Bevo
Nah
+718|6778|Austin, Texas
I've been through a-many MMO, and it seems I've been unsatisfied by most if not all. I've played (or tried) EVE online, WoW, WAR, GW, and just recently Global Agenda. EVE online held my interest for a few years, WAR a few months, the rest a day or two at best.

I want an MMO where you can aim and shoot. The only one in the above list that offers that is Global Agenda, but I have some big issues with that game (most notably the lack of traditional MMO elements and depth, leading to shoddy, repetitive "endgame" gameplay). There needs to be tactical gameplay, too. One of the things that annoyed me most with say WAR was once you got to the high levels, it was just blobby blob blob. Run around in a ginormous mob, endure lag, hope you win, ???, profit. EVE online also had this same issue, but it was a little bit less terrible. There's no individual skill coming to light there, you're "one of us" "for the greater good", a mindless sheep following some tard to objectives because everyone else is, too. Sure it can be fun if you have a good leader but it doesn't make for a good "endgame" so to speak.

I want to be able to out-aim, out-manuever, out-smart my opponents in an MMO setting. Does anything like this actually exist?

cheers

<3

ed: it seems as if I don't enjoy the MMO genre, this is untrue. I love the whole leveling/crafting/bullshit nonsense. I just don't find clicking a target and then pressing a bunch of number keys to be exhilarating in the slightest.

Last edited by Bevo (2010-01-17 08:09:17)

War Man
Australians are hermaphrodites.
+564|6971|Purplicious Wisconsin
Planetside, but I suggest waiting for planetside 2 as I heard planetside is almost dead
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|6877|Mhz

It's a shame you missed Neocron when it was at it's peak, the game was a perfect FPS MMO, sadly the shitty game engine let it down badly and it's all but died out now. I'm still hoping they make a sequel.
firebolt5
Member
+114|6413
What about Fallen Earth?  I haven't played it myself but there was a free beta a while ago and I found out there's a free trial for it:
http://www.fallenearth.com/
ruisleipa
Member
+149|6480|teh FIN-land
Good question from the OP, I've been wondering if a good MMO will come out that'll really turn me on so to speak. EVE took ahold of me for a month or so but after that...meh...the annoyign thing is that yuo have to spend so much time playing in groups. I don't wanna play in groups all the time, and there's little to do as a single player in the things.
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6758|so randum
get back into eve, i miss you
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Blade4509
Wrench turnin' fool
+202|5766|America

FatherTed wrote:

get back into eve, i miss you
Yeah do it. You won't.
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Bevo
Nah
+718|6778|Austin, Texas

FatherTed wrote:

get back into eve, i miss you
I wish I could teds, I just really hate the state of 0.0/lowsec/empire and reward:fun ratios. EVE seems to reward you the highest with incredibly droll activities that splatter the desk with my face. The more fun, lower reward activities tend to be either incredibly unrewarding or not fun enough to do for an extended period of time. It's completely masochistic.

IE: Blob, mine, mission for isk: good rewards, fall asleep on keyboard. Exploration, solo PVP: decent rewards, risky, not completely boring. Small gang PVP: very fun, very little rewards, time consuming, big chance of getting blobbed.
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5517|foggy bottom
should I really give this eve shit a shot?
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Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6726

eleven bravo wrote:

should I really give this eve shit a shot?
I did and I regret it.

But there is a free trial on the site, play it at your own risk.
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5517|foggy bottom
Ive never spent more than an hour playing that trial.
Tu Stultus Es
Kez
Member
+778|5961|London, UK
runescape
SEREVENT
MASSIVE G STAR
+605|6365|Birmingham, UK

Kez wrote:

runescape
i miss the golden days of runescape
Blade4509
Wrench turnin' fool
+202|5766|America

SEREVENT wrote:

Kez wrote:

runescape
i miss the golden days of runescape
You aren't missing anything because they never existed.
"Raise the flag high! Let the degenerates know who comes to claim their lives this day!"
seymorebutts443
Ready for combat
+211|6852|Belchertown Massachusetts, USA

Doctor Strangelove wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

should I really give this eve shit a shot?
I did and I regret it.

But there is a free trial on the site, play it at your own risk.
21 day trial on steam.
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5517|foggy bottom
Im playing it right now and its pretty boring
Tu Stultus Es
Bevo
Nah
+718|6778|Austin, Texas

eleven bravo wrote:

Im playing it right now and its pretty boring
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

gtfo my thread, there's a 100 page eve online thread

thanks
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5517|foggy bottom
yeah, its pretty lame.  also, harker heights sucks
Tu Stultus Es
farmerfez
o wut?
+78|6788

Blade4509 wrote:

SEREVENT wrote:

Kez wrote:

runescape
i miss the golden days of runescape
You aren't missing anything because they never existed.
gtfo now
ruisleipa
Member
+149|6480|teh FIN-land

Bevo wrote:

gtfo my thread, there's a 100 page eve online thread
lol wut? nice troll..
DesertFox-
The very model of a modern major general
+796|6942|United States of America

ruisleipa wrote:

Bevo wrote:

gtfo my thread, there's a 100 page eve online thread
lol wut? nice troll..
[EVE Online] Official Thread
This post has been preserved for posterity.

Last edited by DesertFox- (2010-01-17 22:51:35)

Bevo
Nah
+718|6778|Austin, Texas
Back to OP. Suggestions?
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7029|PNW

'Age of Conan' is a decent point and shoot, if you don't mind remembering street fighter combos for limb choppage. I have no idea how the game is nowadays, though.

'Hellgate: London' was a nice attempt at a quasi-mmo, but it fell through on so many levels that had nothing to do with gameplay.

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a Doom/Serious Sam style shooter hit the true-MMO market.

Hell on Earth would make an awesome online Doom game.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2010-01-19 17:26:14)

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