get passed that annoying clicky targeting that SWG had (not sure what it was like pre-NGE but it HAD to be better)... I even tried WoW (friggin' peer pressure) and I found it to be quite lame and overhyped (again, I have a distaste for fantasy settings). Then I did a free trial of EVE. It was kinda boring and I would have liked it better if you could leave your ship and go on foot on a planet surface.. like in AO (if AO had space travel and other planets that would also rock).  Now I am trying out Lord of the Rings Online (yes, another fantasy but I am a fan of LOTR so that keeps it from being a total turnoff for me) I'll see how it goes.

After my short stays in each of these games, I have always gone back to good ol' AO.

I wanted to try Tabula Rasa but not enough to buy a box copy since it has one big turnoff for me: a hybrid FPS interface.

I'm one of those who firmly believes that in a RPG it should be your character's abilities and traits -- not your own twitch skill -- that determines the outcome of your character's battles, interactions and so on. (and I'm getting old and don't have the speed with my button bashing skill I had back in the day... meaning the little kids with lightning fast reflexes would pwn me when twitch is a large part of the game). Unfortunately, many new games coming out that otherwise look good to me are planning on using some sort of hybrid FPS setup. I hated it in SWG and will most likely have the same feeling about it in any game.

I can only hope that AO will get better from here on. Maybe with the the new graphics engine more people will play it. And with any luck, FC will see the error of their current ways and get rid of their cash shop!  Seeing that ugly eyesore in the middle of Newland Lake makes me sick!  What were they thinking?!@ Cash shops dont work even in free games and have no business even being in a subscription-based game like AO. They all start out innocent enough with simple things like social items and maybe a few mounts/vehicles that promise to have no in-game advantages. Then the company gets greedy and starts putting weapons, armours, consumable buff  items and all that good stuff in the shops until it becomes a game that is dominated by spoiled rich brats with loads of real money to spend in the game!

That is why it is my most sincere hope that FC turns away from that dark path while they still can. If they don't, I may not have a game to go back to each time I try something new and find myself disapointed in it.

Right now nothing. Think I been playing too many. It's like the drugs I been smoking. Too much weed and later I need something stronger, better kick. So far I have not got that kick I'm looking for.

Once you've fallen for AO there currently isn't anything out there that will be able to match or overcome the experience. Funcom has produced a solid MMO that continues to attract attention even though it has aged a bit. Can't wait for the graphics update!

I've come full circle back to AO, there's nothing else like it.

im on my way back to anarchy online within a few days!!!!

Old AO fan here.  Used to play at Atlantean with the tower twink group "Project F Bomb".  now i hear some gimps have stolen the name and are prancing around with it above their heads.  last I heard we can thank Dreadkeeper for ruining that.

ill be back to AO for sure when the graphics update comes out.  it is still the best game out there. i just needs a face lift in todays times.  I wasnt a big SL fan at all.  I havnt played with Lost Eden yet, but I hear its pretty cool.

AO is a really addictive game, my first mmo and i played for almost 3 years with a 6 months break cause i didnt like LE first (i just had full chosen on my main...) i quit 2 months ago cause of the new nanos which i didnt like but mostly cause i was bored, needed something new.. i still talk a bit with my guild, hard to say goodbye to some good friends u have known for 3 years

Kevinsama 220/24 (rimor)

Edit: ow and im playing 9dragons right now :p