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Title: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Akkori on March 22, 2005, 07:28:17 AM I want the complexity offered in the SWG crafting and social environment, and also has a relatively large player base? I did the trial of ATiitD, and it was pretty cool, but it seems to be really hard to connect with other people (and the apparent lack of tools to gather resources more efficiently, like harvs). Low population? I am just hedging my bets on SWG, and wanted to take some time while we wait for the CU to check out some others.
WoW, from the little I hear, has a rather shallow crafting/econimic model. FF11, which I only spent a day in a trial? EQ2? THanks for your opinions! Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: SirBruce on March 22, 2005, 07:37:10 AM No other game besides SWG really fits your criteria. I guess EQ2 or UO would be the closest.
Bruce Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Furiously on March 22, 2005, 08:18:39 AM I'd give the sony all-access thingie a try. If I feel like EQ2 - I can play EQ2, if I want some frag action, I can play planetside, If I want to zip around in a spaceship and wait for the combat upgrade, I can log into SWG. Given the free content packs for EQ2, all access seems like a decent value right now.
Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Biobanger on March 22, 2005, 09:53:19 AM FFXI is incredibly boring when it comes to crafting. Never, ever craft in that game.
Never played SWG here, so, how does it's crafting compare to... um, EQ? Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Samwise on March 22, 2005, 10:46:34 AM At the risk of being labelled a Ringer fanboi, I'll recommend Puzzle Pirates, again. Its actual crafting system isn't that complex, but the economic system based on crafting and resource acquisition is much more complex (and fun) than in any other MMO I've seen. I played SWG for a year as a crafter, so I'm on pretty good ground to make the comparison - the SWG economy sucks balls by comparison, no matter what angle you look at it from.
Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: SirBruce on March 22, 2005, 02:36:36 PM Hello, PP doesn't meet the population requirements. Might as well recommend Second Life.
Bruce Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Samwise on March 22, 2005, 02:44:21 PM Hello, you wouldn't know it from walking around. At least the server that I play on (Midnight). It feels more populated than SWG ever did, and I was on one of the more popular SWG servers - the difference is that in SWG most of the player population is spread out over hundreds of square miles of nothing, and all the "heavily populated" areas are filled with AFKbots and/or empty buildings.
Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Soukyan on March 23, 2005, 12:48:42 PM Hello, PP doesn't meet the population requirements. Might as well recommend Second Life. Bruce Puzzle Pirates does have a relatively large player base when compared to overall land mass. At any given time when I log in to Puzzle Pirates, there are always lots (dozens) of other players around on the larger islands and many to be found on their ships pillaging the seas. I'll second the Puzzle Pirates recommendation. Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: schild on March 23, 2005, 02:19:52 PM Doesn't Puzzle Pirates have something like 15,000 subscribers? Didn't the game cost something like $50,000? Hmmm, if it had the budget of WoW it would probably have 15,000,000,000,000,000 subscribers from here and every planet out to pluto.
No one can live on Mercury. It's too damn hot. Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: WayAbvPar on March 23, 2005, 02:23:55 PM Doesn't Puzzle Pirates have something like 15,000 subscribers? Didn't the game cost something like $50,000? Hmmm, if it had the budget of WoW it would probably have 15,000,000,000,000,000 subscribers from here and every planet out to pluto. No one can live on Mercury. It's too damn hot. Aren't you supposed to be in line to buy a PSP by now? Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: schild on March 23, 2005, 02:25:50 PM Doesn't Puzzle Pirates have something like 15,000 subscribers? Didn't the game cost something like $50,000? Hmmm, if it had the budget of WoW it would probably have 15,000,000,000,000,000 subscribers from here and every planet out to pluto. No one can live on Mercury. It's too damn hot. Aren't you supposed to be in line to buy a PSP by now? I'm about to try and destroy the God of War if possible. Then I'm going to sleep. I'll try to get up for Call of Cthulhu. But Shockeye said he might not be able to make it. Anyway, so like, totally going to start camping for my friend at Best Buy around minutes. It's going to be the sweetest 30 degree thunderstorm ever. Then I'm going to pick up the one that's paid for and has been preordered since December for myself. ^_^ Preordering is a good thing. Perhaps the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. Title: Re: So, whats a good MMO if... Post by: Biobanger on March 24, 2005, 02:11:56 PM I'm about to try and destroy the God of War if possible. Then I'm going to sleep. I'll try to get up for Call of Cthulhu. But Shockeye said he might not be able to make it. Anyway, so like, totally going to start camping for my friend at Best Buy around minutes. It's going to be the sweetest 30 degree thunderstorm ever. Then I'm going to pick up the one that's paid for and has been preordered since December for myself. ^_^ Preordering is a good thing. Perhaps the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. All good things must come to an end. Only the good die young. I am Clicheman. |