World of Warcraft

[Nifty]

Most MMORPGs are boring to me now.  Press a button or two, kill the MOB, rinse and repeat.  Really, there is no skill involved, just a little comprehension and basic motor skills.  It's kind of sad that as someone said above, 90% of the player base are nitwits who can't figure it out.

The last MMORPG I paid to play was City of Heroes, and that game was cake, if you took the time to read a little about how the powers work. I enjoyed the game for awhile, but it just got repetitive. It is the same thing over and over again.  I think I got to level 36.

I did beta test DDO.  That game had potential. I'm not sure if they'll get it to where it needs to be or not.  To me the difference was I actually felt like I was playing the game instead of just observing my character play the game.

Back on topic, I watched my friend play WoW the other day for a little bit.  He was just farming some XP by killing creatures just above his level.  He'd fight one, win, heal up, and do it all over again.  Just didn't look like any fun to me after have playing MMORPGs since 1998.

[Debonair]

try using your toes instead of your hands.
that ups the challenge level a lot.

[Maniac]

Yeah.

You can call me an addict for sure... I got one character... Human Warrior... Currently working on the twins in AQ40. The rest is just an big farm pond.

Play on Argent Dawn Europe.

PvP? dont get me started on this topic. I am one of those that "owns" people with their BWL gear *nod* *nod*. But the ques.... i cant stand the ques....

Blizzard very much sucks, its still an fun game, but instead of developing new content for it, they develop new timesinks. Of course you yourself choose to participate in the time sinks or not, i choose not too, and concentrate on the things i do find fun.

The timesinks is _definitly_ there because there is so little to do in the game, very little content in this one.

[RedDg]

The timesinks sound just like what Star Wars Galaxies did a couple years ago if you wanted a jedi character.

[GlacierGirl]

My brother plays that game and makes fun of me for playing AH2, He went into his room with his brand new computer and world of warcraft, 5 months ago...and...  Ive never seen him since
That game is devowering his soul, If you happen to see a really big buffalo looking druid thing with the name Poweri please tell him his brother misses him.

[Elfie]

I might have to try DDO. Havent tryed WoW yet cuz my son is still playing EQ.

When the last EQ expansion came out they put in some new fletching recipes, including some new bows. Once I figured out the new recipes and where to get the items needed to make them, my level 70 Ranger made 1 million platinum in 1.5 weeks selling those bows heh.

PvP in EQ is like PvP in WoW, it is really gear dependent. Those with the better gear are most likely to win. Biggest difference though is PvP in EQ is limited to certain servers while WoW has pvp on all the servers.

Here's a link to the bow I made all that coin off of (for those who might be interested) http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=47481

[jollyFE]

I have been playing WoW for about a year and a half, have a 59 mage and a ton of mid lvl toons.  I guess if I stayed with the 1 guy I would have been 60 a while ago.  Addictive...hell yes it is.  Between this AH and Wow, I hardly see the wife (good thing).

any way..enjoy

[StarOfAfrica2]

I was an addict to Neverwinter Nights.  After Atari played with my mind enough times screwing the game up so I couldnt login, I finally broke the habit and used the CDs for target practice.  


PULL!  BLAM!!

Anyway, I resisted the urge to try WoW.  I finally made it out of NWN, I wasnt going back in that easy.  lol

[Mr Big]

Which of these new games would you guys consider to have the best, most unrestrictive PvP?

I used to play UO until the pansies got PvP nerfed beyond recognition.

When UO first came out, I was totally into it. Player killers popping through moon gates and whiping out everyone in a dungeon while my weakling character went into hiding was great fun.

I never cared that I could die....that's what made the game exciting.

Is DDO anything like UO was?

[J_A_B]

Mr. Big:  If you don't mind the sci-fi setting, EVE Online is the game you'll want to check out for PvP.  Of the fantasy RPG's, none of the current games have topped Dark Age of Camelot's PvP yet; the upcomming Warhammer Online looks to be DAOC's successor.

J_A_B

[Mr Big]

Thanks JAB

I tried EVE once but couldn't get into it.

I guess what Im looking for in PVP is that it be pretty much unregulated, or close to it. Is that how DAOC is?

I hated when UO went into pansy mode because people were crying about being killed.

And PvP isn't the whole game for me either. I liked the whole UO world and the things you could do in it. It was very multi-demensional. Graphics are not even that high a priority for me.

[vorticon]

i could always get into mmorpgs, but i always saw the futility of leveling, since i figured fightign a level 2 rat looks about the same as fighting a level 30 goblin or whatever...so i pretty much always ended up chasing money, which eventually led me to level up my character to gain access to the more dangerous parts.

[Mr Big]

Shadowbane seems to have a good PvP setup. Is that game any good?

That WarHammer online looks interesting.

[J_A_B]

You'll also want to check out GuildWars and the upcomming Age of Conan.


Shadowbane suffered from a terrible launch and its reputation never really recovered.  I believe it has a free trial.


J_A_B

[Pooh21]

Guild Wars gets old fast, kinda like city of villians/heros I so wanted to like it but it is the same dang thing everytime