There are many but if the game doesn't compel me from the beginning, why play it.. This is one of the problemw I had with the Tera beta. While the game may be great, id didn't do anything to grab my attention in the early stages of the game and I was no longer compelled to play. A game has to grab and captivate it's audience early in the game. Graphics are also important to me. I want something that's nice to look at.
Bad gameplay, more importantly combat. Or if the game has little to nothing new in it. New mix of old things is fine but just doing old things with a gimmick without improvements is just sad.
Also, combat based on strict holy trinity gives me an allergic reaction right now. The game better be freaking amazing if I'm going to play it with trinity combat. It's just something I've grown out of. It makes combat too predictable, formulaic and easy.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been-Wayne Gretzky
I'm probably the only one here that still values a decent community with their MMOs. I have no problems playing a carbon-copy of WoW mechanics and paying box price if the game has a good community behind it. Unfortunately it seems the most popular games attract the worse type of players, regardless of F2P or P2P. I'm actually starting to lean more towards anime style MMOs because it seems to act as a natural barrier that ignorant/borderline racist players, and fanboys can't cross over.
And I'm not really critical of what makes a good community. The only requirement to a good community I feel is the playerbase being more interested in game for it's social aspects and not just an inconvenience towards progression. And I've become sort of like the enemy now because I've been tanking and healing forever, and I know most people are in there just for the gear and that's fine. But I just can't deal with people being pricks, and will occasionally leave these groups of players with additudes stranded in the dungeon, while I find another group of friendlier players to deal with.
I guess what I'm saying is that a game that emphasizes loot over community is a deal breaker for me, and a lot of people would suggest that I should give up because all MMOs are like that, but I know that's not true. All MMOs have loot, but not all of them made grouping for loot feel like a choir instead of being fun.
I'm probably the only one here that still values a decent community with their MMOs. I have no problems playing a carbon-copy of WoW mechanics and paying box price if the game has a good community behind it. Unfortunately it seems the most popular games attract the worse type of players, regardless of F2P or P2P. I'm actually starting to lean more towards anime style MMOs because it seems to act as a natural barrier that ignorant/borderline racist players, and fanboys can't cross over.
And I'm not really critical of what makes a good community. The only requirement to a good community I feel is the playerbase being more interested in game for it's social aspects and not just an inconvenience towards progression. And I've become sort of like the enemy now because I've been tanking and healing forever, and I know most people are in there just for the gear and that's fine. But I just can't deal with people being pricks, and will occasionally leave these groups of players with additudes stranded in the dungeon, while I find another group of friendlier players to deal with.
I guess what I'm saying is that a game that emphasizes loot over community is a deal breaker for me, and a lot of people would suggest that I should give up because all MMOs are like that, but I know that's not true. All MMOs have loot, but not all of them made grouping for loot feel like a choir instead of being fun.
I honestly quit hoping for a good community. WoW's was atrocious (spelling?), EQ2's was great for a very long time, but it has attracted a bad element now. The last "good community" I remember though was early EQ2 or VERY early WoW. Even UO was less than ideal in my opinion. I find the PvP blowhards that are always talkin' smack to be part of the problem. Anymore I just don't expect the community to be good. Who knows....? Some community somewhere might surprise me one day.
I'll add high heels, g-strings and ridiculously sized weapons to that mix. Anime-porn doesn't interest me. At all.
World of warcraft night elf right there (minus the anime part it cartoon instead) : P
-I wont play pay to win games
-Game that provide no challenge (WoW yeah yeah flame away i know you want to, pvp somewhat challenging but all it realy come down to is who has the better gear/time invested usualy)
The only automatic deal breaker for me is non-consensual pvp. I deal with enough sociopaths in the real world to deal with them when I game...
Agreed. I don't care if you want your battlegrounds, but I want to be able to opt out of any and all PvP entirely. If I am ever forced in any way to engage in it, I won't play, period.
My list grows very long as I've grown tired of paying/playing the same recycled crap and refuse to pay for crap anymore.
The only game I see on the horizon that I'm interested in is ArcheAge.
I'm with you.....How many MMO'S have you doing quest such as go kill 10 hell rats or something similer..that's ok if you've never played an MMO for before, But I just get bored out of my mind...Same ole same ole.
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There are many but if the game doesn't compel me from the beginning, why play it.. This is one of the problemw I had with the Tera beta. While the game may be great, id didn't do anything to grab my attention in the early stages of the game and I was no longer compelled to play. A game has to grab and captivate it's audience early in the game. Graphics are also important to me. I want something that's nice to look at.
Bad gameplay, more importantly combat. Or if the game has little to nothing new in it. New mix of old things is fine but just doing old things with a gimmick without improvements is just sad.
Also, combat based on strict holy trinity gives me an allergic reaction right now. The game better be freaking amazing if I'm going to play it with trinity combat. It's just something I've grown out of. It makes combat too predictable, formulaic and easy.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
I'm probably the only one here that still values a decent community with their MMOs. I have no problems playing a carbon-copy of WoW mechanics and paying box price if the game has a good community behind it. Unfortunately it seems the most popular games attract the worse type of players, regardless of F2P or P2P. I'm actually starting to lean more towards anime style MMOs because it seems to act as a natural barrier that ignorant/borderline racist players, and fanboys can't cross over.
And I'm not really critical of what makes a good community. The only requirement to a good community I feel is the playerbase being more interested in game for it's social aspects and not just an inconvenience towards progression. And I've become sort of like the enemy now because I've been tanking and healing forever, and I know most people are in there just for the gear and that's fine. But I just can't deal with people being pricks, and will occasionally leave these groups of players with additudes stranded in the dungeon, while I find another group of friendlier players to deal with.
I guess what I'm saying is that a game that emphasizes loot over community is a deal breaker for me, and a lot of people would suggest that I should give up because all MMOs are like that, but I know that's not true. All MMOs have loot, but not all of them made grouping for loot feel like a choir instead of being fun.
Deal breakers for me:
- Instanced worlds
- Nothing to do than combat
- Focused on competitive gameplay (leaderbords, killcounts, etc.)
- Fast paced action combat/twitch-style
I maintain this List of Sandbox MMORPGs. Please post or send PM for corrections and suggestions.
I honestly quit hoping for a good community. WoW's was atrocious (spelling?), EQ2's was great for a very long time, but it has attracted a bad element now. The last "good community" I remember though was early EQ2 or VERY early WoW. Even UO was less than ideal in my opinion. I find the PvP blowhards that are always talkin' smack to be part of the problem. Anymore I just don't expect the community to be good. Who knows....? Some community somewhere might surprise me one day.
President of The Marvelously Meowhead Fan Club
World of warcraft night elf right there (minus the anime part it cartoon instead) : P
-I wont play pay to win games
-Game that provide no challenge (WoW yeah yeah flame away i know you want to, pvp somewhat challenging but all it realy come down to is who has the better gear/time invested usualy)
- Games that have cash shop and a subscription.
Agreed. I don't care if you want your battlegrounds, but I want to be able to opt out of any and all PvP entirely. If I am ever forced in any way to engage in it, I won't play, period.
Played: UO, EQ, WoW, DDO, SWG, AO, CoH, EvE, TR, AoC, GW, GA, Aion, Allods, lots more
Relatively Recently (Re)Played: HL2 (all), Halo (PC, all), Batman:AA; AC, ME, BS, DA, FO3, DS, Doom (all), LFD1&2, KOTOR, Portal 1&2, Blink, Elder Scrolls (all), lots more
Now Playing: None
Hope: None
1. Pay to win mmos.
2. Recycled content.
3. Mmo's that lack innovation.
4. 2002 art work.
Grim Dawn, the next great action rpg!
http://www.grimdawn.com/
I'm with you.....How many MMO'S have you doing quest such as go kill 10 hell rats or something similer..that's ok if you've never played an MMO for before, But I just get bored out of my mind...Same ole same ole.