Decent Crafting mmo?

ganntak

Hey anyone ever played Planet Calypso? It was my first online game and yeah wasn't great however the mining idea was just brilliant. Drop probes see if you got anything then follow your HUD to see what was there and drill and extract the ore . You could find stuff anywhere and unlike wow out wasn't visible so made things more exciting. The crafting was pretty cool too. Nothing like creating your own stuff, sadly Warcrafts crafting with the daily CDs has ruined it for me. Does anyone know of a good mmo /sandbox whatever with cool mining and crafting? Maybe something like Minecraft where you can dig into the earth find stuff but with quests and stuff to do? I'm hoping EQ Next will be like this but any thing out at the moment?

RelentlessOne

Geez, you just brought back memories of Star Wars Galaxies for me. Crafting was complex and there were thousands and thousands of things you could build from weapons to houses to speeders. It was crazy fun. I'm not sure I know any MMO's out now that actually have that level of quality crafting, but I think you could probably find and emulated server for SWG that will get you your fix.

olepi

I can think of two games that have superior mining:

- Ryzom -- it's a real sandbox, the user has to actually create the prospecting actions before looking for items. Once found, then you have to dig, again using digging actions you have to create. And digging is dangerous, you can get killed because the ground doesn't like to be dug into. Since all of the mats are hidden, people find their favorite places to dig. Mats are also available based on weather, season, and the day/night cycle. It's a real world! The best mats are in PvP zones, where it is dangerous to even be there.

- Perpetuum -- A robot game, you have to prospect under the ground for mats to dig. Using radar scanners, you map out areas and detect mats, which you then dig. Better mats are in the PvP areas.

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dreamscaper

While I haven't played it myself, the description my friend gave of Space Engineers made it sound like it may be exactly what you're looking for.

anemo

Space Engineers is fun for a "non-ish" MMO.    The scale of the servers are private(ly owned but public) with the "best" allowing 50 people.  though TBH I've only seen around 20 online at a time on servers. which means that those 20 people are mostly spending their time hunting down the other 300 people's stuff that are logged off(since there is A LOT of space).

_________

EvE is good in theory but in practicallity pure industrialists are in a pretty bad position for solo play.   With the options to have some interesting play with other forms of game play.

To be honest EvE is more about the market.  Crafting, combat, PvPer, and everything else is just a way to get market interaction on EvE.

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WurmOnline is one of the first places I went after looking for a crafting game.  it's truely a case of EVERYTHING being player made, and animals/mobs being more along the lines of harvesting nodes that need combat.   Even the cities are player made.

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Haven and Hearth I would say has a better crafting system than WurmOnline,  but 2D.  The crafting system is just everything, even leveling up is based on using crafted items and "applying" them to your character.   Complete with player owned cities and similar.

sunandshadow

Wurm, Xsyon, A Tale In The Desert, and maaaybe Ryzom are crafting-focused MMOs.

apocoluster

Repopulation    crafting was pretty in-depth.  It is pretty raw though, might wanna wait till they finish it more.

vadio123

Mortal Online - yes still good mix between safe / no safe / adrealine rush / craft / pvp / pk / full loot 

The repopulation believe more near SWgalaxies actual 

But if you want only craft mmo guys above said 

Xsyon

Wurm 

Salem

Heaven Hearths

and others 

 

But i know you pain none game above or in world have same dynamic loot compare entropia universe 

its why i keep playing util day after day with breaks after 7yr compare most mmo play 1 or 2 week and i finish(include pseudo sandbox)

 

"Diference between noob and pro in entropia not act itself but actions he doing before or after run"

 

Nuzan

Ryzom

First you need to prospect and forage your material or hunt animals. Best quality materials are bosses or digging in the most dangerous areas, with pvp and/or roaming aggro mobs. Digging sources can change with season, day time or weather.

You need to craft your gear for yourself or ask others to craft. No classes, ability to be tank, fighter, range fighter, mage, healer or forager depends on used skill and on gear. There are dozens of different materials. Each has different stats and only intelligent material combination gives good gear stats.

Open world, old game but still populated and active

ganntak

Awesome thanks for the replies! Will deff have to check those out. I have just downloaded Terraria which is like a 2D cross between Lemmings+Minecraft really addictive dont let the graphics put you off. It has a multiplayer but cant get it to work just yet so me and the gf are both playing single player at the mo and she loves it