What MMORPG Should I Start Out With?

[Patroklos]

Second Life sounds more your speed, Pat.

That looked a little too much like The Sims.

It is not that I don't like fighting, I just want a reason to do it other than reaching the next level. Whats the point?

[Space05us]

Originally posted by Patroklos


That looked a little too much like The Sims.

It is not that I don't like fighting, I just want a reason to do it other than reaching the next level. Whats the point?

Don't play MMORPGs. They're all about reaching the next level, hitting the level cap, getting better gear, becoming richer, overall being better than the person next to you. With the exception of a few, pre-cu SWG was like sex with the woman of your dreams. It was the king of the MMORPGs. It had it all right, then WoW came out and Sony and Lucas Arts were like:

Lucas Arts: "Liek, letz try 2 make more monies bi apealing 2 idiots, kay? If u dont ill post that pic of me and ur sis on teh forumz, LOL."

SOE: "Ya, k."





CoH/CoV isn't a grind in the sense that there's nothing to strive for in the game. So you might as well join an RP guild and talk about your new tighter pair of spandex underwear, because that's about as exciting as it will get.

I haven't tried EvE, I've read you can't play the game without forced PvP. I like PvP but it has a time and place, go ahead and call me a carebear.

[DrSpike]

You may as well play WoW.

[Space05us]

Originally posted by DrSpike
You may as well play WoW.

WoW is a great game, a time hog, and if you are not careful it can ruin certain aspects of your life.

I forced myself to remove the game from my puter and destroy the disks, I had a level 70 druid, 42 warrior, 40 hunter, 36 paladin, 20 druid, and a 15 mage. I had a difficult time regulating my playing time.

[DrSpike]

Glad to see another vote for WoW.

[Patroklos]

I liked Diablo II. If they took that graphic/combat style and added UO world features it would kick ass.

The economy would need tweaking of course, but I hear all MMORPGs have ****ed up the economy part. Free gold does wonders for inflation

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by Patroklos

The economy would need tweaking of course, but I hear all MMORPGs have ****ed up the economy part. Free gold does wonders for inflation

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0c3c18fe-fc03-11db-93a4-000b5df10621.html

The sci-fi virtual universe, which celebrated its fourth anniversary at the weekend, has attracted chief executives, city traders, MBAs and economists to learn hard financial lessons they can take into the real world.

“Eve seemed like a playground for totally unfettered hardcore capitalism, with none of our justice systems or controlling bodies,” says Trey Ratcliff, a former player and chief executive of Austin, Texas software developer John Galt Games.

He says it appeals to two types of players: experienced online gamers who no longer find established franchises such as World of Warcraft challenging; and “non-gamer types who like business and capitalism and buying and selling”.

Eve is a rare gaming success from Reykjavik. Its Icelandic developer, CCP Games, made it for Simon and Schuster Interactive in 2003 but bought out rights at the end of that year. It has turned into a solid cash generator – with 200,000 players paying a $15-a-month subscription.

A supercomputer in London serves the game up as a single universe as opposed to the multiple servers or “shards” of World of Warcraft, the biggest online role-playing game with more than 8m subscribers. Eve’s players form “corporations” similar to the guilds and clans of other games but with the aim of achieving market dominance as well as territorial control.

Mr Ratcliff has given up on Eve for the time being to concentrate on his real-world business.

Being CEO of Taggart Trans Dimensional – among the largest corporations with more than 1,000 player/employees – took too much of his time. He spent 40 hours a week on the game, despite delegating many tasks such as financing and marketing to his management team: “Once you have managed a virtual corporation that spans the universe, you can easily manage a real corporation that spans the earth.”

Jason Schripsema, chief executive of SolarBOS, a maker of solar electric products, says he became fascinated with manufacturing and marketing products for other players. He learnt valuable lessons about how to maximise profits and prioritise projects.

“Eve is a good training ground for anyone interested in business – the markets really work and you can spend a lot of time studying the potential for your product lines,” he says.

Dan Speed, acting economist for CCP, says the game is “hypercapitalistic”; rife with corporate espionage and wrongdoing. One group, the Guiding Hand Social Club, infiltrated a corporation, assassinated its chief executive and carried out a heist. Another staged a successful IPO to raise money to build space stations. Investors lost everything when the outposts were attacked and taken over by a rival.

Yet honest players survive and they are earning virtual qualifications for real-world jobs, says Mr Speed.

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
There are many many happy industrialists and miners who hardly ever fire a shot in anger. One issue is that it is pretty open PvP, so you have to stay in police zones if you don't want to be shot at occasionally (or all the time).

JM

True, and if you join a corp, maybe you could be a miner in a low-sec sector with people protecting you while you mines.

[Skanky Burns]

There are indeed many 0.0 mining corps, or 0.0 corps that often run mining operations. If the corp owns that territory, mining there is safer and more lucrative than low-sec.

It certainly sounds like Eve may fit your requirements. PM me with your name if you want a present from me as well.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Space05us


WoW is a great game, a time hog, and if you are not careful it can ruin certain aspects of your life.

I forced myself to remove the game from my puter and destroy the disks, I had a level 70 druid, 42 warrior, 40 hunter, 36 paladin, 20 druid, and a 15 mage. I had a difficult time regulating my playing time.

You can download it, no need for the disks.

JM

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by cronos_qc


True, and if you join a corp, maybe you could be a miner in a low-sec sector with people protecting you while you mines.

Actually, in a good alliance you can be safer in 0 space than in low sec.

Low sec is the most dangerous place, and it is not that much better than highs sec.

Saying that, I have spent most my time in low sec.

JM
(one character at over 10m SP is going offline in two days (I haven't even bothered to learn anythnig with him for a week), other character with over 23m SP and over 3b ISK is probably going to go offline when my account runs out in August, but I might change my mind)

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Patroklos
I liked Diablo II. If they took that graphic/combat style and added UO world features it would kick ass.

The economy would need tweaking of course, but I hear all MMORPGs have ****ed up the economy part. Free gold does wonders for inflation

You could always try dungeon runners then... sort of mmorpg-diablo (but more diablo than mmorpg).

That said, DR is all about fighting, and very little else.

I am led to understand that LOTR online is surprisingly good.

[Patroklos]

Is there anything new on the horizon, or does WOW pretty much have a stragle hold right now?

[Harovan]

You could play Vanguard . All the cool kids do !

[Dis]

yeah I'm wondering what the next big thing is going to be. not that I want to get addicted to another...