Wanting to play an MMO

nuzik · 13 Jul 2014 at 12:19

Haha I got shot down for saying wildstar was a flash in the pan. It is and I'm allowed an opinion on it.

I loaded up secret world again on my old character can't remember how to play it so may just start again. I also downloaded neverwinter which looks alright.

qotsa · 13 Jul 2014 at 12:31

Monserrat said:
the game has been getting easier since vanilla.

Is that to say it was ever difficult? My impressions of wow after playing through everything the game had to offer from beta to early mop was that it was pretty damn easy. I normally refrain from commenting when someone brings this up, and that's partly down to being in the minority of having already played mmos for the best part of a decade previous to wow, but comparing wow to almost anything else I've played in the genre it's just really easy. I can't help but feel anyone that's only played wow and onwards (which it to say, mostly wow clones) are pulling from vastly different experiences when they talk about difficulty in mmos.

I don't want to sound like some kind of elitist - another part of why I normally just pass by comments like these, but do you really feel wow was ever difficult or are you speaking relatively between encounters that were just varying degrees of easy?

FinglisHobbit · 13 Jul 2014 at 14:55

qotsa said:
Is that to say it was ever difficult? My impressions of wow after playing through everything the game had to offer from beta to early mop was that it was pretty damn easy. I normally refrain from commenting when someone brings this up, and that's partly down to being in the minority of having already played mmos for the best part of a decade previous to wow, but comparing wow to almost anything else I've played in the genre it's just really easy. I can't help but feel anyone that's only played wow and onwards (which it to say, mostly wow clones) are pulling from vastly different experiences when they talk about difficulty in mmos.

I don't want to sound like some kind of elitist - another part of why I normally just pass by comments like these, but do you really feel wow was ever difficult or are you speaking relatively between encounters that were just varying degrees of easy?

Early instance raids were quite difficult to master. After some big guilds down bosses and techniques are learned it becomes a lot easier true. It was all about people knowing their role really.

qotsa · 13 Jul 2014 at 15:25

FinglisHobbit said:
Early instance raids were quite difficult to master. After some big guilds down bosses and techniques are learned it becomes a lot easier true. It was all about people knowing their role really.

Yeah good point about people knowing their roles, I guess that's where a lot people differ. That's baseline for any raid I was a part of though, and really, it should be. Opinions of people that don't have a solid understanding of their class and role carry zero weight. "boss is really hard" coming from someone that hasn't heard the term 'mana efficiency' or keyboard turns doesn't mean much. To my mind you're wasting others time if you don't have a solid grasp on your role. That's what raid finder was introduced for.

Again I sound like a tool, but I appreciate that a lot of people just played for a laugh and didn't concern themselves a great deal with what they might consider to be intricacies and that's all good, apart from when they start to give serious opinions on the difficulty level of encounters.

teppic · 13 Jul 2014 at 21:18

Although WoW is pretty ancient, it looks brilliant considering. The Disney-style cartoony graphics can take advantage of low res textures. You need a powerful CPU to run it well though because of the dated engine.

jas72 · 14 Jul 2014 at 14:37

i got to 80 with wow it was a fun game I soloed the whole thing. If you want to play it just don't expect to do dungeons with anyone seriously for you it will be a first time but for most it's like the 1000th time they will rush it and expect you to know what to do. It can be a frustrating experience for both even when you tell them you are new (if of course they don't kick you.)

So I found apart from the casual pick up group it was mostly without dungeons which means by 80 you are hopelessly unequipped for end game content.

You could get lucky and join a good guild but finding one is hit and miss.

Anyway just my 2c.

lunarwolf · 16 Jul 2014 at 06:32

just started Rift in f2p - pretty good so far with a lvl 51 Rogue. plenty of people online. f2p model is ok, you get access to all areas, most classes. class system is interesting/unique because you can build any hybrid class you like. however, story is dull/lacking. also it is lame that you cant use auction house which is pretty important in any mmo! you can eventually when you save enough game cash to buy Rex which will giv you access - I think they should have f2p access to AH just limit how many listings you can have - seems fair. dungeons so far have been pretty standard just nuke it, no real strategy or anything special, maybe that will change at lvl 60 - although not sure. another thing I don't like is the crafting. I don't trhink I will grind high lvl dungeons etc... not my thing, but I will try new classes - healer/support probably next

SWOTOR is very good. played at launch and had 8 toons all max lvl. universe is cool, try both the story lines empire and rebel. I didn't like the space missions in the game. it's f2p so defo give it a try. I stopped playing coz of life and I get bored of grinding the same dailies, dungeons after a while. why I prefer to lvl different toons and discover new stuff or playstyles. Scoundrel was my favourite class, at the time everyone was rolling sith sorcerers or jedi shadows - I played them and bit OP but still good fun. dunno how this has changed since early days, prob needed a rebalance imo

Age of Conan. very underated imo because at launch lvl 40+ content was lacking but this was addressed. I think it had the best combat system of any mmo I played. graphics were awesome and classes cool, I miss my bear shaman (a melee healer!). Tempest of Set was amazing DPS and heals - bit OP, but great for a newbie. f2p now so give it a try, not sure how active pop is.

LOTRO and GW2 were good so I won't criticise them, I just got bored with them rather fast. Lotro was just nothing special and I didn't like the classes in GW2

you got plenty of choices and it won't cost you anything to try. have fun