MMORPGs

Durelen · #31 1st November 2003, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by Worship Guy

I've been on EQ for several years now, Saryrn Sever. I have a 65 monk, 60 necro, and a host of lvl 50ish toons. I love EQ for its depth (thank you VI, the people who actually made EQ), but I can't stand SoE for the bad CS, constant nerfs, lack of testing material before it goes live, fewer and fewer "GM events", out right lying to customers, etc. the list could go on and on. So, EQ2 is a definate "NO!" for me... *snip*

Yeah I hear you when it comes to buggy games. It seems like the more they improve these games the more bugs that get thrown into the mix. I’ve played EQ for a couple years and have seen a lot of bugs but at least they often deal with them fairly quickly compared to some of the other games. I’m on a wait and see basis with EQ2 but chances are I’ll give it a few months before I make a decision to stick with it or not. Having a ship is the big seller for me so if they do it right I may stick around.

Bugs have not been my biggest concern unless they are game stopping bugs. The thing that boils my blood is when they nerf and even sometimes constantly nerf everything in sight. In the case of EA/OSI with Ultima online you would get the idea that the developers are on some type of drugs. They have been so obsessed with nerfing that the countless bugs are always on the back burner. And ontop of it all they tried to convince us how great a job they were doing and told us they wanted to raise the subscription rate. After this last expansion I dry docked my fleet of ships and locked up my shop. Sadly a lot of other vets quit as well after that last expansion.

I haven’t been following WoW but I know a lot of people that will be playing it. It sounds like a fun game but I do not like dungeon instancing at all so I’m not sure if I’ll be trying WoW. Unfortunately a few of the major upcoming mmorpg’s will be using instancing so I’m a little leery about the future of some of these games. The developers are trying to sell instancing as an answer to over crowding but it seems like a quick easy fix to actually developing a well balanced game world. Why make 30 great dungeons when you only need a few that the players get all to themselves? Sure we can avoid the brats and griefers with instancing but we will also be avoiding many of the social aspects with meeting the other players in the dungeons. I’ve always gotten a big kick out of playing the good Samaritan and saving someone in my reach from their certain death. Time will tell I suppose...

Worship Guy · #32 3rd November 2003, 12:32 PM

I dunno... I like the instance dungeons we got in LDoN (the new EQ expansion) I have met more people in the last month than I have in the last year since I can usually get a pick up group to crawl with on my necro. My monk stays LFG for hours unless a guildie has pity on me, same as always. I still think melee need love in EQ.

Soriled · #33 6th November 2003, 09:02 PM

Ive played EQ for 3.5 yrs with a 6 month break, played a 65 ranger and 57 cleric on VZ (gogo broken pvp) and now am playing on the new stromm server with a 48 monk and 38 bard, im in the same boat with my monk, lfg for hours on end, bard? as soon as log in " want a ldon group?", monks are soo broken now its not funny, but i love FD and pulling too much to stop playin him, so if anyone play on stromm and wants a monk /tell Soriled

Hojo Hominygrits · #34 7th November 2003, 04:13 AM

Shadowknights are the new monks of EQ.

benasato · #35 1st January 2004, 02:23 AM

dont try earth an beyond i been there scince beta an we are giving it another year till it folds shame

lvl_adam_lvl · #36 2nd January 2004, 04:06 AM

Currently the only one I play is PristonTale. It's free for now, since the English version is in Beta

http://eng.pristontale.com --- It's "OK" ..it looks like Ragnarok.

In the past I've played Anarchy Online, SWG. AO was a lot of fun. I played for a year or 2, but ran out of money, lack of a job. I'm kinda glad though, because MMRPGs *do* eat up a lot of your time if you're not careful.
http://www.anarchy-online.com/charac...1/name/traboom
I was in Axis when I quit. Unfortunately they didn't kick me from the guild after the name change(Black Death Union). I don't like the name.. lol

SWG was fun for the month I played it. The "grinding" was a bit annoying though. I admit.. I started using a 3rd party program to do the work for me lol.. but due to lag & other issues(running out of resource, etc.) it didn't work too well. I was a Weaponsmith. I also tried Image Designer just so I could change my own hair.

The only one I'm looking forward to is City of Heroes. ( http://www.coh.com ) The screenshots & movies are great. I can't wait

..but I'll have to be careful so it doesn't eat too much time

Astragoth · #37 2nd January 2004, 05:46 AM

I used to play EQ for quite a while but lack of finance has forced me to stop playing it.

When 've finished my nursing study I hope to start with a MMORPG again... it might be EQ2 but more likely dragon empires or warhammer online when they turn out to be quality products.

Dark_Lite · #38 2nd January 2004, 10:44 AM

I play FFXI.

prince didymus · #39 2nd January 2004, 11:03 AM

I would absolutely love to play a MMORPG but I don't have the means to pay for the services. I don't have a credit card and I'm not even going to try and ask my parents to pay for it.

So it seems I won't be playing any MMORPGs anytime soon unfortunately.

lvl_adam_lvl · #40 2nd January 2004, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by prince didymus

I would absolutely love to play a MMORPG but I don't have the means to pay for the services. I don't have a credit card and I'm not even going to try and ask my parents to pay for it.

So it seems I won't be playing any MMORPGs anytime soon unfortunately.

You can play PristonTale. It doesn't have all the features that most have, but it's something at least & free

-- see my previous post for a link. (When signing up, it's a little tricky when entering your b-day. I forget which you have to do first(day/month/year). Just mess with it til it works ^^.)