What's the best MMORPG to roleplay? (In your opinion)

Pyrobon · May 2006

Hello!

i've played a lot of MMORPGs in the last years, but i still can't decide. So, instead of looking for reviews or playing them again, i though that you guys have the best opinions to look for.
My favorite type of mmorpgs are those not based in combat, that offer many things to do in their virtual world but most importantly...mmorpgs where ROLEPLAYING exists. To an important extent at least.

What do you recommend?

Tymora · May 2006

I hate to bring this up, but I have to say that the original Star Wars Galaxies (Kettemoor) used to be great for roleplaying and doing many different things besides combat. Not anymore, though.

Everquest II (Antonia Bayle) has a great RP community, but the game still focuses on combat more than anything else.

Seed is a new mmorpg that focuses on roleplaying, and it doesn't even have any combat at all. It has a free 2 week trial.

Pyrobon · May 2006

Thank you for your suggestions Yeah i know, SWG was great before all....the tragedy. Also, EQ2 is the last mmorpg i got addicted to, i may return.

But i don't think Seed is exactly a good mmorpg lol, i think i should've said that. I like roleplaying and social mmorpgs a lot but i played recently the Seed beta and wow...it can be a very boring game.
Hoping for some other answers

Lafitte · May 2006

yep....

Tymora is correct, SWG Kett was a great RP server.....I only wish they hadn't destroyed that game....ah such potential flushed down the drain.

Old UO was decent for RP on the Catskills shard

I don't know of any other good RP MMOs out there....

BTW Tymora, what guild were you associated with in SWG if I may ask?

flyer127 · May 2006

you could try 2nd life, its not a combat game, or actually its not rpg, but it does have a huge social part. You should check it out

http://secondlife.com/

flyer127 · May 2006

what is swg anyways, i hear of it alot, but i have no clue what it is

Copeland · May 2006

people roleplay? seriously... i've never met a roleplayer online.

Svayvti · May 2006

Dynamic content, well written storyline and character customization make for a great basis of roleplaying games.

Unfortunately most of the MMORPGs seem to be trying to strip the RPG from themselves and just turn themselves into hack and slashes.

Horizons is the only roleplaying community which has impressed me this year, I've yet to try SEED though. The storyline didn't sound too interesting and it sounded like it lacked any action or real conflict. I'll wait for others to pass judgement and tell me its good before I take a look at it.

Anageth · May 2006

Ultima Online, Europa server had a good RP community.
EQ2 RP servers are usually decent.

No other games let you RP and feel immersed, it's always ruined by someone else.

Tymora · May 2006

Originally posted by Lafitte

yep....
Tymora is correct, SWG Kett was a great RP server.....I only wish they hadn't destroyed that game....ah such potential flushed down the drain.
Old UO was decent for RP on the Catskills shard
I don't know of any other good RP MMOs out there....

BTW Tymora, what guild were you associated with in SWG if I may ask?

I am a member of The Aldera Sect. I played the Twi'lek bartender at Mockingbirds Night Club, in New Aldera for a long time. Before that I was a freelance bartender at the Dearic Cantina on Talus. Character name was Tymora. I t was never discovered, but I operated as a spy for the Rebellion after taking on jobs for Utherr Sorven of TAS, and then later became on a double agent for the Empire after meeting a Bothan named Ragna.

Lafitte · May 2006

Ah......good 'ol Ragna Rock. Great RPer....and a class act all the way.

I was leader of the United Pirates, we ran the RP town called Red Skull on Tatooine until the game started to dry up.

Looks like we chewed some of the same dirt there Tymora.

voodookhan · May 2006

SWG - This used to have some great RP going on. Post-NGE the game just ain't what it used to be (and that's an understatment), but some roleplayers may still be kicking around I dunno.

City of Heroes (notice I didn't say City of Villains) - Has a good RP community on Virtue server (and a few other servers). RP in CoV is sketchy, if you latch on to a good CoH RP SG, they usually have a CoV RP sister RP SG you can get involved in

Saga of Ryzom - Good community, Good RP

Kibs · May 2006

There are lots of RP events in ryzom. There is also a huge section of the community that will activly role play, you should give it a try

katriell · May 2006

Ryzom! Plenty of RP, events, etc. ::::02::

Spathotan · May 2006

Originally posted by flyer127
what is swg anyways, i hear of it alot, but i have no clue what it is

Star Wars Galaxies. WAS the best Roleplaying game around until "The Great Shit" occured. But today id have to say EQ2 and maybe even Seed but I havnt played it yet.

NerdyChick · May 2006

Yaa for SWG's "combat upgrade". Thats a lesson in what not to do to your mmo.

As for Roleplaying, the best communities I have ever been involved in for roleplay were on the Virture Server of CoH.

I have yet to find a fantasy game that people roleplayed in. Well, thats not quite true. I did play in an RP guild in EQ for a while. But the way EQ is set up for grouping, it was really hard. WoW is set up good for roleplaying, but no one does. The lines are drawn and the roles are forced on you.

Svayvti · May 2006

Ryzom just has too low of a population for good RP in my opinion, and the storyline was inconsistent and too strongly based on PvP events.

Good RP events to me are defined by the early days of AO where you had the contest to clean the Tir moat, or large epic encounters with cyborgs that change the game world.

EVE has some decent RP groups, but I don't like to RP being a ship.

Horizons has a good strong RP server and has good events players can impact to change the game world

Most all these games have free trials though, so give them a try and find out for yourself.

katriell · May 2006

"Ryzom just has too low of a population for good RP in my opinion, and the storyline was inconsistent and too strongly based on PvP events."

What would be the point of RPing with hundreds of people at once anyway? You can get excellent RP in an RP guild of any size in Ryzom.

I think the story is very intriguing. I nitpick things like references to a Golden Age on a planet that has no metals, but I haven't noticed any significant inconsistencies - there's a difference between inconsistency and natural evolution of a storyline, relations between factions/races, etc., and that is a concept that seems to escape the comprehension of some people. Anyway, the story and setting of Ryzom is unique, and dynamic. Players HAVE changed the world of Atys in various ways, and continue to do so. Some examples of this is the increasing independant spirit of the Trykers almost to the point of xenophobia, and the segue of the Elevation Crystals/outpost materials economy from exclusivity among outpost owners to free distribution becoming more common.

britoca · May 2006

how about A Tale in the Desert?

Zephrith · May 2006

Illarion.

www.illarion.org

Nuff' said.

This whole game is about roleplaying. No experince points, nothing. It's all about feeling in a medieval times.

Oh yeah. And it's free!

Check it out. Names Urilen Quanasuard in game, and on the forums.

subbob · May 2006

If you want good (and free) RP and don't mind doing without MMO graphics, check out some of the MUDs and MUSHes. They are text based, but in many cases that enhances the RP because people have to use their imagination a little more.

There are many RP-heavy communities out there that won't even let you create a character until you submit a background, family history, etc. for your character.

To find some, check out the following directories:

http://www.mudconnector.com

http://www.mudconnect.com

http://www.google.com/Top/Games/Online/MUDs/MUSH/

ozmono · May 2006

Originally posted by britoca
how about A Tale in the Desert?

I didn't try Tale in the Desert until tale in the desert 3 beta opened for all but in my limited experience the game so far, shows me it has alot of room for roleplaying but I haven't noticed anyone attempting to roleplay. Than again its not really fair for me to say it doesn't exisist as it might and with lots of newbies asking questions(such as myself) and vets answering them not to mention its still beta at this stage it could just be bad timing that has caused me to miss any RPing. Although theres lots of community bonds without RPing(due to the structure of the game) and like all games by just loging in and playing with your characther your already RPing to a extent.

I thought the roleplaying on EQII was weak(I ended up just using Role Playing to make my guild sound interesting and to recruit newbies

) and although I intended on Role Playing in Saga of Ryzom didn't end up joining a RP guild and all the people I was running into were not role playing. I missed out on trying SWG pre-"event" and have really had only the occassional times in games were people made the effort, when they did it was good.

Adellion is trying to put the Role Players interest as its first priority and is the only MMORPG that I know of in development or released that will actually have enforced Role Playing

katriell · May 2006

"and although I intended on Role Playing in Saga of Ryzom didn't end up joining a RP guild and all the people I was running into were not role playing."

There's your problem, join a roleplaying guild.

Names of the major RP guilds, to make it easy:
Order of the Dragonblades
The Samsara
Red Ribbon Army
Evolution

RogueA · May 2006

The only game I have ever played with a truely active RP fanbase is The Matrix Online. There are tons of RPers with interesting storys, player events, and such. Plus, the game itself has a contantly evolving storyline, with Live events to accompany it that the players actively partake in. Check out the "Events" and the "Next renaissance" boards in the following link.

http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix?category.id=recursion

Anofalye · May 2006

I think they are pretty much all equals on RP possibillities.

Since Roleplaying is made by the players, not by the game.

Sure the game can help a little, but it will always remain just that, help. It all come down to who you find in game. There are good peoples to roleplay with and there are bad everywhere.

That's been said, I think a MODERN mmorpg has a HUGE advantage on roleplaying, because if you get a Red Sox fan in the team, well, it is still not ruining the spirit of the game, he is just annoying, like the gnomes who love cheese! Yup, I think many parallels between gnomes who love cheese and Red Sox fans can be drawn!

So, without as much as an effort to deserve been better to roleplay, games like City of Villains (my favorite) is automatically having the upper hand, at best another game can be equal.

Ashlyn55 · May 2006

I think Wow is the best game to roleplay at the moment. Also City of Heros since you can create your own lore. The best game I've ever roleplayed in was Everquest I, it was great for that. I played a bard and chatted in character all the time since everyone else seemed to be doing it also.

Eve online seemed to be somewhat roleplay heavy also, but that may have been simply do to the fact that the game in general forces some form of roleplay due to the complexity of items (how they work and how to use them), installing items, pvp tactics, and necessity of Corps. In the end it turn out that m ost of the things you end up typing in chat in Eve creates a vibrant roleplay enviroment.

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