A decent free mmo to play?

[1up]

Only thing i can say is that Silkroad Online is only for botters. 90% of the people use bots there. I also started Rohan yesterday, when i got to level 7 i already saw 3 bots fighting for mobs. So i don't think there are any decent free MMO's, because when they are free there will be no good support.

[Endrance]

Originally Posted by Millenia

Florensia looks cute, it reminds me of ROSE online, I'll try it out when OB goes live, I'm curious what the sea battles will be like

I've seen those battle's on TV and they didn't look that bad. For a F2P game, that is.

I'm currently playing Cabal, I enjoyed it till lvl 125, mostly because there's no need to join a guild , me and my BF can duo everything.
I got bored of it now though, at high lvl there's nothing to do but grind and the game has as much content as Tetris But it's still fun to play for a month, maybe 2.

I'd agree with you about the 1-2 months fun to play thing, but the problem is the skill grinding crap. It forces you to kill mobs over and over and it's the most important part of the game. If I was just able to get through the game without skill-grinding, it would've been a bit more enjoyable. I do understand the people who just bot through it, cause there's no rational reason to do it yourself in the first place.



EDIT: Btw. What about Fury Online? I heard it's completely F2P now (didn't you need to buy the game before?). I'm currently downloading the client as the features tell "Player skill is rewarded not hours played". I wonder if that's true.

[Cynthe]

Originally Posted by baylie

I honestly haven't found a single good free game to play right now. Though, if you quit EQ2, they renewed e veryone who left the game's subscription for the summer. Like 6 months or something.. Could play around on that for a while for free..

It's 2 months of free play, with massive amounts of free in game gifts and a freaking discount on the next expansion. The promotion is given to people who quit prior to april 2008.

[Calindor]

I tried fury, didnt like it, was too buggy. There are 3 options of the game, the most features you get from buying it, but you can still play on limited features for free. I still think it takes time to get gear, as its all arena pvp to get new gear, however its a huge button masher, choppy, un-polished and I didnt enjoy it at all, was worse than Rohan.

[Cynthe]

Atlantica Online. You can get beta keys at MMORPG right now, don't know what it's about just saw it right this second. ^^

[Ecco]

Originally Posted by Cynthe

Atlantica Online. You can get beta keys at MMORPG right now, don't know what it's about just saw it right this second. ^^

It's a strategic turn-based MMO, like some single player RPGs, don't know anything else more than that. I got interested in it earlier.

[shikibu]

i'm currently alternating between 9Dragons, Rohan and Perfect World, and all three have something to recommend them, as does Archlord.

all four have their faults, but every game has its faults (except Aion, of course ^^), whether it's p2p, b2p (buy to play; ie Guild Wars) or f2p. it's always just a question of whether the faults outweigh the features; in my case, i find that the features of 9Dragons, Rohan and Perfect World outweigh their failings.

[BahamutKaiser]

Well, I did a stint of F2P MMOs for a wile, mostly researching them, playing very few of them, from what I've learned, there are a few advanced ones and a few new ones which are rather promising.

I played Cabal last, and it has some fairly fun combat mechanics, everything besides that is complete crap.... EVERYTHING.
I also hear alot about 2Moons, I hear it has some solid gameplay, and a really immature theme, not just behavior, but the theme of the game.

Two promising titles which are either recent or in betas are Requiem (the bloodymare), which is gory sadistic.... gory MMO with some pizzaz, and Mythos which is supposedly a next generation Diablo type game. I know D3 is being announced, but that just means it will be out after Aion... so what's the point in that?

For more info I would check out tentonhammer, they have a very extensive list of MMOs including a continous analysis of the F2P genre. I for one think there is alot missing out of the MMO experience beyond F2P and I have a hard time hoping for poorly supported and often simply ported MMOs to achieve my interests... I wasn't even satisfied with GW when it was all said and done, if they can't provide enough support and completion in a retail F2P game than how well can a P2P game be?

There's always counterstrike..... never gets old, and there are other shooters too.

[dalin]

Originally Posted by Cynthe

Atlantica Online. You can get beta keys at MMORPG right now, don't know what it's about just saw it right this second. ^^

i was sent a beta invite a few days ago.. had completely forgotten about this one too... oh well, might be fun to waste a few days playing? we shall see...

[BahamutKaiser]

Tell us what you think of it after a wile, I'm kind of interested.

[dalin]

^^my pleasure... im also going to be in a beta for Runes of Magic... another game i had completely forgotten about..

as soon as the beta begins, and depending on the strictness of the NDA, ill post some thoughts here...

[Calindor]

Is atlantica P2P? If it is, i'll give the beta a try. If its F2P i'll probably steer clear.




edit: nvm, its f2p and turn based

[MochiYum]

lol i actually ended up playing bf2142, (just got orange box and DAM IS IT FINE!), and audio surf ftw!!!

[Kossori]

Honestly I'm having loads of fun with Requiem.

If I'm not mistaken it's done by the people who made Ragnarok Online, and they've taken a few steps away from Kiddy and onto Gorey-Horror-Bloodbath.

In my opinion, the right direction.

I think I'll be messing with Requiem until Aion is finally released.

[JacobZ]

To be honest, i think the term "decent free mmo" is an oxymoron.