[Toshiro]

Man, I played Evercrack for over a year, almost 60 hrs a week near the end. They'd have to make it free for me to come back.

[JJ Rodriguez]

Jeez dude, are you THAT poor that you can't scrape together 15 a month, or less if you buy multiple months? I figure it saves me money, since I have no life, I don't go out and spend a shit load of money on other stuff. Instead of going to a bar, drinking myself into a stupor, and tipping the bartender and coming home broke for 4 weekends, I pay 15 bucks, and stay home and try to crank out a few levels. Sad? Maybe, but god damn EQ is fun

[tehk]

Guild Wars

I haven't played that game in ages and I just recently installed it on my computer. After a few minutes of playing I realized why I stopped, PVE is boring when you're finished.. I've PVP'ed a little when I was playing and I'll be happy to do it again if I can find some people. lol.

Plus, GW is free (well no monthly fee anyway)

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

Jeez dude, are you THAT poor that you can't scrape together 15 a month, or less if you buy multiple months? I figure it saves me money, since I have no life, I don't go out and spend a shit load of money on other stuff. Instead of going to a bar, drinking myself into a stupor, and tipping the bartender and coming home broke for 4 weekends, I pay 15 bucks, and stay home and try to crank out a few levels. Sad? Maybe, but god damn EQ is fun

I got sick of pumping hundreds of dollars in expansions, plus the monthy fee, into a bunch of pixels on a screen. Nevermind that I enjoy having an existance that doesn't revolve around when a raid is, or something else.

EQ would be better if it wasn't glorified hack and slash with a chatroom. The only thing keeping me playing at the end were the people I knew, and that's fucked up. It's a dated game that now costs *more* to play than it did before. WTF!

[JJ Rodriguez]

But there's so much content, and they keep adding more. They didn't abandon it, even after releasing EQ2, which I heard wasn't nearly as good anyways. I'd like to join a raiding guild, but I'm only a casual player, so I don't have the time to stay up all night and wait for a raid, since I work 8-5, and most of the raids start around midnight and end in the early morning. I think I'm going to have to find a European guild so that when it's late there and all the late night EQ freaks are raiding, it'll be my evening, so I can join them.

[Toshiro]

When I quit 3-4 years ago I had a 60 Ranger with AM3/EQ. I wasn't in a big guild, but I played a decent role in the one I was with.

Now I have a lvl 20 Ranger/Mesmer in Guild Wars with way better gear than I could've hoped for in EQ. The game is 10000000times better balanced as far as play time versus rewards.

I'll wait for Vanguard if I want a Pay-To-Play game, doubt I'll pick that one up either. I always prefered console RPGs, with a story-line you were a major part of. Guild Wars has more of that feel, which is why the re-play is not as great for some people. The graphics own also. NeverWinterNights 2 is more interesting to me personally than a lot of MMO's.

I might give WoW a shot with the free trial, btu I doubt I'll keep it. I played SW:Galaxies a couple times too, but that couldn't hold my interest.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Toshiro

Evercrack

Enough said. Between spending most of my time off work in front of a computer screen trying to pimp out my elf to take down a dragon, and splitting time between sitting in front of my computer screen trying to find the perfect melody for a set of changes to pimp out my CD to shut you guys up, and leaning against a bar trying to pimp out myself trying to take down the cute blonde standing with a couple of her friends a few barstools away, I'll take the later any day, no matter HOW much more expensive drinks, mics, preamps, monitors, more drinks, dinner, and condoms get.

I joke about being a cynical, misanthropic bastard, but when push comes to shove I actually DO kind of like this world.

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by Drew

Enough said. Between spending most of my time off work in front of a computer screen trying to pimp out my elf to take down a dragon, and splitting time between sitting in front of my computer screen trying to find the perfect melody for a set of changes to pimp out my CD to shut you guys up, and leaning against a bar trying to pimp out myself trying to take down the cute blonde standing with a couple of her friends a few barstools away, I'll take the later any day, no matter HOW much more expensive drinks, mics, preamps, monitors, more drinks, dinner, and condoms get.

I joke about being a cynical, misanthropic bastard, but when push comes to shove I actually DO kind of like this world.

My GF would probably leave me if I started playing EQ again. On the other hand, she plays Guild Wars.

EQ filled a void in my life at the time, as I started playing right after my grandfather died of cancer.

I'd much rather play guitar than EQ anyway.

[Vegetta]

I played for about a year and a half
Have a 60 Hunter, Shaman, Rogue on Rexxar (plus a few 40's) (Horde)

The game sucks after you hit level 60

Pvp is a joke

Raiding is the most vile activitiy on the planet

Gear > skill

Alliance cant pvp unless they outnumber you 3 to 1 (ZERG FTW)

I dont have any intention on going back _ Waiting for Warhammer Online Age Of Reckoning and I'm presently Beta Testing another Warhammer Game ... (cant say the title - NDA hehehehe)

Played UO for 5 years
Beta tested Wish, Earth and beyond, UO 3d client and had a ton of other beta invites I passed on...

I tired EQ2 - didnt make it past the inital Free 30 days - hated it

EQ1 Raiding=crap, not solo friendly - didnt bother ever trying it

Tried D&D Online - was ok but I dont like how everything is instanced - plus I like to farm and the way the game is set up you cannot really farm...

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Toshiro

I'll wait for Vanguard if I want a Pay-To-Play game, doubt I'll pick that one up either. I always prefered console RPGs, with a story-line you were a major part of. Guild Wars has more of that feel, which is why the re-play is not as great for some people. The graphics own also. NeverWinterNights 2 is more interesting to me personally than a lot of MMO's.

A lot of my friends play MMORPGs all the time (hell, it goes with the job), but I've never really gotten into them. The thing that I've always loved about RPGs was an indepth fascinating storyline, which MMORPGs don't have. Sure, they have a storyline, but not an "indepth fascinating storyline."

I've probably played at least 20 online RPGs by now, though, but none of them have stuck with me. I liked how Guild Wars was free, though.