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• • WoWed to death...

  • Those are only MY opinions on those games, take input from multiple points of view.

    EverQuest 1 :  Very classic, everyone's in end-game pretty much. Last time I leveled a character up to level 51 (last year) on a normal server, if it wasn't for my friends who started playing again with me and my gear... I would have never been able to get there. There's just no low to mid level players anymore. The progression server looked fun (it was a server where people started from the original game and unlocked expansions by doing stuff) but as of February 2008, they completed everything.

    LOTRO : Very WoW'ish game, the only thing I don't personally like about it is the fact that Turbine made it. It's just weird sometimes and the classes, being very different all have the same playstyle maybe except for Loremaster... the only "caster that's not a caster in the lore". Overall it's a fun game that you could enjoy if you get hooked. It's newer too so there's plenty of lower levels.

    Lineage 2 : Korean MMO Grind Fest... and when I say Grind Fest... it's really all you do. The thing I really hated about this game is that it gets very slow from level 15 UNLESS you have lots of cash and can get "SoulShots" which makes you crit every time you swing if you use them before each melee attack... I never got far as I was utterly bored of killing the same spiders for 5 levels...

    DnD Online : Very group based game, like the actual DnD. There's a sweet voice that tells you what's happening (like a DM in a DnD Game) and what's funny is that the same voice does the voices for most male characters that you encounter in the dungeons lol... you really have to hear to understand. The game's nice, but I didn't find the game very user/noob friendly.

    Hope this helps you out. I'm just pointing out some of the stuff the game has to offer / what's bad about it that any generic review might not say. Everything else can be found in the game's threads.

  • Posted: 5/08/08 7:59 PM
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• • WoWed to death...

  • Seriously man, before playing WoW I was a huge fan of the EverQuest franchise. And after so long playing WoW I was kinda "WoWized" as in "became lazy and wanted everything given to me".

    If you want an MMO that you will be able to solo in with an incredible amount of content and good systems. I say give EverQuest 2 a try, at least the trial.

    In EQ2 you can solo up to the later levels in the game, it is quite long past 35 I must say... but the graphics and the "Achievement" system makes up for that. You pretty much have 2 Experience bars, one for adventuring (your actual level) and one for achievements (exploring places, finishing quests, killing named bosses). See achievements as talents... that you can grow yourself and at the pace you want. I was an "AA" grinder in EQ2, as achievements make your character so much stronger... you actually see a difference when you have lots of achievements.

    Side Note: The crafting system is very interactive and deep... but gets rather annoying.

    Those are just my thoughts, I'm an experienced MMO player and I usually like the ones that give me all I could ever want. If you want more details about the game, see the EQ2 thread here, has lots of valuable information.

  • Posted: 5/08/08 7:07 PM
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• • WoWed to death...

  • FFXI is not deserted, it won't die trust me. Because of the class system, there's always lower level people since only your race is permanent, you can change class anytime and people have to level up specific classes to have a good main/sub class combo.

    Now the problem with your post is that, you won't relax in your bed while playing this. Let me tell you that from level 13-15 and up, you absolutely NEED to group. The reason why you won't relax... is that this MMO is the hardest of them all,  a level 12 group in Valkrum Dunes seems like a raid in WoW. Because in this leveling is so slow, you need to kill MUCH harder mobs... and no starting class has a "kick back and relax" role.

    Hope this enlightened you. Give it a try, but don't get too hyped... you did play WoW for 2 years and you are used to this kind of MMO. FFXI is the complete opposite.

     

  • Posted: 5/08/08 6:34 PM
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