Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Is Warhammer the only fantasy MMORPG that is different ?

I started gaming decades ago with Intellivision games, then when I finally got a computer I started playing Tomb Raider. In the early 2000's I had heard about Everquest and decided to try it. It was one of very few MMORPG games with 3D graphics that existed at that time, one of the first, if not the first. I played EQ for 4 years and met my girlfriend on there. The problem with EQ however was this... quests gave no XP, named mobs were always camped and KSers were not uncommon. Tradeskilling was also frustrating in EQ, but considering EQ was a pioneer in gaming, all that was understandable. My girlfriend introduced me to World of Warcraft and we played that for a couple of years but that became tedious and annoying as well. Needing to raid in order to get geared and needing to have gear in order to raid. Think about that... conflicting opinions is what WoW is all about. The attitudes of WoW players is in many cases pathetic. It looks like Blizzard is targeting young kids to play WoW and in my opinion they can have it. It was enjoyable for a while but not any more. It was better designed than EQ but at least they had EQ as a role model to follow. After WoW came EQ2 which was pretty good but pretty much the same game play as any other of the MMORPGs. This is when I started to realize it, that most of the fantasy MMORPGs out there now are just copies of each other with a few minor differences... Boring!!! Oh, I forgot to mention Warhammer, which I played for a couple months before EQ2. Now, that was different, public quests and RvR, PvP that's actually enjoyable even for those who generally don't like PvP. Gear is not an issue here, people don't check your gear before accepting you in a raid, in fact they have open parties and warbands that you just join, you don't have to look for them. Unfortunately back then I had too much lag for me to handle and I left. Now I'm glad I returned, the lag is not nearly as bad as it was and it is truly, in my opinion, the only fantasy MMORPG out there that is different and actually fun to play, with no one criticizing your gear and very little tension otherwise. Until something truly different comes along, it looks like I'll be playing Warhammer for a while.

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