City of heroes on and off. About 4 months in total if you count time spent on the U.S servers before it was released over here. Mostly because I want a decent level character when COV comes out, which will rock incidentally.
I want a new mmorpg cant decide between wow and star wars i already have an account with sony (planetside and everquest 2) wish there was a free trial that didnt involve me having to spend 30 pounds to find out its crap
Just looking for a wow free traial found this tad wierd -<a href='http://www.worldofwconline.com/content/worldofwarcraft-freetrial.php' target='_blank'>read last bold line</a>
<!--QuoteBegin-Sub zer0+Jul 17 2005, 04:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sub zer0 @ Jul 17 2005, 04:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I want a new mmorpg cant decide between wow and star wars i already have an account with sony (planetside and everquest 2) wish there was a free trial that didnt involve me having to spend 30 pounds to find out its crap
Just looking for a wow free traial found this tad wierd -<a href='http://www.worldofwconline.com/content/worldofwarcraft-freetrial.php' target='_blank'>read last bold line</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Sub... that's not the official site...
Omega_DeathSith apprentice to a box of CerealJoin Date: 2003-08-06Member: 19042Members
<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I play this one called Life. You guys may not have heard of it. Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played.
<!--QuoteBegin-Omega Death+Jul 17 2005, 04:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Omega Death @ Jul 17 2005, 04:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I play this one called Life. You guys may not have heard of it. Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> not only that it also sux, its like all about graphics and lots of **** gameplay
<!--QuoteBegin-Omega Death+Jul 17 2005, 04:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Omega Death @ Jul 17 2005, 04:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I play this one called Life. You guys may not have heard of it. Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yea, and the grind is rediculous. You need to commit about 40 hours a week to this game to get anywhere.
Neocron - 1.5 year - stop playing due to developers continued lies EVE - 1.5 years - considering going back in 3 months when my WOW subscription ends World Of Warcraft - 1 year ish (including beta) - Still playing Planetside - 6 months Star Wars Galaxies - 3 months StarPeace - 7 months - my first MMO aww - Imagine Sim City online. Anarchy Online - 2 months - intending on going back Earth & Beyond - 3 months - was in the beta Guild Wars - 1 week - the beta but my brother has an account
Pretty sure im missing one or two. Id be playing more just now but work is getting in the way, my part time contract (10 hours) and im working 390% of my contract <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> but thats soon to end since me and the other part timers have started a mini union with union like activity.
Omega_DeathSith apprentice to a box of CerealJoin Date: 2003-08-06Member: 19042Members
<!--QuoteBegin-Umbraed Monkey+Jul 17 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Umbraed Monkey @ Jul 17 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea, and the grind is rediculous. You need to commit about 40 hours a week to this game to get anywhere. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> QFT.
I hope they patch that soon, it's just too much work.
I've been playing Maple Story for about a month now. Nice game, but severe lack of quests. I have a 2-month subscription to WoW that's slowly burning away. I lost interest it it.
to get right to your question... I played both WoW and SWG, and WoW was ridiculously fun til I got to level 60, but I got bored at that point. I felt like I was no longer making progress. sure, I could continue to collect equipment and whatnot, but it just felt like a dead-end so I left it. I find myself missing my days of SWG now... the fun was less 'concentrated' - that is, an hour of SWG wasn't usually as fun as an hour of WoW - but in the long run, it felt more expansive and I didn't get bored of it as quickly. it takes a long time to train up all your skills, and I never even got close to Jedi, which takes like 10 times more work to get decent at than the normal professions...
in summary, WoW was really fun til I got a char or two to lvl 60, then I got bored. SWG was a little less fun but lasted longer.
Hum.. Wouldnt the new expansion pack add any more length to wow? (pvp) and star wars sounds good and all but im not the most patient of people. I might go down and buy it give it a wizz i still got some vouchers i meant so many people play wow it must be okay? And star wars seems brill but i dont even know if i can be arsed i mean im bored so thats why it might be good to play wow but star wars it would be good to look at my fella and say wow look he has a small empire ARGHh i dont know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> we will see go down town and have some coffee and think.. (tommorrow) And more advice for my wow/star wars delmea here?
<!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I play this one called Life. You guys may not have heard of it. Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> But you have to use real cash for all your items and upgrades.
<!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Jul 18 2005, 12:59 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Jul 18 2005, 12:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Spacer+Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spacer @ Jul 17 2005, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I play this one called Life. You guys may not have heard of it. Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But you have to use real cash for all your items and upgrades. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeh and death is final, and theres this pain thing too, that hurts.
The GM's in Life can only suggest nerfing. It's up to the people to comply to this nerf or not. Unfortunately, being banned from the Freedom server and forced to play on the Incarceration server sucks from the reviews I've read.
Not to mention the whole perma-death thing. I'm not even sure if they allow you to restart your character from scratch. Every single person is such a bloody good hardcore RP'er in this game... they all refuse to tell me.
Character customization sucks, too. You are stuck with crap given to you by a random generator. I got this geeky little Cyber Nerd looking body. Name ain't half-bad though.
I played both WoW and SW:G, and i'd say go with WoW.
On the whole, WoW is a lot more immediate. You get straight into the game with little hassle, the direction and flow of the game is good, it looks pretty and it's very easy to dip in and out of whenever you like. WoW does, however, suffer from being a little restrictive, small and has less variety in the end, but the experience is fun, as is PvP. The quests are pretty much the same as any other MMO, the usual kill such and such, collect this and that and deliver soandso here. The game is, however, pretty combat orientated.
SW:G, on the other hand is far more expansive and in depth. The planets are each huge and can take a good deal of time to cross. However, the small problem with this is that generally there's bugger all there. The planets are all as bland and boring as each other, and given their immense size, crossing somewhere like tattooine you will see nothing but sand for miles around. With SW:G i found the quests to be painfully repetetive. The majority of quests i did were for the Imperials and you'd travel for 10 minutes to destroy the same 3 enemies in a random location and the flag they're with, and then return. Even the "theme parks" and such turned out to be very poorly executed and boring. One massive feature i loved about SW:G was that you didn't generally have to fight anything to get ahead, as you did in WoW. I was a dancer, that's right, i was one of the many Twi'lek's inside Mos Eisley's cantina dancing for cash. /flourish 5. It was fun, met a lot of people, earned tips and items. Also, the character customisation is fantastic, there's so many choices and sliders to tweak that you can pretty much guarentee you won't be identical to another player, and ontop of that, the clothing in the game was massively varied. With the addition of the roleplay (Which wasn't enforced) it was a really fun experience to be involved in the Star Wars universe.
So in short....
WoW pros: <ul><li>Easy to get into</li><li>Immediate action</li><li>Next to no loading times, and what there is are short.</li><li>Detailed environments</li><li>Good graphics</li><li>Good variety of classes and abilities</li><li>PvP is fun as hell</li><li>Both the option to vendor items and trade with other players</li></ul>WoW cons: <ul><li>A lot of the community are idiots</li><li>Not as indepth as other MMO's</li><li>Mostly combat focused (Or is that a pro?)</li><li>Griefers are still an issue, see first con</li><li>Not being in a big guild can cause problems in the endgame</li><li>There's a number of issues, bugs, lag, and stuff, and Blizzard don't seem to care half the time</li><li>Character creation is limited and when it gets to the endgame, everyone's after the same equip and look samey</li><li>Auction houses are few and far between</li><li>Ironforge + Orgrimmar</li><li>No player owned housing yet</li><li>Irritating mailing system</li></ul>SW:G pros: <ul><li>Immersive</li><li>Fantastic universe, backstory, etc etc</li><li>Absolutely HUGE</li><li>Excellent character customisation</li><li>Not combat focused</li><li>Player owned houses, vehicles and player run towns and cities</li><li>Playerbase isn't anywhere near as annoying as WoW's</li><li>Excellent player run economy</li><li>Immense variety of items / weapons of every type and colour</li><li>Useful and fast mailing system</li></ul>SW:G cons: <ul><li>High specs given that the game doesn't look <i>that</i> great</li><li>Bland environments</li><li>Repetetive quests</li><li>Much slower progress</li><li>Bad case of macro botting</li><li>PvP pretty much non-existant (In months of playing, never had any at all, is it even in there?)</li><li>Lack of vendors to earn cash outside of the player market</li><li>Horrible loading times (Or so i experienced, at least)</li></ul>I've probably missed a ****-ton of other pros and cons, but those are all i can think of at this time. I had a lot of fun in SW:G, but most of that came from my dancing career and interacting / roleplaying with other players, but WoW is giving me my fast paced PvP fix and is proving massive amounts of fun. If i come into more money, i'll probably pick up playing SW:G again one day, but as i can only afford one right now, WoW it is. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
EDIT: Also, my favourite thing in SW:G... SHOPPING!
I ended up buying a house which i called "Myu's Walk-in Wardrobe" for pretty much the sole purpose of storing my clothing. <a href='http://dump.creativeblank.com/swg-wardrobe.jpg' target='_blank'>See?</a>
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
edited July 2005
Wow: Need to resubscribe this week... Not sure tough since I'm a little bit fed up with the instances... You join with a team and sometimes when you've made some progress people leave. Excuses variating from needing sleep or going for another game. I mean is it that hard to say something before you start the instance!!!
Haven't gotten into this pvp stuff, even if I do have a rogue and play on a pvp server, so maybe theres a reason to resubscribe. Well I did do some duel's vs the enemy and allies or the usuall defending myself against players who wanted to kill me. I must say that was a very fun experience, so maybe theres a reason to renew my subscription. Also my friend, whom which I play most online games with, asked me to stay in wow <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Lineage2: Only played beta, but didn't like it that much. To much grind and not enough immersion
City of heroes: Beta only. I mean come one I got this rig here "3800+AMD64 venice with a 850XT". And this looked worse then gta3 on playstation. Also I didn't like the gameplay at all.
[edit=addition City of heroes] K if you're into "I wanna be suppah hero" kind of thing. This game is acutally the game for you. The thing I am pretty impressed with is the almost endless custumisation of you're character. No clones in this game <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer. I don't even have access to "Advanced jobs" (you have to take one of the original jobs to 30 in order to unlock them) and only TODAY got my Kazham Airship pass. The game is an easy step into the world of MMOs-it mirrors many things similar to the Final Fantasy universe but suffers from set-backs that can be dealbreakers (if you don't have a job people want, you can be looking for group for a looooong time. If you don't have 4+hours to devote to the game per session you will get nowhere. If you don't have a powerful linkshell driving your early game successes you will "lag behind" everyone you've ever PT'd with. Starting so "late" in the game will mean everybody else will have the good gear and the cash which you will so desperatly notice is hard to get at low levels. Other "bad generic MMO problems")
Mostly it's "you have to group to do ANYTHING in this game." If you have friends playing it can be fun, otherwise it isn't worth it.
Go with WoW-you don't need to devote 8 hours a day to get anywhere in it, and you won't even feel the time go by. And when you get bored with it? Change jobs, or play another MMO and figure out why WoW is a lot better than it. I personally am waiting for "Hero classes, etc." to be implemented before I start playing it. No point in paying for Open Beta.
WoW - been playing ever since beta i have 5 level 60 characters now and another level 38 Asheron's call - played it for about 3 years straight had alot of characters maxed out Asheron's call 2 - played for a couple months i didnt like the "only player built economy" Anarchy online - played it for about a year didnt get too into it EvE online - played the beta for a couple months neocron - played the beta for a few months Everquest - played for about 4 years Everquest 2 - played for a month didnt realy like it Dark Age of Camelot - played for about 8 months nice solid game Shadow Bane - played for a couple months Earth and Beyond - played for about 7 months City of heros - played for about a year star wars galaxies - played for a couple months didnt like it Lineage - played for about a year realy fun game Lineage 2 - played for about 8 months Guildwars - played on my brothers account for a couple weeks didnt like it
Hum both sound great I in some ways looking towards sw:g becuase its a great playerbase i remeber a while ago i was in a free trial and i asked for some money and he gave me a pet and 500,000k or some amouth large enough for me to have a car and be able to afford a house (couldnt with free trial) star wars seems a nice comunity even if it seems slightly empty and im not sure about expansion pack but in some ways i would be pulled to a comunity than a good mmo il see whats about ..
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Just looking for a wow free traial found this tad wierd -<a href='http://www.worldofwconline.com/content/worldofwarcraft-freetrial.php' target='_blank'>read last bold line</a>
Just looking for a wow free traial found this tad wierd -<a href='http://www.worldofwconline.com/content/worldofwarcraft-freetrial.php' target='_blank'>read last bold line</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sub... that's not the official site...
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly!
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played.
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
not only that it also sux, its like all about graphics and lots of **** gameplay
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's a lie I play that game every day and in order for me to live in the place that I'm staying I have to pay every month so that I can stay here. Plus the transportation fees are rediculous. Life is easily the most expensive game I've ever played. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yea, and the grind is rediculous. You need to commit about 40 hours a week to this game to get anywhere.
EVE - 1.5 years - considering going back in 3 months when my WOW subscription ends
World Of Warcraft - 1 year ish (including beta) - Still playing
Planetside - 6 months
Star Wars Galaxies - 3 months
StarPeace - 7 months - my first MMO aww - Imagine Sim City online.
Anarchy Online - 2 months - intending on going back
Earth & Beyond - 3 months - was in the beta
Guild Wars - 1 week - the beta but my brother has an account
Pretty sure im missing one or two.
Id be playing more just now but work is getting in the way, my part time contract (10 hours) and im working 390% of my contract <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> but thats soon to end since me and the other part timers have started a mini union with union like activity.
EDIT - missed a few
QFT.
I hope they patch that soon, it's just too much work.
Or City of Heroes. Free trial dude, free trial.
in summary, WoW was really fun til I got a char or two to lvl 60, then I got bored. SWG was a little less fun but lasted longer.
And star wars seems brill but i dont even know if i can be arsed i mean im bored so thats why it might be good to play wow but star wars it would be good to look at my fella and say wow look he has a small empire ARGHh i dont know <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> we will see go down town and have some coffee and think.. (tommorrow) And more advice for my wow/star wars delmea here?
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But you have to use real cash for all your items and upgrades.
Best part is you don't have to pay monthly! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But you have to use real cash for all your items and upgrades. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeh and death is final, and theres this pain thing too, that hurts.
Nerfing by the Government (GMs) is a problem too.
Not to mention the whole perma-death thing. I'm not even sure if they allow you to restart your character from scratch. Every single person is such a bloody good hardcore RP'er in this game... they all refuse to tell me.
Character customization sucks, too. You are stuck with crap given to you by a random generator. I got this geeky little Cyber Nerd looking body. Name ain't half-bad though.
On the whole, WoW is a lot more immediate. You get straight into the game with little hassle, the direction and flow of the game is good, it looks pretty and it's very easy to dip in and out of whenever you like. WoW does, however, suffer from being a little restrictive, small and has less variety in the end, but the experience is fun, as is PvP. The quests are pretty much the same as any other MMO, the usual kill such and such, collect this and that and deliver soandso here. The game is, however, pretty combat orientated.
SW:G, on the other hand is far more expansive and in depth. The planets are each huge and can take a good deal of time to cross. However, the small problem with this is that generally there's bugger all there. The planets are all as bland and boring as each other, and given their immense size, crossing somewhere like tattooine you will see nothing but sand for miles around. With SW:G i found the quests to be painfully repetetive. The majority of quests i did were for the Imperials and you'd travel for 10 minutes to destroy the same 3 enemies in a random location and the flag they're with, and then return. Even the "theme parks" and such turned out to be very poorly executed and boring. One massive feature i loved about SW:G was that you didn't generally have to fight anything to get ahead, as you did in WoW. I was a dancer, that's right, i was one of the many Twi'lek's inside Mos Eisley's cantina dancing for cash. /flourish 5. It was fun, met a lot of people, earned tips and items. Also, the character customisation is fantastic, there's so many choices and sliders to tweak that you can pretty much guarentee you won't be identical to another player, and ontop of that, the clothing in the game was massively varied. With the addition of the roleplay (Which wasn't enforced) it was a really fun experience to be involved in the Star Wars universe.
So in short....
WoW pros: <ul><li>Easy to get into</li><li>Immediate action</li><li>Next to no loading times, and what there is are short.</li><li>Detailed environments</li><li>Good graphics</li><li>Good variety of classes and abilities</li><li>PvP is fun as hell</li><li>Both the option to vendor items and trade with other players</li></ul>WoW cons: <ul><li>A lot of the community are idiots</li><li>Not as indepth as other MMO's</li><li>Mostly combat focused (Or is that a pro?)</li><li>Griefers are still an issue, see first con</li><li>Not being in a big guild can cause problems in the endgame</li><li>There's a number of issues, bugs, lag, and stuff, and Blizzard don't seem to care half the time</li><li>Character creation is limited and when it gets to the endgame, everyone's after the same equip and look samey</li><li>Auction houses are few and far between</li><li>Ironforge + Orgrimmar</li><li>No player owned housing yet</li><li>Irritating mailing system</li></ul>SW:G pros: <ul><li>Immersive</li><li>Fantastic universe, backstory, etc etc</li><li>Absolutely HUGE</li><li>Excellent character customisation</li><li>Not combat focused</li><li>Player owned houses, vehicles and player run towns and cities</li><li>Playerbase isn't anywhere near as annoying as WoW's</li><li>Excellent player run economy</li><li>Immense variety of items / weapons of every type and colour</li><li>Useful and fast mailing system</li></ul>SW:G cons: <ul><li>High specs given that the game doesn't look <i>that</i> great</li><li>Bland environments</li><li>Repetetive quests</li><li>Much slower progress</li><li>Bad case of macro botting</li><li>PvP pretty much non-existant (In months of playing, never had any at all, is it even in there?)</li><li>Lack of vendors to earn cash outside of the player market</li><li>Horrible loading times (Or so i experienced, at least)</li></ul>I've probably missed a ****-ton of other pros and cons, but those are all i can think of at this time. I had a lot of fun in SW:G, but most of that came from my dancing career and interacting / roleplaying with other players, but WoW is giving me my fast paced PvP fix and is proving massive amounts of fun. If i come into more money, i'll probably pick up playing SW:G again one day, but as i can only afford one right now, WoW it is. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
EDIT: Also, my favourite thing in SW:G... SHOPPING!
I ended up buying a house which i called "Myu's Walk-in Wardrobe" for pretty much the sole purpose of storing my clothing. <a href='http://dump.creativeblank.com/swg-wardrobe.jpg' target='_blank'>See?</a>
Need to resubscribe this week... Not sure tough since I'm a little bit fed up with the instances... You join with a team and sometimes when you've made some progress people leave. Excuses variating from needing sleep or going for another game. I mean is it that hard to say something before you start the instance!!!
Haven't gotten into this pvp stuff, even if I do have a rogue and play on a pvp server, so maybe theres a reason to resubscribe. Well I did do some duel's vs the enemy and allies or the usuall defending myself against players who wanted to kill me.
I must say that was a very fun experience, so maybe theres a reason to renew my subscription. Also my friend, whom which I play most online games with, asked me to stay in wow <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Lineage2:
Only played beta, but didn't like it that much. To much grind and not enough immersion
City of heroes:
Beta only. I mean come one I got this rig here "3800+AMD64 venice with a 850XT". And this looked worse then gta3 on playstation. Also I didn't like the gameplay at all.
[edit=addition City of heroes]
K if you're into "I wanna be suppah hero" kind of thing. This game is acutally the game for you. The thing I am pretty impressed with is the almost endless custumisation of you're character. No clones in this game <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer. I don't even have access to "Advanced jobs" (you have to take one of the original jobs to 30 in order to unlock them) and only TODAY got my Kazham Airship pass. The game is an easy step into the world of MMOs-it mirrors many things similar to the Final Fantasy universe but suffers from set-backs that can be dealbreakers (if you don't have a job people want, you can be looking for group for a looooong time. If you don't have 4+hours to devote to the game per session you will get nowhere. If you don't have a powerful linkshell driving your early game successes you will "lag behind" everyone you've ever PT'd with. Starting so "late" in the game will mean everybody else will have the good gear and the cash which you will so desperatly notice is hard to get at low levels. Other "bad generic MMO problems")
Mostly it's "you have to group to do ANYTHING in this game." If you have friends playing it can be fun, otherwise it isn't worth it.
Go with WoW-you don't need to devote 8 hours a day to get anywhere in it, and you won't even feel the time go by. And when you get bored with it? Change jobs, or play another MMO and figure out why WoW is a lot better than it. I personally am waiting for "Hero classes, etc." to be implemented before I start playing it. No point in paying for Open Beta.
WoW - been playing ever since beta i have 5 level 60 characters now and another level 38
Asheron's call - played it for about 3 years straight had alot of characters maxed out
Asheron's call 2 - played for a couple months i didnt like the "only player built economy"
Anarchy online - played it for about a year didnt get too into it
EvE online - played the beta for a couple months
neocron - played the beta for a few months
Everquest - played for about 4 years
Everquest 2 - played for a month didnt realy like it
Dark Age of Camelot - played for about 8 months nice solid game
Shadow Bane - played for a couple months
Earth and Beyond - played for about 7 months
City of heros - played for about a year
star wars galaxies - played for a couple months didnt like it
Lineage - played for about a year realy fun game
Lineage 2 - played for about 8 months
Guildwars - played on my brothers account for a couple weeks didnt like it
right now im mainly into world of warcraft
or some amouth large enough for me to have a car and be able to afford a house (couldnt with free trial) star wars seems a nice comunity even if it seems slightly empty and im not sure about expansion pack but in some ways i would be pulled to a comunity than a good mmo il see whats about ..