Out of the ones I have played, Everquest, EQ2, World of Warcraft and Age of Conan, Lotro is the only one I still keep coming back to.
Also all my friends that were in WoW with me also went over to Lotro.
I am not a PvsP buff, I like good story, emersion and good graphics, I do not play allot, I only reached 50 recently and have still not explored all Lotro has to offer.
I play about 15 hours a week, max, and based on those time constraints Lotro gives me what I need.
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
Ikkinak, call me !
Isn't "ambulation" coming out next expansion? (walking around in station)
I voted for Atlantica. I'm currently playing some beta games released just trying them out. But so far, if my computer didn't lag as much as it does, I would be playing Atlantica. After playing through half the games listed on the official MMORPG game list, I would say Atlantica gets my vote. I enjoy the battle system, and how you can recruit new members is incredible.
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
Tough to choose out of the games I currently enjoy. CoH/CoV is still great fun, FFXI will always be a favorite, and I'm just not far enough into Starquest Online to really have a feel for it, But EVE is the game I always look forward to.
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
Ikkinak, call me !
Isn't "ambulation" coming out next expansion? (walking around in station)
Big woopie
In SQO, I can walk around in MY station, my ship, my colony, or my homeworld. As of this morning, I can do this either in 3rd person or 1st person views
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
Ok ....what would i vote for if i was a metrosexual or a bus boy at Denny's?..well it might be a cute 12 year old guild leader in vent, kiddie cartoon game like Wow or maybe Lotro...OMG! maybe i can meet Frodo in the game someday. and he will hug me or let me see the ring...lol!... /lame, Nope! I like nice graphics and inovative combat because afterall these mmog's are VIDEO games right? they don't call them MMOTG massively multiplayer online TEXT games ? so having nice looking graphics from this decade are inovative and make me happy. Anyway it's a no brainer AOC gets my vote. Funcom did a lot of things wrong at launch , but at the same time they did a lot of things REALLY well and seem to be working hard at getting the game where it should be .
I challenege any non- wow zombie to play AOC for 10 or more days and then try to play Wow or lotr again...trust me it wont be a easy task...my second Choice would have been Vanguard , but the huge death penalty made my choice easy..
Voted Ryzom, simply because it's the most enjoyable game I ever played, because it dares to be different in many ways, and because its name doesn't end with "Online". I hope it will have a long and happy future in the hands of its new owners.
--------- Sherkalyn Crazy Marshmallow Lady Guild Leader of The Exodus Syndicate in Ryzom "Experience Perfection :: Unharness Your Power" www.exodusgs.com
WoW is, has been and always will be a kid's game. A player can't immerse themselves in something that looks like a cartoon. AoC strives for as realistic a look as possible without completely killing rigs. The more MMO developers that strive for photo-realism in the future (and make no mistake, photorealism is the ultimate goal), the more they will have not only my attention, but my dollar. AoC has the most impressive graphics of any MMO available (Aion will give it a run). As a result the world is more immersive.
AoC will be the game it was originally conceived as within a couple of months. It's only and HUGE fault lay in the fact that it was released before it was completed, (IE: Gems, Crafting issues, some Class Balancing, Lag and Memory Leaks etc. Had it been released as conceived and advertised (both on and off the retail box), complete with DX10 and the smooth-running client it now has, AoC may have kept more of its original purchasers and added even more, because they wouldn' t have wasted all this time playing catch up.
It's easy to criticize the game AoC was. Many opinions of it seem to be those of people who played it at launch and quit, frustrated. Can't blame them for quitting but if they haven't played AoC lately, they don't realize just how much client stability and gameplay (PvP in particular) has been improved and how many problems tended to.
However, it is tougher to criticize the game it now is and will be within a few months time and after the forthcoming expansion.
Lag Spikes, Client Crashes and Memory Leaks are virtually a thing of the past. and with the new Game Director on board and in communication, the players have witnessed extensive improvements already.
PvP is almost where they want it and AoC is shaping up both nicely and speedily, as evidenced by more players I've personally seen come back since the large and impressive patches went online.
Servers will be begin being merged next week and DX10 will be available in AoC in a few weeks and, unless you're blind, AoC looks incredible and will ONLY get even-better looking. Wow will ALWAYS look like a kid's game. - like Monsters designed by Mattel's Care Bear team. Even WoW2 would likely follow a similar family-oriented design sense.
The bottom line with me is this:
AoC is the most detailed, realistic-looking MMO on the market. Nothing comes close. It was released with problems I'm willing to wait out because I mostly solo and don't PvP, so I haven't raced to 80 and wondered why I've run out of content (a mostly legitimate issue, but along with the game being too generous with xp -another subject), even though ALL MMO's are finite in content upon release. It ocmes down to the fact that now that I've found the level of detail, level of immersion, blood, lighting, music and combat animation and directional combat and shielding AoC offers, any other MMO available is a step backward. They just look old-tech with old and/or family graphics. AoC will be where I want it to be soon enough.
...and after that I'll be looking at Aion and any other non-cartoony game. Killer graphics representing the next step towards photorealism in an MMO need only apply.
Ok ....what would i vote for if i was a metrosexual or a bus boy at Denny's?..well it might be a cute 12 year old guild leader in vent, kiddie cartoon game like Wow or maybe Lotro...OMG! maybe i can meet Frodo in the game someday. and he will hug me or let me see the ring...lol!... /lame, Nope! I like nice graphics and inovative combat because afterall these mmog's are VIDEO games right? they don't call them MMOTG massively multiplayer online TEXT games ? so having nice looking graphics from this decade are inovative and make me happy. Anyway it's a no brainer AOC gets my vote. Funcom did a lot of things wrong at launch , but at the same time they did a lot of things REALLY well and seem to be working hard at getting the game where it should be . I challenege any non- wow zombie to play AOC for 10 or more days and then try to play Wow or lotr again...trust me it wont be a easy task...my second Choice would have been Vanguard , but the huge death penalty made my choice easy..
"Huge" death penalty? What "huge" death penalty are you talking about. You die and go to a rez point and lose a miniscule amount of xp. At least it puts some semblance to staying alive as opposed to using death as a way to travel, like most games.
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I voted for Lord of the RIngs Online.
Out of the ones I have played, Everquest, EQ2, World of Warcraft and Age of Conan, Lotro is the only one I still keep coming back to.
Also all my friends that were in WoW with me also went over to Lotro.
I am not a PvsP buff, I like good story, emersion and good graphics, I do not play allot, I only reached 50 recently and have still not explored all Lotro has to offer.
I play about 15 hours a week, max, and based on those time constraints Lotro gives me what I need.
LOTRO
Would have been EQ2, but SOE have screwed that for me, so..
EvE
I votes StarQuest Online, I played Eve for 2 1/2 years, and while it's prettier (in some ways) than SQO, I like being a person in a ship or on a planet, instead of a ship. I like sitting in a bar having a beer with an alien, I like the fact I got arrested for selling the drunk alien hyperdrive technology, and I'm really disappointed he never calls after our first date
Ikkinak, call me !
Isn't "ambulation" coming out next expansion? (walking around in station)
- Theguruofreason
Asheron's Call.
I voted for Atlantica. I'm currently playing some beta games released just trying them out. But so far, if my computer didn't lag as much as it does, I would be playing Atlantica. After playing through half the games listed on the official MMORPG game list, I would say Atlantica gets my vote. I enjoy the battle system, and how you can recruit new members is incredible.
I've voted for Regnum Online because of its gameplay, wonderful community and great developers.
Wyatt
AoC gets my vote
Listed in alphabetical order would be nice.
How do we view the current status of the poll? LIke a bar graph or something.
Didn't know you fancied eye sticks
Eveonline without a single doubt in my mind .
- free expansions
- free content all year around
- solid gameplay
- bright futur ahead
- innovations
- even the client is kinda free 20$ plus a free month
- it's sci-fi game that suceeded
- best pvp imo
-single shard world
- great backstory
- etc....
EVE Online.
Tough to choose out of the games I currently enjoy. CoH/CoV is still great fun, FFXI will always be a favorite, and I'm just not far enough into Starquest Online to really have a feel for it, But EVE is the game I always look forward to.
Isn't "ambulation" coming out next expansion? (walking around in station)
Big woopie
In SQO, I can walk around in MY station, my ship, my colony, or my homeworld. As of this morning, I can do this either in 3rd person or 1st person views
Didn't know you fancied eye sticks
Oh yeah, they make me
Regnum Online FTW!
Hard to compete with P2P games... but I just love this great RvR F2P
Voted WoW, now flame me like usual!
OMG YOUZ VOTED FOR WAT YA THAUGHT. HOU DARR YO.
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
Can't wait to see the results. I think everyone will be surprised by them.
We we be able to see them all and the count when it's all said and done?
(not double post just want to seperate the joke and the real)
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
Ok ....what would i vote for if i was a metrosexual or a bus boy at Denny's?..well it might be a cute 12 year old guild leader in vent, kiddie cartoon game like Wow or maybe Lotro...OMG! maybe i can meet Frodo in the game someday. and he will hug me or let me see the ring...lol!... /lame, Nope! I like nice graphics and inovative combat because afterall these mmog's are VIDEO games right? they don't call them MMOTG massively multiplayer online TEXT games ? so having nice looking graphics from this decade are inovative and make me happy. Anyway it's a no brainer AOC gets my vote. Funcom did a lot of things wrong at launch , but at the same time they did a lot of things REALLY well and seem to be working hard at getting the game where it should be .
I challenege any non- wow zombie to play AOC for 10 or more days and then try to play Wow or lotr again...trust me it wont be a easy task...my second Choice would have been Vanguard , but the huge death penalty made my choice easy..
neocron 2 all the way.
Voted Ryzom, simply because it's the most enjoyable game I ever played, because it dares to be different in many ways, and because its name doesn't end with "Online". I hope it will have a long and happy future in the hands of its new owners.
---------
Sherkalyn
Crazy Marshmallow Lady
Guild Leader of The Exodus Syndicate in Ryzom
"Experience Perfection :: Unharness Your Power"
www.exodusgs.com
All Vanguard needs is the long-forthcoming new character models and an overhaul of all character animations. If they did that, I'd give it a shot.
Ditto.
WoW is, has been and always will be a kid's game. A player can't immerse themselves in something that looks like a cartoon. AoC strives for as realistic a look as possible without completely killing rigs. The more MMO developers that strive for photo-realism in the future (and make no mistake, photorealism is the ultimate goal), the more they will have not only my attention, but my dollar. AoC has the most impressive graphics of any MMO available (Aion will give it a run). As a result the world is more immersive.
AoC will be the game it was originally conceived as within a couple of months. It's only and HUGE fault lay in the fact that it was released before it was completed, (IE: Gems, Crafting issues, some Class Balancing, Lag and Memory Leaks etc. Had it been released as conceived and advertised (both on and off the retail box), complete with DX10 and the smooth-running client it now has, AoC may have kept more of its original purchasers and added even more, because they wouldn' t have wasted all this time playing catch up.
It's easy to criticize the game AoC was. Many opinions of it seem to be those of people who played it at launch and quit, frustrated. Can't blame them for quitting but if they haven't played AoC lately, they don't realize just how much client stability and gameplay (PvP in particular) has been improved and how many problems tended to.
However, it is tougher to criticize the game it now is and will be within a few months time and after the forthcoming expansion.
Lag Spikes, Client Crashes and Memory Leaks are virtually a thing of the past. and with the new Game Director on board and in communication, the players have witnessed extensive improvements already.
PvP is almost where they want it and AoC is shaping up both nicely and speedily, as evidenced by more players I've personally seen come back since the large and impressive patches went online.
Servers will be begin being merged next week and DX10 will be available in AoC in a few weeks and, unless you're blind, AoC looks incredible and will ONLY get even-better looking. Wow will ALWAYS look like a kid's game. - like Monsters designed by Mattel's Care Bear team. Even WoW2 would likely follow a similar family-oriented design sense.
The bottom line with me is this:
AoC is the most detailed, realistic-looking MMO on the market. Nothing comes close. It was released with problems I'm willing to wait out because I mostly solo and don't PvP, so I haven't raced to 80 and wondered why I've run out of content (a mostly legitimate issue, but along with the game being too generous with xp -another subject), even though ALL MMO's are finite in content upon release. It ocmes down to the fact that now that I've found the level of detail, level of immersion, blood, lighting, music and combat animation and directional combat and shielding AoC offers, any other MMO available is a step backward. They just look old-tech with old and/or family graphics. AoC will be where I want it to be soon enough.
...and after that I'll be looking at Aion and any other non-cartoony game. Killer graphics representing the next step towards photorealism in an MMO need only apply.
"Huge" death penalty? What "huge" death penalty are you talking about. You die and go to a rez point and lose a miniscule amount of xp. At least it puts some semblance to staying alive as opposed to using death as a way to travel, like most games.