There are 4 of us who may have the time to play a MMORPG again, and we are trying to figure out which one. I am a long term player, play at least weekly still, and have tried almost all the ones out there. My friends are kinda stuck in the way back machine (when GRIND was king, and worse yet, asian MMORPG GRIND!) and preferred LINAGE II as game of choice.. I tried to play L II a little and while the grind is nothing like it used to be, its much faster game now, I still cant take it. I prefer WoW (but we want free). We are leaning to something NEW so I wont be going through old content, but if some older games are the way to go, so be it..
WOW- nope
Tera- maybe- got a bit boring endgame to me
Alods-maybe- 100% wow clone-way to grindy past 20 (unless its changed in last year)
Rift- maybe- this is one of my top maybes- but I never got past 30 in it
LOTR- maybe- again top contender if i cant find a newer one
Aion- maybe- almost a perfect wow clone, but just lost interest about in the 30's
AD&D- no- great game, but friends will not like
AD&D-NW- eh- played beta, never really got into it.
StarWars- nope with so much NOPE the Free to play is a joke
Vindictus- no- like it but its so so as a group game
AOC- maybe- best Improvement in a game after release ever..
Dragons Nest- cant make it paly on my new PC's- WTF?
RoM- maybe- havent playes since release wow clone-
i left out the shooter and space one's and several lesser known ones (wushu, most the Perfect worlds games) I also left of the EQ stuff (vanguard too) as i have played all to death.
Sorry for wall of text, just looking for some thoughts.. will be 4 of us.. so something we can tackle instances with would be nice (with 4) I know how a few of these work (group wise) but several i just soloed to end then grouped.
Leaning towards: LOTR, RIFT or AOC (PC ability may be an issue) but would like to hear thoughts..
WOW- nope
Tera- maybe- got a bit boring endgame to me
Alods-maybe- 100% wow clone-way to grindy past 20 (unless its changed in last year)
Rift- maybe- this is one of my top maybes- but I never got past 30 in it
LOTR- maybe- again top contender if i cant find a newer one
Aion- maybe- almost a perfect wow clone, but just lost interest about in the 30's
AD&D- no- great game, but friends will not like
AD&D-NW- eh- played beta, never really got into it.
StarWars- nope with so much NOPE the Free to play is a joke
Vindictus- no- like it but its so so as a group game
AOC- maybe- best Improvement in a game after release ever..
Dragons Nest- cant make it paly on my new PC's- WTF?
RoM- maybe- havent playes since release wow clone-
i left out the shooter and space one's and several lesser known ones (wushu, most the Perfect worlds games) I also left of the EQ stuff (vanguard too) as i have played all to death.
Sorry for wall of text, just looking for some thoughts.. will be 4 of us.. so something we can tackle instances with would be nice (with 4) I know how a few of these work (group wise) but several i just soloed to end then grouped.
Leaning towards: LOTR, RIFT or AOC (PC ability may be an issue) but would like to hear thoughts..