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What's the best MMORPG you've ever played?
d_20
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What year did you start playing MMORPGs? Why was this game the best for you? If you're not playing it now, why did you leave it?
My first MMORPG was WoW back in 2007.
The best game I've ever played, in spite of its ,many flaws, was Darkfall (the original, not DFUW). I started playing that from late 2008 till they wiped all my accounts.
Morrowind is my favorite game of all time. Darkfall came the closest for me, to replicating that type of feel. But it was online and the combat was much better. The world was huge. There was a real feeling of adventure and excitement that I have never experienced in any other game.
Yes, there were cheaters and the company that ran the game never seemed to execute the full potential of what that game could have been. People wanted more sandbox elements and they gave us funhulks (for those who played, you know what I'm talking about). And there was the Darkfall 2010 that never came. In spite of that and all the game's other flaws, this was still my personal favorite of all time.
Still waiting for the next one.
My first MMORPG was WoW back in 2007.
The best game I've ever played, in spite of its ,many flaws, was Darkfall (the original, not DFUW). I started playing that from late 2008 till they wiped all my accounts.
Morrowind is my favorite game of all time. Darkfall came the closest for me, to replicating that type of feel. But it was online and the combat was much better. The world was huge. There was a real feeling of adventure and excitement that I have never experienced in any other game.
Yes, there were cheaters and the company that ran the game never seemed to execute the full potential of what that game could have been. People wanted more sandbox elements and they gave us funhulks (for those who played, you know what I'm talking about). And there was the Darkfall 2010 that never came. In spite of that and all the game's other flaws, this was still my personal favorite of all time.
Still waiting for the next one.
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I started playing mmorpgs in 2005-2006, it was Metin 2. At that time i always saw ads and images about WoW and i always found laughable to pay monthly to play a game so i never got into WoW until much much later. At that time i only played F2P mmos. The first mmo i ever purchased was GW1 when i finally realized that B2P was more consumer friendly (and higher quality) than F2P.
Now, which mmo do i consider the best? WoW story wise, GW2 gameplay wise. It would have been just GW1 overall if it wasnt instanced.
2009 - Server shut down, unless Realm Zero or Revival can actually pull it off ill probably never play another Mmo again tbh.
Games != Kids though :P
So basically, FFXI and WoW are my tops favorites of all time. Sadly, FFXIV is not the FFXI sequel I was hoping for. It grabbed many aspects from WoW but didn't keep the important stuff from FFXI. But even the WoW mechanics aren't as polished and combat and character controls/feedback is still behind the norm(from WoW standards).
I do like dabbling in EQ2 as a good third option, it has a lot of depth and content. Just wish it had a real narrative and less strange aesthetics and better quest delivery.
Currently: Not playing
Why the love: For me this is about the only REAL MMO I can think of. The single shard design is for me the key. (Yup, ignoring the China server completely here...) If you are playing EVE you are playing on TQ, and your story is part of that grater whole.
Why not playing atm.: I got tired of the game. I know this is a passing state, and I will eventually get sucked in again.
Dungeons & Dragons Online
Currently: Playing
Why the love: D&D nostagia. While the game is arguebly not even a real MMO (Nearly none of the so called MMO's are in IMHO.) I have had loads of fun with the game. Also the game sports one of the most fair f2p models out there, which is a big plus in my book, and makes it a game I play whenver I feel like it, and not when a sub tells me I really should be playing to not just waste money...
What made playing Everquest so unique during that time was the expectations and assumptions the players had while adventuring in this new genre and online world. Because the genre was so new, we had no anticipation of immediately rushing to max level and preparing for endgame raiding - sure we began hearing rumors of massive dragons and giants in the high level areas that needed several groups of people, but the point is that our expectations from the game were not entirely centered around this - leveling and adventuring was still a huge undertaking. There were no maps, no quest markers, no fast travel or mounts - and we didn't have any expectations that these should be there to help us, because the genre had yet to set that as a standard. So playing at the time meant working with the systems the game had given us to experiment with - buying teleports from other players, using a high traffic tunnel as a general trading area, self made maps with landmarks and many others ways we were adapting to the game.
So Everquest is still my favorite MMO experience because the player base had yet to have tons of expectations and assumptions they would later bring into the MMO genre about what systems should be in place and what endgame play should be like. We would feel accomplished spending the evening with our friends adventuring to some obscure lake on a quest, even though it wasn't the best gear in the game or the highest level monster. The leveling and adventuring process was in itself the game-play.
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I would say Vanilla WoW,
It could possibly be another if I hadn't found WoW first when I was looking back in 2004.
So in order,
WoW
D&D Online
Vanguard
EQ2 ( kind of )