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Originally posted by TheGreyMan

i find it ironic how some people complain at the lack of solo content in an mmorpg...i mean the hole point of an mmo is to play with others. so why then why are there people who just want to play on there own. why dont they just play a normal rpg. it will be allot cheaper.

I find it ironic how some people complain about the lack of solo content in mmorpgs.  I mean, the whole point of an mmo is to play with others.  So why then are there people who just want to play on their own?  Why don't they just play a normal rpg?  I would be a lot cheaper.

I sincerely hope English is not your first language.

Originally posted by kb4blu

I am 62 years old and have been playing some type of computer games since 1978.  I have raised two children and I put them on a computer as soon as they learned to talk.  They played lan based games and mmo's with me.  It was a real blast.

They are now 23 and 25 years old.  One has a masters in Mechanical engineering and the other has a degree in computer design.

I am glad they were on the computer with me instead of frying their brains on TV.

 

 

 

is that user name a ham callsign?  ;o

I used to hear that sort of thing a ton but now that MMOs are becoming mainstream I get it less often. 

However I would gladly hear that crap again if I could go back to the days when MMOs had a smaller community.  There are just too many young kids and people who lack basic etiquette on most of the games now.  (nothing wrong with kids it is just that I would rather play with people my own age)

In my opinion it was worth it to constantly hear "an online game?  huh? this is what you do for fun?" but log on and play with people who can spell words.  It is very hard for me to find like-minded players nowadays.

OP, it sounds as if you are bashing WoW and asking the players to try LotRO instead.  However you should take into account that a lot of people play WoW for the PvP (as good or bad as it may be, I'm not claiming that WoW pvp is good or bad) and LotRO just isn't a game for PvPers.

If people love questing or things like RPing then I agree and highly reccomend Lord of the Rings Online but when recruiting people you should mention the PvP so that you arn't drawing people into the game that are going to hate it and give it bad word of mouth.

Think about it this way.  WoW is the first MMO for many many people.  Isn't it a good thing that they are used to a game that has very little bugs/glitches?  It will raise the standards for MMOs in that aspect.  When new games come out these people will not be familiar with problems like falling through the world, not being able to turn in quests and your character randomly losing items.  Since they are used to playing a smooth game they will not tolorate these problems and so new MMOs will need to raise the bar.  This is a very good thing for those of us who have been playing MMOs for a long time.

I've been playing MMOs for almost a decade as well (and most of the major ones at launch) and in my opinion WoW was very polished on release.  Most of the issues were server issues because of the booming popularity.  It wasn't completely bug free but compared to others it was really a step above.  As far as the most bug-free MMO at release I agree with the person who said FFXI.  I played from the day the Japanese (remember, it went live in JP before anywhere else) servers went live (retail) and never myself encountered a single bug.  I'm sure things came up but I never heard of anything major during the time that I played.

Now I am talking in regards to how buggy a game is on release.  I am sure that people have different definitions of "polished" but I am taking it as to meaning a well oiled machine that runs on its own and not 'zoMg best gam3 evar!" or whatever meaning some people attach to the word polish.

April First 2008!  There are a lot of good ones out there and it would be a shame for people to miss some of them.
Feel free to post any not listed here.

Warning.. spoilers..?

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MMO Related
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World of Warcraft
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml
Also, icons on the forums have changed to bears and your text gets spiced up a bit

Final Fantasy XI
http://prishels.net/ff11us/polnews/news13021.shtml
(Allakhzam's FFXI) http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/

City of Heroes
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2008/04/city_of_heroes_47.html

D&D Online
http://www.ddo.com/article/966

Pangya (JP)
(if you don't get the joke, 'pan' is the Japanese word for bread)
http://www.pangya.jp/event/april2008/

Jumpgate Evolution
http://www.jumpgateevolution.com/news.php?id=739

Lord of the Rings Online
http://www.lotro.com/amonhen

Diablo II
http://www.blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/pinata.html

Dungeon Runners
http://www.dungeonrunners.com/news/2008/04/new_expansion_p.html

Trickster Online
http://trickster.ntreev.net/News/AnnouncementsView.aspx?tn=1&no=649


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Non- MMO but Game Related
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Zelda Movie
http://movies.ign.com/articles/863/863492p1.html

Dungeons & Dragons
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

New for Xbox
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/

Starcraft II
http://eu.starcraft2.com/features/terran/taurenmarine.xml

Super Pii Pii Brothers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html

QuakeNet
http://www.quakenet.org/comments.php?sid=0&id=698

edit: added four more

I am not a Darkfall fan but I still wanted to say that what that dev said was very unprofessional.  Regardless of what people think about Darkfall that kind of trash talking should be left to consumers.

Both sides should wait until their games are released and let the players make the final choice.

All of the sites I've seen for the AoC 360 game preorder say September so maybe this person is just confused.

I'm a big sci-fi buff but I have a strong dislike for Firefly.  As for my favorite.... Star Trek: TNG

Requiem is pretty good if you can push yourself enough to get to the higher levels with the neat stuff like Beast Possession and DNA. 

Mabinogi is also good but it took so long to come out in English the graphics are very outdated.

Like someone else already said, Guild Wars is free.  (however you have to buy the game box)

I doubt you have played even 1/4 of the free MMOs.  Also some games do not start getting fun until you gain a fair amount of levels (even more so if you are in it for the PvP)

Maybe try Guild Wars?  You can start at the max level for PvP.

My score came out just like I figured it would.  I am pretty balanced. (except for social stuff, I'm bad at that and I am anti-social) 

Although I do hold exploring slightly above achievements and killing but I enjoy all three.

EAKS

EAKS players often live by the phrase 'The journey is often more enjoyable than the destination.' They are motivated by meeting the challenges of the world, but they are usually in no rush--because seeing the creatures and places of the world is even more fun.

Breakdown: Achiever 53.33%, Explorer 60.00%, Killer 53.33%, Socializer 33.33%

Career Field: Art

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Gender: Female

Originally posted by ginetti

Lets be honest, not many of us here are honest to the core.
Those of use who are, i commend you.
Lets get honest and find some things about about what you have done or would do.

Have you ever exploited a bug or game glitch you knew about to the detriment of other players OR to your unfair advantage?

Yes
Have you ever used a bot or 3rd party program to level faster or play at longer lengths that otherwise able, and if not, would you ever consider it if it came with a guarantee you would not get caught.

Yes i have but I don't plan to ever again (wasn't fun)

Have you ever or would you ever consider using a leveling service to get your character to max - get lots of hard to attain items and/or money?

No I have not and I would never use a leveling service even if it were free, although I did by game currency one time

This thread reminds me that I'm a terrible person :( lol

 

thanks for posting this, it was interesting

Originally posted by SuperOwens

Originally posted by Recant
And here's the WoW version:

www.youtube.com/watch

They're all pretty cheesy tbh :)

Thats a bit mad, the advert is taken from a scene in a film, cant remember the name, but Jennifer Ansiton was in it. It was an indie/low budget comedy about a guy who hates his job.

The only difference is that WoW wasn’t originally showing on the monitor