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ryanmarshall
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I've played quite a few mmorpgs in my time including AO, Guildwars, SWG and WOW. For the last 2 years I've been playing WoW and it just isnt as appealing as it used to be. For one it is far to time consuming. If you want to be in a top raiding guild u have to attend 80% of raids which are like 5 days a week and 4-5 hrs each. That alone is more than i want to be playing and im bound to play at the times they want. I'm looking for a game that is a lot more casual. I enjoy mmorpgs with good pve game play anda fun and balanced pvp system and an emphasis on team work, i like a nice crafting system also but that is a second on my list. Anyway I was thinking of either starting EQ2 or COH/COV. I know COH has cool pve gameplay and a team emphasis and is casual but is its pvp any good and is there any end gameplay. As for EQ2 is it as time consuming as wow where you have to pretty much dedicate your social life to it. Because I cant do that since i've gotten a full time job recently. Any way im open to any other suggestions and all feedback is greatly appreciated.
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i'd say wurmonline if you can spend 20-30 hrs a week on it usually more and in sprurts of 3-4 hours depending on what you do.
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
if you have it then you must already have a lvl 20
its easy to make there is PvP PvE story line tounaments
random battles
and it makes emphasis on player skill rather than on how long you have been playing.
i havent touched my R/Mo in about 4-5 months and revently reinstalled the game and i had lots of fun and i still kicked royal a$$ in pvp.
bad thing is that i finished the game and PvE only includes getting items and gold.
Going to quote myself from a post I wrote yesterday, its the same answer I'd give to a similar question:
Regarding EQ and COH/COV: EQ is actually more of a grind vest than WoW, as a casual player it will take you a very long time to achieve anything. COH/COV, though a great game concept, and imo casual friendly, is so repetetive that you'll grow sick of the game after a few weeks. Well, maybe not, some people have been playing the game for years and seem fine with it. But expect to do the same thing over and over and over again, killing tens of thousands of mobs is the only way to gain experience and level in this game. From what I understand the PVP system is top notch, complete with player run hero bases and villian layers, but I can't confirm or deny whether the pvp is good. I simply didn't last long to reach the endgame PVP, and honestly felt that I wasted my money in buying the game. Just my thoughts and opinions, take it for what its worth. Cheers.
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if you tried it already and you won't have to dedicate your social life on it. check gamersloot.net
if you still can't find what you're looking for. guildwars is worth the try.
Anyway look at Eve
You just grind, doing the basicly same missions just rehashed with different text and people and stations and such, for cash.
You use cash to buy skills to train to a certain level which takes years at a time, just so you can spend all your money on a ship. Not to mention then you have to grind more for ammo and weaponery as well as Insurance and the such.
I mean, the skills take forever and a day to train. Seriously.
As well as the graphics in EVE are getting outdated. Fast. While they had the best graphics a few years ago, that is far different from now. There's so many games with new, amazing graphics out on the market, that EVEs older graphics, while still good, cannot compare with some new games coming out on the market.
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These are both games with deep flaws ... theyre dying. Extremely hard to find parties for Cov/Coh once you reach the third area & forget about EQ2 past level 50. Its fraustrating as both of these feats require you to pass the free trial before you hit the 'wall of no players' - cost me a lot of money.
I hate recommending games as nothing out there is actually fun to play but as time passers with no grind I recommend Anarchy Online - on the expansion you can power level right through to max level. And shadowbane where you can max in a day apparently. Guild wars is the same but very restrictive pvp content limited to arenas. AO & shadowbane have nice RvR
P.S AVOID EVE. Eve is not a game for someone with little time - For skills you have to wait 3 months *real-time* before you can fly something useful and for money, you have to endure a constant grind involving replacing your ship on a regular basis. Very over rated game constantly plugged by the fanbois that refuse to play anything else.
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These are both games with deep flaws ... theyre dying. Extremely hard to find parties for Cov/Coh once you reach the third area & forget about EQ2 past level 50. Its fraustrating as both of these feats require you to pass the free trial before you hit the 'wall of no players' - cost me a lot of money.
I hate recommending games as nothing out there is actually fun to play but as time passers with no grind I recommend Anarchy Online - on the expansion you can power level right through to max level. And shadowbane where you can max in a day apparently. Guild wars is the same but very restrictive pvp content limited to arenas. AO & shadowbane have nice RvR
P.S AVOID EVE. Eve is not a game for someone with little time - For skills you have to wait 3 months *real-time* before you can fly something useful and for money, you have to endure a constant grind involving replacing your ship on a regular basis. Very over rated game constantly plugged by the fanbois that refuse to play anything else.
wow power LvL right through ..max level in a day sounds great
Doesn't sound like an RPG at all, pay an FPS or something (GRAW) if you just want to "max level"???? seems to defeat the purpose of "pacing" / "exploring"
PS: and *real time* leveling means you don't need to log in to level, for a casual gamer that is probably an advantage, and ALL the ships are "useful" by the way....but if you want to be "Uber l33t" pwning in 2 hours -- play something else, Eve isn't for you. I will agree it rewards longevity, but 2 weeks will give you a taste decide for yourself.
finally most of the supposed "fanbois" are middle aged men actually....but you'd have to get to know them....the game attracts those of us with slower arthritic fingers, and I hate to tell you but a lot of us were gaming when you were prolly in diapers....so yes we've played other games.
eve is a very insanely competitive game. It separates the weak from the strong very quickly. You can die anywhere in space. *WARNING* Death in eve has a meaning unlike a highly popular game.
eve online lost me because it has turned into an "elitest" game. Elistest? what do i mean? You need months of trainin to just be a tackler in pvp. (tackler read as cannon fodder)
I have a bunch of friends who still love eve to death and a part of me does too. I love the corporations and how people MUST band together in order to accomplish really any long term goal.
dont say i didnt play it, i have, for a long time.
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eve is a very insanely competitive game. It separates the weak from the strong very quickly. You can die anywhere in space. *WARNING* Death in eve has a meaning unlike a highly popular game.
eve online lost me because it has turned into an "elitest" game. Elistest? what do i mean? You need months of trainin to just be a tackler in pvp. (tackler read as cannon fodder)
I have a bunch of friends who still love eve to death and a part of me does too. I love the corporations and how people MUST band together in order to accomplish really any long term goal.
dont say i didnt play it, i have, for a long time.
Very good points but some slight corrections --
1) Yes you can be attacked in "high security systems" but it usually won't happen in high sec systems as your attacker will be wtfpwnd by the cops (Concord), and lose his own "security status"
2) With the "BloodLines" upgrade last winter you can "tackle" pretty much right out of the gate. Or be very "effective" in any other chosen initial role for that matter. Of course Eve does have a very unique way of keeping players in the game by the depth of it's skill set and the offline training, love it or hate it, estimates of 22 RL yrs to train all the existing skills don't include the constant addition of new skills....so many choices so little time ;-)
3) Re: banding together, your point is well taken don't we play MMOs to band together? In another game what sense does it make to max level in a week so you can nearly solo? Also a player taking the rold of "pirate" can and usually does fly solo.....