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Best game for getting groups in?
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Does anyone know which game is best in terms of ease of getting groups at the lower level up till the endgame?
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Well, this may not answer your question, but in FFXI you must group all the way through the game. However it can become tedious if you are not a Healer/Tank to find a group later on in the game.
True FFXI is a group heavy game but it's also very difficult in getting an actually group in a timely manner there. Learned that when I played when it first came out. Wasn't a welcoming experience. Made EQ1 more fun by comparison is what i felt at the time.
Well, it's not LOTRO. That's also a group quest heavy game, but finding them is a nightmare. (Though during the free weekend it was pretty decent).
R.I.P. City of Heroes and my 17 characters there
I would have to say city of heroes/villians is very easy to find groups in. I've tried most of the other mmo's out and none can compare to the city of heroes in terms of finding groups. Sadly most mmo's are just single player games with a chat feature.
Well, I'll just toss WAR out there for the hell of it.
Step 1 - Click the grouping button by your HUD.
A list will pop up showing all of the parties in your area as well as the approximate amount of time it will take you to run to them from your current location. It also shows what the group is currently doing (RvR, PvE, PQ), how many players are in the group, and what/who they are.
Step 2 - Click the appropriate group for what you want to do and you will join instantly.
STOP WHINING!
City of Heroes.
Currently playing WAR myself, and many would argue that their biggest gripe right now is group and overall population. While part of the design seems to make grouping sensible, it's also flawed to the point there is very little communication.
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well..been hearing alot of talk about Atlantica. so i tried it...still kinda new at it. but the party group, really is fantastic. no penalties and get more xps. infact...its better to start with someone you know. to continue til the end
I just uninstalled that free game for what it's worth, oddly I rarely try them. It's as shallow as a kiddie pool.
CoX is honestly the best for finding groups. It also has the best PUG's by far. I've been around a bit, too.
If you play FFXI, grouping is forced, and PUG's are OK, if hard to make. You either get into a good linkshell (guild) or deal with the occasional fuck during the VERY LONG leveling process. I think idiots are fairly rare in FFXI, but they're noticeable because FFXI is not a forgiving game. One tiny mistake = wipe, possibly group breaking up. The only way I could keep a group going consistently in FFXI was to write down the name and class of people I saw and pick them up as my own party slowly dissolved. Running a group in FFXI is like trying to drive a car from New York to LA, replacing the wheels that fall off as you go. People have to eat, get tired of grinding, etc.
EQ2 and WoW are honestly shit for grouping while leveling. Almost nobody does, and when you do, you don't need to. This is doubly true since Blizzard de-elited its leveling areas, and SOE constantly goes through EQ2 to make leveling "smoother" (hint, just got way easier). EQ2 is a bit better in this regard, but in both cases, grouping is mostly done by max level players accomplishing group-oriented challenges.
Guild Wars has the worst PUG's and grouping mechanism I have seen in my entire life. GW is _the_ best ORPG arena PvP game, period. Unfortunately, its PvE side attracts the worst MMO players I've ever seen. I mean, it was honestly just sickeningly bad. I can't think about it without literally laughing or getting a bad taste in my mouth. To give you an idea, I could do _any_ mission with the retarded (quite bad in those days) AI henchmen with a near 100% success rate, but PUG'ing them was near suicide if I couldn't carry the entire mission myself. Think about a game where bots you can barely order around do better than players. Then again, if you don't mind using the now much-improved hench system (you can customize them now), it's actually fun to solo GW missions like that.
The bottom line is to guild up or deal with bullshit. Only exception is CoX. I don't know why, but it's true. I played CoX tons. I did every piece of Hero-side content that was released before I quit, including the obscure lvl 50 TF's that most people didn't touch. PUG'ing was not only always sufficient, but it was almost always fun. It's only bad in the first twenty levels. You need to be a master cat-herder with a solidly min-maxed spec to XP up fast in PP, for instance, and grouping is probably pointless before then.
Only problem with CoX is that you actually need to know how to build a good group, fish for players, quell dissent, etc. It's much better to make and run your own groups than to wait for invites. I actually consider that part of the fun. It's not hard. You just need to have basic intelligence and know how to take responsibility without being a typical "MMO leader" (overbearing prick with no idea what he's doing). If you're the kind of guy who bitches on forums about how crappy PUG's are because your group died twenty times, and you think you were powerless to fix it, grouping will suck for you in CoX too.
what is the essential of joining the party in ATlantica online guys? Because I heard that it will increase your level also, is that true?