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riccostar:
Anybody have any information or opinions on the the greatest free Multiplayer on the internet?

Gregorio:
World of Tanks is the only MMO I really play. The game is basically a consistent action game with RPG elements. You start with an early, inter-war tank from one of five nations (six in a month or so), then work your way up to get different tank parts and eventually new tanks. There are several different classes, including light/medium/heavy tanks, tank destroyers, or artillery. Once you reach the highest tier tank, you can enter Clan Wars, where it's basically like Risk, but instead of dice rolls, you fight tank battles with other clans for territory. If you manage to hold land, then every day your clan gets an allowance of in-game "gold" currency. It gets insanely deep at this level, with lots of strategizing and tank-picking. There's a ton of depth, but you rarely ever see it, as it's mostly in number-crunching that happens with each shot, including projectile normalization, shell weight, armor angling, different ammo types, etc.

It's not "free" per se, but is instead "freemium." Leveling up your tank is pretty easy until around tier 4 or so. Then, the game encourages you to buy a premium account (+50% xp and money per battle) or a premium tank (tanks with money-earning multipliers that can only be bought with gold, which in turn can only be bought with real money) to boost your credit earnings. It's not impossible to play it free-to-play, just more difficult.

riccostar:
Although sometimes aggravating, I think most impoverished gamers are okay with games in which you can get all the content free but it's much easier and quicker to do with money.  I sometimes hear people griping about people buying their way through League of Legends but those playing free seem to be holding their own. 

snalin:
If you want a more classical MMO, I'd go for D&D online. The game does free to play right - you don't have any disadvantage over players your level. It works like WOW, but has a couple of extra aspects that makes it more interesting - questing works great in both groups and alone, and all quest areas are instanced. No "kill 10 X" or "collect 10 X eyes" quests. The narrative of each quest or quest chain is mostly narrated (well) by The Narrator, so you don't have to read as much quest texts is you want insight into the story. Finding groups is easy, there is no long travelling times...

Seriously, it does away with everything I disliked about WOW, and it's free. The model is that you can play as much as you want, to maxlevel, completely free. Some races and classes are locked, and a good number of dungeons and quests are also only for pay. You can either pay a monthly subscription to have access to everything, or buy individual races and dungeons. Payment is through "turbine points", which you can buy or earn in game. If you reach max level, you can either do the same endgame things you do in all games, or start a new character and get some bonuses from the last one. Definitely worth a try.


If you want something fast and cheap, Realm Of The Mad God is free to play though steam. It's 39MB on the hard drive. It's a bullethell MMO with retro graphics. 20ish minutes to maxlevel, permadeath. Great fun.

LTK:
It's called a twin-stick shooter. Bullet hell games are usually spaceship sidescrollers with death mandalas filling the screen.

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