My first was SWG, it most certainly wasn't my best; although I did experience the biggest amount of wonderment and a sense of discovery there.
The game certainly had it's problems, the long grinds and for a newbie as me, the already settled in veterans who controlled the economy and were organised in a rather tight knit community.
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
Everyone's first MMO is the best one. Doesn't matter which one it was, UO, EQ, you'll never experience that first blush again.
That's nto true in my case. My first MMORPG was Earth and Beyond and while fun it was very limited and too much of a grind. It was not until my FIFTH MMORPG that I found what I was looking for in WoW.
My first MMO was Everquest, but I really never got into it. My second MMO was Asheron's Call 2 and I loved every moment of it while I was subscribed to it. I would love love loveee to play AC2 again, it was the world that really sucked me into the game, I could explore it for hours.
My first MMO was UO, but my "best one" was DAOC. To this day nothing has compared. Oddly enough, I think one o fthe simplest reasons for my love of it was the three faction breakout, which I'm shocked more MMO's haven't duplicated.
My first was Meridian 59, it had it's charm but I played better after. My first PvP experience was in Lineage, it was pretty fun.
All the games I played had some good and some bad parts. I love the fast paced combat system in Guildwars, and also the aggro system that beats anything. Lineage had a nice experience with an actual death penalty and real darkness at night. I like AoCs classes. Vanguard had a very interesting crafting system... There are others with good points too.
Currently am I playing EQ2, it has it's charm and is a lot better than most who doesn't play it think but I am waiting for Guildwars 2, the dynamic world sounds really cool and hopefully will the combat system be great. I played EQ2 for 3 or so years and it is soon time to move on, just as soon as something better comes around
After= All of the major and popular MMO's that have come out and a short strand of crappy F2P's
FFXI is by far my favorite. Everything about the game made me happy. I was 15, I remember looking up the paladin class a month before I got the game. I remember my girlfriend at the time unable to call me because we had dial up lol. (that relationship ended LOL) My mom even liked to watch me play she always wanted to fish on my toon. I still have a sub for that game and haven't even had an experience close in a MMO. WoW is fun for me but it's too easy and I don't really enjoy any of the endgame in WoW, I like leveling more than anything. Tabula rasa is probably my number 3.
Was your first mmo your best one? No, my first was Meridian59, but will admit the concept of MMORPG was not very well known to me at the time
My second was UO, while it was fun it still didn't hold much to me.
My third was Star Wars Galaxies, which for me was the first MMORPG that had a hugh draw to me and was hoping MMORPG would evolve from that.
No other MMORPG came or has come close to that experiance, but I did finaly found a MMORPG that suites my playstyle I do like from MMORPG which is Fallen Earth, all the rest just doesn't suite the playstyle I want from my own MMORPG experiance.
My first mmo whas MXO what i liked about that game whas that it didnt have classes, and you could become what you wanted to be, and switch when you wanted!
whas a fan of the matrix movies, so it might explain it.. surely not the best game, but at the time i had nothing to compare it with, so it didnt really matter!
i get the feeling that all games i like get closed.. first Tabula Rasa, Than this.. the same year even!
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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My first MMO was an alpha experience in a game that never ended up releasing. It was based on FASA's Battletech universe and it was called Multiplayer Battletech 3025 - it was simply amazing, and the community seemed to all agree. They scrapped the project almost without warning and that was the last decent spark I've seen of the Mech Warrior genre.
After that, I was hooked on the world of MMO's so I started looking around without knowing what to look for... Me and a friend settled on Ragnarok Online lol --- As lame as you may think, we had a BLAST! This was our first ever class based mmo(rpg) and we didn't really mind the grindfest factor as we were fresh to the genre still... Not long after a few weeks of playing we realized their 'had' to be better graphics available in this mmo scene... We looked up EQ and weren't impressed. Same with DAoC (unfortunately, we didn't see anything about the game we just read somewhere that it was boring or something so we took ONE review at face value and skipped over it. we sucked) --
Anyways we found a screenshot of FFXI mid combat and we were intrigued so we went out one night and both bought a copy... not realizing that it has the worst setup/install/update/account management in history and that it would take 6+ hrs before we could start playing. This was just as the game released it's first expansion Rise of Zilart.
The next day, we finally got it setup and created our characters.... we didn't sleep for about 3 days straight after that. Simply amazing how emerging of an experience that game held (and still does). The community was definitely the shining star in it's excitement as it was a relatively fresh community of niche FF fans, so everyone was helpful, welcoming, and ready for a long journey. We played that game loving every second of it for 2 years and even the parts that made us mad, we think about today and wish even those negative traits were still respected and loved in MMO's these days.
I feel like slapping myself in the forehead with a hammer when i think about the moment i decided to leave FFXI because "wow is coming out! I loved starcraft, so WoW should be great! I've played FFXI long enough anyways"
SO, my point is... FFXI is my fondest memory in my MMORPG experience. Also, I count it as my first REAL mmo... even though technically, it was not. Still, to the OP - I think I know where you're going with it. I also agree, if that is the case.
For the most part, Nostalgia > popularity when it comes to our community's tastes in their MMO's. Whatever got us hooked in the first place is what we expect from anything else that wants our subs. I don't think that's a bad thing either.
Time to stop giving excuses to developers we pay to create our entertainment. We shouldn't have to change what we like.
My first one was Anarchy Online. After that it was SWG.
Best one was World of Warcraft, which I played someplace after SWG and EQ2. Maybe Neocron/Shaowbane/AC2/DAOC etc etc was in between that too? Can't remember. Still, the best one was WoW. I really liked SWG, and it might have been the best if it was not for SOE ruining it.
Now playing WOW - play for 2.5 years ... MUCH better game than UO or EQ.
You're saying UO was a bad bad game because you played it in beta... Back when beta was actually a beta, you know, testing bugs. Back before there were even any MMOs.
Wow, you are really short sighted. UO is, to this day, one of the most detailed and wonderfully designed MMOs on the market. And how is WoW a better game than EQ? They're the same game, except WoW is designed for people with ADD.
First MMO i played was EQ on the "no rules" PVP server. I have the best memories from that game, and at one particular point it was great. The EQ i quit playing was an entirely different game than the one i have all these fond memories of though. I've been enjoying myself in Darkfall since it's launch and never given serious thought to playing anything else.
I think in most ways Darkfall has been a better game.
The FPS style of combat, having reasons to fight, and the wonderful use of sound are just a few reasons. There's more to do when im not going out to PVP/PVE as well, i actually gather and craft in this game (never did that in an MMO before). The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat are both much more intense in DF, especially during sieges. I might miss the community and diverse strengths and weaknesses each class had in EQ, but i dont miss people having overpowered abilities, or the reliance on gear. Gear you replaced every expansion...
My frist MMO was SWG and I had a really good time with that game, awesome communities and PvP battles. After SWG I played Guild Wars, could never get into that game although I did enjoy the PvP. Third was WoW started about six months after the european launch (although I did play a few times on a US server before that), that was the most fun I had since SWG.
Nope. Tried UO and EQ first. Thought they were massive wastes of time and didn't understand why people would subject themselves to such torture as I watched my room mates night after night=). LOVED PSO on the DC. Played AO and DAOC and enjoyed them for various reasons mostly due to the newness of it all. Eventually quit both in disgust though. Loved E&B, but quit to to lack of content. Excellent for the brief few months. Played lots of beta's. Thought they all sucked.
Played WOW solid until TBC, then just became very casual after that, trying out each expansion for a couple of months. Nothing really compared to vanilla WOW. The HUGE jump in quality when I went from DAOC to WOW was staggering. Tried more betas during the downtime between expansions. Still nothing compares.
Tried Conan...empty and boring. Played WAR for a few months but quit in disgust due to RvR being a complete failure in design and of course, all the lag with spells/abilities. It was just so lacking when compared to WOW except for a few features.
WOW was not my first but clearly the best by a long shot. Quality of gameplay is what matters. Ideas and concepts mean nothing unless its fun to play and well put together. Thats why WOW is where it is and all other MMOs scurry along in its shadow.
My first MMORPG was Lineage 2 and this one is so awful in so many areas that you dont have to point it out at all to people in the first place, its just too obvious. OTOH it was great in some areas: Its really intense in the "you have to find people or you're screwed" department.
My second MMORPG was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. The main problem: lack of people, lack of devs. Otherwise its extremely good. But oh well, life is hard.
Third MMO was Guild Wars. I lost interest after less than a week. Thats all.
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My first was SWG, it most certainly wasn't my best; although I did experience the biggest amount of wonderment and a sense of discovery there.
The game certainly had it's problems, the long grinds and for a newbie as me, the already settled in veterans who controlled the economy and were organised in a rather tight knit community.
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
My first was UO, and if it wasn't for the constant ganking i think i would have loved it, but as it was, i hated it with a passion.
Started eq1 day one and looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooved it.
Then i hated it when it became raidquest......
Certainly have good memories from Lineage 2 but the rose tinted glasses are definitely on.
EQ. At the time yeah, i thought it was the best. As I've grown and matured though I've learned that it was crap.
"World of Warcraft is the perfect implementation of this genre." - Hilmar Petursson. CEO of CCP.
That's nto true in my case. My first MMORPG was Earth and Beyond and while fun it was very limited and too much of a grind. It was not until my FIFTH MMORPG that I found what I was looking for in WoW.
My first MMO was Everquest, but I really never got into it. My second MMO was Asheron's Call 2 and I loved every moment of it while I was subscribed to it. I would love love loveee to play AC2 again, it was the world that really sucked me into the game, I could explore it for hours.
My first MMO was UO, but my "best one" was DAOC. To this day nothing has compared. Oddly enough, I think one o fthe simplest reasons for my love of it was the three faction breakout, which I'm shocked more MMO's haven't duplicated.
Yes. My first mmorpg was Star Wars Galaxies and I played on the Bria server as a rebel. The player cities and player crafted world was amazing.
My first was Meridian 59, it had it's charm but I played better after. My first PvP experience was in Lineage, it was pretty fun.
All the games I played had some good and some bad parts. I love the fast paced combat system in Guildwars, and also the aggro system that beats anything. Lineage had a nice experience with an actual death penalty and real darkness at night. I like AoCs classes. Vanguard had a very interesting crafting system... There are others with good points too.
Currently am I playing EQ2, it has it's charm and is a lot better than most who doesn't play it think but I am waiting for Guildwars 2, the dynamic world sounds really cool and hopefully will the combat system be great. I played EQ2 for 3 or so years and it is soon time to move on, just as soon as something better comes around
First = FFXI
After= All of the major and popular MMO's that have come out and a short strand of crappy F2P's
FFXI is by far my favorite. Everything about the game made me happy. I was 15, I remember looking up the paladin class a month before I got the game. I remember my girlfriend at the time unable to call me because we had dial up lol. (that relationship ended LOL) My mom even liked to watch me play she always wanted to fish on my toon. I still have a sub for that game and haven't even had an experience close in a MMO. WoW is fun for me but it's too easy and I don't really enjoy any of the endgame in WoW, I like leveling more than anything. Tabula rasa is probably my number 3.
Nope
My first was UO. SWG and Eve were better than UO.
Playing: Rift, LotRO
Waiting on: GW2, BP
My first mmo whas MXO
what i liked about that game whas that it didnt have classes, and you could become what you wanted to be, and switch when you wanted!
whas a fan of the matrix movies, so it might explain it.. surely not the best game, but at the time i had nothing to compare it with, so it didnt really matter!
i get the feeling that all games i like get closed.. first Tabula Rasa, Than this.. the same year even!
Blizzard, NCSoft & SOE.. No thanks!
Nope. First was UO. SWG was better.
Say hello, To the things you've left behind. They are more a part of your life now that you can't touch them.
First MMO - EQ 1 - Quit in a day
2nd MMO - Lineage 1 - 6 months
Best MMO old school - DAOC - 2.75 years
Best MMO still active - EVE - almost 3 years
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"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
My first MMO was an alpha experience in a game that never ended up releasing. It was based on FASA's Battletech universe and it was called Multiplayer Battletech 3025 - it was simply amazing, and the community seemed to all agree. They scrapped the project almost without warning and that was the last decent spark I've seen of the Mech Warrior genre.
After that, I was hooked on the world of MMO's so I started looking around without knowing what to look for... Me and a friend settled on Ragnarok Online lol --- As lame as you may think, we had a BLAST! This was our first ever class based mmo(rpg) and we didn't really mind the grindfest factor as we were fresh to the genre still... Not long after a few weeks of playing we realized their 'had' to be better graphics available in this mmo scene... We looked up EQ and weren't impressed. Same with DAoC (unfortunately, we didn't see anything about the game we just read somewhere that it was boring or something so we took ONE review at face value and skipped over it. we sucked) --
Anyways we found a screenshot of FFXI mid combat and we were intrigued so we went out one night and both bought a copy... not realizing that it has the worst setup/install/update/account management in history and that it would take 6+ hrs before we could start playing. This was just as the game released it's first expansion Rise of Zilart.
The next day, we finally got it setup and created our characters.... we didn't sleep for about 3 days straight after that. Simply amazing how emerging of an experience that game held (and still does). The community was definitely the shining star in it's excitement as it was a relatively fresh community of niche FF fans, so everyone was helpful, welcoming, and ready for a long journey. We played that game loving every second of it for 2 years and even the parts that made us mad, we think about today and wish even those negative traits were still respected and loved in MMO's these days.
I feel like slapping myself in the forehead with a hammer when i think about the moment i decided to leave FFXI because "wow is coming out! I loved starcraft, so WoW should be great! I've played FFXI long enough anyways"
SO, my point is... FFXI is my fondest memory in my MMORPG experience. Also, I count it as my first REAL mmo... even though technically, it was not. Still, to the OP - I think I know where you're going with it. I also agree, if that is the case.
For the most part, Nostalgia > popularity when it comes to our community's tastes in their MMO's. Whatever got us hooked in the first place is what we expect from anything else that wants our subs. I don't think that's a bad thing either.
Time to stop giving excuses to developers we pay to create our entertainment. We shouldn't have to change what we like.
They should change what they make.
My first one was Anarchy Online. After that it was SWG.
Best one was World of Warcraft, which I played someplace after SWG and EQ2. Maybe Neocron/Shaowbane/AC2/DAOC etc etc was in between that too? Can't remember. Still, the best one was WoW. I really liked SWG, and it might have been the best if it was not for SOE ruining it.
Make us care MORE about our faction & world pvp!
First was UO Beta - bad bad game
Second EQ - play for a year
Now playing WOW - play for 2.5 years ... MUCH better game than UO or EQ.
You're saying UO was a bad bad game because you played it in beta... Back when beta was actually a beta, you know, testing bugs. Back before there were even any MMOs.
Wow, you are really short sighted. UO is, to this day, one of the most detailed and wonderfully designed MMOs on the market. And how is WoW a better game than EQ? They're the same game, except WoW is designed for people with ADD.
First MMO i played was EQ on the "no rules" PVP server. I have the best memories from that game, and at one particular point it was great. The EQ i quit playing was an entirely different game than the one i have all these fond memories of though. I've been enjoying myself in Darkfall since it's launch and never given serious thought to playing anything else.
I think in most ways Darkfall has been a better game.
The FPS style of combat, having reasons to fight, and the wonderful use of sound are just a few reasons. There's more to do when im not going out to PVP/PVE as well, i actually gather and craft in this game (never did that in an MMO before). The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat are both much more intense in DF, especially during sieges. I might miss the community and diverse strengths and weaknesses each class had in EQ, but i dont miss people having overpowered abilities, or the reliance on gear. Gear you replaced every expansion...
My frist MMO was SWG and I had a really good time with that game, awesome communities and PvP battles. After SWG I played Guild Wars, could never get into that game although I did enjoy the PvP. Third was WoW started about six months after the european launch (although I did play a few times on a US server before that), that was the most fun I had since SWG.
Nope. Tried UO and EQ first. Thought they were massive wastes of time and didn't understand why people would subject themselves to such torture as I watched my room mates night after night=). LOVED PSO on the DC. Played AO and DAOC and enjoyed them for various reasons mostly due to the newness of it all. Eventually quit both in disgust though. Loved E&B, but quit to to lack of content. Excellent for the brief few months. Played lots of beta's. Thought they all sucked.
Played WOW solid until TBC, then just became very casual after that, trying out each expansion for a couple of months. Nothing really compared to vanilla WOW. The HUGE jump in quality when I went from DAOC to WOW was staggering. Tried more betas during the downtime between expansions. Still nothing compares.
Tried Conan...empty and boring. Played WAR for a few months but quit in disgust due to RvR being a complete failure in design and of course, all the lag with spells/abilities. It was just so lacking when compared to WOW except for a few features.
WOW was not my first but clearly the best by a long shot. Quality of gameplay is what matters. Ideas and concepts mean nothing unless its fun to play and well put together. Thats why WOW is where it is and all other MMOs scurry along in its shadow.
Started with EQ, but what was missing was PvP. DAoC has been the most fun, because of the RvR PvP model, before they screwed it up with ToA.
My first one: Tibia
My favorite: Eve Online
So the answer is no.
"EVE is likely the best MMORPG that you've never really understood or played" - Kyleran
Definitely not. Not at all.
My first MMORPG was Lineage 2 and this one is so awful in so many areas that you dont have to point it out at all to people in the first place, its just too obvious. OTOH it was great in some areas: Its really intense in the "you have to find people or you're screwed" department.
My second MMORPG was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. The main problem: lack of people, lack of devs. Otherwise its extremely good. But oh well, life is hard.
Third MMO was Guild Wars. I lost interest after less than a week. Thats all.