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Being part of the "Heck no, I ain't paying to play" camp, I've broken down and decided to try an MMORPG. Just wondering in anyone had suggestions on which one to try. I'm more of an action and sci-fi type person and was looking at Anarchy Online or Planetside.

These games are getting a little dated though, so I'm wondering if a lot of people still play. Or get whooped up on (PK'ed or whatnot) because I'm a newb to the genre. TIA

DarkFury

Right now, City of Heroes seems to be the obvious choice of most folks...

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Memo

City of Heroes buddy, check it out! Planetside was ok but go boring really quick - I don't even know if people still play it much anymore.

Fas-ligand

I think this one has been around a little while, but I've heard Star Wars: Galaxies is pretty fun. Are you a Final Fantasy fan? There's Final Fantasy XI too.

Cantacuzene

I still refuse to pay a monthly fee for a game. Won't ever happen. Never say never? I'm saying never.

Fas-ligand

I'm with you. I think that unfortunately games will all probably go down that road in the near future....at least multiplayer games.

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Thanks for all the replies y'all. Are most of the MMORPG's out there slow-paced, like Morrowind for instance? I found that one painful and gave up after a few hours. I used to like all the FF games, especially 7, but have gotten more and more action oriented over the years. This makes me think I shouldn't even bother with an MMORPG, but I didn't want to write 'em off before trying one.

Was thinking Star Wars, but a friend played and I don't think I'd like it the way he described the gameplay. I read up on the City of Heroes stuff in this forum, but wasn't sure about that one either. Sounded like folks got tired of the repetition with only a few mission types. Time to do some research.

Hmm...just noticed SW Battlefront comes out in a few. Decisions, decisions.

DarkFury

SWG used to be fun, until the developers NERFED the hell outta it.

The sucked the fun right out of it trying to balance classes that work, while not FIXING classes that didn't work.

SWG's developers need to rot in hell...

Kevster

I play EvE now. It is a all-PVP MMORPG set in space. It can take a month to really understand a lot of the inner workings of it - the new Shiva expansion is coming in a couple months and that will be a good thing for sure. It is quite beautiful visually too.

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Cool. I'll check that one out too.

Kevster

There is an EvE 14-day trial program going on with MMORPG.com I think. GIve that a look before you pay anything.

Blitz

All great multiplayer games are bound to go to the pay as you play system once the tech of single player games can reach the massive levels which mmorpg's require while still meeting a decent sytem spec and fps rate.

I would suggest getting DAoC. You can get a copy off of ebay for super cheap, and probly even pick up an account for even cheaper thats a starter account. DAoC has the best pvp Ive ever played in an MMORPG. The Frontiers are corrupt yes, but the "battlegrounds" are tons of fun.

There are battlegrounds for almost all levels. You port in, and battle with the other 2 realms for a castle in the middle of the map. Once you have it, you defend against the other 2 realms. If you can manage to reach level 45-50, you can venture in the frontiers and wage war and take over the millions of keeps out there, raid relic keeps, etc. DAoC has the best class selections out of all MMORPGS. They do a some-what decent job of keeping the realms balanced, with bg's in mind..frontiers however can get little different.

With the new expansion comming soon on the horizon, it will add a new race and 1 new class to albion, and 2 for hibernia and midgard. They are doing a good job at keeping the game alive I think, EQ sort of fell through once Luclan came out, but Mythic (no matter how terrible they are), are doing a decent job. I am even thinking of staying with DAoC till EQ2 instead of switching to WoW. I was impressed with WoW durring the stress test, but wasnt "that" impressed. Ill wait till open beta to fully decide, but DAoC still has my vote for some awesome pvp.

Also, if you get DAoC, I have a 50 necromancer on Galahad, and I could powerlevel you when I have time to get you some extra levels.

Another incentive for you to get DAoC and play is that on servers with the least population, you get free levels! On some, you can level, then log off for 2 days, and get a free level....yea its pretty cool. Also the camp bonus for when you fight the monsters to exp are set to max most of the time now.

They are trying to make the game esier for newcomers and for people switching to the underpopulated servers.

See you in Dark Age of Camelot



Yea, once they screwed my rifleman i quit. But i hear they are pretty decent now. I spent like 5 hours straight of kiting mobs (solo) to get it...

Waste of time

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guild wars looks hot as hell and its free....

http://www.guildwars.com/default.html

its coming out in a month or two

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I'm playing City of Heroes and I really like it.

It's a really simple game albeit a lot repetitive.

1. Kill enemies
2. Repeat

Even the missions are all like that. You find some good stuff like story arcs and some of the enemies are awesome looking....but if you're not into the kill, rinse repeat thing then it wouldn't be for you.

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Blitz

All the pictures of ingame on their site are photoshoped.

I played the E3 deal they had for I think it was 5 days? Doesnt look that crisp in game, but it does look pretty decent. DAoC will look better once Catacombs comes out with the Graph re-vamp.

The thing is, it is free, but for each "update" will end up being an "expansion" which you will in the end have to pay for. So if your content with the initial release of the game, then cool..but if you want the new missions, etc., your going to pay for them. This was being discussed durring the E3 deal they had, sorta had people in an uproar.

It is fun though, the interaction with the npcs on some of the missions are awesome, you really feel part of the story.

Id stick with DAoC though. pvp is the factor that keeps the game going for most mmorpgs, and DAoC wins, although the teams fighting they had was fun....hopefully they balanced it though. I just kept getting chased by warriors and knocked to the floor so I couldnt get a nuke off.

I think the ultimate MMorpg would be WoW, but allowing guilds to create WC3 style perks. Let guilds take control over lands and raid others, like Shadowbane combined with DAoC type deal. Still have that PvE element, but in PvP, allow the domination of the battle grounds and have that strategy/building element as well.

I think it would be awesome to see people run around and build guard towers, fortifications, like SB. Shadowbane had a great idea going, but failed on the delivery.



why I didnt like the beta

To repetitive, and untill now, they didnt have the pvp of good vs. evil yet. Im glad to see they have that expansion now though, but still wont convince me to buy the game...they had the opportunity and its passed

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Thanks for all the great replies. Good recommendation Kevster. I've been playing EVE for about 5 days now. Surprisingly addictive, though a bit slow. Been watching movies and playing at the same time since traveling's a bit tedious.

Have a Rifter and Probe right now and am going to try getting a Hoarder for some big time mining action. With the industrial skill, secure containers, and ship costs I still need another 300K though.

Fas-ligand: I loved all the FF games up until 8. I've had 8-10 for years and have yet to finish them, let alone play them. Guess I grew out of that type of RPG.

Blitz: Thanks for the offer. Think I'm all played out on fantasy games right now. Time to blow things up w/ lasers and rockets!

Sir_Froggy

here's another that everyone's prolly played ragnarok online, its p2p for the "real" verison, but there's a lot of servers that run it for free

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Blitz

just fyi, eq and daoc have free shards like UO as well..

dont think I can post links here, so just look for yourself

Devhux

More like January at the earliest -- they still have to do beta testing and such, which is happening during (and beyond) October).

I'm actually going to preorder my copy soon so that I can participate in the beta weekend events.

Blitz

Just got in EQ2 Beta! Hell yes!

Ill let you all know how awesome this game is and post some screeshots as well. Got about 3 hours left to DL it, its HUGE right now as a beta file.

Kevster

I have quite a fleet now after 6 months of playing EvE. I just built my 4th battleship (another Megathron) and now I am branching out economically with my corp pretty well. There is a LOT of different ways to make money in EvE, mining just happens to be the easiest way at the beginning. We do a lot of trade and build a lot of different ships and equipment, including a lot of the new Tech-II stuff like cloaked frigates and the new assault frigates.

If you ever want to look me up, I'm usually on as my main character Augustus Var - my corp is called Gold Diggers Inc. - the corp ticker is GDI.

yippiekiyeh

EvE sounds interesting how much time do you play a night?

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Kevster

I actively play probably about 15 hours a week. Maybe 20 at the most. I also can play away from keyboard or check on it occasionally if I'm doing something really mind-numbingly boring like mining. I just use my best industrial ship and equip it with a mining laser and target a big asteroid as a field and mine away while I do something else.

There are lots of things to do - I have been doing missions quite a bit lately as they provide a lot more stimulus and are more difficult and complex the higher you go.

yippiekiyeh

Hmm sounds like fun, any openings in the GD Inc? I think I'd like to join up and serve the 'Diggers!

Grafalgar

I bear the honor of being one of the first people to be hard-banned from EQ2

Blitz

Howd that happen?

Im having sooooo much fun right now, am a Dark Elf Crusader atm.

Grafalgar

Let's just say I kinda got into the beta before it was beta .. and they didn't like that

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Cool! I ended up subscribing and have been trying to play as much as possible. 4 battleships...nice. I'm thinking about skipping battleships and go for assault frigs, maybe assault cruiser. I like speed over the super damage. Hopefully I'll get a Wolf soon, though they're around 40-75 mil. Ouch.

I'll try look you up when I'm on. My char name is Damok and I'm part of 3rd Eye Tong. What system do you run out of? I'm currently running missions out of Masalle.

Blitz

evil man, evil man.

yippiekiyeh

Well for all you EVE players I'll keep an eye out for you all and when I get my package in the mail, I'll hopefully look you all up and perhaps we can get a G|A crew rolling around.