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Title: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 03, 2012, 01:32:01 am
-That isn't pay to win
-Has decent gameplay
-Not an asian grindfest where killing a monster gives you 0,0004% xp
-Is something that can appeal to a player for many months, because of it's atmosphere, economy, events etc.
-Enjoyable PVP and PVE
-Is not cRPG.

Now, I think I defined the impossible?
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Logen on April 03, 2012, 01:36:04 am
eve online
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 03, 2012, 01:36:51 am
Quote from: Logen on April 03, 2012, 01:36:04 am
eve online

As far as I know that's a grindfest, and p2p.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Herkkutatti on April 03, 2012, 01:38:40 am
Other warband mod  :mrgreen: (vikingr,mercenaries etc)  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Tears of Destiny on April 03, 2012, 01:41:46 am
Quote from: Christo on April 03, 2012, 01:36:51 am
As far as I know that's a grindfest, and p2p.

Not a grindfest (only if you make it one) due to innumerable playstyles, but yes it is certainly P2P.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: djavo on April 03, 2012, 01:45:18 am
Team fortress 2, you grind hats only. lolz
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Logen on April 03, 2012, 01:45:49 am
Quote from: Christo on April 03, 2012, 01:36:51 am
As far as I know that's a grindfest, and p2p.
Grindfest is a game where you go on a clearing in a forest and kill some ugly monsters for a month to level up a bit. There's definately no grind like that in eve, and you can pay with ingame cash - not right from the beginning, but when you have 2-3 month behind your back it can be quite an easy task.
And there are ways to get enough cash even while on trial. While you may consider them "grind" cause they involve repeating certain actions again and again, but those actions are by far not as primitive as, for example, Lineage 2 grinding. Or any asian mmo.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Tears of Destiny on April 03, 2012, 02:07:13 am
Very little grinding if you do it right, due to many choices and ways to play the game:

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Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 03, 2012, 02:16:01 am
Quote from: Tears of Destiny on April 03, 2012, 02:07:13 am
Very little grinding if you do it right, due to many choices and ways to play the game:

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Looks very interesting, I love the space genre, always wanted to try this but p2p is a no go for me.
If I ever get a job that's giving steady income, not the usual student job you can barely find, this might change.

Closest thing I had was when the multiplayer of Freelancer was strong. I remember being a double agent spy kinda guy to two factions, leading my Hungarian clan that was full of awesome guys, we kicked out a faction from it's home system and locked it for three hours, three hours of constant attack, and we had only four people! The said faction had to bring allies, and we fought 11v4, and still we kept killing them. Admins had to interfere to stop our wars all the time.  :)
Also I won a universe race with my crappy internet, I knew all the shortcuts. Great times.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: bilwit on April 03, 2012, 03:19:55 am
I'm playing Stronghold Kingdoms ATM. It's pretty fun. Might not be for everyone though.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Tavuk_Bey on April 03, 2012, 08:41:33 am
moonbase alpha, mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr aooooooooooooooooooo
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: PieParadox on April 03, 2012, 09:08:08 am
Tribes: Ascend, which I have been spending a good amount of time on. It's not pay to win at all, though you have to unlock items through playing time. Good community and teamwork based, and if you like fps.

Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Muki on April 03, 2012, 09:18:01 am
Tribes: Ascend is pretty good right now, through some of the classes do need balancing than again it still in beta....
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Banok on April 03, 2012, 05:38:31 pm
haven and hearth.

you might not like it but it fits all the critea. infact there are lots of great free online games I know, pvkii, project reality...
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: ThePoopy on April 03, 2012, 08:14:03 pm
gta
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 03, 2012, 08:29:25 pm
Tribes Ascend is definitely worth trying out, free to play and everything that can be bought with money can also be unlocked through playing.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Leshma on April 03, 2012, 10:07:35 pm
CrimeCraft isn't bad. It's available on steam.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 03, 2012, 11:08:46 pm
Quote from: Gravoth_iii on April 03, 2012, 08:29:25 pm
Tribes Ascend is definitely worth trying out, free to play and everything that can be bought with money can also be unlocked through playing.

I'll try this Tribes Ascend thingy, just because so many people mentioned it.

 :)
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Bjord on April 03, 2012, 11:33:57 pm
Conformist.

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Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Vibe on April 03, 2012, 11:39:37 pm
EVE is pretty much the best you can get right now, not free however.

As for "good" free multiplayer online games I guess APB, Haven and Hearth, Age of Conan, King Arthur's Gold, Pirates of the Burning Sea. Those would be my picks.

As for myself, I'm waiting for Guild Wars 2 and Planetside 2.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 03, 2012, 11:41:55 pm
APB?

Vibe, are you serious on this one?
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Vibe on April 03, 2012, 11:42:50 pm
Quote from: Christo on April 03, 2012, 11:41:55 pm
APB?

Vibe, are you serious on this one?

Well I only played it for a few hours and it wasn't half bad. Why so surprised?
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Logen on April 03, 2012, 11:49:46 pm
Quote from: Vibe on April 03, 2012, 11:42:50 pm
Well I only played it for a few hours
This is self-explanatory.
But waiting for GW2 and Planetside too.

Quote from: Bjord on April 03, 2012, 11:33:57 pm
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Even xant plays it and surprise surprise he does not suck there
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Teeth on April 04, 2012, 12:03:43 am
Christo, do yourself a favour and lay down some bucks for a decent game. Free to play online games are only for kids with a lot of time, but without money. Or for people that for some reason want to pay via microtransactions to be good at a mediocre at best game.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on April 04, 2012, 12:07:39 am
World of Tanks is pretty fun, I find. I've put in 6 euros in it to get some more tank slots. I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: B3RS3RK on April 04, 2012, 12:14:18 am
Quote from: Ninja_Khorin on April 04, 2012, 12:07:39 am
World of Tanks is pretty fun, I find. I've put in 6 euros in it to get some more tank slots. I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage.


Zis.

World of tanks is perfectly playable without EVER investing ANY money into it.

And its SO MUCH FUN!
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 04, 2012, 12:16:19 am
WoT was too annoying because of the grind factor.
Also the tier balance, had lots of awful matches thanks to that.

I heard it changed now, so it might be better.

They kinda want you to spend money, or getting a decent tank with equipment will be a nightmare.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on April 04, 2012, 01:07:18 am
I got a Tiger without it ever feeling like a grind. But I lack the grind mentality msot people have. I just play games as long as they're fun, if I'm not having fun, I stop.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Overdriven on April 04, 2012, 01:09:03 am
Just tried Tribes Ascend...pretty good fun actually. If I didn't have a dissertation to write I'd be killing a lot of time on there.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 04, 2012, 01:11:41 am
Quote from: Ninja_Khorin on April 04, 2012, 01:07:18 am
I got a Tiger without it ever feeling like a grind. But I lack the grind mentality msot people have. I just play games as long as they're fun, if I'm not having fun, I stop.

Tell me, is it still a joke paper tank?

The Tiger is ridiculously fragile in the game.

Also, I've tried this tribes thing, and oh my is it fun to play :D Very action packed.
But I can barely run it on minimum gfx settings..

God I could really use a better PC.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: B3RS3RK on April 04, 2012, 01:14:02 am
Quote from: Christo on April 04, 2012, 12:16:19 am


They kinda want you to spend money, or getting a decent tank with equipment will be a nightmare.

Urmm no.

You get more exp and credits per game with premium, but its not necessary at all.


"Decent tank" is also definately a thing of view.

Tier 5 can be really fun already, and you can reach that in like 2 days without premium.

Tier 7 is pretty much the tier where you will discover the full efficiency of the tank tree branch, and its perfectly reachable in like 1 Week.

The later tiers require more effort then.

Also, it seems to me that you have a wrong image in your mid of that game.Its not about standing in front of every enemy tank ingame with your tank and letting everything bounce on your armor.It requires tactics.

And no, the Tiger is not a joke tank.It´s pretty awesome because the long 8,8 has over 200 Penetration, which basically means you can hurt almost every tank till tier 10 in the Front.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Miwiw on April 04, 2012, 01:15:43 am
Quote from: bilwit on April 03, 2012, 03:19:55 am
I'm playing Stronghold Kingdoms ATM. It's pretty fun. Might not be for everyone though.

Yes, good game. I also play it currently, only spending some minutes every day during different times of the day (building something here and there, raising up new walls, recruiting more archers or trading, sending troops for a mission).

I mostly played more pay2win games, like Silkroad Online for years, and yes, I often paid more than 20€ a month just to have premium features.

GW1 and Lord of the Rings Online are currently the only both games (MP, MMO like) I guess are good for free. You need to buy one GW version but there is no monthly fee. LotRO is for free and it is possible to play without any costs, however there are a lot of advantages if you pay money (it is also very nice if you enjoy roleplaying, then you simply do not need to pay anything).
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Christo on April 04, 2012, 01:17:29 am
Quote from: B3RS3RK on April 04, 2012, 01:14:02 am
And no, the Tiger is not a joke tank.It´s pretty awesome because the long 8,8 has over 200 Penetration, which basically means you can hurt almost every tank till tier 10 in the Front.

So it got buffed?

@_@
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: B3RS3RK on April 04, 2012, 01:21:06 am
I dont know, when did you play it last?In beta?

It´s still something you would call "paper" (100mm front hull armor), but it´s definately a very good tank.

Also, little fact: The Oh-so feared Tiger from WWii is actually the Tiger II ingame, the "King tiger".

And THAT is for sure a fucking awesome machine!
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Kajia on April 04, 2012, 02:36:34 am
christo, try out EVE.
the first 30 days or so are free, and even if you don't manage to get enough ISK (ingame currency) to get it free2play you can still buy it for another month (25-30 € iirc, which isn't more than any other good game) and try to get the ISK until you get over the free2play margin - and THEN you have what you want!

sounds so easy, but you can at least check it out - I did it too, but I stopped because I am too busy irl (and then I got into cRPG lol)
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Radament on April 04, 2012, 03:39:58 am
this thread made me want to return pew pew on tribes ascend  :rolleyes:
tonight a clanmate told me about this game but it's russian and dunno if f2p or p2p , it's a beta me thinks --> http://www.panzar.com/ (http://www.panzar.com/) gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PGzsKV1y0)
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Teeth on April 04, 2012, 05:10:56 pm
I played World of Tanks in beta when you would still get 200 gold for free everyday, even then I thought it was quite the grind. Then the beta ended and there was no 200 gold a day anymore and my jaw dropped from the time it took to get a new tank. Ridiculous grind, as soon as I needed to grind through a tank that I didn't like to get one I thought I would like I quit.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: B3RS3RK on April 04, 2012, 05:24:56 pm
Quote from: SgtTeeh on April 04, 2012, 05:10:56 pm
I played World of Tanks in beta when you would still get 200 gold for free everyday, even then I thought it was quite the grind. Then the beta ended and there was no 200 gold a day anymore and my jaw dropped from the time it took to get a new tank. Ridiculous grind, as soon as I needed to grind through a tank that I didn't like to get one I thought I would like I quit.

Yeah, just as cRPG grinders gonna grind and players gonna play.
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Thovex on April 04, 2012, 05:28:17 pm
Quote from: SgtTeeh on April 04, 2012, 05:10:56 pm
I played World of Tanks in beta when you would still get 200 gold for free everyday, even then I thought it was quite the grind. Then the beta ended and there was no 200 gold a day anymore and my jaw dropped from the time it took to get a new tank. Ridiculous grind, as soon as I needed to grind through a tank that I didn't like to get one I thought I would like I quit.

Aye, I had a top tier Russian TD and then it went goodbye and then I also went goodbye.

Waiting for GW2 only now.  :)
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Vibe on April 04, 2012, 05:29:49 pm
Quote from: Thovex on April 04, 2012, 05:28:17 pm
Waiting for GW2 only now.  :)


ANET MACH SCHNELLER PLS
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Banok on April 05, 2012, 05:12:32 pm
Quote from: Vibe on April 03, 2012, 11:39:37 pm

As for myself, I'm waiting for Guild Wars 2 and Planetside 2.

me too, however guildwars might not come out until fall 2012 and planetside wont be out until 2013.

Things I am hoping for this year:
guildwars 2
salem
darkfall 2.0 <------!!!
pvkii 2.4
mortal online: awakening

project reality: vietnam is probably coming out this friday unless it is an april fools of epic proportions. anyone played PR? I met one of the old shogunate guys there (forgot his name).
Title: Re: Quest for the impossible: A good "free" multiplayer online game?
Post by: Overdriven on April 05, 2012, 05:28:58 pm
PR was good fun  :)

Always preferred FH mind you.