Online Games (MMO): Your Thoughts?

[Cello]

Hi guys,

I'm interested in how people feel about online games/MMORPGs.

Do you play any MMOs?
If so, what do you like about the online games you've played?
What don't you like?
What do you hope to see done differently in the future of online gaming?

To me, I feel like it's a wonderful genre with great potential, and some games like WoW show it with how overwhelmingly huge it is.
Online games have a better chance to immerse players in my opinion, since you know you're exploring a huge world with other real players rather than by your lonesome with a bunch of NPCs.

However, with all that being said, I feel like developers aren't making the most out of this genre, producing online games that do NOT push the limits of what an online game could be. I've spent almost a week looking for a new MMO to play, and the only relatively different ones I could find were games like Dragon Nest and Vindictus with their hack n' slash game play that writes out the typical point and click style. Even so, they heavily limit the player making it feel like you're still playing a single player game.

 

[Nerdy Mojo]

I play WoW and maplestory sometimes...my opinion is that mmo games need to have more diversity as I like level grimding and loot but id also like some features that are unorthodox and fresh,make me want to play your game because you do something different and fresh,not the same old thing only slightly better with a new coat of paint(in other words keep the core game at rpg goodmess but add something that only your brand could come up with please)we have yet to see the chrono tigger ff7 or the elder scrolls of mmos not in franchise btw but in fresh mechanics

Btw dear blizzard I. Don't want pandas

 

[Oryx]

Btw dear blizzard I. Don't want pandas

I do!

I've been a huge MMO nut for years now. I started with FlyFF, moved to Perfect World, then WoW, then I took a break and now back to WoW. Between all those I've played probably a dozen others for a few days each. I love the genre.

The weird thing about it with me personally is I don't like the idea of actually playing with people until it comes to instances and dungeons. I like questing alone and leveling alone. I just like being able to talk to people that are playing the same game as me really. I enjoy MMOs for the people and the companionship.

As far as doing things differently, my biggest issue is mostly solved in WoW with the minimal amount of grinding people do. But then I laugh because someone says "I HAVE TO KILL 15 MOBS I HATE GRINDING QQQQQQ" when my first MMO only had one quest a level, and it was to kill 70+ of one mob and it barely gave you any experience. To get the rest of the experience? Grinding with no quests. 15 mobs isn't grinding as much as WoW players like to think it is, haha. I enjoy the formula a lot just because I find it something that's a bit of a challenge for me but not so much that I can't be good at the game. If they make it more action-based or something like that, the game wouldn't appeal to me at all.

 

[Captain Fabio]

I never really got into MMO's; I did play WoW for a bit, but I just didn't enjoy it at all. :/

I don't normally play them at all if I am honest, I most likely should but meh. Once I build my PC, I might look into more of them.​

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[Oryx]

Well idk, I don't think you should play games that you're not interested in. xD Out of curiosity though, are you referring to MMORPGs, or massively multiplayer games in general?

 

[Captain Fabio]

I am talking about Massively Multiplayer Online games, I don't normally play them much at all if I am honest. I rather like playing on my own or with friends, mass gaming is just too bothersome for me. :3​

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[Bayrock]

Well, I've been playing the online MMORPG 'RuneScape' on and off for nearly 6 years now, and have logged about 150 days of my life in that time.

It's been a great experience, and I've achieved 9 maximum skills out of 25 or so total. My goal was to max all of my stats, but I've lost a lot of hope for the game as a whole recently. It's like I don't know how I was so motivated to it before, or really anything nowadays... school takes up a lot of life.

I think I'll return to that particular game eventually, but for now I'm sticking with my new-found glory for Pokémon. Anyway, I that someone needs to get innovative with the MMO genre quick, if they want to be the next big thing. All of the current games have just gotten so bland, it's not anywhere near as exciting as it was 10 years ago. The games need to see some massive renovations, including not only the graphical elements, but utilizing them in a way that will load smoothly amongst millions of gamers.

Edit: Will be trying WoW out later today, 2/22/12
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[Razer302]

I love any sort of MMO game.

Currently I have racked up over 5,200 hours on my current one (battle of the immortals) but its becoming very boring to me now. I have locked into other MMORPG such as Perfect World (level 92 assassin) World of Warcraft (hated only got level 10) but my complete favourite ever was Corum online which got shut down a few years ago. I completely loved that game. There were no quests it was pure grinding and I found that so relaxing I could do it for hours on end and barely gain any of my level bar. I think to go from 120 to 121 would take around 6 hours, and all the dungeons were PVP dungeons so you never knew when you were going to get into a fight always kept you on your toes.

I would love to look into playing more but always having to find more people to play with is what puts me off. If I had others to play with on WoW I would definatly play more.

I am also into other MMO games suck as League of Legends which I play a lot of and call of duty but thats grown stale for me now. Always stuck with bad players and such giving me huge losses but always ending up killing the most in TDM.

 

[Renyui!]

I'm thinking of getting into Star Wars: The Old Republic, but it doesn't come out for a while in Aus, and imports are hard to come by! :(

 

[Algo Fonix]

I played WoW for about 3 years. I really enjoyed it, but could no longer put the kind of time into it that would be required to really do much. I kinda miss it. It filled in a lot of the dull hours of the day.