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DalaiRandalDalaiRandal Member Posts: 7
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that with MMO's if you're not into the game from the moment it releases (or even better, from beta) you've missed the boat. I'm currently looking for a new game to get stuck into having been absorbed with Guild wars for the last year... but all the 'big' games out there like WoW, EVE and COH/V seem so well established it's almost daunting.

Let's face it, there are guilds up and running already for Warhammer Online (I just joined one) which isn't due for release until Q4 2007! Crazy or simply a reflection of my point?

Has anyone else found it hard to break into a game years after it's release? If not, which game would you suggest as being the 'easiest' to get into as a late-comer?


Every fight is a food fight when you're a cannibal.

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  • MuraisMurais Member UncommonPosts: 1,118
       It's easier if you play from release, yes, but it's not impossible to catch up. I started WoW 4 months after it came out, took almost a year from then to get level 60 (I play a lot of alts), and then when I hit 60, I joined my buddy's raiding guild and got 6 tier one and 2 tier 2 pieces within a few months or so. You CAN catch up, but it's not easy. It just depends on how dilligent you are.


       BTW, kudos on the Warhammer clan, maybe I'll see you in-game. Or maybe I'll mount your head on a pike, but either way, good luck!


  • SigneSigne Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,524
    I've tried games well after they've been released and I've not had a problem jumping right in.  I would assume that games like WoW, CoH/V and even the newly refurbished EQ2 would be the easiest, since they're so simple to play.  WoW and EQ2 are very quick to level in so those might be a good bet.  They're easy even without a guild. Some games, such as Lineage, Lineage 2, FFXI, seem much harder to get started with and level slowly, but, unless you have a very competitive nature, I don't really see a problem with any game.  If you can't find a guild, start one.  If you're a newbie out there looking, I'm sure there are others in the same boat.  Might as well be in the same guild.

    If you are very competitive, however, Lineage, L2 and games that have heavy guild oriented PvP might be pretty difficult to start up in, but I'm sure if you're that competitive you'll find a way.


  • ChrisMatternChrisMattern Member Posts: 1,478

    Originally posted by DalaiRandal
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that with MMO's if you're not into the game from the moment it releases (or even better, from beta) you've missed the boat.

    I'm correcting you; you're wrong.

    On the contrary, I think letting a game go for at least a few months while they shake out the bugs and you can get idea of whether it's working or not is better.

    Chris Mattern

  • CennCenn Member Posts: 239
    Dalai - depends what you want to do.

    I would have to say that "getting into" Eve-online is easier now than it has ever been. Thing is, you will not be piloting capital ships anytime soon.

    The corp GoonFleet proved that new players can be very powerful! They became a major force within weeks of entering the game.

    The whole thing in Eve is that bigger is not equal to better. And more skill points mainly gives you more options, rather than more power.

    If you want to play a game where you are the "uber-est" on the server, then no, you probably have to get in at the start of the game, but if you just want to enjoy a game its probably better to come into an established game which has balance etc a few months or so after release.


  • wjrasmussenwjrasmussen Member Posts: 1,493
    I thnk you are wrong as well. Starting out at day one doesn't mean you have the time to keep up with the hardcore players.  Even if you can put in the time, there are people who played alpha/beta who will play much more efficiently than the rest, they will get ahead.  You might be able to keep up at the endgame, but that depends on fast and how much new content they add...
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