I've played all of the old school mmorpg's.. Everquest, Ultima Online, Asherons call etc.. Even played EQII, DAOC, little WOW, AOC, Tera.. i think were in the next generation now with Archeage, ESO, Bland & Soul, Black Desert.. there are so many new ones out i don't know which deserves my time/money.What are you playing now and what are you looking forward to in the near (1 year future) ?
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BnS unfortunately went full-on p2w after only a couple months here. Game itself is lots of fun imo, but between the p2w and blatant botting/hacking in Arena without any communication about it from NcSoft, it's too much.
Funny thing is I saw someone on BnS reddit today posted a datmine with a line in the code like "<anti-botting-measures-Arena = false">. Like they aren't flicking a switch or something. Pretty funny, but one thing's for sure, they are doing nothing and saying nothing.
Archeage had a lot of problems with exploiting/hacking and it's pretty p2w. Haven't played it in a really long time but the ship is mostly sailed it seems for most people, which is understandable given how poorly Trion handled the first 6 months or so.
I think there's a really good chance I'll still be playing BDO in a year. A lot of it depends on how the release of sieges go and how they handle the problems with hacking.
PVE is pretty good. It's ridiculously easy- everyone just kind of mows down giant groups of monsters, but the way cooldowns work is pretty cool and again, you can dodge. Also you if you like a challenge just group up more mobs or harder ones.
Apparently world bosses are a total nightmare, but I haven't gotten to those yet either.
Looking most forward to seiges, even though I probably won't be participating in them right away, but there seems to be lots of interesting stuff for them.
Riding on an Elephant trampling people alone would be pretty badass, imo.
The combat is fun, the game designed well for all types of players - no shitty Korean grind like those other games, gear is not hard to get at endgame and there's a ton of content no matter what your playstyle. The community is great and the payment model the best out there (not P2W at all, B2P and if you want, pay for content or a sub with nice benefits).
ESO has proven that they'll be a top game for years to come. As for future updates, we know PvP battlegrounds/arenas are coming along with housing, so there's plenty to look forward to.