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What current MMO has the most content to offer a new player?

sludgebeardsludgebeard Member RarePosts: 788
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As someone who generally doesnt care for end-game content and raiding, what MMO's are out now that give you alot to do as a new player such as but not limited to: Crafting, Side-Quests, Collecting, etc.

I really would like to find an MMO that has got alot of stuff to do right as you enter the game, where you can craft and just do things without having to immediately climb to endgame to get to the meat of the content.
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  • merv808merv808 Member UncommonPosts: 511
    FF14
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    BDO

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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    edited March 2016
    was just now thinking of Eve a bit.

    the game that offers a new player with a ton to learn right off the bat. then when they learn it they can put their skills in queue and come back in a few years to actually do said things


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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    I think, of a fantasy genre, I'd have to agree with FF14.
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    When it comes to Crafting, side questing, and collecting i will agree with both Merv and Kyleran. FF14 and BDO so far have some of the most in depth crafting, and collecting goes hand in hand with that. Side questing is plentiful on both. I like both a lot but im not a subscription lover so i may sub to FF14 like one month a year and sometimes not at all.




  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    I personally really dislike FF14 because, early on in the second iteration, they suspended people who I knew for a fact were not guilty of impropriety. It doesn't stop me from extolling the game's virtues, but you won't ever find me playing it again.
  • Mors.MagneMors.Magne Member UncommonPosts: 1,549
    If I had the money, I'd buy Oculus Rift, a computer that could run it superbly and only buy compatible games.

    I don't think there are many MMORPGs for Oculus Rift at the moment. However, Oculus Rift trumps flat screens.
  • UruketoUruketo Member UncommonPosts: 55
    It's no contest, EQ2 hands down would have the most content for a new, mid level or high level player. There are more quests than a new person would ever have time to complete. There are tons of collectibles in every zone and a huge crafting system.

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  • simsalabim77simsalabim77 Member RarePosts: 1,607
    WoW
  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    Everquest 2 is huge on crafting and collecting. Lots of quests as well. 

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  • laxielaxie Member RarePosts: 1,122
    Everquest 2 is definitely packed with content. How viable it is in the long term is another question.
  • Quazal.AQuazal.A Member UncommonPosts: 859
    BDO habds down atm, and given its still new, your not so far behind so you can still go along with the masses, and also lots of population all over the game :) also B2P is bonus ive just spent last 3 days just levelling up some horses for mating/breeding 

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    I love EQ2, and have since release. It's getting old, though. For a newer player, I think the EoF unlock on TLE Stormhold would be pretty good, and that's coming shortly. Jumping into it on an old server, though, is very lonely, unless you already know people.
  • collektcollekt Member UncommonPosts: 328
    BDO is great for having lots of side activities for you to do right out of the gate. Just know it's very grind heavy if you want to be competitive at end game (which it doesn't sound like you care about).
  • josko9josko9 Member RarePosts: 577
    Definitively WoW or EQ2.

    However if you're looking especially at the quality of that content, as well as the amount of it, then ESO is a clear winner. I've never spent so much of time leveling my character and even not getting bored in the process.
  • TabmoweTabmowe Member UncommonPosts: 36
    WoW,FFXIV and wildstar are a good start.

  • GdemamiGdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342
    SWTOR
  • merv808merv808 Member UncommonPosts: 511
    I initially thought of EQ2, but he said "current" and I wasn't sure how it fit under that
  • rodarinrodarin Member EpicPosts: 2,611
    Lotro if you have never played it and its not close, although EQ 2 might have enough to be considered in range.

    If you wanted to do everything in Lotro content wise it would take you a good 3000 hours I would imagine, thats not counting PvP or seasonal events, but quests, deeds, meta deeds, instances, skirmishes and deeds associated with them, big battles, mini game stuff like the city reputations which unlock other things.

    Lotro has a ton of content people that have played it forever just forget and other people that got bored and stopped dont realize how much content it has.
  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    I think ESO has a lot to offer in terms of content and it looks like they have a fairly aggressive attitude in putting out more.

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  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    Sounds like BDO is what you're looking for tbh.
  • MickyknoxMickyknox Member UncommonPosts: 61
    ESO is the best bang for your buck you can get it alot cheaper then BDO and  FF14. lots of solo content too 
  • ShojuShoju Member UncommonPosts: 776
    Final Fantasy XIV.
  • carvalho677carvalho677 Member UncommonPosts: 59
    From what I gathered you don't care about PvE endgame and want a game to just lose yourself in the world doing crafting and things like that right from the beginning? If that's the case than BDO is easily your best choice
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,483
    Uncharted Waters Online, and probably by a huge margin.  It has more than a decade of accumulated content with most of the content not gated by level.  Some content will take a while to get full access, but you can get access to just about anything by the time you're halfway to any of the three main level caps.

    That's right, three main level caps, not one.  It's got a huge amount of stuff to do even if you'd rather stay away from combat most of the time.  The three main spheres of gameplay are co-equal, and if anything, maritime (combat) is arguably the least important of the three.  Do be warned that the game is incredibly complicated, however--likely the most complicated MMORPG ever made.
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