New member looking for a new MMORPG

[Glazed]

Well, if there's one thing I never manage to do, it's finding a good MMORPG that I adore and stick with for more than two months.

Usually, in a MMORPG, I like mounts, but I like vehicles more. I don't like alot of grind. a medium or above exp rate would be good, but not required. I like fast paced combat, but since that seems to be impossible in MMORPGs (or no MMORPG makers bother to take a try at it), so other than that, I like MMORPG combat that lets me move around a little (like maybe when using a bow) to ATLEAST give it a feel of fast-paced, and I like being able to do combo attacks with skills when using melee fighting, and I also like shields, so it's also nice to find a feature where having a shield actually counts, and isn't just eye candy that increases DEF, and the only reason I'm using it is because it's for my class. It would be REAL awesome to be able to block attacks, too.

I like big worlds that don't have muddy or sorta not good looking texture, or even has some unique graphics of it's own, but graphics aren't everything to me when playing a game, so if you find a game that you think I like but it doesn't have good texturing or graphics in general, don't feel afraid to suggest it.

I also like good character customization. Atleast give me the option of some pretty good looking faces or the option to change skin colors.

I don't like places that are hard to move around and travel through, but I like it when a MMORPG has huge beautiful places in them, and not just grass fields with mobs. Like for example, I like maybe an environment where there's huge beautiful fields with a waterfall, maybe a canyon that a river goes through, a mountain side, things like that. I also like high places. It gives the environment an amazing look and a great vibe, and is much better than basic huge fields.

I also like PvP every now and then. Especially since part of the reason I play MMORPGs is to play and interact with other players. I also like faction vs faction and PKing (sorta).

While I like 3D games, but I also like 2D side-scrolling ones, because they show to have the chances of having fast fun and hectic combat, yet, Maple Story proves that even 2D side-scrolling MMORPGs can have combat that is just as dull and simple as just pointing and clicking.

Also, I don't like room-based MMOs alot (or atleast I think). Although, strangely, I find myself playing and getting more addicted to some room-based fighting games and end up sticking to them longer than I do to ANY free roam MMORPG. But, I can't help but to think that a room-based MMO gets more shallow, but a free roam MMORPG can have all sorts of deep content and things to do and find and gain.

Also, while it doesn't make a big difference a majority of the time, I still sometimes think it doesn't hurt and is likeable to be able to jump in a MMORPG. But, since there's hardly anything that requires jumping in a MMORPG (although I wish there was), it doesn't matter much.

Also, I like how some MMORPGs have more to do than just grind and quest. Maybe even have some more casual things.

Also, it's not a necessity, but for some reason, I like small yet cool looking characters, but it doesn't matter much.

Alright, well, that's all I can think of to say.

Here are some MMORPGs I'm interested in and waiting for.

Earth Eternal

War of Angels

D&DO for f2p

waiting to try Champions Online

Dragon Nest which is said to be coming to NA sooner or later

MMORPGs I've tried (that I can think of right now)

Mabinogi, but the entire time of playing it, it felt hard and agonizing after I completed all the easier beginner quests.

Runes of Magic: I heard that it's one of the best (if not the best entirely) MMORPG out right now that is similar to WoW, and that it's a Western remake of a Korean (or was it Japanese) MMORPG that was based off a book. I tried the game, and I liked it for a long time, but after I started to have Internet problems and my own computer FORCED me to stop playing it, I lost my appeal for it when I finally got to return.

Perfect world looked awesome and I give the character customization options some major praise, and I liked the environment and graphics alot, but I felt lost and confused when playing the game with not a good map and many NPCs to talk to with no good sense of direction of where I'm suppose to go, but maybe it was just me not trying hard enough.

Ether Saga looked cool at start, but for some reason, after creating my character and trying to play the game, I lost interest.

ROSE online's environment I adored, and the characters weren't bad either. Good EXP rate, cool carts to ride on, fighting was basic point and click, but other things in the game and the places in the game kept me coming back for more, and I liked the economy system and how they handled it. However, some major quests seemed like a heavy burin. Like the quest for the go-kart license. It started out as a crappy run around quest, and ended as a crappy grind and collect quest. I had to bury some pieces of paper by KILLING some enemies, and it's super rare for some of the papers to get buried after killing a enemy. Why? Well, for starters, you're trying to bury some paper by killing, BURY SOME PAPER BY KILLING some dumb-ass goblins, instead of just taking a shovel, digging a hole, and placing them in the hole in the goblin mine!

And if that wasn't bad enough, since I was a trader because I liked the guns, I had to try and kill a field boss not just one time, but I think something like 5 or 10 times to get some love note from him (part of the story), and the guy doesn't respawn fast, he doesn't drop them each time I kill him, and if he does, it's just one, parties are already lined up getting ready to kill him, and alone, not even with the help of my mercenary AIs could I beat him.

All of this, for my second job change. Bull****! As the Angry Video Game Nerd would say. After that, I just gave up, and it totally killed my desire to play the game.

Anyways, I tried La Tale a few times. While it had good combat and looked interesting (I guess) and showed promise and was popular, I still lost interest in it for some reason. I guess I got tired of it that fast, and due to the fact that the second job change isn't until level 80.

I tried both Ghost Online and Wind Slayer, they both proved to have awesome combat and awesome PvP and awesome PvP systems, it felt like both of them were missing something or some people.

I tried Dragonica, and it was awesome gameplay wise, but I can't help but to get a little tired of it, and don't see much of a future in it.

Well, that's all the MMORPGs I can think of that I tried.

The current MMORPG I'm trying is DOMO, and so far, it's pretty good, but not being able to jump feels a little weird and the combat is a bit repetitive like how the review of this game said.

I also forgot to mention Fiesta. I tried it because it looked interesting, but I heard it wasn't that good, but I wanted to try it anyways. So, I did, and the character customization options were appalling. Only 3 hair styles, 3 hair colors, only 4 classes at start (actually that isn't a big deal), it's that "only elves can be archers" shit all over again, and not many other options after that at all.

The combat is, you guessed it, point and click (I think from what I remember). I can't even move while shooting. Immediately (especially since I was lag teleporting up the ass), I lost interest in the game after doing some grinding.

Also, another MMORPG I tried to try are Florensia and CABAL, so don't suggest CABAL, but please if you want to, tell me a little more about Florensia, but don't focus more on telling me more about it than the actual main topic. I'd like to see suggestions, and not discuss one specific thing for the rest of the pages.


Alright! That's all I can think of to say. I hope someone will suggest something. All suggestions are welcome, so please give a reply, and thank you!

[Aaddron]

DDO will be out in a couple days so I suggest like you where planning you try that.

BTW welcome to the forum.

[Glazed]

Thank you.

[ogreman]

Welcome to GameOgre.com.

Great post. You will get more replies for this.

I think you will like Champions Online, at least for a while. Just customizing characters can be fun.

[mmowiz]

that would be hard to find in just 1 game. u might like aion when it comes out.

[Glazed]

Oh, I'm most interested in Champions online. I thought it was released just a few days ago, but I still don't see any option of getting a free trial. Plus, someone offered me a beta key, but I responded too late I guess, because he won't respond. He's never on.

Plus, I think I read that judging by my setup, I need a graphics card upgrade to play the game, and I need a new PSU just to support the new graphics card, because my computer sucks in those two things.

Actually, my computer near sucks at almost everything.

Well, despite there not being much to suggest, thank you for atleast responding.

[Aaddron]

Yeah Champions Online came out on the 1st. Usually it takes a couple months before P2P games add a free trial but it's possible it might not ever come either. Also unfortunately that beta key is useless now that the game has launched.

[Glazed]

Well, then **** that.

You know, I'm not saying the game's bad, but Cryptic really doesn't know how to run a good Open Beta and seriously don't know how to run a free trial. And if they DO come up with a free trial, it's most likely not gonna be fair, just like the OBT.

[Aaddron]

How was the open beta not fair? As for the free trial like I said lots of P2P games wait a while before releasing one it's not just them.

[Glazed]

Well, then sorry. I was wrong.

Also, does Darkfall even have a free trial?