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I played WoW a bit after its initial release through the first couple xpacs. Getting the MMO itch again, but I know the WoW I grew up with doesn't really exist anymore, so now I'm pretty out of touch.

For those of you playing / recently played an MMO, which one? How's the community? How's the lore? Gameplay in pve/pvp/rvr?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

All of them. If it exists I'm on there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Currently I try to decide between New World and Guild Wars 2. Can't play both but not sure which to pick ....

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, the only game that’s scratched that old MMO itch for me is Old School Runescape.

But, by and large… it’s not an MMO. Give this video a watch!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Started festia online and I really like it! But I'm new and I'm lost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was playing to Elder Scrolls but they revamped the interface and since it's horrible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Star Citizen is my guilty pleasure. Get online with a group of friends and do some missions, emersion style, role play hijinks. The space elevator of death will forever be in our hearts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HorizonXI. It's a classic Final Fantasy XI server.

I grew up playing XI and wanted to get back into it, but the retail server is a solo experience these days. Horizon has been incredible to relive my childhood on Horizon, and the community is amazing. It's certainly not for everyone but I'm so glad to have it in my life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was lucky in that the ffxi US beta was my first dive into an MMO. And I think it's one of the best games ever, but the harsh reality is that it's hard and tedious, especially for folks who only have experience with super hand holdy MMOs like they mostly are today. If you can get into it, it can be like crack, but I really feel like most people won't have the patience for it these days.

This isn't me saying don't try it. Try it for sure. Just be ready for a huge time sink. It doesn't help you at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I absolutely agree. XI is hard and a huge time sync. I don't think most gamers would enjoy it at all, and most of my enjoyment comes from nostalgia and the sense of community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
  • Star Wars Galaxies, A New Hope launched in July and doesn't have any of the BS restrictions in place like SWGEMU does. Play on multiple toons, use of macros and scripts, ultimate fun.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was playing Wrath Classic when it came but the wow token and GDKPs absolutely killed the experience. Wow itself has had some good changes and announcements lately, it might be worth revisiting that a little to see if you might be interested again.

Another option is Hardcore, which does somewhat feel interesting and old school again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Got that itch again recently too and after looking through what's currently popular decided to give EVE Online and Black Desert (on private server) a try

I like open world survival crafting games (loved Valheim) and prefer to play with others so am hoping these will work out

Also played some GW2 few months back for a while and I host a Minetest server for our kiddos where I dabble as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Anymore, occasionally, I'll hop back into Wakfu or I'll play Dofus Touch on my phone. Otherwise I don't play MMOs at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The only mmo's I ever really spent any significant time with were FFXI (on dial up for most of the time I spent with it so my experience wasn't great) and GW2. not mentioning eve... we dont talk about that..

There was a free MMORPG called Planeshift (I played quite a lot in 2005 or so, it's still around and being actively worked on) that was very elder scrolls inspired, I put a lot of time into in the past too but being a small free amateur project it didn't have a lot of players.

I just don't have the time or motivation to give modern MMOs the attention they really need to make progress, and I was very much a solo player at the time so progress was slow and hard.

I think if I was to pick up a new one it would be FF14, it has a balance of open gameplay and story which a lot of mmos ignore, it seems like a good community but as with all mmos they really dont want you to just drop in a play a couple of hours every second weekend, they want you to get in daily and stick to a routine, which I just cant commit to these days.

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