› ›

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Register

Quick Links

Looking For A New MMO? Check Here First!

1…34689…13

Comments

  • jdmnynjajdmnynja Member Posts: 13

    Nice post! Just curious as to why there aren't more free to play games on there! There are some great F2P games that are as good if not better than some on the list. Also, Tabula Rasa is dead.

  • KhrymsonKhrymson Member UncommonPosts: 3,090
    Originally posted by Netzoko



    Section 4: Crafting
    _________________________________________________________________
    Here, I have broken up games depending on the depth of the crafting system.
    Has Crafting (Of some sort)
    City of Heroes / Villains, Dark Age of Camelot, EverQuest, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lineage II, Lord of the Rings Online, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft, Tabula Rasa, Warhammer
    Deep Crafting (Widely considered to have the deepest craft systems)
    EVE Online, EverQuest 2, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, A Tale in the Desert, Pirates of the Burning Sea
    Have a game to add? Post a reply!  


     

     

    Final Fantasy XI needs to be moved down to the Deep Crafting section.  It has a very grindy, extremely deep crafting system that not everyone can do because of its complexities and IMO it rivals all of the other MMOs you have listed:

    • Most of the best items are very difficult to make; that require rare and hard to acquire materials!
    • An extreme grind that takes an incredible commitment and months to raise just a few points!
    • High chance to break your crystals, lose some or all of your materials, and it costs a fortune! 
    • Based on elements that co-inside with the time of day, weather, and week!
    • 8 different directions you can have your character facing that work together with the elements!
    • Crafting Guilds have open/closed schedules!
    • Every item that drops in the game has a use, most of which are in some form of craft...{there is no vendor trash}!
    • There are no in-game guides to follow or that tells you too combine X & Y to make Z!
  • zybezzybez Member Posts: 12

    I've done hardcore grinding on Runescape and it takes way longer than 100 days to reach the caps. In fact, nobody has reached the full cap for all levels. It's impossible even after 3 years of daily grinding.

     

    Good list though.

    Runescape

  • skrypetsskrypets Member Posts: 2

    EVE online, good for new and veteran players , if u got involved in this univers,  belive me, it's for looooong time. So try it! 

    PS. Contact me ,if you need more info on the game or extended trial (21-day).  

    Playing : EVE, Lineage 2.
    Played : Guildwars.
    Tried : 2Moons(OBT), 9Dragons(OBT), ArchLord, Cabal Online, Fury(CBT), Last Chaos, Dungeon Runners(CBT), MU online, Perfect World (CBT), RF Online(OBT), Scions of Fate, Second Life, Silkroad Online, Sword of the New World(CBT),Tabula Rasa(CBT), Warhammer Online (CBT).

  • mcaddictmcaddict Member UncommonPosts: 18

    Have you tried SD Online? Take a look of my blog

  • freeleefreelee Member Posts: 102

    I will choose the 2029 online, I'm sure it is a nice online game^

  • ben1314ben1314 Member Posts: 14

    so many

    nice list

  • px1231px1231 Member Posts: 6

    great!

  • tamgrostamgros Member Posts: 88

    Tabula Rasa is now defunct and you cannot play it.  Not that I think anyone would expect you to keep this list always up to date, just a heads up.

    Great list overall.  I've played most of the games you have listed and generally agree with all your points and don't disagree with any of them enough to correct you.  Good work.

     

  • RoscoeDsaneRoscoeDsane Member Posts: 1

    Hello all :)

    I've been playing Lineage II for 4 years, but have fallen out of love it with it for a number of reasons. So, can anyone suggest a game which satisfies the following criteria?

    • Free to play
    • No real world cash transactions possible, including rl cash for in game items (such as is allowed in RF Online) or to buy in game currency (sadly so evident in L2)
    • Contains GMs that actually do their jobs (ie ban botting, are reactive to in game issues etc)
    • Has a reasonable player base for a UK based player (I was on a NA server on L2, as Euro servers didn't exist when I started playing)
    • Has decent graphics for a high end PC
    • Has worthwhile quests which aren't all about kill xxxx mobs to get pitiful amount of in game currency/useless items

    Ideally, but not essentially, also the following:

    • Event periods as a welcome distraction to the inevitable grind
    • Ability to allow 2 or more simultaneous accounts running on one PC (eg for a buffer)
    • Some kind of crafting capability
    • Ability to buy/sell from/to other players, either individually or by setting shops

    I'm not a big fan of PVP per se so that wouldn't be a big selling point to me. More interested in engrossing gameplay with good people and no griefers. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

  • RoleplayingRoleplaying Member Posts: 7

    LFMMORPG

    Deep Crafting

    PvP

    CD or D/L ( CD pref')

    F2P

     

    thanks =)

  • DarbsDarbs Member Posts: 6

    thanks for this.

    awesome as!

  • grndzrogrndzro Member UncommonPosts: 1,163

    FFXI 35 days?

    ........even if you had a team of 3 people playing 24/7 you couldn't even scratch the surface with 35 days.............unless you bought a crap ton of gold......congrats you did it in a month......1000$ well spent.....

  • kielakiela Member Posts: 4

    I need a game that I don't have to pay for or download, I need to be able to play it whenever. Any good idaes?

  • SalvatorisSalvatoris Member Posts: 1,360

    Have you looked at free realms? www.freerealms.com

    There is some more action orientedf stuff here:  www.instantaction.com .

     

    image
    -----Zero Punctuation Eve Online Review-----

  • kielakiela Member Posts: 4

    I will go check it out right now, thanks!

  • jdlamson75jdlamson75 Member UncommonPosts: 1,010
    Originally posted by kiela


    I will go check it out right now, thanks!



     

    Free Realms is a blast.  Lots of little mingames, around a bajillion classes to level.  Some stuff hasn't been fully implemented yet, mainly the Demolition Derby and Kart Racing.  That's what I'm waiting for.

     

    And another good free one to play is Warrior Epic - pretty good dungeon crawler MMO.

  • kielakiela Member Posts: 4
    Originally posted by jdlamson75

    Originally posted by kiela


    I will go check it out right now, thanks!



     

    Free Realms is a blast.  Lots of little mingames, around a bajillion classes to level.  Some stuff hasn't been fully implemented yet, mainly the Demolition Derby and Kart Racing.  That's what I'm waiting for.

     

    And another good free one to play is Warrior Epic - pretty good dungeon crawler MMO.



     

    What all can you do on free realms? It looks like it's kind of juvenial, but that's just at a first glance.

  • HesiophaestHesiophaest Member Posts: 1

    im looking for a game thats f2p, good graphics, fast, easy to gain mounts, good armor, etc. wat do u reccomend?

  • darkraptordarkraptor Member Posts: 178

    I'd definitely add eve under factional PVP, they have that (militias)

     

    I'd also add them under either endgame or instancing, depending on how you look at it. The difference is other people can still come into your instance in eve, and whether or not you consider current wormholes (T3) endgame or not...it kind of is, I guess? 

    /rant

  • HerkfixerHerkfixer Member Posts: 16

    Rohan Blood Feud is F2P and has amazing graphis, and easy to follow storyline and PVP features that allow newbs to progress without getting "ganked" all the time.  Check it it, its great.

    "There are things that I believe that I shall never say but I shall never say those things that I do not believe."
    Immanuel Kant

  • vikildvikild Member Posts: 5

    cool

  • LilianeLiliane Member Posts: 591

    Just few comments.

    First Tabula Rasa doesn't exist anymore, so you can take it out of the first page.

    Group playing:

    There is major diffrences between PvE grouping and PvE instance grouping. There are games what are build so that you only need or have to group in instances. Then there is games where grouping happen allmost all "level" all the time, even if it's not needed.

    Examples:

    In RoM grouping happens allways in instances and some few harder quests. Also instances are pretty much end game stuff.

    In City of Heroes, grouping happens pretty much every level, because instances are all level range.

    In Ryzom players solo first and higher they get more they seem to group.

    Games:

    Runes of Magic, is free game, what has okey PvE side in PvE server. Game is little like WoW. It is very nice game for solo PvE players. You can level all the way up alone. There are how ever quest what can't be done solo. The few instances what exists are only for groups, even if some players with very good gears can solo some of them. RoM is 90% gear based game, meaning that you gears defines how good you character is. Sure, as it's level based game, levels allways has the biggest meaning. Crafting exist but it's allmost pointless as it cost more to make items than you get from selling them. So, game is basicly quest driven PvE game. I would also say it's pretty fast to level and very little grinding. Games graphics engine isn't so good, I mean it looks okey, but is little heavy for computer.

    Ryzom, is P2P game. This is more like PvE and PvP game. Has both side and PvP happens more like zone and GvG wars. You can solo there alot and it's has extreme amount of grinding. Meaning that there isn't really much of quests. Crafting side has high meaning into the game, because every gear is pretty much player made.  I don't think anyone has yet leveled all skills to highest levels past few years the game has exists. I would say this game fits players who like to material harvesting, crafting and grinding. The combat side is little boring in higher level. Skills can be customized, so it allows little variety.

    MMORPG.COM has worst forum editor ever exists

  • pongaxpongax Member Posts: 26

    nice thread you got here, almost all the info's you need are here thanks alot, hmm i got a also a question, any good online racing games there?

  • KryptorKryptor Member Posts: 1

    I reccomend changing FFXI's crafting degree to Deep - as it requires a lot of work and knowledge of the worlds mechanics - Unlike others it has been grouped with where you have "recipies"  and listed materials needed with no chance of failure etc.

     

    It's quite advanced/deep - if not harsh aswell.

This discussion has been closed.