World of Warcraft

[Meowster]

I played WOW on my boyfriend's PC because he had broadband, which I do not possess. I learned how to play, and by the time I returned to college I had a level 7 female night elf hunter bitch. The reason I didn't get her any higher was because there was a shortage of weed prior to my departure...haha I crack me up no, actually it was because when WOW exists, sharing PCs becomes somewhat of a joke, especially when both users play WOW.

Sad.

I'll be there again in a few days, so I'll find out what server and stuff I was on and add some of you guys possibly or whatever... my WOW knowledge is very limited... I didn't get much of a chance to play it... it's not that great, really...

[voh]

My own account is inactive, but the recruit-a-friend program allowed a friend of mine to get me online with an alt account for 10 days

[vict0r]

I used to play... Until one sad, sad day the patch i had been waiting for came. "Yay, blizzard downloader! Ack! Noo! Damn you windows firewall! *disables all firewalls* Still not working eh? Lets reinstall the game and lets see who is the master then! (1 hour later) *doubleclick WoW icon* Hmm... This connection note didnt spend this long time last time i played. (4 hours later) I HATE YOU BLIZZARD/WINDOWS!!!!" Rebooting pc soon tho. Hoping that will fix the shite-.- :'( Got a lvl 35 dwarf hunter on the dragonmaw server

[Mordalles]

im one of those guys who would like to play wow, but simply dont have the money too.
i cant afford to pay a monthly subscription, and if i could, i dont think i would, since i dont like that kinda thing.

[DanClarke]

I quite like the idea of an online community, and the game looks impressive, and i'm keen to put something on my mac to see what kind of visuals itll put out (dual 2.5Ghz liquid cooled G5  8) ) but i refuse to sign up for a number of reasons:

1. it's about £9 a month. I could afford it, but that could tally up to some silly amounts, and i'd rather just get xbox live when i get my 360 instead.

2. I refuse to sit in front of my computer wearing a headset, pretending to be an elf, talking to socially retarded americans about 'crystals and fairies'. I'm keen on games, but i really do think there's something not quite right about that kind of thing.

3. If i got it, TLOTLL would probably get be put back until some time around 2009.

[vict0r]

1: Steal your parents credit card! Hopefully they dont notice and everyone lived happily ever after.

2:If you dont like pretending to be an elf, just stay as far as you can get away from the roleplaying servers Regular pvp servers noone really pretends to be anyone  And most people dont use headsets while playing.

3: Stay away from WoW!!!

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Many peopple in pvp are annoying as hell.

During one of the betas I was in a leveel 3 naked gnome named "T3h_UB3R_TURK" and duels me, a level 21 human paladin.  Although it's still fun if you find someone compotent.  One of my friends plays it, like a level 46 human paladin named "Theline", and a level 21 human warlock named "Tato".  He let me try out his account once, and I found it fun.

[Squinky]

I have played my fair share of online games, but I put all the blame on the guy that posted on these forums about Anarchy Online giving out free memberships. Once I chatted with Earlwood on Runescape....what a crappy game.

I typically play the game until I have gotten one guy pretty high, and it loses it's fun value. Then I make a kajillion alts and eventually quit.

Haven't tried Wow yet though, if it wasn't for City of Villians ( I got to beta it) coming out soon though I would.

[Mr Jake]

Ohh Ohh whats it like? Do share. CoH was fun untill I got to that level where you HAD to group. I liked grouping, but sometimes I just wanted to run the story at my pace, and not doing team mate's missions all over the shop.

Right now I'm playing rakion. Which is free, and kinda like an MMO. http://rakion.softnyx.net/

[Squinky]

Well, its sweet as hell.

I don't know how else to describe it really. You get cool-ass costume options and the power sets and character types are sweet. If you play a mastermind character, you can control a group of ninja, soldiers, robot (cool-as-hell), or zombies. It's just sweet.

[esper]

Why has no one mentioned Guild Wars? I only just now got internet connection outside of work (that's right, I spend eight hours every night at work surfing AGS... What do YOU get paid to do...) and have been wanting to play an MMORPG for a while. I heard this one is free, and it looks awesome. I also wanted to play either the Matrix online or City of Heroes/Villains, but Guild Wars seems to be the best choice. Am I wrong, before I go out and spend 50 bucks on it? I might just play Neverwinter Nights online and fuhgeddaboudit.

My friend in NH got me started on DAoC:Catacombs, but I think it sucks all manner of buttock.

[Scummbuddy]

My very nerdy friend got GuildWars and WoW and was talking up GuildWars, until he played it for awhile. He says WoW has way more to offer and is worth the money. And he is someone who doesn't have a real job but will do odd jobs to make enough money to play WoW.

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

So... it's kinda like a drug then, isnt it? 

[Mr Jake]

Matrix Online is fun for awhile, before its lack of anything to do that isn't missions or PvP hits you. Its got the best PvP system of any MMORPG EVER imho.

[esper]

Hmmmm. I heard WoW was for the kiddies.

What about Anarchy Online. It's free on CNet, and it's free to play until January, and possibly beyond. Anyone tried that one?

I only ask because I played Neverwinter Nights online today for the first time and decided to stick with the single player campaign. It really sucks that I can't play the level 25 ranger I've been building. It takes for-fricking-EVER to level in that game...

[Squinky]

I played Anarchy Online, (got one of those gree accounts for a year this last january) it wasn't that great really. It was a nice change from the normal medievel game setting though, and really there was nothing wrong with it except its hard to figure out where to go and the game is a little dated.

One thing I really disliked about that game was how weapons worked. You got a cheap weapon for free that didn't take ammo (solor powered) that you could upgrade in the first few levels. Then, you seriously will not find a better weapon for a long, long, time. not even in stores.....

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

The worst MMORPG I ever saw was Lineage 2.  It was near impossible for me to level up past 9, and I had an "apprentice sword", since it was impossible for me to earn a useful sword (worst..money system...ever...).

[Squinky]

I played that during the Beta, it seemed okay.

Man I have played to many online games, thats really the reason I quit cranking out games....

[edmundito]

The game was on sale and I bought it, so I've started playing it again. I had a 10 day trial back when it was brand-new, and then I played it as much as I could, but then I decided that it was not worth paying $50 for the retail box and then paying more each month, when I could just do the same later and pay less. Like now.

So if anyone's interested, let me know. I'm playing on the American servers, though; since it sucks that you cannot play with European folks. And only on the weekends for a few hours. Very casually.

[Huw Dawson]

I only ask because I played Neverwinter Nights online today for the first time and decided to stick with the single player campaign. It really sucks that I can't play the level 25 ranger I've been building. It takes for-fricking-EVER to level in that game...

Stupid dial-up connection with only the base copy of NWN... seeing as you know esper, do you NEED either of the expansion packs to play it online?

Not like I'll ever play it online...

*Mutters bad things about AOL's dial-up*