Well, I picked Mythic. DAoC made me a Mythic fan since 2002, but after the release of WAR, I've realized it's a different company now. I don't see the love in WAR the way their love for making games shown in DAoC. WAR is the last game I'll buy from Mythic without reading a review first, unless it's DAoC 2.
I think Blizzard and Adventurine will be my choices for 2009, depending on how Darkfall turns out.
I am torn between Turbine and Mythic. Turbine has made a great MMO in LOTRO in my opinion and Mythic is very receptive when listening to the community. I will have to think about this a little longer before I can vote.
I am torn between Turbine and Mythic. Turbine has made a great MMO in LOTRO in my opinion and Mythic is very receptive when listening to the community. I will have to think about this a little longer before I can vote.
If it helps you any, I've called Mythic's phone support a couple of times in the past for DAoC. That was several years ago. The CS Reps on the phone were very helpful and resolved my issues quickly. When I had a problem with WAR, I called Mythics phone support expecting to get the same quality service, but instead their phone support was automated and referred you to the technical support knowledge base on their website. If your problem wasn't answered there, you could open a ticket online.
That saddened me and has changed my opinion of Mythic. I literally would brag about Mythic to other mmorpg.com forum goers because of their phone support, feedback forms, and Grab Bags. People who were with the other company (SOE), just didn't understand why people were appalled with SOE's CS Support. I cannot take pride in Mythics support anymore. I'm not sure if it's the fault of EA or they just stopped caring overtime, but the customer service they had in DAoC is gone.
Turbine, while I dislike some of their decisions, never rubbed me the wrong way. I don't like the games Turbine created overall, but they do a good job of keeping their games updated and running and mostly without extra cost to the player other than monthly subs, as I believe it should be.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
I am torn between Turbine and Mythic. Turbine has made a great MMO in LOTRO in my opinion and Mythic is very receptive when listening to the community. I will have to think about this a little longer before I can vote.
If it helps you any, I've called Mythic's phone support a couple of times in the past for DAoC. That was several years ago. The CS Reps on the phone were very helpful and resolved my issues quickly. When I had a problem with WAR, I called Mythics phone support expecting to get the same quality service, but instead their phone support was automated and referred you to the technical support knowledge base on their website. If your problem wasn't answered there, you could open a ticket online.
That saddened me and has changed my opinion of Mythic. I literally would brag about Mythic to other mmorpg.com forum goers because of their phone support, feedback forms, and Grab Bags. People who were with the other company (SOE), just didn't understand why people were appalled with SOE's CS Support. I cannot take pride in Mythics support anymore. I'm not sure if it's the fault of EA or they just stopped caring overtime, but the customer service they had in DAoC is gone.
Turbine, while I dislike some of their decisions, never rubbed me the wrong way. I don't like the games Turbine created overall, but they do a good job of keeping their games updated and running and mostly without extra cost to the player other than monthly subs, as I believe it should be.
I also had very quick and friendly CSR help when I was playing DaoC but that was a long time ago and I am no so sure they are the same company as they were then. I'm not crazy about WAR and 1 tickey I issued took almost 2 weeks to get a response on WAR. I am sure it was due to their being overwhelmed with WAR being new and all but it did happen.
Turbine. Even though I am only subscribed to WoW presently and I have rere...re-canceled my LotRO subscription and could never get into DDO Turbine has a special place in my heart for Asheron's Call.
I find that I am still comparing portions of modern MMOs to concepts laid down in Asheron's call and finding them lacking. Maybe it's nostalgia kicking in but I really think that present day MMO companies (and that includes the Turbine staff today) need to go back to Asheron's Call and remember some of the things that made the MMOs of that time so endearing they have held on to this day.
As a company Turbine has always tried to push for their customers and have upheld far more promises than they have broken. While I am not that enamored with some of their design choices in recent MMO offerings I will always give their latest MMOs a chance.. or two... or even (rere... re-canceled) 3 chances.
BTW, if I had to rank the options instead of casting a single vote it would go like this:
Turbine CCP (love or hate EvE loads of respect to CCP for doing what most MMO companies avoid. A single server. An absolutely robust economy. Viable player-run factions and multiple, interlocking playstyles all with killer graphics to boot. And it's coded in Python! HA!). NCSoft (Character customization done right and while they screwed the pooch on the early months of CoH vis a vis tanks they've done better in recent months) (Honorable mention: Bioware - but we haven't seen their MMO yet so they get the middle of the pack neutral position) Blizzard (The miss as much as they hit but their solid base keeps me coming back) Mythic (I want to like what they have to offer but more misses than hits) Funcom (AoC's launch proves they didn't learn a #$@%$ thing from AO's launch).
You know if you had asked me this in January I would have said Turbine however as we watched Mines of Moria come closer and closer it became clear Turbine was about to take their excellent work todate and trash it. The new classes have ZERO basis in Tolken, they destroyed the one aspect that made LOTRO stand out. Now LOTRO is just another WoW with the Tolken backdrop.
CCP for all it's falws has delivered one promise without fail, no cost for expansions. That added with a unique game play style still makes ti stand out from the pack. I have life time accounts on 6 different MMOs, all of them given to me as gifts, and yet I PAY to play EVE.
Some people here need to learn to read. SOE is NOT on the list because they knew they would come in last, so they asked to be removed!
At least that's all I read LMFAO!
What you "read" was one game players guess. Not fact. Maybe you need to "learn to read".
Of course they wouldnt have come last, they have a large number of popular games, they have revitalised Vanguard, and they have at least 3 great looking games on the way. Compared to publishers like NCSoft who make really bad generic Free2Play games, or Funcom who completely screwed up AoC, or even Blizzard, who made ONE game (which they copied from EQ), then just milked it for 5 years with 2 weak samey expansions, SOE are at least attempting to explore the MMO genre in new directions with new styles and deserve some credit.
"When people don't know much about something, they tend to fill in the blanks the way they want them to be filled in. They are almost always disappointed." - Will Wright
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Well, I picked Mythic. DAoC made me a Mythic fan since 2002, but after the release of WAR, I've realized it's a different company now. I don't see the love in WAR the way their love for making games shown in DAoC. WAR is the last game I'll buy from Mythic without reading a review first, unless it's DAoC 2.
I think Blizzard and Adventurine will be my choices for 2009, depending on how Darkfall turns out.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC & SWG
Currently Playing: WoW
I agree with you 100%
I am torn between Turbine and Mythic. Turbine has made a great MMO in LOTRO in my opinion and Mythic is very receptive when listening to the community. I will have to think about this a little longer before I can vote.
If it helps you any, I've called Mythic's phone support a couple of times in the past for DAoC. That was several years ago. The CS Reps on the phone were very helpful and resolved my issues quickly. When I had a problem with WAR, I called Mythics phone support expecting to get the same quality service, but instead their phone support was automated and referred you to the technical support knowledge base on their website. If your problem wasn't answered there, you could open a ticket online.
That saddened me and has changed my opinion of Mythic. I literally would brag about Mythic to other mmorpg.com forum goers because of their phone support, feedback forms, and Grab Bags. People who were with the other company (SOE), just didn't understand why people were appalled with SOE's CS Support. I cannot take pride in Mythics support anymore. I'm not sure if it's the fault of EA or they just stopped caring overtime, but the customer service they had in DAoC is gone.
Turbine, while I dislike some of their decisions, never rubbed me the wrong way. I don't like the games Turbine created overall, but they do a good job of keeping their games updated and running and mostly without extra cost to the player other than monthly subs, as I believe it should be.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
If it helps you any, I've called Mythic's phone support a couple of times in the past for DAoC. That was several years ago. The CS Reps on the phone were very helpful and resolved my issues quickly. When I had a problem with WAR, I called Mythics phone support expecting to get the same quality service, but instead their phone support was automated and referred you to the technical support knowledge base on their website. If your problem wasn't answered there, you could open a ticket online.
That saddened me and has changed my opinion of Mythic. I literally would brag about Mythic to other mmorpg.com forum goers because of their phone support, feedback forms, and Grab Bags. People who were with the other company (SOE), just didn't understand why people were appalled with SOE's CS Support. I cannot take pride in Mythics support anymore. I'm not sure if it's the fault of EA or they just stopped caring overtime, but the customer service they had in DAoC is gone.
Turbine, while I dislike some of their decisions, never rubbed me the wrong way. I don't like the games Turbine created overall, but they do a good job of keeping their games updated and running and mostly without extra cost to the player other than monthly subs, as I believe it should be.
I also had very quick and friendly CSR help when I was playing DaoC but that was a long time ago and I am no so sure they are the same company as they were then. I'm not crazy about WAR and 1 tickey I issued took almost 2 weeks to get a response on WAR. I am sure it was due to their being overwhelmed with WAR being new and all but it did happen.
Mythic. hands down, actually listens to customers and actually implements our ideas as fast as they can.
10/10
Turbine. Even though I am only subscribed to WoW presently and I have rere...re-canceled my LotRO subscription and could never get into DDO Turbine has a special place in my heart for Asheron's Call.
I find that I am still comparing portions of modern MMOs to concepts laid down in Asheron's call and finding them lacking. Maybe it's nostalgia kicking in but I really think that present day MMO companies (and that includes the Turbine staff today) need to go back to Asheron's Call and remember some of the things that made the MMOs of that time so endearing they have held on to this day.
As a company Turbine has always tried to push for their customers and have upheld far more promises than they have broken. While I am not that enamored with some of their design choices in recent MMO offerings I will always give their latest MMOs a chance.. or two... or even (rere... re-canceled) 3 chances.
BTW, if I had to rank the options instead of casting a single vote it would go like this:
Turbine
CCP (love or hate EvE loads of respect to CCP for doing what most MMO companies avoid. A single server. An absolutely robust economy. Viable player-run factions and multiple, interlocking playstyles all with killer graphics to boot. And it's coded in Python! HA!).
NCSoft (Character customization done right and while they screwed the pooch on the early months of CoH vis a vis tanks they've done better in recent months)
(Honorable mention: Bioware - but we haven't seen their MMO yet so they get the middle of the pack neutral position)
Blizzard (The miss as much as they hit but their solid base keeps me coming back)
Mythic (I want to like what they have to offer but more misses than hits)
Funcom (AoC's launch proves they didn't learn a #$@%$ thing from AO's launch).
Not just another pretty color.
You know if you had asked me this in January I would have said Turbine however as we watched Mines of Moria come closer and closer it became clear Turbine was about to take their excellent work todate and trash it. The new classes have ZERO basis in Tolken, they destroyed the one aspect that made LOTRO stand out. Now LOTRO is just another WoW with the Tolken backdrop.
CCP for all it's falws has delivered one promise without fail, no cost for expansions. That added with a unique game play style still makes ti stand out from the pack. I have life time accounts on 6 different MMOs, all of them given to me as gifts, and yet I PAY to play EVE.
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What you "read" was one game players guess. Not fact. Maybe you need to "learn to read".
Of course they wouldnt have come last, they have a large number of popular games, they have revitalised Vanguard, and they have at least 3 great looking games on the way. Compared to publishers like NCSoft who make really bad generic Free2Play games, or Funcom who completely screwed up AoC, or even Blizzard, who made ONE game (which they copied from EQ), then just milked it for 5 years with 2 weak samey expansions, SOE are at least attempting to explore the MMO genre in new directions with new styles and deserve some credit.
"When people don't know much about something, they tend to fill in the blanks the way they want them to be filled in. They are almost always disappointed." - Will Wright
i vote for Ncsoft cause i think their games are always full of funs. There are attractive characters , plenty of quests.
actually, the studio of the game affects a lot .or i won't pay attention to the product at all