The best MMORPG ever?

[Auryg]

The combat of City of Heroes
The immersefulness and community of Eve
The PVP of DAoC
The itemization and quality of art of WoW
The freeness of many free MMORPGs

Anything else? I personally would die if something like this came out.

 

[torpid]

Styles of gameplay and skillchains of FFXI.

 

[BlueWeasel]

The new monthly content and updates of Asheron's Call.

I'm not a MMORPG veteran by any means, but the amount of new items, dungeons, etc. every month with AC1 was amazing. Hell, it still is considering the majority has moved on to other games, yet they continue to add new stuff each and every month.

I think it's amazing that AC1 is still being updated and played enough to keep it going with updates, yet the annoucement was made recently that the sequel, AC2, would be shutting down at the end of this year.

 

[larry89]

Originally posted by: Auryg
The combat of City of Heroes
The immersefulness and community of Eve
The PVP of DAoC
The itemization and quality of art of WoW
The freeness of many free MMORPGs

Anything else? I personally would die if something like this came out.

I wouldnt die, then all the moronic idiots and immature dumbshyts would come to this game.

This is why I try to stay away from free games.

But just to add .... the regular server maintenance of FFXI

 

[SH3200]

TBH I didnt find a MMORPG that was worth spending money on till I found EVE... there your actions leave lasting effects on the world and you dont need to buy expansions to stay up to date. The learning curve is pretty high but it filters out the people with short attention spans and no patience. Impatience in EVE has a very high penalty.

 

[Auryg]

Thought of another one...the levelling system of UO. That was amazing.

And I couldn't get in to Eve. A ton of time spent travelling, and I hated the fact that I could never even remotely catch up to players that had been playing sinch launch.

 

[DannyLove]

Eve Online

 

[fishbits]

And I couldn't get in to Eve. A ton of time spent travelling, and I hated the fact that I could never even remotely catch up to players that had been playing sinch launch.

Sure you could. The longer they've been playing, the longer their next skill level takes to aqcuire. You can't catch up totally, you can't catch up quickly, but it's much better than "never even remotely."

 

[SH3200]

the extra 2% they have from that lvl 5 skill isnt very important usually.. its what equipment you have fitted that matters the most.

 

[fishbits]

Character/costume designer as good as City of Heroes
Market as good as EVE

Something about the grindless leveling of EVE appeals to me but may not be the best solution, and certainly isn't the best one for everyone. Maybe the inverse of WoW's (and others') "rest" system, where only so much xp can be gained in a given period of time no matter what you do. Cut down on the "race to level cap" mentality and encourage people to explore the community, the environment and pacing on a deeper level. I realize many people will loathe this idea though.

Oh, speaking of which, sidekick system of City of Heroes where lower-lvl chars can group with higher-lvl ones to a decent degree.

 

[Reckoner]

Playing a wizard on DAoC was hell. I got up to Rank 8L5 and quit.

 

[DannyLove]

Just curious, those EVE players we have, what corps?alliances? Just curious

danny~!

 

[luigi1]

In what sence do you mean best? The early days of EQ1 were awesome. im trying to learn eve and the play is complex but i"m telling my self thats a good thing. The deal with MMorpgs is who does the game exclude? The mindless kiddies weill ruin any game. Its about the community, its about peaple touching peaple. And its mostly about getting away from the children.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: Auryg
Thought of another one...the levelling system of UO. That was amazing.

And I couldn't get in to Eve. A ton of time spent travelling, and I hated the fact that I could never even remotely catch up to players that had been playing sinch launch.

UO was fun. I played it in 1997 and I could level up to the highest swordsman rank in 1 day. I used to fight without any equipment and only a sword so when I died they couldnt loot my armor.

 

[CKent]

EQ1 original & first few expansions was ideal, imo

 

[mOeeOm]

Did you all forget the grinding of L2? Who doesnt love killing 10 monsters for 0.1% exp towards their next level?

 

[everman]

Early days of Asheron's Call.

 

[MiExStacY]

played all mmorpg and everquest still wants me to come back, but i love wow thou

 

[Heinrich]

I've played Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, Everquest, World of Warcraft, Earth: Above and Beyond (was that right?), Asheron's Call, Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes.

World of Warcraft and Ultima Online are in a tie vote for me. WoW has that incredibly immersive and totally addictive gameworld that will continually be expanded and updated. I'm still paying. But, in a nutshell - it's like all other Blizzard games from Warcraft to Starcraft to Diablo and Diablo II - completely addictive like crack for 6 weeks then you're over it - except WoW lasts maybe 4 months. Then the leveling up gets as goofy as Everquest. Get a level up, get better equipment, fight tougher monster....after 4 months the next step is to YAWN

Ultima Online ties. The graphics are not as good, that's as obvious to me as it is to any 3 year old. However, the community is better. There are fewer kids, and more adults it seems. There is a wiser community more concerned about story and gameplay. There are folks for whom graphics are not as important but playing and living in a virtual world is - and being friends - is. There is an advancement system that IS NOT BASED ON LEVELING UP thank god, but is more sophisticated - tied to a wonderful vendoring type system for crafters who can have a blast without having to kill a thing. And there are far more items to obsessive over thanks to UO's 8 year history than any other game. For you fighters, there's a larger variety of creatures, characters, and "paper verses scissors" than any other game...after all, that's what all RPG fighting is about - a carefull choreographed and fancy looking "paper verses scissors".

 

[Vortex22]

Pre Trammel UO. WoW is very good too, but in a totally different way.