What Now?

[smalltanker]

So with PVP broken in WOW, what is a good alternative? I see the Aion and other but where are peeps going or are there any new games out there that may be fun. I tried solo account Terra a while back and was disappointed. I played SWTOR for a while but again, not impressed and stopped around 45-47 or so on my solo account.

Is there a truely great game out there that is fun to play solo and also boxed? I have been playing World of Tanks but don't think I would try boxing it. So any ideas?

[JohnGabriel]

I haven't played LotR in a very very long time. Wonder if that game has changed much, since I remember it being similar playstyle to WoW.

[Chivalrous]

I might get back into SC2.. But I'm mad at blizzard so maybe something different.. Guild wars 2 or something..?

[smalltanker]

I pre-ordered 2 of the expansion collector packs the other day for SC2... if I would have known I would have purchased something else...

[Invisahealz]

This is why i play battlefield 3. A little montage i put together of some bf3 clips i had on my comuter :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_X511ugQ0&feature=share&list=UU0SFj8CPK4 Tnu61ksE3DCJQ
Definitly sad they removed follow in bgs, and a little angry as i just resubbed my 25 accts 2 days ago. But i have bf3 to play. And it will be saving me $400 a month!

[pinotnoir]

I have been playing a free game since Quake 3 days. It's called Urban Terror. You can download it at http://www.urbanterror.info/home/. It's pretty much one of the first FPS games that used real weapons back when Quake 3 was around. It was around when counterstrike started. I still love the game play and it's free!

[Chivalrous]

Anyone try planet side 2?

[MadMilitia]

sc2:HoS. Will probably put more time into Crysis 3 as much as it sucks.

Ni No Kuni is supposed to be an epic console RPG. So I may give that a go soon too.

And then of course there is always Dark Souls, Dead Space, etc. Plenty of things to do. Just no time for any of it lol =/

[Lyonheart]

i will try Crysis3.. i beat FC3 ..but I need an mmo to keep me content. All the single player games ( even the multiplayer version parts ) are just side distractions for me. I am thinking EQ..EQ2. SWtOR or Rift even. Not sure. Even though I do not PvP a lot. i do enjoy doing it from time to time in WoW ( never did it an any other games other than DAoC ) But this change pissed me off..it was a major kick in the sack! Also looking foward to ESO.

[Palee]

Definitly sad they removed follow in bgs, and a little angry as i just resubbed my 25 accts 2 days ago. But i have bf3 to play. And it will be saving me $400 a month!

Get a refund man ASAP! Hit them hard where it hurts!

[Mickthathick]

FTL is an amazing strategy game with a lot of depth- cheap too!

[Ualaa]

I'm currently getting back into Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5 edition.
So haven't been playing anything.

But I came from Everquest, prior to Warcraft.
And there is a lot of nostalgia for that game, having played it for as long as I've played Warcraft.



I've been looking at Everquest I.
There's basically no PvP, aside from one server where a large number of people hang out in Plane of Knowledge (cannot be fought there) until insta-kill cooldowns are available... then kill someone and return to PoK...

But the plus side is the nostalgia...
Visit all of the PvE content that was done, when EQ was the big MMO.
And the game is free to play, sort of.

Four free races: Barbarian, Erudite, Halfling, Human.
Four free classes: Fighter, Cleric, Wizard, Rogue.

You can purchase additional races, classes, character slots (4 are free), etc.

If you've never paid SOE a subscription, your account is Bronze.
If you've ever had a subscription, or if you pay a one time $5 fee, your account is Silver.
If you have an active subscription, or redeem 'Krono' (a commodity which is purchased with real cash and sold in game) you're gold for a month.

Silver accounts can have 1000 AAs.
If you devote 60% of experience to AAs and 40% to level ups, you pretty much have enough AAs to be average power for your level.
Depending on class, somewhere between 65th and 75th, you'll need more AAs to not be weak for your class.
You can spend a one-time fee, to increase your AA cap by 250 (and do this as many times as you'd like... which is an okay option, if you play sporadically).
You can also go Gold, via subscription or Krono, for no AA cap for a month; any AAs you earn that are over the 1000 Silver cap are retained, when your account goes back to Silver.

I kind of priced it out... close to $100 for 6x Races, 6x Classes, 6x Gear Bundle (which is like BoA stuff).

The game is free for all expansions, up to but not including the two most recent.
That gets you a level 90 cap.
At any point you can purchase the latest expansion, which gets you everything previous and makes your account 'Gold' for a month.
Level cap is 100, with the current expansion.

[SoulSeekerUSA]

I just bought a WII U just for Monster Hunter Ultimate so I think I will be playing that for the next year or 2. I may come back to the pc for Elder Scrolls Online when it is released.

[Ualaa]

But I came from Everquest, prior to Warcraft.
And there is a lot of nostalgia for that game, having played it for as long as I've played Warcraft.


SoE is removing a lot of the Free to Play restrictions, sometime next week: https://www.everquest.com/news/article?month=032013&id=524463

[MadMilitia]

EQ was also my first MMO and I have fond memories of MQ2 as well =D

That said, it'd be hard to go back to the old graphics. Assuming they never did get around to that.