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Originally posted by coldfreedom

Originally posted by donjn

Originally posted by coldfreedom

age of conan

- overall visuals are so not next gen

heh?

Okay I love Lord of the Rings and quit AoC a while back, but AoC has amazing graphics. Amazing. Not sure what you are smoking..

age of conan has advance graphic but overall visuals look far from next gen. it dont look like DarkSector, Infernal, AssassinsCreed, GoldenAxe, DeadRising, Diablo3, TwoWorlds, NinjaGaiden2, Folklore,  BladeandSoul

And which of those examples are MMOs? Do I hear "none"? Bingo!

You cant have those types of graphics with thousands of players online yet.  So by default, AoCs graphics are next gen FOR AN MMO.

Only games with more than 1M players are massively multiplayer, that leaves us with WoW and GW, the others are mORPGs. m = minor. I get your point. 

Some of you are hilarious. When did the definition of "massively" EVER equal one million?..lol

Originally posted by coldfreedom

age of conan

- overall visuals are so not next gen

heh?

Okay I love Lord of the Rings and quit AoC a while back, but AoC has amazing graphics. Amazing. Not sure what you are smoking..

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

Originally posted by raizzeen

Originally posted by donjn

I hate it when people say Guild Wars is not an MMORPG. Guild Wars is an online game that is played with a massive amount of online players. Thus it is an MMORPG.

You know what the criteria is? It is listed on this site. Therefore it is an MMORPG.

 

 

 

half the people on this forum dont know what a mmorpg is they think a mmorpg is only fantasy whewre there are no open world instance zones otherwise its something else thats why everyone fails so bad on these forums

 

Whatever you want to call it, there is a difference between lobby games, like Diablo and Guild Wars, and the standard MMORPG like EQ, EQ2, VAnguard, WoW, WAR, DAoC, LotRO, AoC, and so on.

Some people dont' see any difference between the two, some people prefer one over the other. 

What terms would you like to use to distungish between the two types of games? I'm happy to use whatever terms you're comfortable with.

Can Diablo hold as many players in one game as Guild Wars? No way. Ever go to a large city in Guild Wars during an event and see 100 people standing around? It is an MMO. DIablo II is a lobby game, not Guild Wars.

Wrong forum.

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

Do you want to play another theme park game or live in Darkfall?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlV3iTzAf9U&feature=related

 

 

Darkfall forums -> that way

Nice try though mentioning several titles in the topic in hopes that this will stay in the Genral forums lol

I hate it when people say Guild Wars is not an MMORPG. Guild Wars is an online game that is played with a massive amount of online players. Thus it is an MMORPG.

You know what the criteria is? It is listed on this site. Therefore it is an MMORPG.

Originally posted by Pabswikk

Oooooooh really post no.2 (Sorry for lack of quote)?

Let me put some ideas up here. Not perhaps in terms of gameplay, but the story behind them.

Both are based on books in fantasy settings.

One is Low Fantasy (Conan)

One is High Fantasy (Lord of the Rings)

So  they the foremost books at their respective polar opposites of the Fantasy Genre.

This translates into the general feel of the games.

AOC has fairly open PVP where people can be evil if they choose.

LOTRO has this feel where no player can be evil. No open PVP, unless you're playing as a specificalluy evil race.

Both have good storylines and good questlines.

So my question is, which do people prefer/ hate less?

And no. They are far more similar than WoW and pokemon. Hyperbolic language isn't answering my question.

Lord of the RIngs is low fantasy. AoC is like old world fantasy. WoW is high fantasy (motocycles, spaceships lol)

Compared to LOTRO, AoC has no storyline. I am enjoying LOTRO because it is an open book to me right now. It is what other MMO's arent. becaue it has a central narrative storyline.

Here are some common opinions:

AoC does PvP very well
LOTRO does PvE very well

Do you like backing a company that listens to its playerbase and has a great reputation? Play LOTRO. Funcom may still close up shop next year. Check out their stocks.
 

Originally posted by DaveTT

 

http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?p=1097504#post1097504

Server Merges are finally coming !!!

This is very good !

Alot of players have been waiting for this moment, and i know that alot of players will come back to AOC after the merges are done.

I strongly recommend people to buy AOC after the merges are done, and in December (very soon) the new BIG patch will come with alot of new stuff !

 

lol
 

LOTRO hands down. EVE and Ryzom are good too. Ryzom has dipped a bit because its free.

I feel bad for you.

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm?thread=149865&bhcp=1

Over a year later and you cant decide what to play.

I hate Ashen Empires now. Hate it. The new token system is a scam as they force you to spend money on extra tokens you dont need by offer them in increments more than the actual subscription. There are numerous other reasons why I hate AE.

At least UO is getting another UI revamp coming soon.

UO is better in every way.

The OP has a good question. And actually I dont hate Darkfall because I cant possibly hate something that does not exist.

Originally posted by Solar

WoW is terrible. It should be fined and banned for ruining all MMO's. It is just a easy MMO that got lucky and popular. It's not a good MMO. It's overhyped and overplayed..

Man you have some serious hate in that head.

Last night  I solved a murder mystery, reprogrammed robots to attack zombies, got to ring the town bell to get the townspeople to fight a battle, went on an bombing raid, set some items on fire, set a trap to blow up some underground worms and solved a mystery about a womans' long lost brother.

I was playing World of Warcraft., which is not about kill X rats like everyone seems to think it is..

Originally posted by Rhannek

Originally posted by donjn

Originally posted by Ravanos

Originally posted by donjn

Originally posted by Ravanos

i can't believe you have WoW up there .... wow among many things it has dumbed down crafting is downright mindnumbing. At least EQ2 and Vanguard try to make a minigame out of it ... warcraft is just "click the button wait for action bar to fill and make the item".

how thrilling!

i would say best crafting is EQ2 or Vanguard ... they seem very well done.

I know but there are A FEW cool things about WoW crafting like making your own flying helicopter, etc.

eh are we talking about the system itself or "cool" items that system can make? and why the hate on EQ2? and dont say 'because SoE ruined SWG!"

Like I said crafting should also be fun and cool as well. Believe me, I know WoW has bad crafting but I included it anyway.

I have downloaded the Everquest 2 demo 5 times in my life. I could never last more than 10 minutes. The engine has not been updated to make use of dual core machines, AND the game is CPU bound so nomatter if it is the year 2020, it will run like crap with shadows on.

I hate the artwork with a passion. The "human" male characters eye are laughably too close together so they look cross-eyed. The coloring of all areas look very bland. The world when I log in just does not fele alive to me at all.

But lets not turn this into an EQ2 debate because I know it will go there. These were just my opinions.

Back to crafting!

I'm sorry but i just have to say:

a. the engine has been updated to use dual cores and

When was this? I checked a year ago.

Originally posted by Ravanos

Originally posted by donjn

Originally posted by Ravanos

i can't believe you have WoW up there .... wow among many things it has dumbed down crafting is downright mindnumbing. At least EQ2 and Vanguard try to make a minigame out of it ... warcraft is just "click the button wait for action bar to fill and make the item".

how thrilling!

i would say best crafting is EQ2 or Vanguard ... they seem very well done.

I know but there are A FEW cool things about WoW crafting like making your own flying helicopter, etc.

eh are we talking about the system itself or "cool" items that system can make? and why the hate on EQ2? and dont say 'because SoE ruined SWG!"

Like I said crafting should also be fun and cool as well. Believe me, I know WoW has bad crafting but I included it anyway.

I have downloaded the Everquest 2 demo 5 times in my life. I could never last more than 10 minutes. The engine has not been updated to make use of dual core machines, AND the game is CPU bound so nomatter if it is the year 2020, it will run like crap with shadows on.

I hate the artwork with a passion. The "human" male characters eye are laughably too close together so they look cross-eyed. The coloring of all areas look very bland. The world when I log in just does not fele alive to me at all.

But lets not turn this into an EQ2 debate because I know it will go there. These were just my opinions.

Back to crafting!

FYI, I hate Everquest 2 to the core so I hope it does not win. I actually like Vanguard better although it is flawed.

Originally posted by Ravanos

i can't believe you have WoW up there .... wow among many things it has dumbed down crafting is downright mindnumbing. At least EQ2 and Vanguard try to make a minigame out of it ... warcraft is just "click the button wait for action bar to fill and make the item".

how thrilling!

i would say best crafting is EQ2 or Vanguard ... they seem very well done.

I know but there are A FEW cool things about WoW crafting like making your own flying helicopter, etc.

Originally posted by Zayne3145

Originally posted by Locklain

I will second the crafting in Vanguard.

 

VG all the way. The best crafting I've seen in an MMO.

A poll has been added.

I am really curious abut the public perception of which medieval MMO right now has the best crafting system. By medieval I mean non-science fiction. I think we already know that Ryzom, EVE and SWG had very good crafting systems.

But as far as old world sword and shield MMOs, crafting seems to be lacking. I am talking about crafting items that are useful, fun, and profitable. All while not being so tedious.

Originally posted by tfox2k1

Ultimately its a simple decision.   If you need a game to make you feel important and have value than WoW is the option.    If you want an extremely entertaining game that does not take over your life LOTRO is the answer.

To compete in WOW you have to spend a whole lot more time than you do in LOTRO.  Yet both games are just as challenging and have just as much variety.   Just that in LOTRO the variety comes with more than your next +1 sword of no life.

The community is much more helpful and mature in LOTRO.    Far less, I am more special than you are because I have a +2 sword of no life and your sword is only +1, LOSER!

LOTRO is definitely for a more mature gamer.

Oh if it was only that simple.

LOTRO has better crafting. LOTRO has a tighter story. LOTRO has a better community. LOTRO has awesome developers.

LOTRO is also boring. Sorry, it just is.