What the big MMO currently

Geekazoid

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I just come back into gaming and want to sink some of my life in a decent MMO... Now I was a WoW player until Pandaria... anything else out there or is it still WoW lol
 
WoW still has the biggest number of players, although it's in that stage now where people are just waiting for the next expansion.
 
Geekazoid said:
what about the elder scrolls title that there was some hype about?
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Still going strong, well it's alive and kicking.
Quite good if you have a few friends that want to play and you all enjoy the Elder Scrolls lore.

Beyond that, they're better MMO's to play if you're looking for solo play.
 
Am I the only one that thinks the MMO bubble has semi-burst, or just about to? Maybe it's just a personal feeling but I used to play MMO's quite a lot. I've tried probably a dozen but haven't actually played one for any great time in about 3 or 4 years. Any game that was previously sub only seems to have gone F2P, at least in some way but then I haven't even plaid attention any new MMO or any MMO related news in years.

One thing I would pay for monthly is a game with the graphical finesse, scope and setting of a modern Battlefield game but on a huge, map, hundreds of square miles in size with a persistent server environment that remains 24/7. I'd pay monthly for that. Before anyone says it, I've played Planetside and while it's enjoyable it just didn't hold my interest.
 
MissChief said:
One thing I would pay for monthly is a game with the graphical finesse, scope and setting of a modern Battlefield game but on a huge, map, hundreds of square miles in size with a persistent server environment that remains 24/7. I'd pay monthly for that. Before anyone says it, I've played Planetside and while it's enjoyable it just didn't hold my interest.
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Sounds like The Division might fit that bill...although it's closed alpha under NDA at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S0_3Ml9heY
 
You could try Eve Online, massive number of players online at the same time as they only have 1 server. last time I was on it was averaging 25k-30k people at a time and they have just made some massive changes I've heard to the size of the game and upgraded all their servers.
 
AHarvey said:
You could try Eve Online, massive number of players online at the same time as they only have 1 server. last time I was on it was averaging 25k-30k people at a time and they have just made some massive changes I've heard to the size of the game and upgraded all their servers.
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It's a trap! :D

EvE is awsome in so many ways, but one day you will realise its 04:58 in the morning, no-one's seen you in a month and you appear to be covered in what you hope is take away food and larger.
 
Think the MMO bubble burst at least for me.

Mainly down to to everything dropping there subs and the F2P model which does nothing for community.
 
MissChief said:
Am I the only one that thinks the MMO bubble has semi-burst, or just about to? Maybe it's just a personal feeling but I used to play MMO's quite a lot. I've tried probably a dozen but haven't actually played one for any great time in about 3 or 4 years. Any game that was previously sub only seems to have gone F2P, at least in some way but then I haven't even plaid attention any new MMO or any MMO related news in years.
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I agree with you entirely, I've been playing MMOs as my primary genre of gaming since 1997. I'd agree that it does appear to me that the MMO bubble has burst and it seems to be a genre in decline. For me, I'd say that the Golden Age of MMOing was the period 1997-2006, encompassing Ultima Online, Everquest 1, Asherons Call 1, Dark Age of Camelot and the first couple of years of WoW. Since around 2006 though, despite the genre widening, I think its been in decline. Back then a person would play an MMO for several years, today, people seem to play an MMO for only several months before they quit.
 
Tombstone said:
I agree with you entirely, I've been playing MMOs as my primary genre of gaming since 1997. I'd agree that it does appear to me that the MMO bubble has burst and it seems to be a genre in decline. For me, I'd say that the Golden Age of MMOing was the period 1997-2006, encompassing Ultima Online, Everquest 1, Asherons Call 1, Dark Age of Camelot and the first couple of years of WoW. Since around 2006 though, despite the genre widening, I think its been in decline. Back then a person would play an MMO for several years, today, people seem to play an MMO for only several months before they quit.
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I think that's more down to the younger gamers are of the I want all the loot now mentality and it doesn't help when Blizzard give you legendary items for just logging in.

Gone are the days of waiting months for that one upgrade you needed.
 
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