I'm in the hurricane right now weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The eye should be coming through here in a few hours,  things are getting pretty sketchy.

Be safe everyone who is in Sandy's path.   Was in a category 5 in NC many years ago as a child.  Like a poster above already said, hurricanes are serious business.  Be prepared. 

Originally posted by Robokapp

Originally posted by Eazydzzz

Originally posted by Robokapp
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they exist but they're more rare...naturally people react to disconfort but sit and enjoy confort.

 

there's positive threads too. Just not as often. Nobody needs a shoulder to ... laugh on. :D

No confort taken.

Originally posted by Vhaln
Its interesting how Funcom has become this edgy underdog dev that certain types like to rally behind.  "Interesting" probably isn't the word they would use.

Nope.  Not an edgy underdog.  Just like people who don't like WoW are just hating WoW to be cool.  Right?  One post about Funcom being good and they are now "an edgy underdog"?

Maybe I just like Funcom games.  Name one company that makes better games in the mmo world. 

Am I being an "edgy underdog"?

"certain types"

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Originally posted by Scalpless

They've got great ideas, but often crappy execution. AO and AoC are especially good examples of this.

The most annoying of Funcom's failures is that, IMO, AO is still their best MMO. It has a huge, open world and a great mix of sandbox and themepark features - something both TSW and AoC lack. To bad it's so 2001 it makes your eyes hurt, had some disappointing expansions, is quite dead and still doesn't have that new graphics engine they have talked about for years.

I agree about AO, that's why I have to say I'm talking about the Ao of old.  You need people to enjoy AO.   The whole structure of AO revolves around there being a lot of people playing.  Land control, the war, the ever-evolving story revolved around people.  AO was the first, and hopefully not last, mmo where the community (not just you as the "hero") was actively involved in the story.  You could vote,  could have protests, ect ect that would make an actual change in the game world.  It felt like an ever changing world, and felt like you could possibly make a dent in what went on. 

Originally posted by DonY81

Originally posted by Eazydzzz

Anarchy Online is still the best mmo I've ever played.  Maybe the best video/computer game I've ever played.   2001-2004 AO I'm talking about. 

When you read threads about what mmorpgs should be, you think "that was AO!!!!"

 

Age of Conan is awesome.  Put failcom logos as your avatar all you want, but AoC has it all.  Mature community, depth, hundreds of skill points you can apply to your character when you level, fun combat (way more visceral and action packed than the wanna be console games like tera or RaiderZ).  If you want console level action combat check out DC Universe, Vindictus, or PSO2.  PSO2 is beyond awesome btw.    Awesome soundtrack.   Very dark fantasy world, no bubbly fat animal people like in tera or gw2.  AoC reminds of 80s style DnD - gritty.

The Sercret World is also pretty amazing.  People asked for something different and Funcom delivered.  Sure, it's not perfect, but it's different.  TSW makes you think.  An mmo that makes you use your brain??  What is this 1999??? 

Funcom, imo, makes the best mmos.  They have 3, and they are all awesome. 

 

 

Never played AO but i loved Age of Conan. I also own TSW which was good. On another note how is AOCs pop these days im from europe and have been thinking of taking another look.

Supposedly the EU servers are where it's at.   The US servers are doing very well, so the EU servers must be great.

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Really?  Because every game of theirs I play has a strong, very nice, and very mature community.  I've made more friends in Funcom games than I have in any other games, and I've dabbled in almost every mmo.

Anarchy Online is still the best mmo I've ever played.  Maybe the best video/computer game I've ever played.   2001-2004 AO I'm talking about. 

When you read threads about what mmorpgs should be, you think "that was AO!!!!"

Age of Conan is awesome.  Put failcom logos as your avatar all you want, but AoC has it all.  Mature community, depth, hundreds of skill points you can apply to your character when you level, fun combat (way more visceral and action packed than the wanna be console games like tera or RaiderZ).  If you want console level action combat check out DC Universe, Vindictus, or PSO2.  PSO2 is beyond awesome btw.    Awesome soundtrack.   Very dark fantasy world, no bubbly fat animal people like in tera or gw2.  AoC reminds of 80s style DnD - gritty.

The Sercret World is also pretty amazing.  People asked for something different and Funcom delivered.  Sure, it's not perfect, but it's different.  TSW makes you think.  An mmo that makes you use your brain??  What is this 1999??? 

Funcom, imo, makes the best mmos.  They have 3, and they are all awesome. 

Glad to see so many people here like AoC music as much as me.

Music is somewhat overlooked, and can sometimes make or break a gameplay experience.

I remember really liking Warhammer, but couldn't stand the music.  It sounded like someone was banging pots and pans together in the backround, and it was that same music for almost every zone.  It was so bad that I didn't even want to log in after awhile.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61

Originally posted by Eazydzzz

Originally posted by bubaluba
TOR have best music ,best story and best leveling from all mmorpg's

Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and LoTRO has swtor beat in all of those categories imo.  Swtor did have some pretty good music though.

I found the stories in SWTOR to be pretty bad really, and full of eye-roll moments.  Not trying to troll, but the stories is SWTOR seem to be geared towards an early teenage crowd. 

The leveling - well I dunno, couldn't even force myself to get past level 42 it was so bland.

LOL I actually think that SWTOR stories are much more appreciated by mature crowd, who appreciate it's humor and great liners. LOL to be honest I love "what did I just say?"moments in Inquisitor story:).

And believe me I am as far of teenage as possible and my yet older  friend enjoyes the story as much as I do /grin

 

Edit. We all have different opinions. I could not pass AoC above level 30 - it was so boring and still did not get to max level in LOTRO - it's beyond boring.

Well to each their own :)  Glad you are enjoying it.

If everyone liked the exact same things the world would be a pretty boring place!

Originally posted by bubaluba
TOR have best music ,best story and best leveling from all mmorpg's

Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and LoTRO has swtor beat in all of those categories imo.  Swtor did have some pretty good music though.

I found the stories in SWTOR to be pretty bad really, and full of eye-roll moments.  Not trying to troll, but the stories is SWTOR seem to be geared towards an early teenage crowd. 

The leveling - well I dunno, couldn't even force myself to get past level 42 it was so bland.

Originally posted by saxifr
I will never give Cryptic another dime after STO. Do some research on the dis-satisfaction current and former players have had with STO if you are curious about buying this game but not sure what you have to look forward to.

It's free to play.

Originally posted by Siveria

Hi all, me and a friend are thinking of giving lotro a shot, he';s never played it and about all I have for experence is the beta test years ago. I have some questions now.

1: I know the game has gone free to play.. so this is an expected question: How cash-shop pay2win is the game, in terms of content? Like Dungeons and Dragons Online I bascally quit because unless you buy all these content packs your locked out of about 85% of the game. IMO content should NEVER be locked in a free 2 play mmorpg.

2: What are 2 classes that can be duo'ed together and complement each other well?

3: Whats a good server to start on for 2 new players starting from scratch.

4: Does race matter much? I mostly like races that are well.. pretty I guess, I always play female chars, I don't care what the males look like, as long as the females look good.

 

Thanks for any and all help, if you wanna add anything other than these 4 questions feel free, if you think its something we should know.

1.  You can get all the way to level cap without paying a dime.  Of course some of the content is locked and needs to be purchased in order to play it.  The developer's need to feed their families ect. 

2.  Anything with a minstrel.

3. Brandywine last time I played.

4.  Race doesn't really matter.  The prettiest race is dwarves by far.  Lotro dwarves are probably the sexiest race in any game ever.  just thinking about them gives me a raging boner. 

Hi there, just loking for a f2p game that has instanced pvp and pvp zones similar to WoW/WAR/RIFT  ect ect.

WOuld like to roll a rogue type class if possible and be able to run into others while questing and be able to "gank",  and of course get ganked.  Also looking for instanced pvp battlegrounds as well.

I don't want to put a lot of time into this type of game so really couldn't care less about the endgame.

Just want something that offers pvp right off the bat, or at least soon after starting. 

I tried RoM last night but played for 2 hours and didn't see another player.  Was going to try Allods tonight, but it looks like you have to get to level 23 before you can do any sort of pvp.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Any suggestions?

For expample hell gate london.  Or is it just hellgate?

Post apocalyptic world   HELLL YEAAHH.  3rd person shooter combat with guns?    SOUNDS GOOD

Log in, tutorial is sound.  Get to the "city", and low and behold:  rows of statues with "!" over their heads.  Asking me to do shit I don't want to do.

Ready for some WoW style bore-fest quests?  nope.  Uninstall.

Give up.  Seriously.  Playing Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call, hell even PSO.  That's all done.

Remember when PC games made you think.  Like really think?

PC games were for the smart people, sans diablo and warcraft of course.

Deep, mentally engaging games that only a few understood.

Remember being a nerd was actually an insult?  It didn't just mean you were some tight pants, hard rimed glasses wearing poser?

Being a "nerd" was not a trendy term, it was what you got called by the jocks as a serious insult.  YOu could be a pussy and take it for what it was, or wear it as a badge of honor and find ingenious ways to  have sex with their sisters/mothers/girlfriends.

Remember when you played an mmo in 1999 and thought "man I wonder what these games will be like in 10 years"?

Did you picture pandas?  Did you picture a mindless pvp zerg gw2 grind?  Did you picture psuedo pedophlia mixed with wanna-be action combat a la tera?

The Secret World is the only game that comes even remotely close to dreams.  But it sells nothing.  It's not even worth.

When you watched star trek and imagined it as a virtual world, did you you picture STO??

The first time you saw an original star wars movie, could you picture SWTOR?

SWTOR is a destruction of dreams.

But then I saw the video of the dude who made wing commander games wanting to make a new game.  His vision is the vision.  His vision of pc gaming in 2012 is accurate.  What he wants to do is what should be done.  It's what we should fork over our hard earned cash for.  A sophisticated experience. 

Not this gear grinding repetative garbage.  Made for complete fucking morons.

I find it sad that when I sit down for video game time, and I maybe have an hour to play, that I end up playing a game that was released in 1994 over the plethora of modern games I have at my disposal.

The fact that an "old school" game can be more mentally stimulating than a new game is sad.

Originally posted by Neo_Liberty

Originally posted by Dkompoze
Tera was/is poop, for combat  Vindictus was better,for everything else gw2 is better.

why is tera combat poop?

Because it's painfully slow and boring, and not actiony at all like they advertised it would be.  Just lok at the video OP posted.  Most tab-targeting mmos are more exciting then Tera.

Originally posted by Scalpless

Originally posted by DaezAster
Sure he feels epic though. Still funny to me how cats call single enimies mobs.

Mob = mobile creature. It's a... very old term. Was used in MUDs.

Mob = mobile object block

Very old term indeed.

Originally posted by darwa

Anyone else think that by being able to do this by yourself actually makes TERA combat the inferior option?

After all, TERA and GW2 are meant to be MMOs, right?

Agree completely.