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What shitty MMO do you keep coming back to?
- Thread starter Catalina
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Playing Lord of the Rings Online right now. Anyone else?
Mangoose said:
Did for a bit. Loved the roleplaying that went on. Bit much on the drama at times, takes a bit to find the right circle of people to roll with. I found the PvP to be dreadful and headache inducing, but loved the world and casual fun more then any other.
Of course, you have to realize that you're paying 15 dollars a month for a glorified chat program at that point, but 15 dollars will only get you a few drinks at the bar anymore anyway, so fuck it. Enjoy your earnings any way you'd like, I command it.
Well the PVE aspect is pretty well done, too. Not in terms of "innovative" questing, but in terms of pretty good writing.Quigs said:
Trash
Pointing and laughing.
Battlefield 1942 kept me occupied for quite awhile.
Data4
Arcane
Hitting up EQ2 again at the moment. I had been playing Vanguard again for a couple of weeks, but once again found myself getting too depressed at all the wasted potential.
I did the trial of Vanguard. Then I got pissed off that I couldn't get off the island unless I paid for a subscription. The problem is the island is dead linear and has none of the open world exploration I wanted to try out.
I tried EQ2 too, but the lack of people in the main cities really blew.
I tried EQ2 too, but the lack of people in the main cities really blew.
Data4
Arcane
Mangoose said:
I was under the impression that you had the option of starting in the regular starting areas in the trial if you wanted to. I did the island and hated it. The Qalian human area is much cooler. Has an Arabian theme to it.
That ghost town problem in EQ2 is the result of adding guild halls with everything one needs that would otherwise have been found in a city. Probably the stupidest decision ever for a MMO. Oh sure, a guild hall to show off trophies, hold meetings, etc. seems like a nice thing, but once you add features to render social areas of the game obsolete, it destroys whatever community the game may have had.
Nope stuck on the trial island. I'm sorta interested in playing around exploring the main world, but the dying population and lack of support make me wary.
I knew about the reason for the lack of city populations, but I was hoping that was just an exaggeration. Moreover it was not very smart to have 4-5 districts in a city needed to be loaded individually giving almost the same services. I play MMOs because seeing other players makes it much more "immersive." The Brigand was fun to play though.
I knew about the reason for the lack of city populations, but I was hoping that was just an exaggeration. Moreover it was not very smart to have 4-5 districts in a city needed to be loaded individually giving almost the same services. I play MMOs because seeing other players makes it much more "immersive." The Brigand was fun to play though.
Data4
Arcane
Mangoose said:
Well, if blowing a one time $15 doesn't break your bank, that's all it costs for Vanguard. You don't have to actually buy the game any more. Just pay for a month's subscription and off you go.
Still doesn't take away from the lack of population though. One of the things that makes me so mad about it is the game has some of the best capital cities I've ever seen in an MMO. They're fucking enormous and feel almost to scale to a real city in a medieval era. Khal, in Qalia, which is that circular harbor town you see in videos isn't even a capital, and it takes up about two to three times the in-game real estate as Stormwind. When the occasional player ship or three is docked there, it gives you an idea of how great it could have been had the game been ready for primetime at launch.
The PvE is pretty decent and you can solo most of it, aside from the larger dungeons. You might be able to squeeze out 10 or 20 hours of pretending it's a solo RPG before you get fed up with it. That's sort of how I approach it.
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