New member looking for a new MMORPG

[Aaddron]

No I don't think it does.

[Glazed]

Crap.

Well, I guess I'll keep trying the current games. I'm gonna try Florensia next.

[Aaddron]

Good luck with that.

[Glazed]

Wow. So far, I'm amazed by how impressive Florensia is so far. It's land gameplay is sorta fun, for a point and click, and the enviorment looks big and beautiful.

Also, the sea battle is kinda like RTS combat, almost, and is actually a bit faster-paced than land battles, and it seems interesting to travel around in a boat with a crew and all.

It's worth a longer try, I think.

Is there other games like this with sea battles?

[Glazed]

Well, the game's been sorta fun for awhile, but now, it's getting a little dry, even for a nautical MMORPG. It's pretty hard to get enough EXP even from monsters my level or one or two level lower or higher than me. Plus, every quest I get doesn't really give me great EXP and require me to either play messenger/delivery boy, or require me to kill like 10 to 30 of the same monster. And where do I find the field boss of those pigs with black hair and tusks? I can't remember what they're called now. And where can I get atleast one more slot of my envitory?

But also, keep in mind, I've been grinding all by myself. I'm level 12 now, and I can't find someone around my level who has a party and will let me join, or is someone around my level or higher who will join, and if it's someone very much higher of a level than me, they're in a place too hard for me.

I don't socialize alot when playing MMORPGs. I just focus on doing quests and leveling up and getting more and more stuff, which is probably part of my delima.

Usually in most MMORPGs, I run into a part where I have to get a party together to get past (and in mabinogi with it's dungeons, this was every time, if I ever wanted to get money, goods, and EXP), or I run into a field with friendly players who invite me. So, I get a party together or join theirs, I follow them around to all sorts of places, we chat a bit while playing, do a few dungeons and quests and party quests, the party makes grinding go faster and more fun, help each other out, PvP with each other for fun, we end up adding each other to our friends list so we can keep in touch in case we want to team up again next time, and, it's just like that. I just got me some friends.

But, that doesn't seem to be happening in Florensia. Most players my level aren't very social either, nor acceptant of me, and if I do manage to get a party together, it only lasts for a few minutes, we don't talk much, then everyone leaves the party, and we just go our seperate ways. Also, how do I post my party on the party board for when recruiting?

So, because of all this, and the fact that there doesn't seem to be much else I can do or places I can go, I've been sticking with the average grinding until I become a higher level and get to dig into the hopefully good stuff.

But, the problem with that is, the grind formula bores me. I went into the beginner fields and grinded on level 7-12 monsters for probably 1 or 2 hours (I'd say 30 minutes minimum since I'm not sure about what I said) trying to complete monster killing and item collecting quest, and only leveled up twice.

If there's one thing that causes me to lose interest in a MMORPG, it's grinding for a long time, and that seems to be a standard activity, in most MMORPGs I've played.

I mean, if people are gonna make it where players have to do this to level up and get to the good stuff, then ATLEAST raise the EXP rate, or make it where alot of the good fun stuff you can access at ATLEAST mid-level, or ATLEAST add some sorta fast-paced combat or unique combat to keep it entertaining or ATLEAST WoW like combat or RoM combat where you can move around a little and sometimes have to put skills in a combo for more damage and effect. Whatever you do, DON'T make grinding to the point where in the low levels it take two hours to gain 1 or 2 or 3 levels or do like maple story and (like one guy said it) make it where it takes an entire day to gain one level, and whatever you do, DON'T save all the good stuff for end game and keep the mid-game and early game players grinding their hearts out for fun, because it isn't fun, it starts to feel more like work than fun. Games are suppose to be fun from the get go. You're not suppose to have to work to get to the fun part!

The sea part of the game is more exciting and engaging and fun (as far as combat) than the land part of the game ever is.

Now, I'm not saying that this game sucks, or that I'm gonna stop playing it now, or that it's nothing but a grind fest, actually, I think I forgot the point in posting this. I think I was aiming to make a topic asking about the grind and parties and such, but this post just sorta evolved into a rant and me "telling it how I feel about it".


Well, I guess that's all I got to say. For anyone who does want to team up with me, my main in-game character's name and the current one I'm playing as is Jasfer, and I'm on the American server (I think it's called that) and I play on the English channel. In case there's anyone here that wants to play with me.

I'd also like to add this bit of detailed info I forgot to add: If by hardcore you mean gloomy and dark or grim or even grey-ish enviorment or an enviorment that looks a mess and is like how Zero Punct. said "looks like someone sprinkled coco powder all over it" or "has every color and shade of the dirt spectrum", then no.

I do like Cartoony and cel-shaded, but it isn't ALL that I like.

[DarkJedi]

Try to check Atlantica Online.. I'm waiting for SW The Old Republic ^^

[Elwood]

I am not sure what to think of Atlantica.

I want to play SWOR too:d.