Any group of gamers who play together from the start?

Icegoten

I would like to have a group of people to play a mmorpg with.

Being able to start off in a mmorpg with a party already is fun. Most of the time when I find a new mmo to play I go in it alone and it turns out not to be alot of fun. The game has either been out for a while and you won't find alot of people in the newbie areas or people just ignore everyone else unless that person just happens to be helpful.

It would be better to start off at level 1 with 5 other guys and level up together so your not playing alone. When you get a drop you can't use that is for another class you can give it to your friend who can use it without having to look for a buyer or just hawking it off at the nearest shop for a little bit of money. The exp would be more worth it with your friend getting it and helping you guys kill monsters faster.

Leveling up would be faster too since most games I know being in a party you get more exp and you can kill higher level monsters faster for more exp.

 

So is there any group or something I should look into if I want to do something like this? None of my friends are really the type to play mmorpg's with. Most guilds I have encountered everyone is at different levels so its like the high level people only play with the high level people and everyone else just tries to keep doing their own thing until they are high level. This way we could easily have 6 people who are of the same level. I have reached the level cap in any game before because I have always got bored since most of the game I played alone except for the 45 minutes a day I would party with random people just to have them leave soon or something.

Illius

Funny thing is, I have a group of friends who tend to enjoy the same games as I but when it comes to MMO`s I never play with them.  For whatever reason I just don`t enjoy it as much as with people I meet along the way and group with and then forge some kind of friendship with.

I do plenty of other things with my friends but I think I`m just too different when it comes to the way I play games to really mesh with them.  My goals in games are completely against the gran in regards to most of the player base.  It takes a bit of time to find like minded individuals but they are out there and I`ve found them and have had some fun searching them out.

I think you should also consider the games you`re playing and what kind of player base they cater to.  If the game is rather solo friendly then  you won`t really find many people interested in playing together.

Icegoten

It must be my luck then because I have tried to keep friends to play with online but it's like we meet 1 day then we say we will play again later but I never see them again or if I do they already have other friends they are playing with.

Only one time did I have a friend and we played through games together but then one day she got bored with playing mmo's and I was left alone

I guess I will keep going my usual route of playing games that are new or in a testing phase and maybe I will find some friends to play with.

Illius

I think it depends on where you look.  You're more likely to find like minded people if you look for them in places where you actually want to be.  By this I mean play the games you like, the way you like to play them.  If there are people that share your interests you're bound to stumble upon them sooner or later.

VooDoo_Papa

ya, strong guilds can be hard to find.  I'll give some advise though, dont shy off from vent or any other voice com.  You'd be amazed how quickly you can form bonds when you use voice chat vs. just guild chat. 

I started a guild with my wife and a few friends on a wow server 2 years ago.  Today its one of the highest progressed guilds on our little server.  Most of the ppl we started it with have gone, but the core is still there. We use voice com for all of our raids, not required but ppl have to at least listen to us so we dont hose our raids.

our members range in age from the ages of the 60's, 40' to the early teens.  We all get along, we all speak to each other on a first name basis and we all feel like we know each other.

anyway I digress.  Find a guild that regularly does things together.  Use their voice com and dont shy away from it.  Sometimes its better to get into a smaller guild as opposed to the biggest guild on a server. 

You seem to have the right idea asking ppl here, problem is if we're here..we're all hard core MMO gamers and ..well we probably are already invested into a guild.

NegativeJoe

you can find 'preformed' guilds for pretty much any game.

the problem is, if you have friends going into a game it makes it much easier. you take up different classes, different crafts and help each other out with mats/items you need. when you join one of those preformed guilds(where everyones basicly strangers but the leader and his 3 officers) they are usualy out for themselves, the guild is there to basicly make sure that core group is set up first, then the rest get the leftovers if that. that and theres alwasy a few people who take but not give..then it spreads and people think 'why should i give up my stuff, when this dude is making money on the AH with his'. just some problems with jumping in with total strangers.

thats my experience. i did have some good friends i went through a few games with but all of them to a man have soured on the entire genre and i got to play civ4 or something to play with them at all. while im not playing a mmorpg right now for a few months(first time in 11 years) im still holding out hope for something to play and hopefully meet some people. not sure how i going to go about that as well, all the games now..most of the pepole you meet will not stop to say hi because they might miss that rabbit spawn and god forbid they have to wait 13 seconds for the next one.

i loathe voice chat most of the time. i know it helps alot in pvp but being required to linsted on some guy chronicle his every battle and drop just doesn't do it for me. i got enough noice at home.

Yoohoome

Hi just new here.... Well i'm happy  to see a group of gamers playing together... I'm not into an online game before, actually it's just my boyfriend that introduced mmo to me because his a gamer.... And I can't understand why his really into that game, when I went to with him to meet his friends  in a cafe I'm overwhelmed because the y are really good to be with... I mean they are really enjoying playing games together and that got my interest to play with them... And I realize that it was not just a game but a community..

Ichben

Originally posted by Icegoten

I would like to have a group of people to play a mmorpg with.

Being able to start off in a mmorpg with a party already is fun. Most of the time when I find a new mmo to play I go in it alone and it turns out not to be alot of fun. The game has either been out for a while and you won't find alot of people in the newbie areas or people just ignore everyone else unless that person just happens to be helpful.

It would be better to start off at level 1 with 5 other guys and level up together so your not playing alone. When you get a drop you can't use that is for another class you can give it to your friend who can use it without having to look for a buyer or just hawking it off at the nearest shop for a little bit of money. The exp would be more worth it with your friend getting it and helping you guys kill monsters faster.

Leveling up would be faster too since most games I know being in a party you get more exp and you can kill higher level monsters faster for more exp.

 

So is there any group or something I should look into if I want to do something like this? None of my friends are really the type to play mmorpg's with. Most guilds I have encountered everyone is at different levels so its like the high level people only play with the high level people and everyone else just tries to keep doing their own thing until they are high level. This way we could easily have 6 people who are of the same level. I have reached the level cap in any game before because I have always got bored since most of the game I played alone except for the 45 minutes a day I would party with random people just to have them leave soon or something.

 If anyone wants to play Ultima Online: Second Age with me and a few others, e-mail me at Ichben82@gmail.com. The game is free to play and free to download. Go to the following website for more information and to download the game: http://www.uosecondage.com.

Ichben E.

Icegoten

Well thanks everyone for the replies. I have learned a few things from this. Mainly that I'm better off playing the way I am now and just hope I come across someone who also goes from MMO to MMO constantly. It's just that some games I don't like how you point, click, auto attack, use a skill here and there, and repeat for combat. Others I like because of their kiddy like theme. There will be something I always don't like about a game and most of the time when I come to realize what that is I lose intrest in the game.

For example...Mabinogi. I love how the game is unfolding a major plot every couple of months or so. What I don't like is how players who buy rebirth cards with NX every week are at a major advantage to those who do not. I was playing with someone who has spent over $5000 on the game and when I realized if I wanted to be like him I would have no choice but to dish out the cash. If I didn't pay any money I could still get as strong as he was at that point eventually but It would take months.

 

Anyway...yea...I'll just be a lone wolf until I find a pack.