The best mmo ever made was by the universe itself!! To log in as a new player u need a mum and dad, cant choose ur own name or body features u can only use the hand ur delt and its lasts on average 80 odd years. Full of potential and wonder its still unmatched by any mmo today for realism.....untill someone invents somthing like a .Hack game.
I played it once, but I got tired of the grind and the elitists and I didn't like the most powerful faction.
SWG pre nge was the best game I have ever enjoyed. I doubt I will ever play anything again that will give me what SWG did.
I have played quite a few MMO's since but nothing has come close and i've always felt saddened by this. If the made a classic server (which I know will never happen) I would be on it and I would put money on it that it would be full all the time.
still yet to come across it. Everquest was the sort of visionary mmorpg but it really went off the path with Luclin, and PoP. In the end it was an almorgation (sp?) of ideas. So yeah still to come across it.
Mnk/nin tanking charby with a rdm and ninja who couldn't hold hate was probably my best experience. (I was doing everything I could not to take hate and still tanked the damn thing).
pld/dnc and nin/dnc in campaign as well.
There was just something to taking a mob head on knowing that you were quite capable of being one shotted and not letting that happen.
Spec'ing properly is a gateway drug. 12 Million People have been meter spammed in heroics.
I love The Lord of the Rings in general ( Books and Movies, and most of the games they have made ) but they got the feel in LOTRO spot on and it's easily on of the best looking MMO's out there.
SWG pre CU when it took 50 people to kill a Dragon and jedi were real jedi like my old one i stil log on every 3 mnths or so but only to see how much i miss the game ... i have not yet to find a MMO that has me soo hooked
The problem with Kunark and Velious is they don't have the thing that propels EQ over the top for me, the AA system. Games like WoW suffer at max level because there is a point where you stop progressing your character. The AA system that EQ introduced made ti so you were constantly progressing your character. I still think that AA was the single greatest feature/innovation in an MMO, yet no one has really tried to copy it for some reason.
With regards to SWG, I do wonder if it had the positive reputation it does now (it certainly did *not* back then...the skill system was great but the balance and content were not) would Lucas Arts have forced SoE's hand so much to change it.
The best in terms of design and architecture? That's probably Eve Online.
The best in terms of world design? That's probably LotRO.
The best in terms of graphics? That's probably Aion (and no, it's not Vanguard. The world is beautiful, but the UI and animations are so ugly they hurt my eyes).
The best in terms of gameplay? That's probably a tie between City of Heroes and World of Warcraft (before Burning Crusade).
It basically made the 'genre' completely international. It's now considered pop 'culture'. And I say all this and I ain't even playing it, haven't for at least 2 years now ((Thank you)). it was just very complete and polish and fun, so damn fun! Whatever people say, everyone has to agree, WoW was and still is a success. No matter how the game might of changed or the people playing are not Old School or PvP centric or whatever, the game IS a benchmark in the industry.
But the game that made me really fall in love with the 'genre', is DAoC. I'll never forget that first siege battle, EPIC! It was a sweet game and still is in fact but sadly I am a sucker for graphics, innovation and RP, so my times are spent elsewhere these days.
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World of Warcraft. The only MMO I"ve played since I started with EverQuest back in 1999, that I actually enjoyed for more than two years, because it was fun and not because I was addicted.
still yet to come across it. Everquest was the sort of visionary mmorpg but it really went off the path with Luclin, and PoP. In the end it was an almorgation (sp?) of ideas. So yeah still to come across it.
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I played it once, but I got tired of the grind and the elitists and I didn't like the most powerful faction.
SWG pre nge was the best game I have ever enjoyed. I doubt I will ever play anything again that will give me what SWG did.
I have played quite a few MMO's since but nothing has come close and i've always felt saddened by this. If the made a classic server (which I know will never happen) I would be on it and I would put money on it that it would be full all the time.
still yet to come across it. Everquest was the sort of visionary mmorpg but it really went off the path with Luclin, and PoP. In the end it was an almorgation (sp?) of ideas. So yeah still to come across it.
Asheron's Call and early Everquest
SWG pre-NGE was awesome! Best MMO experience i ever had.
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Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."
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Me as well.
Nothing has ever been as fun as blink tanking.
Mnk/nin tanking charby with a rdm and ninja who couldn't hold hate was probably my best experience. (I was doing everything I could not to take hate and still tanked the damn thing).
pld/dnc and nin/dnc in campaign as well.
There was just something to taking a mob head on knowing that you were quite capable of being one shotted and not letting that happen.
Spec'ing properly is a gateway drug.
12 Million People have been meter spammed in heroics.
I would have to say LOTRO.
I love The Lord of the Rings in general ( Books and Movies, and most of the games they have made ) but they got the feel in LOTRO spot on and it's easily on of the best looking MMO's out there.
SWG pre CU when it took 50 people to kill a Dragon and jedi were real jedi like my old one
i stil log on every 3 mnths or so but only to see how much i miss the game ... i have not yet to find a MMO that has me soo hooked
I think EQ's golden age was Luclin - LDoN.
The problem with Kunark and Velious is they don't have the thing that propels EQ over the top for me, the AA system. Games like WoW suffer at max level because there is a point where you stop progressing your character. The AA system that EQ introduced made ti so you were constantly progressing your character. I still think that AA was the single greatest feature/innovation in an MMO, yet no one has really tried to copy it for some reason.
With regards to SWG, I do wonder if it had the positive reputation it does now (it certainly did *not* back then...the skill system was great but the balance and content were not) would Lucas Arts have forced SoE's hand so much to change it.
1) EQ pre-GoD
2) DAOC pre-ToA
3) Guild Wars
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The best is far too subjective.
The best in terms of design and architecture? That's probably Eve Online.
The best in terms of world design? That's probably LotRO.
The best in terms of graphics? That's probably Aion (and no, it's not Vanguard. The world is beautiful, but the UI and animations are so ugly they hurt my eyes).
The best in terms of gameplay? That's probably a tie between City of Heroes and World of Warcraft (before Burning Crusade).
EVE. Period. I just wish I wasn't so terrible at it :
Well, I'd say WoW deserves the prize!
It basically made the 'genre' completely international. It's now considered pop 'culture'. And I say all this and I ain't even playing it, haven't for at least 2 years now ((Thank you)). it was just very complete and polish and fun, so damn fun! Whatever people say, everyone has to agree, WoW was and still is a success. No matter how the game might of changed or the people playing are not Old School or PvP centric or whatever, the game IS a benchmark in the industry.
But the game that made me really fall in love with the 'genre', is DAoC. I'll never forget that first siege battle, EPIC! It was a sweet game and still is in fact
but sadly I am a sucker for graphics, innovation and RP, so my times are spent elsewhere these days.
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"If RL was an MMO, I'd probably be getting laid more often..."
World of Warcraft. The only MMO I"ve played since I started with EverQuest back in 1999, that I actually enjoyed for more than two years, because it was fun and not because I was addicted.
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