I played WoW for several years, and really burned myself out on it.  Took a pally to 60, a lock to 70, with a number of twinks inbetween.  Never did end game, I was a PvP whore.  I haven't played in over a year, and I refuse to go back.  I want something new.

So, to all of the recovering (recovered?) WoW addicts out there... What do you play now?  Which games are worth investing my time into?  Is there anything yet?  Do I wait for an upcoming release?

i never really played wow that mush but many ex WoW players are loving Aion. so wait for that i guess

Nothing atm , w8ting on aion / jumpgate evolution.

Try Warrior Epic , ob starts tomorrow and it's f2p , try it till something better comes out...

 Yep Aion looks like it will be the next poison of choice,I also played wow off and on for about 4 years,been clean for around 14 months now,I have played most/all the p2p title's on the market atm and I would say to wait for Aion,I am also keeping an eye on Mortal online but that is a whole different experience and tbh could be just about be anything at the moment.

The safe money is on Aion.

Originally posted by madeux

So, to all of the recovering (recovered?) WoW addicts out there... What do you play now?  Which games are worth investing my time into?  Is there anything yet?  Do I wait for an upcoming release?

Who knows, nobody can answer that for you. What do you enjoy in an MMOG? People play MMOGs for many different reasons, so you'll get different recommendations. I played WoW, but I'm not into PvP (though I want to try Mortal Online), so my recommendations might not be appropriate. If you like PvP, maybe you should try Darkfall. Do you want a difficult game, or something retardedly easy like another WoW? If the latter, you could try WAR. Cartoony graphics or realistic? There are lots of factors. I wouldn't recommend Aion, personally, but that's just me; it seems like more WoW to me and I need some innovation. I don't play anything now; I'm tired of paying for utter regurgitated crap. My next game will be dynamic, not just scripts, stupid NPC AI, and useless PvP. The only game that even sounds worthwhile to me currently is MO, which isn't out yet. Hopefully it won't lose features and disappoint as most games do, but we'll see.

Originally posted by fzzzt

Originally posted by madeux

So, to all of the recovering (recovered?) WoW addicts out there... What do you play now?  Which games are worth investing my time into?  Is there anything yet?  Do I wait for an upcoming release?

 

Who knows, nobody can answer that for you. What do you enjoy in an MMOG? People play MMOGs for many different reasons, so you'll get different recommendations. I played WoW, but I'm not into PvP (though I want to try Mortal Online), so my recommendations might not be appropriate. If you like PvP, maybe you should try Darkfall. Do you want a difficult game, or something retardedly easy like another WoW? If the latter, you could try WAR. Cartoony graphics or realistic? There are lots of factors. I wouldn't recommend Aion, personally, but that's just me; it seems like more WoW to me and I need some innovation. I don't play anything now; I'm tired of paying for utter regurgitated crap. My next game will be dynamic, not just scripts, stupid NPC AI, and useless PvP. The only game that even sounds worthwhile to me currently is MO, which isn't out yet. Hopefully it won't lose features and disappoint as most games do, but we'll see.

Mortal Online has amazing potential... for greatness, or otherwise.  This is one I'm definitely looking to try out.

Mortal Online goes top on my list.

Play eve OP!

Mortal Online = First Person MMO = Fail

Originally posted by madeux

I played WoW for several years, and really burned myself out on it.  Took a pally to 60, a lock to 70, with a number of twinks inbetween.  Never did end game, I was a PvP whore.  I haven't played in over a year, and I refuse to go back.  I want something new.

So, to all of the recovering (recovered?) WoW addicts out there... What do you play now?  Which games are worth investing my time into?  Is there anything yet?  Do I wait for an upcoming release?

Perhaps a break is in order. Maybe an adventure in real life. This time away from games like MMO's may make them all the more sweeter when you pick up a new one.

If not, Try LOTRO.

Fallen Earth

I'm waiting for the NA Aion and Black Prophecy, but, you could always jump on the Chinese Aion. Quite a few all english guilds around.

Aion is the way to go imo. Not coming out till the 2h of the year, which is too vague for me. In the mean time try LOTRO. Its the best looking game out there ( havn't tried aion though) and has great quests and enviroments. A tip for LOTRO though, if your primarly a melee player, take the time in LOTRO to play a caster class. The melee classes are not as fluid as WoW because of the que system style. But classes like the Runekeeper and Loremaster shine. Just my 2cents...

Originally posted by madeux

I played WoW for several years, and really burned myself out on it.  Took a pally to 60, a lock to 70, with a number of twinks inbetween.  Never did end game, I was a PvP whore.  I haven't played in over a year, and I refuse to go back.  I want something new.

So, to all of the recovering (recovered?) WoW addicts out there... What do you play now?  Which games are worth investing my time into?  Is there anything yet?  Do I wait for an upcoming release?

If PvP is your thing and you arent married to fantasy based MMOs, you will like Eve. It is the most hardcore MMO PvP game I have seen so far, and a lot more complex than WoW in just about every way. The PvP aspect of it is what really shines...player empires control much of the in-game real estate and watching their interaction is almost like a soap operah. Lots of player based drama and long term glory/consequences.

I have played it off and on since launch. I've gone to other MMOs before, but I always end up back with Eve. Just havnt seen another game with it's depth.

As far as new games coming out, I agree about Fallen Earth. I like it for many of the same reasons I like Eve. There really arent any good fantasy based games coming out that I like. Darkfall came the closest, but it looks like it didnt pan out.

Well most I know are going to try Aion so that is an option or perhaps you might want to give Jumpgate a chance.

Well, if you don't mind emo looks, go for Aion. Mortal Online looks interesting, but if you are that kind of player that needs to see the rear of your toon, it may not be your cup of tea. You may want to try a free-to-play MMO while waiting for one of the big releases. You can still go back to WoW if everything else fails.

If you're still into PvP, I would take a look at WARHammer. If you want a true break from anything akin to WoW..then take a look at Darkfall

 So I guess you want someting better than WoW then? Hehe, nice one. 

The recipe is this; try every free trial you can get your hands on, then buy one moth subscribtion (this crucial, ONE MONTH, do not make a mistake of buying 3 months up front) to EVE, play that for two weeks, let it sit for another 2 weeks and then get really drunk with your mates the first weekend after that

Once the ritual is complete, you have cleansed your system of wishing for impossible, go buy Wrath of the Lich King and join us in Northrend...     join us...   join us..   join ussssssss

    I really like AOC it has great and realistic graphics not cartoony like wow,  the combat is the best I have played on an mmo and I have played many.  It is more of a linier mmo but at least your not running around looking for something to do and getting bored.  It has a PvP world similar to what was found in Shadow Bane although you can play in a PvE world also. Crafting does not start til lvl 20 and at this point is average (who cares).  there is no fishing (thank God) and the quests are good.  So if you like great graphics (and who does'nt) and great combat (by the way "city of heroes" also has great combat just not the graphics) you should try this game and you can now play it on a good computer it does not have to be great because Funcom did a nice job optimizing the game.  

 All the newly released ones suck. I'm playing non mmo's for kicks now. No grind and all the pvp.