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Looking for a long term mmo
I just recently moved into my new house and will have internet for the first time in 2 years. And so i'm looking for a new MMO, I want something that isn't going to die out in a couple of months (WoW, Rift etc....)
I played FFXI for around 4 years and loved it, but they've gone easy-mode. And FFXIV is just....bad...
Any recommendations?
(I might be intrested in GW2, I didn't really like the first one though...and SWoTR just...looks lame to me)
Thanks!
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welcome back to mmo gaming. First, Guild Wars 2 is nothing like Guild Wars, I didnt care for the first one, but GW2 is going to be fantastic, the only problem is that its not out yet and probably wont be until sometime in 2012. If your looking for something that is free to play there is always Forsaken World, Runes of Magic, Lord of the Rings and Age of Conan. As far as upcoming MMO's like you said there is SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, Archeage and The Secret World to keep an eye on. Good luck
What are you into?
What are your requirements?
Graphics
Mechanics of game play
Setting (fantasy, modern day, space, etc)
Like PVE, PVP, mix of both
Solo friendly
How old is your machine?
It's not about fighting, it's about balance. It's not about enlightenment, it's about balance. It's not about balance.
Boy you'll have a lot of subjective suggestions to sift through now
But to start off: why don't you try Rift, as you mentioned it yourself. As far as I see it's the best, or at least, not the worst MMORPG that's not very likely to die soon. It's polished, has up to date graphics, and there's allways something to do.
Or if you're up for something different, try Eve. You'll have to sink your teeth in it during the first few weeks, but when you grasp the essentials and found your way in the game, it's really sublime.
And unless you want to give WoW another go or want to wait some time for some of the top anticipated games to be released, that's about it.
But hey, that's just my 2 cents. Have a great time online!
Currently playing: Skyrim, SWTOR
Looking forward to: Guildwars 2 ! modestly excited for: The Secret World
Have played intensely: Rift, Eve, AoC, WoW, Conquer 2.0, Astonia 3
Have played less intensely: just about everything else
May be kinda hard tbh to find an mmorg that it is made to be long-lasting in mind. Most of mmorpg's this days are easy mode , race in 2-4 weeks to max level and grind instances type.
After you played FF XI most of other mmorpg's will seem to you like insanely easy-mode types ,especially in open world.
GW2 might be fun , but it will be very diffrent kind of mmorpg comared to FF XI at least that what it seem it will be.
Swtor : hmm nda is reety strict so hard to tell ,might be good game , but will be very streamlined for sure ,kinda hard to tell.
Most of recent and upcoming mmorpg's are very streamlined , and everything handed-on-a-plate type , not to mention they are just very easy , with exception of few raids. Everything else is sillingly easy.
Aion maybe? it seems it got much better lately with all those patches, so maybe this?
WoW and Rift - aren't going to die soon , that's for sure. They might take big hit after Swtor/GW2 , especially WoW but they will surely live for quite a bit , WoW have enormou playerabse so even if he loses half of it there will be still plenty players left. Rift on the other hand , provides very high quality of service and that alone will let him have big enough population of players imho. Just question is if that's is your kind of games.
ArcheAge - that MAYBE just maybe have some potential to provide more complex type of gameplay. Seems like it is developed with providing bit more long lasting fun , but game is still in closed beta mode , big parts of gameplay was not shown yet and / or is under changes / development so bit too early to tell.
Well as far as system requirements, I can for the most part run anything out there. and I have a 12mb/s connection.
As far as my own requirements.... Graphics isn't a big one, I mean they are nice, but i'll still play a game 10 years old.
I would prefere a game that isn't to dead (vangaurd)
P2P F2P...whatever
I prefere fantasy
I like PVE don't care for PVP
And when I said long term, I didn't really mean "it'll be around for awhile" because WoW will be around for years. But I meant somthing I can play for a year or more. I mean, when I played wow I burned to cap in less then a month. So I'm looking for something a little slower progression wise.
Thanks!
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oh... well, good luck finding that game then, and let me know if you did. Unless you decide to try Eve, which is intrinsicly impossible to cap, but it's allmost all about pvp. Though your progression there will be a lot slower than anywhere else, that's for sure.
Currently playing: Skyrim, SWTOR
Looking forward to: Guildwars 2 ! modestly excited for: The Secret World
Have played intensely: Rift, Eve, AoC, WoW, Conquer 2.0, Astonia 3
Have played less intensely: just about everything else
Could try Allods Online. Kinda like WoW, f2p, and a tad different with islands floating in the middle of the astral. Higher lvl has the ability to own a ship, name it, equip it, decorate it, and fly it with friends in the astral to fight demons and search for new allods 9Islands) to explore, kill monsters and get treasures.
It HAs PvP...but can be avoided except for a few zones that have contested...much like WoW. People can pop war banners that drop off some mobs that allow them to attack anyone, but you can also see them on the map to avoid them for the most part.
Yeah , one of worst imho things in more recent mmorpg's are that they are super-fast to reach max . level. To add to this , this levellng is not a journey anymore. It is more like a simplistic race. Open world content is very very very easy , 95%-99% (depend of a game) of this content is solo type and worlds are very "closed" , what I mean by that? there are artifical brders everywhere , only places are made that have something to do with quests , so exploration is non-existant
So whole games until you hit max. level are made more like tutorial
Many players treat it like that as well. Mmorpg's are not nowadays made that you have fun with levelling / advancing jounrey , but most players just run around doing quests as fast as they can , not socializing , just killing stuff. On the other hand games not make it easier as well. If people jump few levels / day , no wonder there is not much groupping possiblitities as in the time you would group and do something you can advance one more level 
If you hit max level in WoW in less than one month , in Rift you will hit it in 2-3 weeks , in Lotro around 4-5 weeks.
Not sure how it looks in EQ / EQ2 atm , is levelling is a nice journey or streamlined race? maybe someone will respond about it . Think on some servers EQ2 still have ok population.
Aion maybe? Well it is much faster to level now than it was at release ,still should not be so trival as WoW. At least that what few people told me. This game is quite a bit about pvp though , but they added alot of PvE content since release and plan to focus 'equally on pve and pvp' in future.
Hope it helps. Unfortunetally lately most mmorpg's are ridiculosely easy and fast in terms of progress. At least till you hit max. level. Then they 'turn on' grind to death system.
Games were much more balanced in this regard 10 years ago. I hope open world experience will change in future games , but unfortunetally that might not be the case
Hahahah Welcome @.@ I've been in the same...exact...rut...for a while now. I too played FFXI for 4-5 years, and XIV was not what I expected.
I'll give you a list of games I enjoyed that actually kept my interest for a while
Mabinogi, this one isn't too bad (the company is but the game is rather well done)
SMT:Megaten, this is similar to Mabinogi, twitch based combat and such, only far deeper.
Atlantica Online, this was a very, very fun game. Turn based strategy mmo, give it a try.
These games should hold you down until something more...worthwhile (on the p2p market, usually) comes out. Give em a look, look at the other games by their publishers, pick some and rotate ><; thats how I've managed to hang on since XI went that direction lol
Good luck man, and if you find anything...please lemme know, and vice versa.
Well as far as system requirements, I can for the most part run anything out there. and I have a 12mb/s connection.
As far as my own requirements.... Graphics isn't a big one, I mean they are nice, but i'll still play a game 10 years old.
I would prefere a game that isn't to dead (vangaurd)
P2P F2P...whatever
I prefere fantasy
I like PVE don't care for PVP
Ok. PVE. You can get this with AOC. Great graphics. Definitely pve. Rifts is also PVE, but I think you said you did not like it.
Personally, I'm enjoying it as a casual player.
You say that you prefer fantasy. Cool. But, perhaps as a change of pace: Just try Eve. No cost to you. Do the trial. I did not think I'd like it either. It's going thru changes. Think of them as "Baby steps." Read about it first. That is really important. It's easy to get overwhelmed.
You might be surprised. I've started it twice. Second time was the charm for me. It can be as casual, or as hard core as you wish it. No...really...ask and it keeps on giving. Personally, I like casual. So, I read up on that. I'm very happy with it. But, I don't want to steer you down the path I chose. Casual and "hard core" is NOT the same for everyone. Just read first. Then decide. Either way, there's a trial.
Currently, that's all I'm playing. Read up more. Rift and Eve are both going thru changes. Educate yourself. You may, or may NOT like the direction either game is taking.
I like them both for the differences each give me. Best of luck, sir.
It's not about fighting, it's about balance. It's not about enlightenment, it's about balance. It's not about balance.
possibly the best long-term mmo out there currently is Vanguard. it has in depth crafting, pve, dungeons, a minigame called diplomacy, incredible graphics (once ingame type /setfog 999999), an open world with 3 continents, a terrific community, and a population that is growing again. basically it has enough content to last you a couple of years.
LotRO is also a good option. great pve game, decent crafting, incredible community (servers: Landroval and Brandywine).
Rift is a solid mmo, i just haven't read any endgame players saying that it is a long term game. however, Trion is very good at consistently solid updates and new content. very impressive actually.
"There are at least two kinds of games.
One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play."
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
I think for a solid fantasy PVE game you couldnt go wrong with either EQ2 (id play on the extended server as its quite busy) . No game is as complete and has the depth of content that eq2 has at the moment. 90 levels, 300 aa's, complex crafting, amazing housing systyem, dungeons, raids, gear sets, collections. It goes on and on and on-quite a good game if you are looking for a long and deep journey.
Also i think LOTRO is in fantastic shape with quite a bit of content and Age of Conan is generating some buzz with new content and new servers.
So the safe choices Eq2, LOTRO, AoConan.
A bit riskier would be:
Rift: Extremely well polished, quite pretty, some interesting stuff. But it is a quick run to level cap and then a pretty standard grind at cap for gear. Although the class system is pretty fascinating oddly enough they all seem to turn out kind of bland-basically play the same way with builders/finishers and a few buffs. I think Rift is an oustanding 3 month choice but not a long term choice (not yet).
Aion: The folks that play it love it. And its fairly populated. I've just never been able to escape the "Grind" nature of it. Although the leveling path in eq2 can be longer when you factor in AA's it just feels less GRINDY than AION. That said its pretty, its big, it has a good number of players.
As for coming soon....guild wars2, star wars, tera, secret world!
Re-read some of the posts. I REALLY think you should consider Eq2. While each level comes relatively quick (to 90) its still a pretty long journey. If you balance regular leveling with obtaining Alternate Advancement levels (of which there are 300) you are looking at a fantastic journey-with good and steady progress. A 90 level/300 aa character in eq2 is a solid accomplishment-magnitudes greater than reaching level cap in Rift/AoC etc. And you can do it by questing, grinding, dungeon running, raiding-they ALL contribute in one way or another to your AA or regular exps.
nothing avail sorry wait next year when gw2 or swtor lunch!