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Title: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 08:24:55 pm
Now this is a tough one. Especially after discovering M&B combat system, the whole genre was forgotten, but even before, I couldn't really find one that's worth playing.

Friend of mine would like to play something with me but usually the ones he finds are crap, it would be nice to just level up and party up and stuff, like in the old days even if only for a week or so.

"Generic swords and magic beaten to death" genre is the most welcome, but if you got a nice experience of something different, I wanna know it.

Got any ideas?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Kafein on September 25, 2013, 08:31:56 pm
Try PlanetSide 2 again. The game keeps changing a great deal.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on September 25, 2013, 08:34:22 pm
Maybe Path of Exile? If you haven't played through yet. Well, it's not a MMORPG, but I don't like those...
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 08:36:20 pm
Try PlanetSide 2 again. The game keeps changing a great deal.

They keep throwing "optimization" like it's top priority while it's the same shit for a year now, if not worse.

SmedBux only does this because it probably doesn't even run on a PS4, so he lashes planetside team fiercely to work it out until november, sigh

Long story short, I can't afford to have a nuclear reactor just because of SOE being retards
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Malaclypse on September 25, 2013, 08:41:00 pm
You'll find it somewhere by El Dorado and the fountain of youth probably.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 08:42:36 pm
You'll find it somewhere by El Dorado and the fountain of youth probably.

I doubt I'd care that much about it if it was there  :lol:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Polobow on September 25, 2013, 08:45:59 pm
Mabinogi.

You'll either like it very much, or instantly delete it.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tibe on September 25, 2013, 08:46:52 pm
There really is none. NOOOOONE! Ive tried the same stuff with my friends aswell. Been on this road for long time now. All MMOs suck after playin Warband long enough. All of em. For some time I thought the only proper MMOs would be shipMMOs, or something where you bombard n00bs and stuff. Then atleast you dont have to have some shitty usual mano e mano MMOmeleecombat and dream about Warband while fighting. But those suck too. NFS online was okay for a day or 2. But it definately does not have enough appeal to try and grind it for months or something. You will quit fast I assure you.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 08:48:15 pm
Warframe is like the only thing that managed to hold us down for a longer time now, and that's quite the accomplishment.

There is a difference between it and an MMO though.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on September 25, 2013, 08:48:39 pm
Only MMORPG I ever enjoyed was Ultima Online (the old versions, not the newer dumbed down/more carebear versions).  There's a player run shard called Defiance that has about 600-700 people online at max times. 

It's a pretty good game IMO.  The key points for me are:

Fighting over resources (no instances, all resources have to be competed for, but they regenerate over time as well). 

PVP anywhere, any time (most towns have guards however, and if you commit a crime in front of an NPC you will get guard whacked and die instantly, or if you commit a crime against someone and they yell Guards)

There's a criminal system, everyone starts out "Blue" (innocent).  If you commit a crime you are "Grey" (Criminal) for 2 minutes and 2 or 20 seconds, can't recall exactly) then you go back to being blue.  If you are criminal anyone can attack you or loot your corpse without any penalties (other than you being able to aggress against them at any point until they die, even if they are blue.  So if I'm a criminal and someone attacks me, I can hunt them down an hour later and if I guess they haven't died, we can both be blue and I can attack them).  You can loot blue corpses but it's a criminal act (and timer is reset after each crime).
If you player kill enough innocent people you will become a player killer (Red) and will stay red for some time.  I can't recall the whole system, but basically there's a short term count and long term count.  If you only kill a couple people you'll be blue within a day or so.  But if you rack the kills up over a long period continously, you'll be red for a long time.  PK's are insta killed if they enter any guarded zones (there's towns that are not guarded however).

Almost everything on you is fully lootable (in this version Defiance runs, I believe everything is lootable on you).  So it's a really big calculation of risk vs reward when you decide what to bring with you on adventures.

There's player run NPC vendors (players can set whatever price they want, but there's a pretty consistent going price for items, just have to figure it out).  Or you can buy/sell some things from town vendors. 

You can place houses in the world (kind of hard in some areas), and houses decay after a period of time (believe 14 days from the last time you visited the house).  When a house decays the stuff falls on the ground and can be picked up by anyone who passes by. 

You can steal from other players (requires quite a bit of dedication to make a thief).
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 25, 2013, 08:57:10 pm
LotRO. Simply don't play night and day but enjoy a trip to Middle Earth. There are also near to no restrictions unless you want to really spend all day and night there and do everything, then the idea of paying about 10$ a month is better. Elsewise you do deeds and get free points for the ingame store where you can purchase quest areas and addons.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on September 25, 2013, 08:59:34 pm
I had high hopes for the new Darkfall game but heard a lot of bad things about it's implementation.  The draws for me were the PVP system and loot drop.  And that was enough to interest me in checking it out, but heard they've had lots of issues with the game itself.  And it's not free.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 25, 2013, 09:05:30 pm
I've tried literally hunderds of MMOs. Trust me, none are worth it currently, but there are a few to keep an eye on that will hopefully be out soon. That's not to say you wouldn't enjoy in any currently on the market, but finding one that suits you greatly is hard. If you find some that make you interested you can just post here and ask whats my experience with it. I am a fucking dictionary when it comes to this.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 09:07:48 pm
I've tried literally hunderds of MMOs. Trust me, none are worth it currently, but there are a few to keep an eye on that will hopefully be out soon. If you find some that make you interested you can just post here and ask whats my experience with it. I am a fucking dictionary when it comes to this.

This is why I like this community, always a walking dictionary of experiences somewhere you can ask.

What are those "keep an eye on" things?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tibe on September 25, 2013, 09:09:34 pm
LotRO....
Tried that game too. Played for a week then gave up.  The combat was your average lame MMO combat. But to its credit , it really was better then some other games in its class for some odd reason. I did end up playin it more then I originally thought.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 09:13:13 pm
Tried that game too. Played for a week then gave up.  The combat was your average lame MMO combat. But to its credit , it really was better then some other games in its class for some odd reason. I did end up playin it more then I originally thought.

The instrument controls are totally awesome, I'll give it that.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 25, 2013, 09:16:16 pm
A few that I'm keeping an eye on (not all will be free mind you):

Everquest Next
Wildstar
The Repopulation
Archeage
Embers of Caerus
Albion Online
Gloria Victis
Black Desert


I'm sure I have forgotten a few. I've told myself to start writting them down but I'm too lazy. It's hard to keep track when you have so many on your mind.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 09:17:51 pm
Ah, I see. Thanks
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Nightmare798 on September 25, 2013, 09:23:16 pm
There really is none. NOOOOONE! Ive tried the same stuff with my friends aswell. Been on this road for long time now. All MMOs suck after playin Warband long enough. All of em. For some time I thought the only proper MMOs would be shipMMOs, or something where you bombard n00bs and stuff. Then atleast you dont have to have some shitty usual mano e mano MMOmeleecombat and dream about Warband while fighting. But those suck too. NFS online was okay for a day or 2. But it definately does not have enough appeal to try and grind it for months or something. You will quit fast I assure you.

because they all try to be wowkiller, which is boring itself. the mmorpgs are as stale as piss, thats why they are not worth playing.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: F i n on September 25, 2013, 09:24:29 pm
Check Neverwinter! Played it a few hours and quite liked it.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 09:26:50 pm
because they all try to be wowkiller, which is boring itself. the mmorpgs are as stale as piss, thats why they are not worth playing.

I agree, innovate for crying out loud!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on September 25, 2013, 09:48:05 pm
Fallen earth

think a post apocalypse fps mmo, with absolute freedom, a awesome player driven economy and a super deep crafting system (basically, you craft every damn thing you need, this aint no "loot poopin out a dragons ass" you gotta scav for a living!)

the starting section is a bit slow, and the tutorial is lacking, but once you get to the second sector, thats when the game opens up- with its amazing faction system and uber fun open world pvp
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 25, 2013, 10:12:27 pm
Check Neverwinter! Played it a few hours and quite liked it.

Waste of download time. Game is not worth playing.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 25, 2013, 10:13:58 pm
Waste of download time. Game is not worth playing.

exactly
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Pollux on September 25, 2013, 10:24:44 pm
I played this game a few months ago http://www.ageofwushu.com/ play it if you like pvp or martial arts type stuff.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 25, 2013, 10:41:59 pm
Neverwinter was pretty lame indeed.

Try Starwars The Old Republic, its free now with little drawbacks when not subscribing. Questing is actually fun, with dialogue options etc. Im lvl 27 so far and the combat is very good, lots of abilities to use, interrupts, instants etc. Havent tried the PvP yet but im guessing it will be fairly good. Great combat, fun questing and ofcourse its in the starwars universe which is pretty cool i must say.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on September 25, 2013, 11:04:56 pm
'worth it' is a funny phrase to use for a free game xD you don't lose anything by giving something a go.

If your time is worthless, anyway.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 11:15:14 pm
Don't derail this too for F sakes
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 25, 2013, 11:22:06 pm
If you want lots of grind and don't mind playing alone and if you neither hate bots, try Silkroad Online R (SRO-R). SRO was released in 2005 and is a Korean grinder. It's actually an amazing game and was fine to play 2005-early 2008. People started botting in 2007 and they still do.
Cap is at 120 now and anything above lvl 80 is taking a lot (A LOT) of time. If you play without bot for 3 hours a day and know what you do, you may take about 2 months to lvl 70 (since SRO-R leveling goes really quick, they also added lots of quests and lowered SP requirements).

If you know the game, you wouldn't start playing though but it's still one of the best MMO's I ever played. If you love grinding, PvP for example ain't possible below lvl 115-120.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on September 25, 2013, 11:25:52 pm
Sorry, Christo :D

Anyway, I tried Neverwinter, wasn't overly impressed. Still felt like a typical MMO with nothing new to offer, like Guild Wars 2. Age of Wushu was kinda interesting, but I just couldn't be bothered with it in the end.

Another MMO to potentially keep an eye on is this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13861848/camelot-unchained. A successor to Dark Age of Camelot.

My main problem with MMO's is how stagnant the entire genre is. I see no reason to play any of them because I know that within 30 minutes the game will have me kill random animals for random reasons. They're all so terribly dull. My favourite part of WoW was instancing, raiding and PvP, and still most MMO's force me to spend at least half of my time grinding. I got better things to do than that.

I'm hoping for an MMO that would reduce the grind and the only possible MMO that might do that is a PvP MMO. The worst part about random grind questing is that MMO's are meant to be social, and there's nothing social about grinding quests.

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Post by: zagibu on September 25, 2013, 11:29:20 pm
You can't really get on the whole 'my time is too valuable' high horse on a forum discussion about the best free MMO on the market lol. The idea that those partaking in the discussion have/had some degree of free time is kinda a given lol. We wouldn't be playing these games if that was the case, we wouldn't be playing THIS game if that was the case, and we certainly wouldn't be posting on the forum about it if that was the case.

*edit, not trying to imply noone here has anything better to do, but you gotta figure the guy asking for an MMO to play with their mate has a mind to killing some free time*

Everybody knows that all forms of entertainment are measured by curvature of your smile divided by time invested.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: cmp on September 25, 2013, 11:40:57 pm
Here is a list of good MMORPGs:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 25, 2013, 11:42:35 pm
Here is a list of good MMORPGs:
World of Warcraft


WHAT!?!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Molly on September 25, 2013, 11:44:15 pm
The open-pvp and class system of Lineage 2 with the sieges make a really nice game play with a pretty high skill level needed. That Asian grinder is a pretty awesome pvp game...
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 25, 2013, 11:46:10 pm
Here is a list of good MMORPGs:

 :lol:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Mala on September 25, 2013, 11:55:35 pm
Tried that game too. Played for a week then gave up.  The combat was your average lame MMO combat. But to its credit , it really was better then some other games in its class for some odd reason. I did end up playin it more then I originally thought.

the group combat was quite nice.
it has started with some random groups for the first bosses, then the usual tank, healer, damage dealer combos and at last the more exotic groups for the extra challenge.
the burglar only runs were quite fun :D .
ma favorite part was to find out how an encounter works and how you can beat it.

anyway, the introduction of the item spiral and the short farm instances has taken away the fun for me.
noone wanted to take a risk anymore and everyone used a guide of one of the huge raid guilds to the the equipment faster.
but this was before they got greedy went f2p.


Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 25, 2013, 11:59:41 pm
Another MMO that is being released early 2014 (hopefully, they keep delaying it) is Blade & soul, combat looks pretty rad in it.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 26, 2013, 12:08:13 am
Miwiw99 recommends 'Silkroad Online R' if you love the grinding experience

Important note: It's fine for the first month while you get a Premium Plus Ticket (for free! and for each new char) which gives you double xp for 5 hours a day (runs for 1 month), after that you will need much more time and the grind will kill you even if you love grinding. You either buy a Premium Ticket (for about 16-20€ a month) or you turn botting (5€ a month). I took the second option when I played. So pro tip: Play some time, but stop playing it soon!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Grumbs on September 26, 2013, 12:21:08 am
If you want to play an MMO I think you really need to be prepared to spend some money on it, if not per month then up front. Even then the options are very limited and there probably isn't anything worth playing except perhaps Eve Online. If you can't get people to pay for a game then its probably shit or they will be trying to accrue costs of making the thing in dodgy ways that spoil the point of the game. You're going to do stuff you don't want to do with the promise of an "end game" that you won't ever reach, or the end game will consist of doing the same repetitive things you did already but with a new phony goal.

They will try to sucker you in with game design made to reward you for playing rather than to make the actual journey fun to play. You will get hooked on skinner box style mindless gameplay, and you won't even enjoy it but more feel compelled to continue.

Anyone thinking of playing a random f2p mmo should at least check out the means they use to get you to play and keep playing, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c

With that in mind I wouldn't recommend any MMORPG's out currently because they all pretty much follow the same formula. But if you want to switch off your brain for a bit and try one out then maybe GW2 could be worth a try. You can just play to max level and finish the story and call it quits. At that point you are pretty much done with what the game has to offer and its a good point to quit

Eve Online is OK as it departs from the themepark (grind) formula, but it is quite dull and demands a lot of time with little pay off imo. Darkfall is still quite a grindfest but in a similar vein to Eve
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Kalam on September 26, 2013, 02:42:01 am
The Old Republic is a great single-player game (in the vein of all of Bioware's games) that you can play with friends. That's my opinion of it from the first year. I definitely had fun as a marauder, but honesty, the node battles were so lag-tastic and didn't mean anything in the long run. It's all about the end game, and the lack of end game there beyond the usual WoW-esque raid grinding isn't my cup of tea.

Silk Road was like an Asian Dark Age of Camelot. It was good. I think the only reason I quit is because I moved somewhere without access to a computer that supported it.

I do wish there was more innovation. It's sad that of all the games mentioned, Ultima still seems the most attractive. Fucking do something new!

Fallen Earth looks interesting, but alas, my MMO days are pretty much over. Too much RL grinding. -_-

There were quite a few extremely detailed text-based MMOGs (or MUDs) but that's an acquired taste, and the one I played most had the worst internet community I've ever been a part of.

The key to selling an MMORPG to me is:
death having significant consequences
serious role-playing community definitely helps, they're called RPGs damn it!
forcing area sensitive talks, no floaty names, etc, helps with that kind of thing
built in governments that have real power, so that politics is essentially the end game
complex resource gathering/crafting/economy/customization/art system so that the conflict averse have something cool to do
intuitive, yet impossible to master combat system for the PvP heads
again, when it's tied up in RP, it's better, because I think the key is for the community to basically like each other as people, and role-playing helps separate the game from the people.

I don't think I've found anything with all of that, yet.



Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Dach on September 26, 2013, 04:48:18 am
Ultima Online
EVE Online

That's the only 2 I deemed to play more than a week.

Still play EVE btw.

Guess I "forgot" about the FREE part... lol  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tibe on September 26, 2013, 06:42:37 am
Warband type MMO is gonna happen one day.....its just gonna take like mybe 10 years or so. And what makes this story rather sad is that its not the technological limitations fault, but the lack of intrest. Lets face it, Warband and other games that are similar, aim for a very small group of people. Ive tried pimping M&B to my many RL gamingfriends for years now and they only play MOBAs and highbudget mainstream games. At first I thought it was just that they were illinformed of its awesomeness, but they really dont see the charm. Im quessing we are the rare breed that sees the jewel in this game. And saddly we are currently living in a timeperiod where gaming has never been so profitfocused. Its all about who is gonna get the biggest load of cash, publicity and criticscore.

 Who knows, if tempted, Taleworlds might one day jump on the profitwagon too and betray us all who have been holding our thumbs up for them for years. But then again, their publisher is Paradox. A rather rare type of publisher that really does publish games that are for certain groups. Althou they are still buggy.
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Post by: Vibe on September 26, 2013, 08:13:49 am
My short take on all the mentioned by HESKEY (like I said, I played them all :p):

Miwiw99 recommends 'Silkroad Online R' if you love the grinding experience, and also 'Lord of the Rings Online' for casual play if free.

Silkroad Online is like Miwiw said, it's an AZN grinder botfest, I don't know much about it beyond that, but that alone is enough to put a huge NO stamp on it. LoTRO is nothing special, typical generic PvE MMO and I would only play if you're crazy about the LoTR lore.

Myself and Gravoth_iii vouch for 'The Old Republic' for fun questing and dialogue options ingame in the Star Wars universe.

The Old Republic is a decent SINGLEPLAYER game. I had fun leveling and completing the story but after that, the endgame just sucked. I did stick with it for a while after I hit the level cap but it got really boring really fast. Standard grind PvE and PvP instances for gear endgame. Very very little open PvP.

Pollux says 'Age of Wushu' for martial arts and PvP stuff.

This is one of the few that I actually would recommend right now. For the time I played I had fun with it. Didn't stick with it because I didn't have the time to play MMOs. There's a lot of different stuff and interesting features it has, and also some minigames to make the tedious chores a bit more pleasant. You also have some of the generic mmo stuff in it that might bore you. It's PvP heavy and kind of like EVE. While it is free there are some advantages to being a VIP user (15$ per 2 months I believe). Avoid if you dislike AZN / martial arts theme. (if you recall, I made a thread about this game a few months ago http://forum.melee.org/and-all-the-other-things-floating-around-out-there/age-of-wushu/msg689240/#msg689240)

Clockworkkiller says 'Fallen Earth' for the faction system and open world PvP in post apocalyptic surrounds.

Fallen Earth... dunno really. It seems like the idea is good but the game was just meh. It just got boring very fast.

Finuad likes what he's seen of 'Neverwinter' so far (but it's got a lot of flak from others here).

Neverwinter is meh at best. It's like World of Warcraft really. It has that dungeon maker feature and a bit more actiony combat, but there's nothing beyond that.

Kafein says 'PlanetSide 2' cos apparently the game keeps changing.

Planetside 2 you know about already.

Polobow says 'Mabinogi' is a love-it or hate-it game.

Been years since I played this. It has a few unique features but very outdated cell-shaded graphics. I can't recall how much of a grind it was. Also AZN/chibi themed, so you mind find that annoying.

CrazyCracka says 'Ultima Online' and goes into good detail about it's features (too much to list here).

Ahhh UO. Ultima Online can be great if you can get past the outdated graphics, controls, UI and combat system. It has some really neat features that other MMOs should really learn to adopt. It was great for it's time.

Benkei says 'Lineage 2' for a skill-based 'Asian grinder' with awesome PvP.

Lineage 2 has very interesting PvP. Castle sieges, land control, control land control taxes in villages, etc. The main problem here is the grind. And there's a whole lot of fucking grind. Also not that interesting tab target combat.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Leesin on September 26, 2013, 09:04:46 am
Mehhh  Ultima Online official servers were good over 10 years ago, like the best MMORPG I ever wasted thousands upon thousands of hours on my life on. But EA began wrecking it and now its nothing like it originally was, i.e when it was good. They added lame features to cater to carebear players who couldnt handle losing their items when they got killed by another player, which could pretty much happen anywhere anytime depending on circumstances. Its probably still good,  but it doesnt come close to the harsh pvp game it once was.

There are a few populated custom servers which aim for the old school versions and whilst they do that, the majority of the playerbase are elitist arseholes who roll with a ton of friends, making progress alone or with ppl you barely know, a lot more difficult.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Sagar on September 26, 2013, 09:06:48 am
What is with Age of Conan, Is that game still alive?
http://www.ageofconan.com/
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 26, 2013, 09:18:22 am
Mehhh  Ultima Online official servers were good over 10 years ago, like the best MMORPG I ever wasted thousands upon thousands of hours on my life on. But EA began wrecking it and now its nothing like it originally was, i.e when it was good. They added lame features to cater to carebear players who couldnt handle losing their items when they got killed by another player, which could pretty much happen anywhere anytime depending on circumstances. Its probably still good,  but it doesnt come close to the harsh pvp game it once was.

There are a few populated custom servers which aim for the old school versions and whilst they do that, the majority of the playerbase are elitist arseholes who roll with a ton of friends, making progress alone or with ppl you barely know, a lot more difficult.

Yeah exactly. Too many stupid and casualizing changes. Sure you can play on one of the older version shards (and it's free) but like you said, it's underpopulated and full of elitists.

What is with Age of Conan, Is that game still alive?
http://www.ageofconan.com/

Conan still lives. It went F2P a few months ago. It has an interesting combat system but the PvP sucks. Way too much gear dependence at endgame/level cap PvP. Siege is still a lagfest I heard, so PvP is mostly in instances. While most of the community wants PvP-based patches, expansions and fixes (I mean Conan was supposed to be a PvP game), the devs (failcom) keep vomiting PvE expansions and new raids, so it's all meh. It's still a decent game but... many things that could bother you. The most fun I had with it was all the random, open world PvP while leveling and the beautiful fatalities:

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Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Polobow on September 26, 2013, 10:36:04 am
Been years since I played this. It has a few unique features but very outdated cell-shaded graphics. I can't recall how much of a grind it was. Also AZN/chibi themed, so you mind find that annoying.


And that's exactly the reason. Great unique features, with quite an in-depth combat system, but the graphics are outdated (if you care about that), a bit grindy (it's a MMO :/) and probally the worst one, AZN/chibi themed.

If you can look past that then you got a great game.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Joseph Porta on September 27, 2013, 12:09:39 am
I wondered what was up with runescape a month or so ago and decided to make a new char for shits and giggles, ended up playing for three hours! Havent gamed at all since but it was fun, just casually doing some stuff, brought alot of old memories back aswell, recognizingbstuff all around allthough a lot has changed, actually i spend most of my time "sightseeing" and looking up stuff i  could remember from t way back

I would recommend turning off  all chat filters and set private on friends, good lord the spam made me lag.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on September 27, 2013, 12:42:45 am
What is with Age of Conan, Is that game still alive?
http://www.ageofconan.com/

I have a feeling they may shut down the servers in the imminent future. They went F2P awhile back as Vibe said, but they did it terribly. They basically had no ads for it. It's like it was a secret, think it could've helped a lot more if they made it known that it was going F2P.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on September 27, 2013, 04:31:46 am
I wondered what was up with runescape a month or so ago and decided to make a new char for shits and giggles, ended up playing for three hours! Havent gamed at all since but it was fun, just casually doing some stuff, brought alot of old memories back aswell, recognizingbstuff all around allthough a lot has changed, actually i spend most of my time "sightseeing" and looking up stuff i  could remember from t way back

I would recommend turning off  all chat filters and set private on friends, good lord the spam made me lag.

Ahh, runescape....good times

How much change have they thrown in? One day, I decided to hop on their homepage for some nostalgia, and the screenshots make it seem like it's totally a different game

Also I hear their making a runescape 2?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: SeQuel on September 27, 2013, 06:02:03 am
They keep throwing "optimization" like it's top priority while it's the same shit for a year now, if not worse.

SmedBux only does this because it probably doesn't even run on a PS4, so he lashes planetside team fiercely to work it out until november, sigh

Long story short, I can't afford to have a nuclear reactor just because of SOE being retards

https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/quick-optimization-update.152487/
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 27, 2013, 06:06:08 am
https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/quick-optimization-update.152487/

Finally.

Oct 23, eh? Told you, it doesn't run on PS4 probably as it is now.  :)

Although I remember.. GU 3 or GU 2, that was supposedly "optimized" and ruined the game for everybody.
Expect everything from SOE.   :P
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Rumblood on September 27, 2013, 07:49:01 am
Try Tera. It's free now and is a modern RPG (unlike Planetside 2 and some of the other Freemium games mentioned here, he asked for MMORPG's). It added some interesting twists to the combat and was pretty fun to play.

http://tera.enmasse.com/ (http://tera.enmasse.com/)

Now if you're willing to shell out the dollars, try Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. 90% of the gamers I know that are playing it from a couple of clans I frequent have had good things to say about it. Even the ones who have been jaded with MMORPG's for the last decade and still talk fondly about "the good old days" of Ultima and Everquest are logging on every night and enjoying themselves.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Molly on September 27, 2013, 09:13:16 am
Lineage 2 has very interesting PvP. Castle sieges, land control, control land control taxes in villages, etc. The main problem here is the grind. And there's a whole lot of fucking grind. Also not that interesting tab target combat.
You won't survive too long if you actually tab-target people :wink: In 50 vs 50 vs 50 vs 50 siege you have to pick targets very carefully.
I played retail for like 2 yrs and then switched with my whole clan to a private free server with 50x XP. We all noticed that the time investment became way to high to keep going. So, there is an alternative to the grind :P
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 27, 2013, 09:18:50 am
You won't survive too long if you actually tab-target people :wink: In 50 vs 50 vs 50 vs 50 siege you have to pick targets very carefully.
I played retail for like 2 yrs and then switched with my whole clan to a private free server with 50x XP. We all noticed that the time investment became way to high to keep going. So, there is an alternative to the grind :P

Didn't mean tab-target as actually using tab key to get your targets, but as a naming for a combat system - you know, choose your target, spam hotkeys. No aiming required.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Joseph Porta on September 27, 2013, 10:21:03 am
Ahh, runescape....good times

How much change have they thrown in? One day, I decided to hop on their homepage for some nostalgia, and the screenshots make it seem like it's totally a different game

Also I hear their making a runescape 2?

Alot of it changed its "HD" now and all that fancy stuff, lots o new skills and areas, some areas seemed totally alien to y and i have a vivid memory of the world, spend quite some time inthere back when i was a kid!

T'was fun, allthough i rarely play games anymore.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Molly on September 27, 2013, 10:26:14 am
Didn't mean tab-target as actually using tab key to get your targets, but as a naming for a combat system - you know, choose your target, spam hotkeys. No aiming required.
Oww, I see. Never heard tab-target before tbh. And you won't survive either with spamming hotkeys :D
L2 is much more than that but I am biased anyway.

Actually, there is one class that has a lot of spamming but... different :P

Anyway, really loved that game for it's open world pvp system. You can fight wherever and whenever you want, except inside cities. No instances, everything is up for grab by the stronger one or the first one which makes nice fights for boss drops or other collectibles. The whole approach is good fun with a very balanced class system.

...but  :!: it's not good for solo play. You can certainly do 1v1 but mostly that turns out in FFA last man standing which has its charm :wink: Otherwise you always want a 3 player party with DD (Archer/Mage), Support (Overlord preferably, always has been my class and I was good :wink:) and a Healer (Bishop or a very capable Elven Elder).
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 27, 2013, 10:34:53 am
Oww, I see. Never heard tab-target before tbh. And you won't survive either with spamming hotkeys :D
L2 is much more than that but I am biased anyway.

"Tab-target" is a common term for games with such combat system (ala Everquest/World of Warcraft), where you lock on to your target (either with a click or tab) and then use hotkeyed abilities that automatically follow/hit the enemy, unable to miss due to player/aiming error, unlike FPS/shooter combat system. Most of MMOs use this system. Some have actiony combat with soft lock (Tera Online, upcoming TESO, Neverwinter), which means you basically just need to aim in the general direction but can still miss due to bad positioning. Then you have very few that actually have a combat system where real aim is required, ala Darkfall Online, Planetside.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tibe on September 27, 2013, 11:33:01 am
Runescape. Played that game a lot when I was a kid. I havent really visited it in years. They say it got screwed hard and transformed into another Wowkiller. As a kiddo going to the wilds and stealing the other players shit was very fun. Occasionally I got screwed and lost my best items too, but it was all kinda mutual screwing eachother kinda thing.

 A lot of virtual gold and items started going hand to hand and even quite descent ammount of RL money was made. Also a lot of people got duped too. I gave up on that game years ago, but some of my pals continued to play it. They said that at somepoint Jagex pulled the plug on all the money and item trading and Wildernessstuff was basically history and then returned it back to its original form. However now I dont know what the situation is.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Rumblood on September 27, 2013, 06:39:22 pm
Then you have very few that actually have a combat system where real aim is required, ala Darkfall Online, Planetside.

Planetside is NOT an MMORPG, it is an MMOFPS FFS, quit lumping it in with actual MMORPG's
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Leesin on September 27, 2013, 06:43:07 pm
Planetside is NOT an MMORPG, it is an MMOFPS FFS, quit lumping it in with actual MMORPG's

It's an MMOFPSRPG, coz u lvlz up and do quests like defend base n stuff man.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Rumblood on September 27, 2013, 06:47:56 pm
It's an MMOFPSRPG, coz u lvlz up and do quests like defend base n stuff man.

Calling Planetside an RPG is like calling a forum post a literary novel because it has words.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 27, 2013, 08:49:47 pm
Planetside is NOT an MMORPG, it is an MMOFPS FFS, quit lumping it in with actual MMORPG's

Please point out where I called it an MMORPG because I exclusively used the term MMO in my previous post

I know the terms so step off
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Leesin on September 27, 2013, 09:21:32 pm
Calling Planetside an RPG is like calling a forum post a literary novel because it has words.

Yours would be a homoerotic novel LOL PWND, going to play MMOFPSRPG planetside 2 now m8, cya.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tomas_Miles_again on September 27, 2013, 10:19:55 pm
"Tab-target" is a common term for games with such combat system (ala Everquest/World of Warcraft), where you lock on to your target (either with a click or tab) and then use hotkeyed abilities that automatically follow/hit the enemy, unable to miss due to player/aiming error, unlike FPS/shooter combat system. Most of MMOs use this system.
Maybe because it's easier to implement when you have lots and lots of clients. EVE can hide that kind of stuff better because it's spaceships. OR maybe I just bullshit!

Christo what you need is to start a cRPG role-play drama! With rules! Drama is your kind of thing right?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 27, 2013, 10:25:21 pm
Christo what you need is to start a cRPG role-play drama! With rules! Drama is your kind of thing right?

lmao  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 28, 2013, 12:36:18 am
Maybe because it's easier to implement when you have lots and lots of clients. EVE can hide that kind of stuff better because it's spaceships. OR maybe I just bullshit!

Christo what you need is to start a cRPG role-play drama! With rules! Drama is your kind of thing right?

Obviously it's easier to implement tab-target for MMOs, but nowadays it's just an old excuse for devs to make WoW clones
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Taser on September 28, 2013, 01:15:22 am
Are there any MMORPG's out there that have actual aiming or non auto melee combat? Something like fallen earth or darkfall? But free (fallen earth is free but just looking for other things out there)

I haven't played mmos in a while but I tried out swtor and immediately couldn't get into it. I thought at the least there'd be aiming involved but nope.. Uninstalled the same day I installed it.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Sir_Hans on September 28, 2013, 01:29:09 am
Elsword...
its like a 2d'ish action mmo brawler type game.
Think maplestory with less grind, faster paced, and more intricate (in the form of player made combos, some of which are really hard to time.)
One nice thing about it, is its very easy to automatch and jump into co-op "dungeons". Wait times are ussually only around a minute long.
One annoying thing about it is inventory management. They give you like 24 (i think?) slots for each inventory tab, and then you can unlock more with their ingame paid money currency. If you don't spend money to unlock more inventory slots, you'll constantly be unloading your inventory between dungeons and trying to figure out what you can get rid of that you won't need later.

I thought the game looked like junk, but then I played it about a month ago and was pleasantly surprised. It's refreshingly unique.
I've put about 100 hours into it, but it's charm is starting to wear off a bit. Still, for a free mmo, keeping me entertained for 100 hours+ is pretty good, imho.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Rumblood on September 28, 2013, 05:37:40 am
Are there any MMORPG's out there that have actual aiming or non auto melee combat? Something like fallen earth or darkfall? But free (fallen earth is free but just looking for other things out there)

The only true MMOFPSRPG was a game called Endless Ages that has already found its final death. It was a game before its time I'm afraid. The only game close to it now is Firefall, and honestly that one bored me to tears.

Please point out where I called it an MMORPG because I exclusively used the term MMO in my previous post

I know the terms so step off

Read the title of your every post! It's like someone asking for a decent FPS and you saying "Well you might try Call of Duty, Battlefield, ARMA, and World of Warcraft"

One more for Leesin  :mrgreen: Calling Planetside an MMORPGFPS is like calling Keanu Reeves a Shakespearean actor!  :P
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Polobow on September 28, 2013, 11:02:28 am
There's always vindictus... but I'm not sure if it classifies as a MMO.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 28, 2013, 11:52:08 am
Read the title of your every post! It's like someone asking for a decent FPS and you saying "Well you might try Call of Duty, Battlefield, ARMA, and World of Warcraft"

No, mentioning an MMOFPS in an MMORPG thread is not even remotely like the example you gave. Needless to say, you have leveling, character improving and customization and you can roleplay in Planetside 2 just fine as well so I don't see the problem mentioning it in an MMORPG thread. The only problem about it here is you nitpicking.

There's always vindictus... but I'm not sure if it classifies as a MMO.

It doesn't really, since it's heavily instanced based.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on September 28, 2013, 12:33:31 pm
I wouldn't classify Planetside as an MMORPG. The role play is too limited.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Nightmare798 on September 28, 2013, 12:45:17 pm
There's always vindictus... but I'm not sure if it classifies as a MMO.

gender restricted classes are retarded, we are talking about a game that thousands may play.

Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Kafein on September 29, 2013, 11:48:43 am
Who the hell does actual roleplay in an MMO anyways ?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on September 29, 2013, 12:33:29 pm
I do/did and many others as well, in LotRO for example. Be able to speak the Elvish language and you're having a lot of fun as well. I did for some time but forgot most already. Gosh, good old times!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on September 29, 2013, 01:12:18 pm
Who the hell does actual roleplay in an MMO anyways ?
Even if you don't, the question whether it's an RPG can only be answered positive if you can. In Planetside, you are a soldier in a war. You cannot play a fisherman or a smith. The role is forced upon you.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Dezilagel on September 29, 2013, 04:58:21 pm
The only true MMOFPSRPG was a game called Endless Ages that has already found its final death. It was a game before its time I'm afraid. The only game close to it now is Firefall, and honestly that one bored me to tears.

You forgot Face of Mankind :)
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Banok on September 29, 2013, 06:23:21 pm
Darkfall (unholy wars)
Planetside
Haven & Hearth

only mmos currently playable I've enjoyed and would consider playing again.

edit: oh you asked for free & worth playing, asking for too much! haven & hearth is completely free tho.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Taser on September 29, 2013, 07:45:48 pm
Darkfall (unholy wars)
Planetside
Haven & Hearth

only mmos currently playable I've enjoyed and would consider playing again.

edit: oh you asked for free & worth playing, asking for too much! haven & hearth is completely free tho.

Fair enough. Planetside is fun but its not what I mean when I say mmorpg. I want to try out darkfall but I never tried out the original so I don't know what unholy wars will be like. Don't want to jump in without knowing how it feels combat wise.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on September 29, 2013, 07:51:59 pm
Who the hell does actual roleplay in an MMO anyways ?

I DO
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 29, 2013, 08:03:43 pm
Even though I haven't ever RPed seriously I always picked RP servers for an MMORPG (for example played Vanilla WoW on a RP-PvP server) simply because the community was much more mature.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Banok on September 30, 2013, 12:01:03 am
I have found myself RPing in games. but not in mmos and maybe not in the tradional sense.

for example I used to love playing pvkii and talking to my teamates via voip in a pirate accent, or viking etc. I liked rp'ing characters in cRPG, at least in terms of equipment/playstyle; ninja, samurai, viking etc. always more fun than only picking best stat items.

RP servers might have more mature communities, but the sort of roleplay intended for RP servers is just fucking stupid and pointless. I realise this is just my opinion but games like pvkii/crpg even singleplayer rpgs have much more interesting capacity for roleplaying than these so called "mmorpg"s.

aye, yon rather stationary gentlemen also doth asketh me to killeth 10eth rats.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on September 30, 2013, 12:09:56 am
I have found myself RPing in games. but not in mmos and maybe not in the tradional sense.

for example I used to love playing pvkii and talking to my teamates via voip in a pirate accent, or viking etc. I liked rp'ing characters in cRPG, at least in terms of equipment/playstyle; ninja, samurai, viking etc. always more fun than only picking best stat items.

RP servers might have more mature communities, but the sort of roleplay intended for RP servers is just fucking stupid and pointless. I realise this is just my opinion but games like pvkii/crpg even singleplayer rpgs have much more interesting capacity for roleplaying than these so called "mmorpg"s.

aye, yon rather stationary gentlemen also doth asketh me to killeth 10eth rats.

Well, you usually don't do rat kill quests when you RP a gentleman.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on September 30, 2013, 12:14:10 am
RP servers might have more mature communities, but the sort of roleplay intended for RP servers is just fucking stupid and pointless. I realise this is just my opinion but games like pvkii/crpg even singleplayer rpgs have much more interesting capacity for roleplaying than these so called "mmorpg"s.

that i agree with, i enjoy RPin in Singplayer rpgs more than anything, but the problem with crpg/pvkii/Chivarly is..well...no one is RPing in those games, they feel too competitive

also, i once did some hardcore RPing in minecraft before, it was....interesting 
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Kafein on September 30, 2013, 12:24:56 am
The only form of roleplay I do is through ingame stuff not communication channels because I find that it tends to get incredibly silly. Setting up arbitrary rules to roleplay (like e.g. never ever using alchemy as a warrior) feels more real.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on September 30, 2013, 01:49:59 am
That's fine. Roleplay just means you play out a role, and are not yourself.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on September 30, 2013, 02:36:43 am
Ah, that's an interesting topic, I never was into that thing myself.

Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on September 30, 2013, 08:03:27 am
I pretty much always roleplay, even though it's very light in some games, like cRPG.

It's why my characters are so strongly defined by their character concept. I have a ninja, a zulu, a barbarian, etc. It's very rare for me to break that character concept. If I want to try something new, I make another character.

In Skyrim I actively avoid taking gear that doesn't fit the climate.
(click to show/hide)

My primary problem with these MMO"RPGs" is that they don't allow me to do this and succeed because it's so heavily statbased that you need to wear the best gear possible.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on September 30, 2013, 08:20:14 am
The only form of roleplay I do is through ingame stuff not communication channels because I find that it tends to get incredibly silly.

Most of the people on RP servers (at least from my experience) did very light RP only. I have seen very very little guilds that required people to speak IC 24/7 and OOC in brackets or something like that. Usually it was just a few things the guilds required the members to do regarding behaviour and it was all very casual. For example my vanilla WoW guild had guild meetings always in the same place (some dwarven bunker in Hillsbrad Foothills) that was "our base". Or you had guilds that were race-specific.

One of the bigger problems however is as Khorin says, there's actually very little character customization (regarding looks) in MMORPGs due to stats being the important part. However some people still farmed gear sets solely for the looks and just switched to those sets when they did RP.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: NuberT on September 30, 2013, 09:35:53 am
Haven and hearth, is pretty addictive, when I started I did not touch crpg for like 5 months and played like 8 hours a day :rolleyes:.
Pvp with "permadeath" everywhere, never felt more adrenaline in any other game.
Combat system is quite challenging and the few good players, can win outnumberd and outgeared.
I liked the crafting and leveling system pretty much.
A lot of badasses running around, when you see another player, you should run, run, run^^
End-game is a little dull though.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Rumblood on September 30, 2013, 09:36:54 am
Text based MUD's are still the main place you will find RP'ers in 99% of the dedicated player base.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 07, 2013, 01:04:50 am
If anyone would be interested in maybe teaming up and trying to get into the new Darkfall shoot me a PM. I've been wanting to give it a go since it came out, but I heard diving in alone is hell. Figure trying it out with a fellow c-rpg player and seeing what mischief we can get ourselves into could be a fun experience.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Taser on October 07, 2013, 01:09:47 am
If anyone would be interested in maybe teaming up and trying to get into the new Darkfall shoot me a PM. I've been wanting to give it a go since it came out, but I heard diving in alone is hell. Figure trying it out with a fellow c-rpg player and seeing what mischief we can get ourselves into could be a fun experience.

Did you play the original?

I've been wanting to try out the new one but I never played the original. My old computer couldn't handle it and when I got my new one, it had passed and the new one was out. So I'm hesitant to spend 40 bucks to buy it and 15 bucks a month along with that just to see if I want to actually play it. If the combat is similar or the same as the old one, I'll just try out the original for a bit and see if I like it. I wouldn't think the combat would change too much anyway.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 07, 2013, 03:21:13 am
Did you play the original?

I've been wanting to try out the new one but I never played the original. My old computer couldn't handle it and when I got my new one, it had passed and the new one was out. So I'm hesitant to spend 40 bucks to buy it and 15 bucks a month along with that just to see if I want to actually play it. If the combat is similar or the same as the old one, I'll just try out the original for a bit and see if I like it. I wouldn't think the combat would change too much anyway.

Nah never played the original. But I know a good amount about both games. I'm waiting for it to go on sale on steam again, was like 15 bucks, knew I should've just bought it. Would be fun to give it w try with you though Taser!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Taser on October 07, 2013, 03:50:11 am
Nah never played the original. But I know a good amount about both games. I'm waiting for it to go on sale on steam again, was like 15 bucks, knew I should've just bought it. Would be fun to give it w try with you though Taser!

I know right? Some noob from crpg that's a mute. Huehue

But if it goes on sale, I'll definitely give it a shot. If there's a free trail eventually, then 101% trying it.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 07, 2013, 04:56:33 pm
I know right? Some noob from crpg that's a mute. Huehue

But if it goes on sale, I'll definitely give it a shot. If there's a free trail eventually, then 101% trying it.

Some mute that showed me the glory of the Cleaver!  :wink:

Yeah same. I'm sure it'll go on sale again at some point eventually. Hopefully sooner rather than later. And a free trial would be real nice too, though they may be wary of that just because it could possibly be used to grief given the nature of the game
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Banok on October 07, 2013, 05:29:56 pm
forgot to mention best RP in games is actually project reality or arma where you have local voice chat. everytime insurgents blow up a US tank they are shouting ALAH AKBAR! and firing AKs into the sky. Ok sometimes they might break the RP with a cave rave

but generally people play the game serious and basically unintentionally RP due to game mechanics. I got loads of great memories of RP stuff. like squad leaders court martialing squad members for disobeying order (killing them with pistol, actually not against rules on some servers). I often like to do some RP when calling in local chat for a medic, "Its so cold doc!", "I can't feel my legs!" or if insurgent "Tell my goat, I love her!".

And I remember dieing of laughter when a american medic was saying to me "Hey, buddy your going to be ok. Do you like football? Huh buddy?" and all that doctor talk, and have since tried to copy him when I play medic.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Banok on October 07, 2013, 08:31:37 pm
Anyone guess what I've just been alpha testing ;)

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Post by: Miwiw on October 07, 2013, 09:15:13 pm
This game?
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Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Christo on October 07, 2013, 09:19:08 pm
D:

wat dis
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Weren on October 07, 2013, 09:19:31 pm
Is that... Life is Feudal? I didn't know it was playable. :o
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Vibe on October 07, 2013, 09:25:51 pm
Anyone guess what I've just been alpha testing ;)

life is feudal eh, nice

tell us more
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Banok on October 07, 2013, 09:58:12 pm
:) i bumped the lif thread with it all
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Johnnyfirs on December 10, 2013, 03:28:56 pm
Warband type MMO is gonna happen one day.....its just gonna take like mybe 10 years or so. And what makes this story rather sad is that its not the technological limitations fault, but the lack of intrest. Lets face it, Warband and other games that are similar, aim for a very small group of people. Ive tried pimping M&B to my many RL gamingfriends for years now and they only play MOBAs and highbudget mainstream games. At first I thought it was just that they were illinformed of its awesomeness, but they really dont see the charm. Im quessing we are the rare breed that sees the jewel in this game. And saddly we are currently living in a timeperiod where gaming has never been so profitfocused. Its all about who is gonna get the biggest load of cash, publicity and criticscore.
Are you me?!
Most of my friends play LoL/Hearthstone/WoW/BF4/Fifa etc etc eventhough a few of them play M&B with me sometimes. I just don't get how they can't like it? Especially because many of them like skill-based games, or so they say... I must admit the learning curve for multiplayer combat is hard, but you just gotta hold on and truly WANT to get better. I guess they lack the patience?
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on December 10, 2013, 03:58:53 pm
Are you me?!
Most of my friends play LoL/Hearthstone/WoW/BF4/Fifa etc etc eventhough a few of them play M&B with me sometimes. I just don't get how they can't like it? Especially because many of them like skill-based games, or so they say... I must admit the learning curve for multiplayer combat is hard, but you just gotta hold on and truly WANT to get better. I guess they lack the patience?

I've given up on reccommending games to my friends. If it's not CoD or madden on the xbox they won't play,
Heck, only one of my friends plays on pc, and the only game I was able to convince him to get was STALKER
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Tibe on December 10, 2013, 04:28:31 pm
I however have gotten them to play RTS games and Minecraft(back when it was kewl, now only true nerds still play that shit) with me. As far as im concerned RTS is pretty much everybodies cup of tea, even those who never play anything. You just need to find the right game. It pains me a fuckton that im not into MOBAs. I just dont see the bloody fascination. I get that theres a lot of skill and tactics involved, but I just lack any will to play.....
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on December 12, 2013, 05:14:35 am
Last year I had wisdom teeth pulled and got ~2 weeks to stay home. And a prescription of vicodin to match.

Installed and played Classic WoW (patch just before the first expansion) on an unofficial server. Had an "in" to a guild full of relaxed fun players. It was a great trip down memory lane. The tedious bits were made less tedious due to my drug induced zombie state. The server population was low, but you'd see a few allied and enemy players in each zone. It made PVP more personal, since you'd see the same players frequently and develop a history with them.

If you didn't play WoW back then (or hated it back then), the rose tinted goggles will not work for you. Check for unofficial servers of MMORPGs you enjoyed in the past. If you have or make buddies to play alongside its a great time waster.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Fips on December 15, 2013, 05:00:08 am
You should really look into Atlantica Online. Played this game for about 2500 hours (Including nighttime trading though xd) and it is the best mmo i have ever played.
The pve and especially the pvp is very interesting due to the gameplay being very strategic. You get 3x3 spaces for your mercs and your main class to play around with. The mercs themselves are very unique, although it comes down to melee, magic and ranged. You have guitarists, cannoneers, shielders, spearmen, monks, shamans, archers, powersaw and whatnot. There are so many combinations you can try out and if you switch around a lot, which you should, it's really entertaining for a very long time. Of course there is a grind element but imo it never got boring. Especially with the new siege-mode, where you have your mercenaries and you move them around with your buddies trying to kill of all enemies in an area, destroy certain buildings, upgrade your own, well kinda like a MOBA only against bots, no more 3x3 just a nice big ass chessboard to play on. And teamwork is really required in those dungeons and the normal dungeons, because otherwise you will fail. Graphic is outdated, but who cares, we all play warband, don't we? =D

http://atlantica.nexon.net/

The only downside is that players who are willing to buy a lot of store items really kick more ass in the pvp mode that is the most popular one. They also introduced a pvp mode that doesn't include armor upgrades and whatnot, but you don't get too much profit out of that. I payed a couple of hundred bucks like 5 years ago and last time i checked it out i was a poor basterd. I was lucky i didn't sell all my mounts and $$store items so the inflation didn't really harm me too much, but the prizes can really scare you if you are new to the game.
However, the rewards of guild dungeons and nation dungeons, as well as the new siege dungeons are pretty insane. It's a long way to get there before you can spend billions of cash to get one of the more fancy mercenaries, but once you established that it has an awesome endgame, although grindy. But then again, i've never really seen the grind as a grind, because of the very entertaining battle system.

Basically it's one of those games you either hate or really love. I loved the likes of FFVIII, FFIX or The Last Remnant so this game really got me hooked. And to be honest, writing this post about it really wants me to install it again xD
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: SixThumbs on December 15, 2013, 02:27:19 pm
http://atlantica.nexon.net/

I see google ads did a good job targeting you Fips.

At a glance there's not enough furry and lolitas in that game to be interesting of course.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: zagibu on December 15, 2013, 02:28:11 pm
I just tried the Neverwinter MMORPG, and I think I won't touch another MMORPG for at least 5 years again.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Fips on December 15, 2013, 03:02:09 pm
I see google ads did a good job targeting you Fips.

Ehhh...what?!
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: Miwiw on December 15, 2013, 03:05:54 pm
I just tried the Neverwinter MMORPG, and I think I won't touch another MMORPG for at least 5 years again.

+1
Neverwinter is really awful.
Title: Re: "Free" MMORPG that's worth playing?
Post by: SixThumbs on December 15, 2013, 03:14:14 pm
Ehhh...what?!

This just made me realize how shit the search function on this forum is. There was a thread the other day with a picture of one of those google ads that's an MMO that attempts to sell it with lots of breasts and the first thing you see when you go to that game's site is half naked women.

The concept of the game sounded interesting but you basically said it was pay-to-win and a grind fest.

And I concur Neverwinter being awful. It was a regular MMO formula (except the zones seemed even more constrained) where you have to constantly click for auto-attacking.