Which MMO is the best?

david271749

Please feel free to compare and contrast below. Add your favorite if it's not an option. I added an other option for those who hate my choices.

Monkeyshoeslive

Hello Kitty Adventure Island. Most balanced game I have ever played.

rawne1980b16_ESO

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Scarlet Blade.

The ... er ... scenery ... is very nice.

Aett_Thorn

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City of Heroes. Still mad it's gone.

Regoras

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Obviously it was Toon Town Online.

Kyle_Roberts

Runescape

Runescape, makes the grinding to level on this game look pathetic

daneyulebub17_ESO

Lotro?

fyendiarb16_ESO

ESO

My current love is always the best. As it stands now and hopefully for a long time that love is for ESO, even with all the problems it has of which I hope some of the more annoying ones get fixed with today's patch.

I don't dwell on past loves, out of sight, out of mind.

ShadowWolf613

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I may get ALOT of hate for this but Warhammer online was the best for ME. I LOVE pvp and WAR was based on pvp. I loved it. Sad its gone and it didn't do well. But i like eso. One of the few mmos since war that i do like. Rift was boring but ESO i LOVE and will play till the end just like i did in warhammer.

randomriffyrocksprerb18_ESO

Wizard101 FTWW

Aoifesan

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anonymousshadow613b16_ESO wrote: »

I may get ALOT of hate for this but Warhammer online was the best for ME. I LOVE pvp and WAR was based on pvp. I loved it. Sad its gone and it didn't do well. But i like eso. One of the few mmos since war that i do like. Rift was boring but ESO i LOVE and will play till the end just like i did in warhammer.

It attempted to be based on PvP, but had some of the most poorly thought out balance issues I've seen in a game ever. The rest of the game was complete *yawn* too.

Best PvP Mmo ever was Ultima online.

Caduryn

ESO

Nah, best PvP MMO ever was DAoC. ^^

Chomppa

WOW

Voted WoW just so I could make people cry .

vyndral13preub18_ESO

rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »

Scarlet Blade.

The ... er ... scenery ... is very nice.

How do they not get a black eye?!

ShadowWolf613

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Aoifesan wrote: »

anonymousshadow613b16_ESO wrote: »

I may get ALOT of hate for this but Warhammer online was the best for ME. I LOVE pvp and WAR was based on pvp. I loved it. Sad its gone and it didn't do well. But i like eso. One of the few mmos since war that i do like. Rift was boring but ESO i LOVE and will play till the end just like i did in warhammer.

It attempted to be based on PvP, but had some of the most poorly thought out balance issues I've seen in a game ever. The rest of the game was complete *yawn* too.

Best PvP Mmo ever was Ultima online.

Like I said it was the best for me. Although alot of people hated it. i loved the game. Never claimed it was the best pvp game or anything. War was the first MMO I ever played. (other than the few times i played WOW but i couldn't stand the cartoony graphics)

daneyulebub17_ESO

Yeah, no. Too many missing--OP should have taken the time to provide a better list.

Monkeyshoeslive

@anonymousshadow613b16_ESO‌

I loathe pvp yet I loved the RvR in WAR. I still miss my cute little goblin shaman

JD2013

ESO

ESO. And here's why:

To me, an important aspect of any RPG or indeed MMO is the quests. Most of the quests feel very well written in ESO. Like they have taken their time over them. Every single NPC that I have come across seems to have a personality. Being fully voiced helps the cause, too.

Most quests in MMO's, for example WoW are really quite grindy ("Collect 20 boar tusks" etc - won't somebody think of all those poor dead boars?!) and generic and not well thought out. Most of the NPC's are very generic and dull. It feels like a genuine grind to get anywhere, travelling from quest hub to quest hub. Not encouraging you to explore the world that has been created at all.

In ESO, you are encouraged to explore and wander around off the beaten path. Stumble across a catacomb or cave, finding a treasure chest or skyshard, or a random NPC trying to summon things from an Oblivion portal, or Traders being attacked by Bandits. It all adds to making it feel like a living, breathing world.

The social aspects are good, I have found, too. Team up when you want, random people help you if you are being overwhelmed by enemies, or team up to take down an Anchor. I have generally found people very friendly and helpful.

I also enjoy the combat as it's not a case of spamming a few buttons. You actually have to think.

ESO gets my vote here every single time.

Shanna

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Ultima Online.

kmorganlfcb16_ESO

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Eve Online - but I need to take longish breaks from it once in a while because it can do my head in.

Phantax

WOW

Can't even see that this is a legitimate question?
Anyway, I'm a self confessed ES fanboy but that does not change the facts.

WoW has been around for longer than any other MMO. It has the largest number of subs/players achieved by any MMO. It has taken more money than any MMO in existence. It is played in more countries around the world than any other MMO. (need we go on?)

People are too quick to dismiss WoW, but when ESO can claim even half of what WoW has done then they will have achieved the mighty !

Knootewoot

Star Wars Galaxies

I voted Starwars Galaxies.

First of all, for most people the 1st mmo is mostly their best experience (it's new and shiny and every other game is a clone)

Second, I loved pre-cu and still play it on the emu server. No quests, no levels just skills and the best wildlife simulation.

Third, the game had so much small things that made the game great. A very expanded crafting system, clothes did not give stats except vanity and there where so much different clothing. Lots of items which could ALL be placed in your house.

Fourth, animations are still very good and it still has the best character customization in my opinion. Also the emotes are very well animated.

But that's my opinion.

For the rest i love ESO, loved Vanguard and liked Ryzom and PotBS

Eris

ESO

Of course the entire poll is subjective because people like different things at different times for different reasons. If not for the class change in Helm's Deep I'd have voted LOTRO any time before that, but my opinion changed. If not for the closure of City of Heroes, I'd have also voted that.

I'm currently enjoying ESO and it is my current favorite, but class rebalancing always annoys me, especially with billion gold respect fees... so who knows how I'll feel in a couple hours... which is why I say subjective.

Caduryn

ESO

Phantax wrote: »

Can't even see that this is a legitimate question?
Anyway, I'm a self confessed ES fanboy but that does not change the facts.

WoW has been around for longer than any other MMO. It has the largest number of subs/players achieved by any MMO. It has taken more money than any MMO in existence. It is played in more countries around the world than any other MMO. (need we go on?)

People are too quick to dismiss WoW, but when ESO can claim even half of what WoW has done then they will have achieved the mighty !

So.....just because WoW got the biggest Numbers means Its the best MMO for you....?

What a strange Comment....

sevcik.miroslaveb17_ESO

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For me the best one was Lineage II. Hated it´s grind, but I loved it´s mechanics (especialy PVP/PK system - C4, C6 max . But after C6 that game became worthless).

Sure raids were pretty lame. But I would love to see crafting/trading system in ESO. No bound items, Improvement of weapons with risk of it´s destruction etc...

oh those great memories )

Chettb16_ESO

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Ultima Online & Everquest on Rallos Zek Server.

pxtc_ESO

WOW

World of Warcraft, and it's not even close. They know how to treat their customers. I've been playing wow since launch and I'm over it now but it's the best. I tried to give ESO a chance but I'm back to playing Skyrim. ESO online sucks.

dpgirl

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Aett_Thorn wrote: »

City of Heroes. Still mad it's gone.

another vote for City of Heroes from me... was just an awesome game... I miss it too.

tordr86b16_ESO

WOW

ESO is a jumbled mess. I didn't expect unbiased results from this poll, it's clear that everyone here are fanboys.

fyendiarb16_ESO

ESO

JD2013 wrote: »

ESO. And here's why:

To me, an important aspect of any RPG or indeed MMO is the quests. Most of the quests feel very well written in ESO. Like they have taken their time over them. Every single NPC that I have come across seems to have a personality. Being fully voiced helps the cause, too.

Most quests in MMO's, for example WoW are really quite grindy ("Collect 20 boar tusks" etc - won't somebody think of all those poor dead boars?!) and generic and not well thought out. Most of the NPC's are very generic and dull. It feels like a genuine grind to get anywhere, travelling from quest hub to quest hub. Not encouraging you to explore the world that has been created at all.

In ESO, you are encouraged to explore and wander around off the beaten path. Stumble across a catacomb or cave, finding a treasure chest or skyshard, or a random NPC trying to summon things from an Oblivion portal, or Traders being attacked by Bandits. It all adds to making it feel like a living, breathing world.

The social aspects are good, I have found, too. Team up when you want, random people help you if you are being overwhelmed by enemies, or team up to take down an Anchor. I have generally found people very friendly and helpful.

I also enjoy the combat as it's not a case of spamming a few buttons. You actually have to think.

ESO gets my vote here every single time.

Very well put and I fully agree with everything you said.

Cogo

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david271749 wrote: »

Please feel free to compare and contrast below. Add your favorite if it's not an option. I added an other option for those who hate my choices.

Everquest. Best MMO ever made. Longest lived. Had WAY to hardest challenges. Huge difference in classes and a lot of races with each having a useful racial ability. Factions in cities depending on your actions or your race.

And the most beautiful thing ever in any MMO. Raiding. NOTHING beats Everquest raids. 50-70 people to control, work together, unite and then ALL loot was public, hence the DKP system was born and worked quite well.

Today EQ is to old and not what it once was. But nothing even comes close to the detail, difficulty, different roles and tactics needed in EQ raids. For you who are not familiar with Everquest class system, there was a HELL of a lot more then Tank/healer/dps. And each class had "epic" quests they could quest for....and these where EPIC. Not every single damn highlvl had them.

I wish I had a timemachine and went back to 1999. Memory wipe and started EQ all over again.