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Buying a new mmorpg
BurningMan
Member Posts: 613
Hey im planning to but a new mmorpg by the end of next week so i need you guys to decide what one i should but I dont like verquest or ultima online what im looking for is
- GAMEPLAY-I need the gameplay to have controls that would fit together like i wouldntn want it so i move left with A and move right with L.
- GRAPHICS-The graphics need to be at least a 7-10 out of a scoring(based on your ratings)
- SERVERS-The servers need to run smoothly with not so much lag and they need to be up at least 5 days of the week.Well if it was closed for like 1 week but that happens rarely i dont mind that
- FREEDOM-I want to have very few restrictions like i want to swim and jump off huge cliffs and kill myself and be able to attack some npcs like guards.
- PLAYERS-I need players to be friendly on most servers.
If i think of more things i need ill state them THANKS
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Peter : "Why did all the dinosaurs become extinct?"
Teacher: "Because you touch yourself at night."
That's removes SWG.
This question is asked almost daily. You might try looking at the 3 or 4 other messages.
The bigger MMORPGS right now are: EQ, SB, AO, AC, SAOC, SWG. I'd look at reviews on those and pick the one you like. Or ask Specific questions about a certain game.
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Well the controls for DaoC were horrable. I had to rearange them all. And the camera movment was bad aswell. Probbly one of the things i hated most about it really. No to mention, you had to leave the game every freakin time you wanted to change your keys around. Bleh.
I agree the default key and UI for DAoC needs allot of work. It took me a hour or so to get everything where it should be.
Tip: make the right mouse button = mouse look. This way with the right mouse you can adjust the camera the way you need it. Hit home to recenter it.
The good news, the next exp pack, DAoC will have custom skins. I'm hoping I can a "Vert" like UI for DAoC.
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A game is only late untill it's released, but it's bad forever.
A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50%
Games and players have a type. What type are you? click here
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Achievers realise that killers as a concept are necessary in order to make achievement meaningful and worthwhile (there being no way to "lose" the game if any fool can "win" just by plodding slowly unchallenged). -bartle
Bartle: A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50% The Test. Learn what it means here.
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Peter : "Why did all the dinosaurs become extinct?"
Teacher: "Because you touch yourself at night."
I play Daoc atm... I think its one of the better mmorpgs out atm.. the RvR/PvP is great.
AC is a good choice at a good game too... you lack racial choices and the swimming but other than that its pretty dynamic.
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Peter : "Why did all the dinosaurs become extinct?"
Teacher: "Because you touch yourself at night."
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Well being that you are getting DAoC for 99 cents , that might make it worth it. Other than that, I would not recommend getting in this game at all. The graphics are old, the controls are wiggy and the camera is awful. I have never leveled so slowly in a game until i played DAoC too. I am sure that when it was new a couple years back it was concidered something great and kool. But if you wanna compare it to anything that is out now, you should wait for Final Fantasy Online or perhaps Lineage 2. I will say this, the people on DAoC for the most part, from my confrontations are mature and friendly people (though all the people playing are so high level you will not see them for weeks, maybe months.) Hope this helps.
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Peter : "Why did all the dinosaurs become extinct?"
Teacher: "Because you touch yourself at night."
Expand on that a bit, "casters-stelthers-zergs" toss in a tank a few clerics (or other healer type), it's the high end of every MMORPG I've ever played.
Granted I have yet to see a MMORPG provide anything usefull for manage people in groups, but that aside... there are tatics.
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A game is only late untill it's released, but it's bad forever.
A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50%
Games and players have a type. What type are you? click here
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Achievers realise that killers as a concept are necessary in order to make achievement meaningful and worthwhile (there being no way to "lose" the game if any fool can "win" just by plodding slowly unchallenged). -bartle
Bartle: A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50% The Test. Learn what it means here.
I just hated the game entirely. Fromt eh bad controls, the bad gfx, repeatative attacking animations and sounds, to how basic every class was, and how every class was the same.
I only really played because i knew people and was able to play for free, and i had a couple higher lvl chars. but after a while i came to the conclusion that my account was better in someone elses hands than mine. I never played unless someone else was on, or unless ther was some event going on, and i hated lvling. Ugh... was so stupid, you click, run up, use your buffs, use a special attack and then just and just stand there while your guy sits there doing the same stupid loking attacking animation till it finaly dies. And when you do lvl, you get the reward of having to run all the way back to town to train...YAY!
1) since you mentioned gameplay as good handling controls then most of the popular mmorpg fits that.
DAoC,SWG,AC2 and EQ all have good handling.Games that to me has horrible handling would be shadowbane and UO.
2)graphics wise only 2 games out there now can deserve my score of 7/10- AC2 and SWG.Also this are the latest games so probabaly explains a lot about their graphics been best around
3)servers- DAoC seems to have the smoothest running servers around.EQ despite all this years has a tendency to have massive problems post patch.I love EQ but there is no defending it when it comes to server maintance.SWG has smooth servers but it has a daily 1 hour downtime which automatically disqualifies it.Also SWG requires 1gb of RAM to say it will run smoothly and at peak time server slows down.
4)freedom to kill guards.Actually someone pointed out this as a disqualification of SWG which makes me wonder if they ever played the game(i will side post on that).Anyhow i give it to EQ you can attack whoever you want but don't expect to live LOL.
5)all games seems to have their rotten apples.Community wise its a hard choice- DAoC,EQ and SWG seems to have a fair enough amount of mature and friendly players.
SWG has an older crowd but that does not mean players are more friendly then on DAoC or EQ.
This one is down to luck really and who you run into.
I myself think DAoC will be your best bet .
That's removes SWG.
This question is asked almost daily. You might try looking at the 3 or 4 other messages.
The bigger MMORPGS right now are: EQ, SB, AO, AC, SAOC, SWG. I'd look at reviews on those and pick the one you like. Or ask Specific questions about a certain game.
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A game is only late untill it's released, but it's bad forever.
A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50%
Games and players have a type. What type are you? click here
Dunno what you mean.First you can swim in SWG and doubt a day will go by you don't have to swim a swamp or some river to get to where you are going.
Secondly SWG has no real guards but do have city patrol which are on a faction and can be attacked such as the popular corsec troopers of corriella.
Only npc that can not be attack are some(not even all) quest ones and thats because jerks kept attacking them and causing them to respawn bugged.Otherwise blast away.
Yes you cannot die or take damage from falling .Considering how many high cliffs exist in the game i hope they leave it that way
"FREEDOM-I want to have very few restrictions like i want to swim and jump off huge cliffs and kill myself andbe able to attack some npcs like guards"
I think I'm going to respond with other quotes.
"Might as well jump/Jump
Might as well jump
Go ahead, and jump/Jump
Go ahead, and jump " - Van Halen
And if your still not clear, read this link
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Jump+SWG&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=bcovf7%24ll95v%241%40ID-120237.news.dfncis.de&rnum=1
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A game is only late untill it's released, but it's bad forever.
A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50%
Games and players have a type. What type are you? click here
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Achievers realise that killers as a concept are necessary in order to make achievement meaningful and worthwhile (there being no way to "lose" the game if any fool can "win" just by plodding slowly unchallenged). -bartle
Bartle: A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50% The Test. Learn what it means here.
If your a true hardcore PvP person.. you always find ways to win
I would avoid DAoC unless you like 1 shot deaths, very little high end content, and constant maintenance of equipment. Leveling can be very slow in the higher levels. The classes are the worst balanced of any of the MMORPGs discussed. The people raving here about DAoC, I'm betting play one of the unbalanced classes everyone else hates.
DAoC has decent graphics, but doesn't hold a candle to SWG. Character development is poor on DAoC as well. SWG probably has the most flexible character development at this point. Everquest has the best equipment for your characters and DAoC has the worst.
You really are requesting Everquest with SWG graphics and character development. I would wait until the end of the month and check out Final Fantasy.
Good luck I've played them all and keep coming back to Everquest. Waiting for Final Fantasy now. We shall see if it's the ultimate.
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Peter : "Why did all the dinosaurs become extinct?"
Teacher: "Because you touch yourself at night."
Yeah you definately have more then a few months to wait for WoW. The dates I have seen listed for it are June of next year at the earliest and there are always chances it will be pushed back from there. I am excited to play it too but dont understand where people got the idea it was going to be out in a few months. Maybe some fan site stirred up a rumor or something?
I would give EQ a try unless you just want to wait a few weeks for Horizons or Final Fantasy.
Don't count on WoW until 2005.
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A game is only late untill it's released, but it's bad forever.
A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50%
Games and players have a type. What type are you? click here
-=-=-=-=-
Achievers realise that killers as a concept are necessary in order to make achievement meaningful and worthwhile (there being no way to "lose" the game if any fool can "win" just by plodding slowly unchallenged). -bartle
Bartle: A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50% The Test. Learn what it means here.