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Reccomend me a MMORPG
Noct:
In regards to the M-rated nature of Conan, the content there has more to do with a desire to stay faithful to the Robert E. Howard source material than any sort of marketing ploy to get people with "hey look, blood and boobs!" I mean sure, it'll get those people too, but I admire the developers for taking such care in staying true to Howard's original creation, while jazzing it up a bit for the kids. This is most definitely not the Conan seen in the movies.
Kana:
Well I dropped LoTR:O, the game just wasn't doing it. Perhaps down the line with patches they'll add more interesting stuff, but that game didn't do it. I'm now looking at whats there to look at and do at this point. From what I'm seeing of Conan I'm not too terribly thrilled. I don't mind swords and all that, but this barbarian/medieval/dark age crap style of aesthetics isn't doing it for me (one of the reasons I pulled away from LoTR:O). Before all of you smack me for liking appealing graphics, its just my opinion and why those games won't hold interest. Hell, Guild Wars held me longer than it should have because of the beauty, but that can't keep me going.
Eve looks beautiful but it also looks more time consuming than even FFXI was for me. Not to mention I played a space mmo before (Earth & Beyond, EA blunder) and it has some comparable things that worry me.
It would be nice to find a good MMO with decent ability to party and/or solo for exp, an established healthy economy, PKing and PvP aren't rampant, has good balance (the devs just don't nerf the hell out of stuff), good crafting system, can be played hardcore or casual (time-wise), and has some nice graphics and a good look to it. I guess its just asking for too much.
Noct:
I just thought I'd point out that the world of Conan is very different from the world of LotRO, and I am sick as hell of LotR stuff, even things not based directly off the films. Although I can see what you're getting at with a lack of desire for more swords and sorcery. Still worth keeping in mind that the Conan backstory is much darker than LotRO, and the barbarian they are depicting is a much more cerebral fighter than Ahnuld ever was.
If you're looking for something different, it's worth giving Grenado Espada: Sword of the New World a try. It's a typical Korean grindfest, but so far the novelty of controlling 3 characters (think typical MMO+RTS) is keeping me interested. Best part, it's free to play up to level 20, so there's no risk in giving it a test drive. I'll probably get bored of grinding eventually, but for now the gameplay and art style are enough. Linky here: http://www.swordofthenewworld.com/
TheBoredOne:
If anyone's interested in the idea of a MMO RPG/FPS, check out Tabula Rasa from PlayNC (same company that puts out City of Heroes and Guild Wars, etc)
Kana:
The only reason I don't care about Tabula is because of Huxley. That and the last PlayNC MMO (Lineage 2) I played didn't hold well with me although thats just opinion. The other game with the 3 people at one time thing has some nice looking graphics, but I don't think I could get into gameplay that much controlling 3 chars RTS or FFXII gambit style (whichever its closest to).
Someone tell me what MMO would be closest to this:
- Armors that are as stunning as Lineage 2 (Guild Wars weren't bad either)
- Gameplay allowing Solo or Party play (with a nicely setup LFG/LFM system)
- An auction house system (I couldn't believe L2 didn't have an AH, the bazaar crap for the entire system doesn't work too nicely)
- Good content at low, medium, and end game
- Customizability (At the end game everybody doesn't look EXACTLY like each other or necessarily have all the same setup of skills)
- A good crafting system (where every single synth isn't in the negative and the exp gained from each recipe isn't significantly nuked down past a level)
Also one thing about Eve that troubles me is the travel times. I get home from work, grade papers, setup lesson plans, blah blah blah. If it takes me 30-45 minutes or even longer to just travel somewhere all the time. That's not going to let me get very far in the game at all with current time so...
Ones so far I've played:
The Good:
FFXI
Planetside
The Ok:
WoW
Guild Wars
The Meh:
LoTR:O
Lineage 2
Ones I'm curious about:
Age of Conan
Huxley
Eve (Maybe)
Any others I haven't checked out or mentioned?
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