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WHAT MMORPG TO PLAY IN 2017?
What the hell is everyone playing nowadays?
I've been trying to find a new MMORPG to call home, but I just can't seem to find a good one to stick with... I feel like I've played all of the "big" ones, but any suggestions would be worthwhile.
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World of Warcraft - played it to death, have tried to give it another go but lose interest quickly. Nothing is new about this game anymore.
FFXIV - People say it's good. I gave it a go, but it still looks like the game from 10 years ago... would maybe consider giving it another chance.
Wildstar - Rather disappointing
GW2 - Personally don't think it's a good game
Secret Life - Never tried it, but have read a lot of reviews about the crappy combat, etc.
LOTRO - Gave it another whirl, horribly uninteresting
RIFT - Only ever leveled a character to like ~20, would consider giving it another go if it's populated.
ESO - Tried playing, didn't catch my interest. Would give it another go if I'm missing something here.
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Anything else people? I'm not looking for the perfect MMORPG, just something good that can hold my interest for a while and doesn't look like a game with 10 year old graphics.
Thanks!
I've been trying to find a new MMORPG to call home, but I just can't seem to find a good one to stick with... I feel like I've played all of the "big" ones, but any suggestions would be worthwhile.
~~~~~~~~~~
World of Warcraft - played it to death, have tried to give it another go but lose interest quickly. Nothing is new about this game anymore.
FFXIV - People say it's good. I gave it a go, but it still looks like the game from 10 years ago... would maybe consider giving it another chance.
Wildstar - Rather disappointing
GW2 - Personally don't think it's a good game
Secret Life - Never tried it, but have read a lot of reviews about the crappy combat, etc.
LOTRO - Gave it another whirl, horribly uninteresting
RIFT - Only ever leveled a character to like ~20, would consider giving it another go if it's populated.
ESO - Tried playing, didn't catch my interest. Would give it another go if I'm missing something here.
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Anything else people? I'm not looking for the perfect MMORPG, just something good that can hold my interest for a while and doesn't look like a game with 10 year old graphics.
Thanks!
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Doesn't help that you're not exactly saying what you're interested in to better help people give you something you might like.
Or actually try the games you're "thinking about trying" and say what you (in specific) you do not like about them.
When you don't want the truth, you will make up your own truth.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
The thing that I stuck with for WoW all those years was that I loved rerolling characters, and leveling them up in the world. Exploring, etc.
So combat has to be fun, leveling has to be fun. I don't like overly "cinematic" games where every NPC is like having to watch a mini-movie dialogue.
Open World PvP is also fun.
I basically want a world that feels alive and fun to play in...
@Octagon7711 I'd like to be able to play in long marathon/stints and not get bored. Something to really grab my attention again.
they have remove some bad stuft from the cash shop and imo even if that last only 1 or 2 months you can enjoy the games until they make it p2win again.
fresh server, the experience with archeage realy good and it realy do feel like a real mmorpg world.
I think I might try games that I haven't played yet before returning to ones I have already tried.
Probably will give Archeage 3.0 a try. Then maybe BDO or Secret World. Not sure what else is out there that I haven't at least tried yet.
-Age of Conan
-GW2
-ESO
-B&S
i would love to go back to BDO but they wont get to enjoy my presence/money unless they release the ip block or open a global server i can move to.
I think the toughest thing about trying new MMO's is that you're doing it "alone". Making it even more "bleh".
Despite the older graphics, LotRO is worth an extensive try.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
Try BDO first, there is a 7 day trial.
It's very similar to Archeage but the Cash Shop is less invasive.
https://discord.gg/BENJv
Find our community here, I think a community is key. NOT guild hoppers with the solo mindset which is exactly why things have turned terrible. Make it more about enjoying and winning with friends and less about your very specific hard to satisfy expectations. Enjoy what it has not battle what you believe it should be until you quit. I know personally I stay longer, play harder and have many more laughs with this group.
We been gaming 15+ years, feel free to PM too. We are looking to grow and create a community of gamers for many more years to come.
But.. you sound like you need a break from MMOs. Check out all the awesome single player RPGs you've probably been missing.
If you want to say a game looks a decade old, look at Eq2! That said, I have been playing MMOs way too long, so long that it annoys me that everything is labeled an MMO these days. I have tried almost every mainstream game that has come out. Some I enjoyed and played for a long time, others were flops, and then some were great, but I could not connect with. I just started playing FFXIV again and I must say the game is gorgeous and I am having fun. If I was not playing FFXIV right now and wanted fun PVE, I would recommend Eg2, Secret World, ESO, and SWTOR to myself. Each has their own issues and things I like. If you’re curious on my opinions of them, read below:
FFXIV: Like the game, like the story. Too much reading, the world feels too sectioned and small due to fast travel and zone design, even though it is big. I am not yet 50 so that may change. Very heavily a PVE question experience game, which I love. The marketplace system sucks though, but then the developers seem really invested in this and always making things better.
Secret World: Played at launch and tried again recently. I want to love this. Even though they made the lower levels easier (mobs and quests), it is still very enjoyable PVE content. I just hate the combat/skill system. I can never figure out how to build a character that I enjoy and is also viable. Seems like the weapons I like are not the meta. A new skill system or a better understanding of the current one and I would play this in a heartbeat. Great PVE content.
ESO: Love the graphics, Love the PVE content, Love that they fixed a lot of the launch issues. I hate the class system. Every class doing everything and every class doing everything by specking either magik or Stamina as well proved too much for me. I could never figure out what to play for group content and that lost feeling killed the game for me. I also hate that you need to keep different skills on your bars so that those areas level as you level. I would play this again with better understanding so I do not feel lost; it is a top notch game.
WOW: The only game I played longer was Everquest 1. I played this for 4 years and I loved it (also love Eq1). It has a ton of content, but like you, I cannot get into it any more. I almost re-subbed and bought Legion, but after a free trail (had account reactivated) I could not get into it, so I passed. It makes me sad, but I think my WOW days are just burnt out.
EQ2: If you want PVE this is a good game and I played this just a tiny bit less than WOW. I just got tired of having 40 skills to press and it looks pretty aged now and empty.
GW2: I really like the game in short bursts, but it quickly becomes too repetitive for me and every little thing is a crazy grind, with very little return. It looks great though and I do have a ton of fun with it, but only in 1 to 2 month stretches.
LOTRO: Never got past 25. I tried multiple times and the game systems made me lose interest. It has been years since I tried last and I do not think I will again.
Rift: I liked the game but its negatives killed it for me. World felt too cookie cutter, I disliked the multi-class system, when I have went back it feels empty, and over all the game just feels like it has no soul. You either get what I mean by that or you don’t.
Wildstar: I was very excited for this and loved the marketing. The game made me feel like I was having a constant seizure. Overall I was super disappointed.
BDO: No real PVE content that is satisfying, Gear looks basically the same from 1 to max unless you buy it for crazy prices, killing mobs feels good, and I hear PVP is fun, but it’s a job of a grind to keep up with. Also, way too much RNG. It does look gorgeous though.
SWTOR: Great PVE, Fun PVP Arenas, and Enjoyable story. Design made it so that even at launch, the game almost always feels empty. The game seems like it has gotten even easier since launch (not good). I hate the space station hub. I do love the classes and combat though.
EVE: I have tried it more than once and I know people love it, but it just makes me bored. I am happy that the people that like it have it though!
On one hand no other game offers -that- depht when it comes to sanboxing, on the other hand its so heavy RNG that you constantly see your hours invested going pooof, or your money. Depends on what youre willing to spend.
RNG trolled me so hard that i completely gave up my virtual life there.
Then there was nothing.
No game could peak my interrest, the ones too theatre, the others too cheap, too ugly or missing this or that.
At the moment, im playing Star Citizen.
The 2.6 is good enuff to get out there, explore the Yela belt or kill folx in Kareah or or or, but its still not a game.
Is there any other game out, where i am not a spaceship and my my beautiful looking char in a even more beauty world can enjoy some kind of freedom ?
I could even throw stones in ArcheAge, there is no effing other game like that.
That keeps me in my Linux hole, coding lumberyard n00b shit, lol
Let's Play Ragnarok Journey
I self identify as a monkey.
You must have gotten Second Life, and The Secret World messed up there lol. I don't have any games to add other than the ones that were already mentioned. These threads are created so often, so to answer your question of what we all are playing, most of us are playing the old stuff until something better comes along.
If you decide on Rift, hopefully, you were able to get the free expansion pack. I would revisit Rift, if so. I'm currently playing Tera, but all my characters are at max level, and I feel like I'm running out of things to do there.