Ok guys, Im going to make a chart of the most evil, repulsive, frightening, badass looking bosses in MMORPGs history. Be it from EQ, WOW, AO, LoTRO or any other game. Share with us, what creatures in what online games made your knees tremble!
"One of the six dragons born of the union between Gran Kain, god of destruction and Shilen, goddess of darkness, Antharas' attribute is earth.
In the distant past, Shilen gave birth to six dragons, which she sent to the forefront in her war against the other gods. After Shilen was defeated and retreated to the world of the dead, the gigantic beast Antharas nested deep within Dragon Valley in Giran, waiting for the day of Shilen's resurrection."
Valakas
"Valakas inhabits a volcanic terrain in Goddard known as the Forge of the Gods. Fearing Gran Kain, who watches over humans, he unleashes the wrath of fire at human trespassers who venture into his territory."
It's not so much that they don't have them, it's that they are uninspired and don't compare to the bosses of the older generation games. The latest generation of MMOs have gotten away from the storytelling and immersion and began to focus on mechanics. This is a lot of why the new MMOs don't capture the same majestic feel when us old generation gamers log into it for the first time.
Well Valakas and Antharas are most definitely the hardest bosses ever, but it said most evil bosses. Valakas and Antharas are dragons, they do those things on instinct it's not really evil. And if you do know of the lore stuff then you will know that Baium wrecks more frequent havoc then all. Jerk.
well he wasnt a boss mob but i would have to say ticked me off to no end was thistle underbrush the crazed druid brownie from lesser faydark in eq1 and of course dvinn!, as far as most scary boss mob i personally have encountered i would have to say it was eq 1 as well and it wasnt even a boss mob it was ..........GrimFeather! that griffene killed me before i could get my level 13 druid up and out of spellbook i watched him take out the two guards and thought wow . nothing much after that scared me like him because we all became so powerful later in the game .
Some lead and some follow I prefer to stand beside!
I must say most horrific/terrifying experience from MMO was when I encountered Eidolon in V:SoH... It was that beautiful day in Vanguard and by the little refuge there was little pond. One of the NPCs said to me that there is some monster living in the depths of the pond and he wanted me to get picture of it for this magical crystal thingy... So I jumped in the water and started diving deeper and deeper getting little scared already since I couldn't see very far in the water. I realised that I'm starting to be out of air so I quickly turned my way back up and then I saw it's silhouette against the sunshine... I paniced and tried to get as far away from it as I could but as the lake was very small so it ended up noticing me for I got out of the water and killed me with single blow...
Later I tried again looking for it now knowing that it shouldn't be very deep in the water... but I couldn't see it from above the water no matter how I tried... and I couldn't go 2m further from the shore anymore... I was so terrified of it... Since then I never went near that little lake... I just couldn't...
That Eidolon isn't hard monster for level 25+ but I just couldn't go there anymore...
My addiction History: >> EQ1 2000-2004 - Shaman/Bard/Wizard/Monk - nolife raid-whore >> WoW 2004-2009 + Cataclysm for 2 months - hardcore casual >> Current status : done with MMO, too old for that crap.
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I remember BZ from AC1. He was definitely the Baddest. Wiped out whole towns of fairly high levels at the time.
Mountain Rat - Asherons Call. Not a boss but the fear it caused back in the early days was great. Could never run from those. =P
Here you go:
http://blog.xboxstyle.com/Steelskin/
Scroll down to Baium and Antharas from Lineage 2.
They are labeled so you can just do a search on the page.
Oh, here is Valakas... he is also very tough (well, Antharas and Valakas are the most difficult)
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/images.gamezone.com/screens/28/4/24/s28424_pc_91.JPG
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Antharas from Lineage 2.
http://www.jouer.org/i/up/kondor.20050407202243.boos_antharas.jpg
http://games.cnool.net/lineage2/images/pic/002.jpg
Or Baium from Lineage 2.
http://lineage2.gameamp.com/modules/gallery/uploads/312.jpg
Or Valakas from Lineage 2.
http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/images.gamezone.com/screens/28/4/24/s28424_pc_91.JPG
http://img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots/lineage2/lineage2c_small_9.jpg#
Those guys are huge, scary and powerful. I think it takes around an hour to take down Antharas.
Ballistic!
I vote Hogger.
... Or worse ! Oakenscowl !
If your interested in the games lore, i suggest reading this: http://www.lineage2.com/background/chronicle/list.html
Heres a very basic summary of them:
Antharas
"One of the six dragons born of the union between Gran Kain, god of destruction and Shilen, goddess of darkness, Antharas' attribute is earth.
In the distant past, Shilen gave birth to six dragons, which she sent to the forefront in her war against the other gods. After Shilen was defeated and retreated to the world of the dead, the gigantic beast Antharas nested deep within Dragon Valley in Giran, waiting for the day of Shilen's resurrection."
Valakas
"Valakas inhabits a volcanic terrain in Goddard known as the Forge of the Gods. Fearing Gran Kain, who watches over humans, he unleashes the wrath of fire at human trespassers who venture into his territory."
http://www.lineage2.com/Knowledge/monsters_4.html
http://www.lineage2.com/Knowledge/monsters_1.html
Ballistic!
Are there any evil bosses in GW, Ryzom, EQ2, LoTRO, AO, UO, RF Online, etc? Since I dont see any mentioned
It's not so much that they don't have them, it's that they are uninspired and don't compare to the bosses of the older generation games. The latest generation of MMOs have gotten away from the storytelling and immersion and began to focus on mechanics. This is a lot of why the new MMOs don't capture the same majestic feel when us old generation gamers log into it for the first time.
Well Valakas and Antharas are most definitely the hardest bosses ever, but it said most evil bosses. Valakas and Antharas are dragons, they do those things on instinct it's not really evil. And if you do know of the lore stuff then you will know that Baium wrecks more frequent havoc then all. Jerk.
prepare for the most villainous of the villainous, the most hated of the hated, and the most terrifying of the terrifying.
I give you.... HOPY!
tremble before it!
well he wasnt a boss mob but i would have to say ticked me off to no end was thistle underbrush the crazed druid brownie from lesser faydark in eq1 and of course dvinn!, as far as most scary boss mob i personally have encountered i would have to say it was eq 1 as well and it wasnt even a boss mob it was ..........GrimFeather! that griffene killed me before i could get my level 13 druid up and out of spellbook i watched him take out the two guards and thought wow . nothing much after that scared me like him because we all became so powerful later in the game .
Some lead and some follow I prefer to stand beside!
Need more opinions ><
I must say most horrific/terrifying experience from MMO was when I encountered Eidolon in V:SoH... It was that beautiful day in Vanguard and by the little refuge there was little pond. One of the NPCs said to me that there is some monster living in the depths of the pond and he wanted me to get picture of it for this magical crystal thingy... So I jumped in the water and started diving deeper and deeper getting little scared already since I couldn't see very far in the water. I realised that I'm starting to be out of air so I quickly turned my way back up and then I saw it's silhouette against the sunshine... I paniced and tried to get as far away from it as I could but as the lake was very small so it ended up noticing me for I got out of the water and killed me with single blow...
Later I tried again looking for it now knowing that it shouldn't be very deep in the water... but I couldn't see it from above the water no matter how I tried... and I couldn't go 2m further from the shore anymore... I was so terrified of it... Since then I never went near that little lake... I just couldn't...
That Eidolon isn't hard monster for level 25+ but I just couldn't go there anymore...
Hmm..Great topic while I can't remember every villian here are just a few that stood out to me.
1) Berttox from EQ1 was pretty evil
2) Infernal (Evil version) COH
3) Envoy of Shadow COH
4) Guild Wars campaign's final boss (can't remember his name)
5) (Rallos Zek The Warlord) EQ1: sometimes all you could see was those glowing red eyes and his weapon.
Dutchess Zarraa Voltayre
Reborn/Zero Sum/Ancient Legacy/Jagged Legion/Feared/Nuke & Pave.
They don't come more evil than him!!
SWG: Malachi and the nightsister eldars before they got batted
Mayong Mistmoore! EQ1
My addiction History:
>> EQ1 2000-2004 - Shaman/Bard/Wizard/Monk - nolife raid-whore
>> WoW 2004-2009 + Cataclysm for 2 months - hardcore casual
>> Current status : done with MMO, too old for that crap.