Fantasy type MMO

[vinraith]

Yeah, W/Mo is the standard new player choice to the point of frequent lampoon. I'll look you up when next I'm around.

[frunk]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

[Korea]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

Cool. What is your character name on there?

Mine is Kaynaria Lambas (yeah I know I couldn't think of a last name lol)

[vinraith]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

As I told Korea, if you find you're really enjoying it make sure to also pick up Eye of the North at some point, which is a big pack of content for high level characters that includes a lot of fun stuff.

[katmai]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

Sounds like they shouldn't call it a MMO

[vinraith]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

Sounds like they shouldn't call it a MMO

Most GW players don't. I certainly wouldn't, but then I tend to consider "MMO" an insult.

[katmai]

Most GW players don't. I certainly wouldn't, but then I tend to consider "MMO" an insult.

Pfft you think CGI is a four letter word.

[vinraith]

Most GW players don't. I certainly wouldn't, but then I tend to consider "MMO" an insult.

Pfft you think CGI is a four letter word.

I thnk CGI is overused by people that don't know how to use it properly, that's all. There are plenty of situations where it's used to excellent effect. It's one of the few good things I can still say about BSG, for example.

[frunk]

Decided to give it a try this weekend, and I ended up buying the trilogy.  Almost everything I find annoying about MMOs has been removed.  I can play it like a solo game without any interference, I can change my character on the fly to fit the situation, I can try out support roles without needing to find other players.  It's a blast.

Sounds like they shouldn't call it a MMO

I think the first M isn't joined to the second M in the same way as most MMOs.  Yes it's massively multiplayer but it isn't forced on you and you can be highly selective with who you play with, to the point that you don't have to play with anyone else if you don't want to.

[frunk]

Cool. What is your character name on there?

Mine is Kaynaria Lambas (yeah I know I couldn't think of a last name lol)

Frunkette Colaris, Ranger Monk.

[vinraith]

Cool. What is your character name on there?

Mine is Kaynaria Lambas (yeah I know I couldn't think of a last name lol)

Frunkette Colaris, Ranger Monk.

Nice, that's what my first character was (R/Mo). I'll drop you a line in game (probably from my Monk, Adler)and send you a guild invite. I haven't got much in the way of ranger gear lying around (my main's a necro these days) but I'll have a look at my storage mules for you and Korea just in case.

[Grallon]

Downloaded and created a trial account... Is it me or is the interface extremely clumsy ?

I hit 40 with LotRO and I'm getting bored...  I've seem to hit the same wall I hit with WoW: you're led by the nose with a string of quests, many (did I say *many*) of which are group quests forced upon you then when you finally hit 60 and you're not into the high end stuff you're stuck with nothing left to do but a rinse of what you did before...

I wish there was a game where you could do other things than questing and running towards the next lvl...  Guess that would be less than economically viable.



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[sbr]

Guild Wars has intrigued me from the start, after reading this I might have to try it out.

[Syt]

I wish there was a game where you could do other things than questing and running towards the next lvl...  Guess that would be less than economically viable.

There were some efforts with the original release of Star Wars Galaxies - e.g. the whole economy was player driven; i.e. you had crafting only classes that actually made sense. Cool as this was, I guess it was the wrong approach for the Star wars universe where people expect action packed adventures and not becoming the leading blaster manufacturer. The LotRO model wuld probably work a lot better with the franchise (overarching plot with loads of side quests).

You could try EVE, maybe.