MMORPG

[Esmeralda]

That's like saying "If you want a good anti-virus program, pay for it."

No it's not. Although, the best anti-virus in my opinion is NOD32 and... you do have to pay for it (or at least pirate it).

>_> There are plenty of free ones that are perfectly fine or just as good as paid ones (or better, mebbe).

lol.

Enjoy playing a week before getting bored because of the awful economy/poor gameplay/terrible community (Brazilians). Rinse and repeat.
There are no free to play games that come even close to the major pay to play games. And although many people like to ride the bandwagon (myself included) and say WoW sucks, ultimately, it's pretty much the best  MMORPG there is. It has had the time to mature and stabilize/balance itself out. If WoW doesn't tickle your fancy, there's always WAR. There's even Lord of the Rings Online, if you're interested in playing through the story. I doubt even any free games are able to reach FFXI in terms of quality, and its probably the least popular of the main P2P MMO titles.

WoW sucks. MMORPGs suck.

[Kokowam]

I personally didn't like WoW's gameplay. I never really got into it. I can see why people would, though.

And yes, in a way, I'm biased. I prefer FTP because I'm poor. >_>

[Obsession]

Heres a list of a few free ones. (Its official, i'm a cheapskate)

Cabal Online
If you like flashy lights, big armour and and some war mashing this ones for you. I absolutely adore the war system in this game, its probably the best i've seen in any MMO to date. You pick one of the two sides, and when you enter the war you set up different kinds of buildings and watch towers. If you capture certain sites, you get guardians. Whats more, if one of the foes guardians die in your hands, you recieve a super swanky flame coloured weapon that murders people in a single hit, buildings in about three.

Metin 2
Probably a lesser known MMO, but I found it highly addictive and stuck for about 2 years. Its a bit hard to level up, and mobs get insanely powerful after a certain point meaning by level 50 you need perfect equipment in order to survive. The horse system is probably the best I've seen in free MMO's, besides naming it, with enough effort you can rise it to a Military Horse. The only cons is that you have to keep feeding the damn donkey, and since it feeds off of real time, it can die while your offline.

[Dwarra?]

Everyone here has played Metin 2. Roph is even a mod, or used to be. I don't know ._.

[Kokowam]

I played Metin 2, but I felt like it was too much grinding and not much to actually do. Sure, pretty much all MMO's are like that, but idk. XP

[Obsession]

Everyone here has played Metin 2. Roph is even a mod, or used to be. I don't know ._.

He was a Mod? O.O

I thought his name sounded familiar. Its not ex-mod 'Rolph' from US is it?

Edit: I did my research, I guessed right

Then I guess I've met you before in quite a few places.

[chewey]

Well, even if admitting so would reveal me as a hypocrite, I felt I was just absolutely obliged to tell you that recently Rasse and I have been playing ROSE Online. We were going to buy FFXI for cheap but decided against that, given that FFXIV is just around the corner and spending money on XI now would just seem a waste. With nothing left to do after finishing RE5 and overplaying Brawl, we decided to pick up whatever free MMO looked best.
I had played ROSE before a long time ago and thought it was pretty much the funnest free MMO I had played (although I still quickly grew bored and quit with my character's level in the mid twenties) so we picked that. It is a whole lot of (easy) grinding and the usual scammers and brazilians, but luckily boredom wasn't much of a factor given that we were playing together. You should probably check this game out - it is pretty stable in terms of its economy, with most of the currency flow occurring between various User Vendors, and pretty average in its class balancing. I play a Knight, the defensive second class of the Soldier, and Rasse plays a Mage Hybrid, the offensive second class of the Muse with most of the essential supportive spells (buffs, healing, a bonfire which restores mana/hp over time) from the basic Muse tree (Cleric is the full supportive second job of the Muse).

I suppose I should try and sell it to you a bit:
You begin as a Visitor, which has no special skills other than some crappy double slash attack. At level 10, you get to choose your First Class of 4: Soldier, Muse, Hawker and Dealer. When you reach level 100 of your specific class, you are able to advance it to its second job: Champion/Knight, Mage/Cleric, Raider/Scout, Artisan/Bourgeois. We've both reached level 100+, and only just now is it beginning to lose its charm for me. I suppose to rekindle my interest I'll start participating in the PvP matches that open up to all level 100+ players, but I'm a little worried I'll just get dominated by the opposing Castle Gears (giant robots you can purchase and build to sit in to increase your attack power).

Oh, if you do play it, be warned that the writing is terrible and you should take all quests and dialogue as a joke. If you get around to playing, try and find us: Krabboss and Skanker. You've probably already decided on a game to play though.

[ahref]

Roph was/is a GM in metin2 on one account a mod on another. On his mod account he was queen of red kingdom.

I have a level 21 sura. WHO GOES "ur ur ha ha ya" whilst he attacks and kills stuff and gains barely any experience. Therefore i quit

[tSwitch]

Tommy tried to get me to play Rose online once, isn't it like a sugary cutsey pink bubble candy and flowers MMO?

but luckily boredom wasn't much of a factor given that we were playing together.

that's the only thing that really makes MMORPG any fun, is playing with people you know/like and enjoy playing it with.

[Kokowam]

ROSE Online was pretty fun (at least when I first played it which was before it became PTP(yes, I know it's FTP now, but before it was PTP so that's how long ago I played it. XD)).

And I half-agree. Having friends makes MMORPGs fun, but MMO's still have certain guidelines. >_> I tried playing a game called "GodsWar" which didn't look too bad, but the starting is so dang confusing it was just too much.

[Tezuka]

Just to let you know Moo, I am in the middle of trying out Dragonica and Project of Planets. I'll tell you how they are later if you want.

[chewey]

Tommy tried to get me to play Rose online once, isn't it like a sugary cutsey pink bubble candy and flowers MMO?

Yes, with awful writing and very little variation in monsters you can battle.

ROSE Online was pretty fun (at least when I first played it which was before it became PTP(yes, I know it's FTP now, but before it was PTP so that's how long ago I played it. XD)).

Pre-Pay to Play ROSE was more fun than Post-Pay to Play ROSE, I think.

We haven't played for a little while but we'll probably pick it up again once he gets home.

[ahref]

http://www.hellokittyonline.com/

GO GO GO.

[chewey]

I signed up for the beta for that years ago, then forgot about it. Got a surprise last year when it said the beta was finally open.

I gave my code to Rasse.

[Kokowam]

Pre-Pay to Play ROSE was more fun than Post-Pay to Play ROSE, I think.

We haven't played for a little while but we'll probably pick it up again once he gets home.

I played Post-PTP (now it's called ROSE Evo or something really close to that) and it just didn't seem the same. :\ I remember when people were selling those +7 jellies or w/e for, like, 1 mil and people were summoning so hard they leveled up every time they used a scroll~

Anyways, I think you need more levels to reach the 3rd job (level 100 or something like that) but it takes less time to get there than before it was changed.

[chewey]

Pre-Pay to Play ROSE was more fun than Post-Pay to Play ROSE, I think.

We haven't played for a little while but we'll probably pick it up again once he gets home.

I played Post-PTP (now it's called ROSE Evo or something really close to that) and it just didn't seem the same. :\ I remember when people were selling those +7 jellies or w/e for, like, 1 mil and people were summoning so hard they leveled up every time they used a scroll~

Anyways, I think you need more levels to reach the 3rd job (level 100 or something like that) but it takes less time to get there than before it was changed.

Getting to 100 was really easy.

[Sophist]

Been playing alot of PSO, it's empty inside but still some fun.

[Kokowam]

PSO? I've wanted to try that but I think it's PTP. ._.

[Sophist]

The servers for Blue Burst shut down in late 08.

[Tezuka]

So I've been playing Dragonica quite a lot since I downloaded it. I have to say, the game is quite cool, the gameplay is Streets of Rage-ish mixed with the usual generic cute graphics, but the graphic style can easily be ignored due to the gameplay.

[Kokowam]

Sweet. It has PVP. XD I'll join you in it in a little bit. It'll be cool to have someone to play with.

[Roph]

You guys need to wait for the new Twilight MMO to come out.

Not even kidding, http://www.massively.com/2009/07/28/theres-a-er-twilight-mmo-coming/

[tSwitch]

You guys need to wait for the new Twilight MMO to come out.

Not even kidding, http://www.massively.com/2009/07/28/theres-a-er-twilight-mmo-coming/

it's not official, it's not in development, and it's not even a confirmed mmo lol
but still, just the idea fails.

[Kokowam]

Yo, Tez, it seems like, while registering, there's no option for saying you're from the US. Weird. o_o

[Tezuka]

Click "Other", if you are not in the service area, it will ask you to register your IP (which it will allow you to do in the patcher) so don't worry about it.