Greetings everyone, I work a 40 hour job and look forward to my nights off to game. Problem is once I get into my computer chair. I can't seem to get into anything. What mmo should I play and why? Please intrigue me with your opinions. 

I'm back to Vanilla WoW ( I can't say more than that or I'll get another ban )

-  i'ts the only true mmo that did not go F2P.

-  It's still community driven unlike all else.

-  It's hard and you have to think......See that cave over there, your gonna get you butt kicked if you go in !

-  Sure everything is spread out, but thats what makes it like a real life.

Every other mmo sucks because their not mmos.

-Darkfall

-The Secret World

-and go to Kickstarter backing "Elite Dangerous"!

I will have to give fallen earth a try. I played Rift until all my friends quit. Six hours have gone by and I played a little of GW2, SWTOR, and AoC. Most of my time I spent on roaming the internet.  Of course it does not help... When most of my mmo friends have dedicated themselves to consoles. :/ 

You should play the one that best fitts the setting and genre you personnaly feel most attached to.

I personally can get into a mmo if I love my character and the surrounding world. I belive most games can be played hardcore or casual, its down to you and you feel about equipment and how quick you want it.

Does it have to be an MMO? Cos there's a lot of nice single player games out there waiting if you havn't tried them yet you know?

The only one keeping me interested at the moment is Rift.

Originally posted by CrowsCry
The last single player rpg I played was FF8. Yeah... lol

Haha, what? Like back when FF8 was released?

Good god you have missed a lot of quality games if that's right. Get your wallet out mate.. a single player game will seem like a godsend after playing all these washed out MMOs. Dragon Age 1: Ultimate Edition is a good place to start.

I have the same problem a lot, but lately I landed on two MMOs I play the most and I thought I'd never play. Star Trek Online and Perpetuum Online. Both are considered by the MMO community at large to be garbage, but I am enjoying them quite a bit. STO has so many different layered RPG systems in it that it should keep any RPG fan happy (your bridge and duty officers, outfitting your ship, soon managing your own personal fleet according to the dev blog). The stories are decent (im not even a trek fan) and the Foundary is pretty fun for making your own content when you are bored. The downside is group play is rather limited and it still boils down to your standard lobby game like WoW/Rift/most MMORPGs these days.

Perpetuum on the other hand is like EVE lite. I wanted to like EVE so much, but I don't want to be griefed endlessly for 6 months while I struggle to be viable, plus I dont like click to move. Perpetuum has a much smaller community (this is also a downside) so the griefing isn't as rampant at all, plus it has WASD movement which helps to make you feel like youre in control of your character. Combat is pretty fun, using cover and engagement distances, etc. It gets better when you get into a good Corp and start helping them build their base and stuff. Again, the con is that the community is relatively small, but to me its also a huge plus. It has a 14-day trial so it won't hurt to try it out!

I also agree with everyone's recommendation of Fallen Earth. Once I accomplish my immediate goals in STO I plan to go back to Fallen Earth for a bit while I wait for Season 8.

The recurring theme for me seems to be Sci Fi, so I am wondering if you encountered the same brick wall I did - sword and board gets old after a while. New settings seemed to revitalize me quite a bit.

Hope that helps!

Darkfall Unholy wars

Fallen earth

Originally posted by CrowsCry
You nailed it! Gorwe. As for single player games. Ever since I began playing mmo's. I can't really get into single player games anymore. The last single player rpg I played was FF8. Yeah... lol

There is something else you could do.

Get a second HDD and play the Linux game.

Its a MMORPG that encurages you to fixing and crafting.

You play the role of a system administrator and on your mainhand is a bash and offhand you wear either the focus weapon or controll your extended mainhand weapon specials.

Its a education game and has more to offer, then any MMORPG can offer to you.

It also contains a lot of games you never saw and here is a little Linux experience on a totally normal day:

Last week one day evening.

Git pulled new changes to the wine source, i decided to clean it before a fresh recompile, needs 4 mins.

I opened UFO:Alien Invasion and just wanted to pass 4 minutes and about 4 hours later i thought WTF, how immersive, lol.

Thats a typical situation for me, when i get bored of games like you do and i may have a similar problem, too many MMOs installed, but there is this perfect excuse of "let me check how i can run in on Linux" :p

Originally posted by delete5230

I'm back to Vanilla WoW ( I can't say more than that or I'll get another ban )

-  i'ts the only true mmo that did not go F2P.

-  It's still community driven unlike all else.

-  It's hard and you have to think......See that cave over there, your gonna get you butt kicked if you go in !

-  Sure everything is spread out, but thats what makes it like a real life.

 

Every other mmo sucks because their not mmos.

have you tried Vanguard? completely open world. overland bosses at all tiers. indepth crafting. a diplomacy system that allows you to set up buffs for fellow players as well as eventually obtain a land grant from an npc factional house and become a baronet.

the dungeons in this game are amazing. they are completely open, no instancing. and just when you've thought youve gotten tot he end of one, you turn a corner and it opens out even more.

there is no pvp however.