TERA

[Vibe]

Shit.

Well I guess an mmo with decent action combat but less grind. Would something like archeage fit? Never gave age of wushu a chance either.

I recommend avoiding ArcheAge (it's not action combat anyway), since it's made to rip people off. Age of Wushu isn't really action combat as well, but it does have some sort of active blocking and a rock/paper/scissors system, so it's a bit more actiony than a standard tab target MMO.

DC Universe Online is pretty decent and has an actiony combat, at least it used to when I last played it (I heard they changed the combat some). It didn't feel grindy at all as there's quite some story missions. There's also Dragon Nest that's being praised for having nice action combat, but I seriously disliked the chibi anime characters and the fact that the game is mostly instanced, making it hardly an MMO. In that sense, Vindictus is very similar, but yet again, not really an MMO. I'd say there really isn't that many (if any) good games in regards to action combat MMO.

I'm slightly excited about Black Desert, but it's too early to tell how the game will turn out, only being in Korean Open Beta atm. I should also mention that it'll probably be somewhat grindy, considering the majority of XP comes from grinding mobs and not quests, at least it's like that in Korean version.

[Golem]

Yeah, Black Desert looks ubercool atm. Eternal crusade might be good, but it's pay to win so I might not bother with it.

[Taser]

I recommend avoiding ArcheAge (it's not action combat anyway), since it's made to rip people off. Age of Wushu isn't really action combat as well, but it does have some sort of active blocking and a rock/paper/scissors system, so it's a bit more actiony than a standard tab target MMO.

DC Universe Online is pretty decent and has an actiony combat, at least it used to when I last played it (I heard they changed the combat some). It didn't feel grindy at all as there's quite some story missions. There's also Dragon Nest that's being praised for having nice action combat, but I seriously disliked the chibi anime characters and the fact that the game is mostly instanced, making it hardly an MMO. In that sense, Vindictus is very similar, but yet again, not really an MMO. I'd say there really isn't that many (if any) good games in regards to action combat MMO.

I'm slightly excited about Black Desert, but it's too early to tell how the game will turn out, only being in Korean Open Beta atm. I should also mention that it'll probably be somewhat grindy, considering the majority of XP comes from grinding mobs and not quests, at least it's like that in Korean version.

Yeah I was ok with Vindictus's combat but the instances wore on me. I wanted an open world mmo not instances everywhere.

Hmm.. appreciate the suggestions tho. Maybe I'll check out Age of Wushu and see if the blocking system is enough to satisfy.

Try RIft

Yeah I could but isn't rift tab targeting?

[SixThumbs]

I bought Guild Wars 2 recently because it was on sale for $10 and my bro convinced me to get it.

I've not played an MMO past level 20ish and after playing GW2 I'm somewhat convinced that MMO main-stays and general game-design are not for me.

[Vibe]

GW2 is boring. You'd think that moving while casting and abolishment of trinity would add to the game but it's just a boring combat system.

[LordBerenger]

I bought Guild Wars 2 recently because it was on sale for $10 and my bro convinced me to get it.

I've not played an MMO past level 20ish and after playing GW2 I'm somewhat convinced that MMO main-stays and general game-design are not for me.

Try SWTOR. If you like star wars that is.

IMO it feels like a Singleplayer game with multiplayer features. The voice acting is really superb and cool cutscenes. Not your regular ''go to NPC with ! above his head and listen to a monotone boring voice to give you a random kill X amounts of enemies quest''.

[SixThumbs]

How limiting are the F2P aspects? I can't see myself dropping money on it and rather see myself getting through KoTOR before that.

GW2 is boring. You'd think that moving while casting and abolishment of trinity would add to the game but it's just a boring combat system.

Yes, getting rid of specializations and basically having the races and classes boil down to what particle-effects you see seems like a step-back rather than some great innovation.

[LordBerenger]

Pretty gey but playable. I don't know much personally since i only played it as a sub even when i came back like a couple of months ago. Worth a try since it's f2p.

[Vibe]

SWTOR is good for the story, one of the best when it comes to MMOs, and each class has a different one. I played 2 classes to max, was enjoyable. Other than that, not worth it.

[LordBerenger]

SWTOR is good for the story, one of the best when it comes to MMOs, and each class has a different one. I played 2 classes to max, was enjoyable. Other than that, not worth it.

U fail.

If one of them wasn't Smuggler u must play it again.

Smuggler for super lolzy comedy
Imperial Agent for dramatic thriller movie experience
Bounty Hunter for epic mandalorian, Boba Fett rapagage experience
Jedi Knight for random heroic story experience
Jedi Consular for boring crap (only rlly sucky 1)
Trooper for some cool action packed experience
Sith Warrior for evil badass shit
And finally Sith Inq for some Sidious unlimited power experience

And Flashpoints (Dungeons) are epic. And the enemies are cool too. But endgame content is meh.

[Vibe]

Yeah, didn't do Smuggler/Imperial Agent, heard it was great story though, better than the rest.

[Golem]

That's pretty sick, brah.

[Vibe]

Hm, I'd like to be fair, so a note on TERA:
Last time I've leveled/played was in May 2012 (just checked account). I've read a bit about it now and there's been quite some changes to the game since then, including changes like BAM health reduced significantly (reduces killing time, obviously) and adding new leveling weapons called Avatar weapons, which increase damage a lot, which again means even faster killing time - which all contributes to faster leveling speed.

To also add, you can level via Corsairs' Stronghold as well, which is a 20v20 siege like PvP battleground, so you can rest from the mob grind. I'll give this game another go, see if it the path to level cap is any less boring.

[Golem]

That's cool, what server will you be playing on?
I was kind of intrigued by the PvP server, but I figure that it would be more of a nuisance without a buddy.

[Vibe]

That's cool, what server will you be playing on?
I was kind of intrigued by the PvP server, but I figure that it would be more of a nuisance without a buddy.

My old chars were migrated to Killian (PvP EU).