Crafting and exploring...

So I guess "collect unique things" is the closest option.

Originally posted by PK4Gold

For me is a toss up between EQ1 , UO , AC1

The only thing that keeps me from picking UO is because when i played UO it was on Dialup modem and the lag  and rubberbanding was at times frustrating! lol but great game non the less so is why i listed it.

 

Do you still play any of these games?

Im sure the new high speed technology would make Ultima better. 

Not to sound like a noob but what is AC1?

I see there's more negative threads in the pub. Let's counter all the bad vibes by talking more about great mmorpg experiences.

Edit: anyone still playing aion I'm considering joining and would like to hear first hand experiences.

Originally posted by Reallymj

1. SWG

2 Rift

3. Wow

4 Warhammer Online

Really interesting choices. A sandbox followed by classic themeparks. Most really gravitate to one or the other long term.

Originally posted by sparr

Is there something wrong with grinding? a feeling of cummunity and accomplishment? I havent played a game in years that i havent lvled so fast and got tired of it within a couple months.

Me and my wife are playing GW2 right now and i have to say its one of the most boring games i have played other than the WvW..we do enjoy that part of the game..but even it gets boring..its not like DAOC where you had a reason to defend keeps and relics.

Where are the games like EQ1..i loved the death penalty and the grind in that game..i still remember friends in game names from EQ1 and DAOC....but i couldnt tell you one persons name in the last game (Aion) that me and the wife layed for about 8 months..and i wont remember anyone from GW2 when i quit it...its just sad we dont have games that are fun to log into anymore.

Goldeneye on N64

Originally posted by Zyzra

I would love to spend my entire time in an MMORPG of the future just hitting a monster once so that the rest of the group can do everything else.

Pulling sounds amazing.

Buffing is a great thing as well.  I remember how much buffs helped, and how their durations of an hour or so were far too short so we had to keep one of our group slots filled with someone who followed us around, collected loot to keep, and after a while of yelling buffed us again.

 

And crowd control, amazing, I can't imagine how groups could work without a player who all they did was control the crowds.  They have to be some sort of amazing magic user, but not a Mage because mages use magic and they are DPS.  The CC uses magic too, but can't do damage.  It would be silly to think that someone who could use magic could do both.

Don't take things so literal he was generalizing about how there wasn't just the tank who's only job is to stand still and soak up damage, the dps who's only job is to deal damage and occasionally run away from bad shit (fire, mobs etc) and healers that heal through the damage taken.

Once a tank had to seriously worry about correct positioning to maximize the chance of success or making sure the boss wasn't able to cleave or aoe healers and to a certain degree dps. The other roles were much more depended upon also for things like managing cc and dishing out high dps while lots of movement was required. 

If I said geez that mmo was shit I don't mean the game was literally a piece of poo oozing out of my optical drive, I would mean it's a bad game.

Originally posted by azzamasin

1. Asherons Call
2. GW2
3. DAoC
4. Elder Scrolls Online  (because I want to piss off haters)

You already played that?

Are you a wizard?

Originally posted by apocoluster

Originally posted by Axehandle

Originally posted by anthonypena
warhammer, and age of conan

Is AoC f2p now?

 

Ive always been curious how good that games but the doom and gloom crowd turned me away.

Yah its Free to play now.  IMO if you've never tried it..it is worth taking a look.

 

lol doom and gloom crowd.

 Why would you listen to anyone in these forums...were all a bunch of idiots  lol

It's not just these particular forums I distinctly remember when the game launched virtually all well know mmorpg forums had peopleshitting on it for the amount of bugs it was released with.

Originally posted by anthonypena
warhammer, and age of conan

Is AoC f2p now?

Ive always been curious how good that games but the doom and gloom crowd turned me away.

Originally posted by Yizle

Originally posted by Skuz

Originally posted by Normandy7
Well you forgot to add Lotro because that would get my vote. By far the worst interpretation of what a Lotr world should look like. Clunky combat, horrible art work and terrible voice acting. Character models look horrific as well. Pretty much safe to say unless they to a complete 360 I would never buy a Turbine game anymore.

A complete 360?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/180

 

Oh cmon a 360 is perfect for the game.

I like his style. Gamers will never expect it. I can hear the reaction now "hey guys the devs are changing things up big time the game will never be the same" then the 360 move "wtf this is the exact same game rabble rabble."

I invented the Internet you can ask my lab assistant Al Gore to prove it. Therefore whatever you claim to invent by using my invention as a method of delivering the message is in fact my property. 

You are merely but a passenger for I invented the conveyance.

Originally posted by Zyzra

if that's not too much to axe.

Oh you little trickster and your chicanery.

If by roots you mean actual mmo's where you became part of the community and actively seek out other players to share experiences with and not just the current crop of single player games with co operative features? 

Then yes.

Originally posted by Maelwydd

No sure if it really applies as I have tried to play the game a number of times...

EVE

It is a good looking game, well designed, has stuck to its design without caving in to demand from other genre's, have a very complex and appealing crafting, character development and trade structure...

But every time I try to play the game I get bored stiff and honestly cannot stand offline levelling as an idea. I find every time I try EVE I choose something to level up and then go play another game waiting because it is more exciting to do so.

I certainly understand how people can get drawn into the game but I play for fun, seriously when I play, but for fun and EVE has always felt too much like work.

Plus a friend of mine years ago played EVE a lot and really put me off the game. He was married, with a kid, didn't work, just played EVE all day. Couldn't get a job because of it. No game should do that to a person.

So my vote if for EVE as it is everything a game should be except fun (for me).

That doesn't count my friend. The guy is asking what's the best game you've never played as in you never installed it and have no experience with it. Basically tell us how much you enjoyed the game you never played even 1 second of it.

Mind blowing isn't it.

This doesn't even make sense.

Not to blow my own horn but in the thread I started its about the best MMORPG people have experienced. How the heck would anyone know how good it is in their opinion if they never played it?

Thats like saying I know you were born in 1995 but tell me about your experiences of the 1960s.

Originally posted by LordOfPit
Best MMO I ever played was City of Heroes / Villains.

I've read several posts stating the same thing. What was it about CoH that was so cool? I never played it but I've read the freedom for character creation was one of the best features I have a feeling it must have been deeper than that to get so much love.

Originally posted by Psychow

WoW is hands down the best I've played. There's a reason so many continue to subscribe...it's called "fun".

 

Fun is relative to the gamer. I admittedly had fun playing it once but it's not what I once remember and neither is the community.

I'm a bioware spy that fools people into thinking I despise the terrible and overpriced piece of garbage swtor. 

But secretly I don't hate everything about it.