I just got a new sweet comp. Just wondering which MMORPG to get, there are so many out there, and I just dont know which one is the most entertaining and fun. Sorry if this post is somthing previously covered, but I didnt see anything like it recently.
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Hay noob. Howz it goin'.
P.S. WoW what.
I especially love those level 60 warriors without defensive or berserker stance, and the lovely way they use Charge to pull. Bummey the Fool fucked around with this message on 01-20-2005 at 08:29 PM.
Yah. I realized it after I submitted it. But I dont want it centered around those two specifically, there are many others:
I enjoyed every minute I played that damn game. Inventive quests, an unintrusive story line, Conquest, Skillchains, the Job system - it all ruled.
However, I ultimately quit playing because grouping is virtually mandatory. Now that isn't to say I dislike grouping. I enjoyed the challenge of teaching new (or just plain bad) players, and loved being a key element in a group of salty vets (TANK 4 LIFE YO). Unfortunately, MMOGs all require a certain time investment per play session to make appreciable headway. Being forced to group on top of that meant everyone counted on the group to stick together for the duration; even if I had something to do or was just sick of playing, I felt obligated to stick with the group for a two hour minimum. Since I knew I'd be going back to college eventually and wouldn't always have time to do that, I bowed out of the game.
Of course that isn't the only problem with it. There are a few leveling bottlenecks in the game which annoyed me to no end. And the playerbase has this bizarre elitist mentality. It's one thing to get uppity about a stupid job/subjob combination (Black Mage/Monk? WTF?!), but some people in that game felt that if you didn't have the absolute best possible equipment at any given level, you were insulting your group.
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Fucktards.
Anyway, despite all the shit I might give it, there's a soft spot in my heart for that game. Sentow, Maybe fucked around with this message on 01-20-2005 at 08:43 PM.
*sniff* I never did get to be a SAM/WAR 
If you sign up with EQ2 and get a Station Pass, you can play EQ, EQ2, Planetside, SWG, etc, all for $22 a month starting in February. You can also then find yourself somewhat weary of only seeing Qeynos and Antonica.
If you get a copy of WoW somehow and mistakenly choose a highly-populated server, you can wait in hold queues. If I played WoW, I'd choose a lesser-populated server myself.
Anti-Panty-Twist Disclaimer: I would play WoW as well myself if I had the time and the money to devote to it, EQ2, SWG, CoH, and EQ all at the same time. I don't. It looks to be an excellent game, though... from what I hear and see.
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Phantom X spewed forth this undeniable truth:
- Ashrons Call
I laugh.
PS - Whats CoH??!?!
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Phantom X had this to say about Cuba:
What is CoH?
City of Heroes
If you've never heard of it, basically it's any other MMOG you've ever played, except all the PCs are super heroes =D
It's a fun little game. The part I enjoyed the most was its beefy character creator. This is probably the reason I got sick of it after a while, as the majority of my time was spent test-driving low level characters in the same two newbie zones.
The part about the game I disliked was, uh, grouping. Unlike in FFXI (or most other MMOGs, for that matter), there's very little strategy involved in participating in a CoH group. It basically just amounts to everyone throwing everything they had at a group of the bad guys; no rhyme or reason.
Admittedly, as I said before, I mostly had a bunch of lowbies, so for all I know this problem may be rectified at higher levels.
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Phantom X's fortune cookie read:
Whats CoH??!?!
A one-trick pony.
It's not something people hear about.
Bad: No cool loot.
Everyone else does cool stuff.
Kill, rinse, repeat. Gets boring after a while.
Tactics? When you need them, odds are that you're with people that never used them before.
-Tok
EQ2 is good, as is CoH.
I didn't like Star Wars Galaxies, but I know alot of people did and still do.
EQ1 is getting on in years, and I would suggest avoiding it.
Those are the only ones I've played. Of the lot, I would suggest EQ2.
I'm not going to talk about games I haven't played. If I do, people will hurt me.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Razor attempted to be funny by writing:
damn.... I just saw about 15 boxes of WoW over at fry's yesterday. this is the Fry's in San Diego.
Conspiracy! Dun dun DUUUUNNNN!!
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Phantom X read this aloud from the Kitab Al-Azif:
If it were possible to get my hands on WoW, would you suggest that one?
I haven't played WoW, so I can't really say.
But there do appear to be some issues going on with it at the moment. If you did decide to get it, I might suggest waiting a month or two to give them more time to fix it.
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So quoth Phantom X:
EQ2 sounds to be the most popular answer, may I inquire why? What makes it good, or stand above the rest.
I'm a four and half year EQ vet. I like EQII because it fixed many of the problems I had with original EQ. Quests are worth doing. The lore is interesting. Solo, grouping and to a smaller percentage raiding are all viable options of play. The lower levels can be gotten through fairly easily, and I'm not sure of the higher ones, but there is enough content to keep you busy so you don't have to chew through it all. Grinding is not as important as it was in EQ.
I just find it very fun, and a very long-term game. I think it has a solid foundation and offers much to everyone.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
The thing is.. you'll never stop wondering what EQ2 is like if you go straight into WoW. I went EQ2 first, and disliked it. Some people love it. It just wasn't for me.
I was fortunate enough to come across a copy of WoW on the 29th or so, and I've been enjoying it ever since. /shrug
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Phantom X Model 2000 was programmed to say:
If it were possible to get my hands on WoW, would you suggest that one?
It's not. Or rather I think they're not letting new accounts be activated. So you might be able to buy it in the stores, but you can't play it.
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If you can find a copy, then I highly suggest you do... I have never had so much damn FUN playing a MMO before. Everything is fun, tradeskilling is fun, collecting resources is fun, killing mobs is fun, running my ass around zones I shouldn't be is fun. Damnest thing.
And once the Battlegrounds go live the fun will theoretically have no bounds 
Basically, everyone playing WoW will tell you to get WoW over EQ2, and everyone playing EQ2 now will tell you to get EQ2 over WoW. Will never, ever, go beyond that 
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
It's not. Or rather I think they're not letting new accounts be activated. So you might be able to buy it in the stores, but you can't play it.
I believe that is incorrect, but please do correct me if that's true. If it is, I'll have to lose some additional respect for Blizzard management. 
I'm fairly sure they just stopped shipping.
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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about Punky Brewster:
If you like small, quiet games, play EQ2, because about three people play it.
Are you going for a Maradon title? I mean, I don't like EQ2 either but come on.. Kegwen fucked around with this message on 01-20-2005 at 09:45 PM.
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There was much rejoicing when Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael said this:
It's not. Or rather I think they're not letting new accounts be activated. So you might be able to buy it in the stores, but you can't play it.
Nope, if you have a copy you can make an account, just a matter of finding a copy. Account creation is untouched
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There was much rejoicing when Kegwen said this:
I believe that is incorrect, but please do correct me if that's true. If it is, I'll have to lose some additional respect for Blizzard management.I'm fairly sure they just stopped shipping.
I was under the impression they were locking it down until the new servers come online (which isn't supposed to take long). Existing players supposedly deal with a queue system (which just about every webcomic has covered now).
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Phantom X wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Well, could you ppl who play EQ2 tell me the highlights of that, and the WoW players do the same for WoW.
How about you tell us what you're looking for and we'll tell you which one fits more.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Kegwen stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Are you going for a Maradon title? I mean, I don't like EQ2 either but come on..
Awesome, you know, it's cool that we're going to try to quash all disagreements. Progress is made that way.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Mr. Parcelan stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Awesome, you know, it's cool that we're going to try to quash all disagreements. Progress is made that way.
It's one thing to go "I don't like EQ2 and I recommend that you play WoW"
It's totally different to make sweeping statements about server population in a game you've never played just because there aren't 600,000 subscribers like its struggling rival and then disguise it as legitimate advice.
I don't mind being wrong so long as people are polite
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