There are More MMORPGs to Play in 2024
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2024
- What MMORPG Should I play?
It's a question asked over and over and over again and it leads to lots of top 10 lists, many of which have the same games on it.
MMORPGs that get talked about A LOT, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Lord of the Rings Online, Runescape...etc.
But there are a lot more MMOs out there, and some of these might be worth playing. This introduces what I hope will be a continues series as I look at different MMOs that are "Not Top 10 MMOs" MMOs that may not only be worth playing, but could even become personal favorites of yours.
Here you'll find a mix of Indie MMOs, Early Access MMOs, Emulators, and Old Classics.
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0:00 MMOs you may not know about
0:50 Should you play Everquest 1
2:41 Should you play Everquest 2
4:28 Should you play Fractured Online
7:29 Should you play Ember’s Adrift
9:50 Should you play Mortal Online 2
12:16 Should you play Star citizen
17:15 Should you play Star Wars Galaxies Emulator
19:57 Should you play Warhammer Online Return of Reckoning
24:50 Should you play Ultima Online Live
27:36 Should you play Ultima Online Emulator
28:19 The Almost On the List MMOs
28:52 Should you play Dungeons and Dragons Online
33:14 Which MMOs did I miss?
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I'm collecting names of games for the next version of this. So far Anarchy Online has gotten a lot of mentions and DAOC. Let me know what other ones you think would be worth adding to the next not top 10.
City of heroes homecoming now that has a license to operate from ncsoft.
Project Gorgon
Tibia is an MMO that I rarely see people talk about, that I grew up playing. It came out about the same time as Ultima online, but still receives 2 large expansions a year. Its DEFINITELY old school. But man, the size of that game is actually daunting, now. There are only 4 classes you can pick from - Knight, Paladin, Druid and Sorcerer, which can be upgraded to Elite Knight, Royal Paladin, Elder Druid and Master Sorcerer by hitting level 20, going on a specific class quest and having a subscription. No level cap, in game housing, extremely intense hunting grounds, which can escalate rather quickly, so exploring can be extremely scary but fun! There is a PK system, but can be played on non-PvP servers if you have an aversion to PKs. They have an old school type questing system, that you have to talk to NPCs and pick out key words that they say in order to put clues together on what a quest needs to be completed, and they are usually VERY long and grindy quests, that feel like adventures (you used to have to type back to the NPCs, but now you can click on highlighted key words if you want to talk about the subject the bring up). I remember a door which was locked, requiring level 999 that was found deep in a very high level/hard hunting ground that people thought was impossible to attain, back in the day. I know people are over level 1,000 now and I'm sure theyve discovered the mysteries of whats behind that door, but I'm keeping it a mystery for myself xD. Combat, without paying for a subscription, can be a little boring as you have very few abilities. You can still use runes, which are a ammo type system with limited charges. But at a higher level and paid service, you have quite an extensive list of abilities and spells. And on top of losing XP and ability XP when you die, it can be a bit punishing on death. Which always makes exploring intense and exciting! Its a great game that is not very popular in North America, but I still think is an amazing time, if you're into a pretty hardcore play experience that in no way holds your hand and can be punishing.
@@Jan-wl6tl 🤣 that's not a game
Talisman Online was my first MMO, released in 2007 it is still playable but on maintenance mode.
The problem with EverQuest is the amount of people boxing/botting playing multiple characters, it really strips away the community feel of the game.
EverQuest is at its peak when all 6 members in a group are real players, such an amazing experience.
Try Project Quarm, no boxing allowed classic EverQuest.
agreed - the massive amount of boxing is a fuckin' problem. We need some kind of group finder if people didnt want to wait for a group too long :/
the porblem with that is it will not be achieved like the early days unless they add a dungeon finder to the game to promote it. i see so many people who sit around barely doing anything and spam LFG with certain specifications that rarely are met. this causes others to play more characters so they can do exactly what they want to do because the randoms who are LFG dont want to do that. it worked especially well in FF14 where veteran players get a daily dungeon mission to queue up and help new players get through the intro dungeons. until then i will stick with my own group.
Multi boxing definitely destroyed the game, no doubt about it. But it brings in too much money with the multiple subs for them to ever warrant doing anything about it.
@@michealvincent731 multi boxing is what allowed the game to live on when it should have died 10 years ago. The grouping experience even in EQ2 is a thousand times better. If they would add a dungeon finder to EQ1 it is the only way to encourage single character playstyle.
I know its not on here but i seriously miss the golden days of "Ragnarok Online"
80-90k eq1 players? We both know 60k of that is 6 guys with 10k mage bot armies
How can you say something so bold, yet so true. you sir win. It's my number 1 complaint when i go back to play the TLP's.
I've heard a people multi-boxing but this is taking it too far.
I play EverQuest, but I am no longer top level or whatever because it’s impossible to get groups because of boxers
Project gorgon is a pretty good indie mmo. It's made by two people who worked on Asheron's Call. The downside is that development isn't super fast due to the team size, but the good side is that there is tons and tons of content. It has a dedicated community and the world doesn't feel empty.
Just recently heard about this game and I was shocked at how long it’s been running. Since the early 2000’s! Sad it wasn’t made more popular, but they are STILL creating content for it. Definitely will be trying it out when I get a chance!
Not much content last a played a few years ago, it was mostly about collecting and crafting things.
It was free for some time, was fun.
@@Sk1ndreddproject gorgon did not release in early 2000s, is a more modern mmorpg trying to capture the feel of mmorpgs from the late 90s and early 2000s
I feel like Wizard101 could easily be on this list as well. It has a unique combat system, and a boat load of content. It’s truly one of a kind, and still has a strong player base
Aww DDO, nobody ever talks about DDO. I had so much fun in that game.
For you next video, FFXI is still around, not just retail but quite a few private servers. I played on the Horizon emu server and it was delightful!
For the next episode:
- Anarchy Online (Stats System)
- City of Heroes: Homecoming (Character customization)
- Age of Conan (Combat System and Story is quite interesting)
- Ragnarok Online (Class system and the puzzles if you want to advance your job)
- Guild Wars 1 (if you count that as a MMO. Class system, Magic inspired skill system)
- Pirates of The Burning Sea Online (pirate MMO with cool naval combat and a well made story)
Thanks, showing some of the more "niche" MMOs feels like a breeze of fresh air :D.
City of Heroes is one of the best character customization out there. And allows for a LOT of uniqueness in the build of toons themselves (so long as you avoid meta power selections).
I do not like that they say they don't have the trinity, when it IS there. It just matters a lot less, and everyone does damage.
Thank you so much for speaking about Embers Adrift! Really appreciate Redbeardflynn! ❤
Of course!
I self-identify as a MMORPG fan but, if I am honest with myself, I haven't really enjoyed myself in an MMO since Vanguard. ESO, GW2, and Embers grabbed me for a while but I eventually quit each. I keep my Embers sub because I like supporting that team. Lately, I have enjoyed games with interesting narrative design like "Prey" and "Enshrouded". I also moonlight as a long-haul truck driver in ATS. 🚛
Enshrouded had its hooks in me for a long while, first game to make me enjoy building. I can't wait for them to add more of their roadmap. Plan to jump back in after some robust patches.
It's different, but you might want to take a look at Bellwright. I played it recently and was surprised by how addicting it got and how quickly. Survival-RPG-Craft medieval game.
Vanguard was nearly perfect.
There is actually a Vanguard emulator/private server still functioning. I can’t remember the name off the top of my head but I was actually just looking at it a couple days ago. If I find it, I’ll comment. I was thinking about trying it.
It’s the VGOemulator. From the Wiki looks like it’s not 100% complete, still in a beta phase but claims to have a good amount of players. Has anyone tried it?
@@Sk1ndredd thanks for mentioning the emulator project. I am in complete awe of the devotion of the dev(s) behind it. I just wish it wasn’t so empty in the land of Telon. VG is definitely better with a group or at least a good duo.
DDO is my go to MMO (along with LOTRO). I enjoy the action oriented combat, puzzles and traps in DDO.
I’d add Anarchy Online, Toontown Rewritten, and Asheron’s Call to the list
A few more, Horizons, WoW Ascension, FF11 emulators, Eden server fir Dark Age of Camelot ….
Toontown and Rose Online were two of my favorites during middle school. some fun times if you have a group to do the content
WoW Ascension is the only form of WoW I can stand anymore. Very fun server to play on.😊
If you're including emulators I think DAOC Eden could be on there. We got about 2-3k players and major RvR events have had battles that involved 1400 people. Its a really unique experience now a days
Been a while since I’ve tried Eden, need to check it out again!
The PvE has been sucked out. Leveling is done on the battlefields. Its NF etc. Its not for me.
Very helpful! Answered some of my concerns about some of these games, thanks!
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I'm glad it was helpful! I try to provide some positives and negatives for each. I think in general anything that isn't in the top 10 is going to have some issues but also worth potentially trying out to see if it fits or not.
Rift and ArcheAge were two games that were absolutely amazing for a for short time, but it's totally valid that they are not on this list, because neither of them is very fun in the current state, you kinda 'had to be there' to appreciate what was good about them.
AA just announced that it's about to shut down, so definitely not worth getting into unless you wanna have a little tourist experience of it before it shuts down. But even still, the stuff that made it great are things you probably can't experience in the next month before it shuts down, like it's housing system, which was BY FAR my favorite housing system of any MMO. They did do a fresh start server a few years ago and I did convince some friends to hop in and try it with me, they all enjoyed it, at least for a while until you hit the later game progression which is pretty heavily monitized.
Rift on the other hand, i believe it's still going, it just isn't fun like it was in it's first year. They have done fresh start servers a few times i think, but the last time i tried one, it had none of the heart and soul of the original launch year. I think the biggest part of that for me is that OG Rift had possibly one of my favorite class systems and combat with those build possibilities, at least for a classic tab target combat style. But over time they nerfed all the fun out of most of those builds, and the fresh start servers don't revert to a previous version of the game, it's just the modern game and balance, but with expansions content locked initially and unlocking over time. EverQuest TLP's are the same way, but i don't mind a lot of the QoL and balance changes that EQ has done over time, where as Rifts changes killed the OG fun.
Some of the most fun i've ever had in an MMO was when i was healing dungeon runs as an Inquisicar DPS/Healing build... i get why it was OP and prolly needed a nerf... but sometimes OP stuff is fun while you can enjoy it.
oh yes and since you're mentioning healing specs, OP ones at that, I gotta drop in with my Frostkeeper that could tank like 10 people no problem plus the damage from the Fang of Regulos :D good times. But my class of choice was rogue with Marksman being my fave though I did enjoy Assassin specs as well.
Biggest issue is that ogreish company that shall not be named - they can pull the plug at any time so it's hard to justify being in-game for even 5 minutes with so many fantastic games out today even beyond the MMO realm.
Great video, thank you sir!
Thank you so much!
It's worth noting that the story quests in FF11 are now soloable (with npc mercs). Opening up a lot of story to those of us not into the finding groups just for the story.
SWG is my favorite game of all time. I play on a many of the EMUs. I would LOVE to see SWG get remade in UE as a modern game ( PRE CU)! Additionally I pray we one day get an EQ3.... or even a RIFT II
Love the video! You were one of the few content creators that actually got me to look at Norrath, and now I’m playing through EQ2 with friends. Do you know what ever happened to Ion Blaze? Dude hasn’t posted in a long time
Walk down memory lane, thanks.
You are an absolute King for posting this!
I want to give an extended shout out to Final Fantasy XI, specifically the HorizonXI server. it's another classic MMO that is absolutely worth trying. The HorizonXI server makes installing and giving the game a more modern UI super easy. I even got it set up on my Steam Deck with minimal fuss. HorizonXI is a "classic" kind of server based on the level 75 era of the game. I think a lot of people who dig EQ1 specifically would find a lot to like about FFXI. It has the slower, more deliberate combat, more roles in a group than just tank/healer/dps, a very dangerous world, and an absolute necessity to group up that makes these kinds of older MMOs social. It has quests and a story that is there to discover if you want to, or you can ignore it completely - unlike FFXIV. The game definitely has some weird quirks and a bit of a learning curve just to get started, but the HorizonXI community is AMAZING and welcoming even to total newbies like me. Over the past month or so, I've learned so much about the game and it's been a super satisfying and rewarding experience.
Its amazing how many big mmo youtubers dont know ffxi exists despite it actually still being pretty popular today compared to much newer mmos, on retail as well as private servers!
i recently tried it and was put off by the inverted mouse movements. i read it’s meant to be played solely with the keyboard, but i can’t get past the mouse controls. did i miss something?
@@devonmoreau pretty much the entire game can be played from the numpad then using ctr or alt plus number keys for macros. or there's more modern wasd controls instead of numpad. A lot of people also use xbox/ps controller.
@@jamiehav0k62 I use a controller and it works great since the game was designed to be played on the PS2, but I know that's not everyone's taste.
How did you manage to get it working on your Steamdeck? I’ve tried and it just doesnt seem to work for me.
Outlands shout out, you the man!
Such an interesting list!
I will be playing on the new EQ TLP, Random loot / free trade server next month... It is going to Start with a level 60 cap At Kunark, so people can play lizzards and get their epic 1.0 done. With pick zone and instanced guild raid on top of increaced open would stuff.
I must admit I am totally hooked on Star Citizen. I pretty much play it every day. I am reminded in many ways of the early days of Star Wars: Galaxies with its skill tree system. As you said with the upcoming patch of 3.23 the "mission" (quest) system will be completely updated with reputation being the main goal of the game. A free-fly is coming up on May 17 for Star Citizen and if you never played it before may I recommend the Star Engine 4K video to see what it is like. 90% of what you see in that video is already in the game.
Really been liking embers adrift the past few weeks
So how did you first discover MMOs? I remember back before I even had home internet, my dad used to get gaming magazines. In one of the PC mags, there was an article talking about Ultima Online. That was the first time I'd really ever thought about games being actual online worlds. And that fascinated me instantly.
I think it was a friend in middle school who told me about Ultima Online (and later Everquest). Got me playing both.
I was the biggest Uo geek ever hahaha I miss it man
Glad to see DDO on the list. I enjoyed back in 06, and loved that one of the dungeons was narrated by Gary Gygax. I feel i should try UO again, just gotta figure out which version lol.
There are *so* many versions. I didn't even get into the enhanced client versus regular client for UO...
I didn't know that Gary Gygax narrated a dungeon for DDO! That's awesome.
@@Redbeardflynn I may need to find one of those other uo thingies, i confused going back to live lol.
It was a like level 6ish dungeon in DDO for Gygax. I remember playing back in 06 when it first came out, and was pleasantly surprised. Heck other day cleaning out my room a bit at my parents house found the ol box and install discs lol.
Star citizen nerd here as well it’s hella fun
Very nice alt-list of MMO's, nicely laid out, good variety of types, some of those are worth checking out, can't wait for EverCraft, really had fun during the alpha, if I had anything to add to the list I would add Anarchy Online.
Thank you for the kind words! Definitely something I want to keep doing and I think Anarchy Online will be included in the next one. That and DAOC have been mentioned a lot.
Rush on seven episodes online (ROSE) really fun to pick up and play, or find an emulated version on a private server to play
My favorite not top 10 is EverQuest, followed by Embers as a close second. Beyond those two I'm waiting for Pantheon, Monsters & Memories, and now EverCraft after having dabbled in it on the last open alpha test.
Ever hear of Nexus TK? It was actually the first MMO, predating meridian 59 and Ultima Online. It came out in Korea in 94 or 95. It was fun back in the day!
I'm waiting for squadron 42 before I buy star citizen but its the one game I most like will dump hundreds of hours in. nice list it covers like 90% of what I am looking for.
Conan Exiles. I played it this year and had a great time. It was surprisingly good. My main feedback when playing Pax Dei alpha 2 last month was for the devs to play Conan Exiles to see how it implements crafting and building so smoothly with great features and progression.
I still play some games like, Elsword, Shaiya, 4story, grand fantasia for the old times once in a while and see how much it changed or what did they do.
Bro... who did you run with in SB? Great video btw, refreshing to see something different than the same old Top 10 list.
Oooh I can't remember anyone specific..hm...I bounced around a few guilds but mostly just ran around as an assassin because I could hide and take advantage of players not seeing me, especially when they sat. I was...what's it called. Irekei?
@@Redbeardflynn Yeah, the guild is what I meant. And yes, Irekei Assassin... those red dudes... lol. Man that game ruined me for a long time for other MMOs. They did so much correctly, but ultimately their code was too hack-able. New subscriber here.
Building in SWG and setting up a vendor was so much fun!!
Yes to the point it became a second job for me. I had alts for resource harvesting, ship building and armorsmith with a guild hall house . It was seriously a second job lol
@@shakes268 HaHa, my good friend and I had our own house each, then a guild hall shared. I was steady making & selling furniture. It was good times!
Star Citizen is pretty awesome. been playing it for quite a while and you are right that the flight mechanics are like nothing else out there. the game is rough and sometimes its rough even by star citizen standards. but when the game is firing off on all cylinders and all its systems come together its some of the most fun ive ever played. the hope and the dream is ever approaching. just 2 more years (tm)
Everquest online adventures sandstorm sever it's early in development but was a beloved eq mmo on ps2, just got a level 29 cap and lots of quest.
Star Citizen's server meshing tested 750 player servers - that said as a long term backer I would recommend NOT playing it until server meshing is working and stable. This will show us IF Star Citizen can ever truly live up to it's lofty goals as well as fixing the majority of jank and desync issues which currently plague it. In a team, there is no experience like it, even now... but you have to have a certain masochistic bent to enjoy it in it's current state.
edit: 100% agree, buy your ships in game - buying them for money is literally stealing the main progression loop from yourself.
How are you feeling about the big upcoming patch? The ui elements and reticles on visors had me very intrigued
@@Redbeardflynn 3.23 is a nice quality of life patch for those who already play, the UI improving as you mentioned with things like a new (and usable) starmap, a mini map, more intuitive way-finding, as well as server recovery, better apps on the mobi glass. All that plus a more new player friendly flight mechanic and starting hints and whenever player hangars and physical inventory hits means for sure this is a huge patch for us regulars. Of course new ships (Polaris), and more dynamic mission types will also help. AI seem to be better and more responsive than ever in both FPS and ship variants. There is a lot to like about the upcoming patch, but mainstream players should stay firmly away probably until official beta at least. If and when server meshing works this will quickly lead to Pyro, player built bases, crafting and fully AI driven economy, at that point we will know at last what kind of game we are getting. I’ve been around since 2013, so I can wait a while still, plus hopefully by then we can play Squadron 42 in all its Mark Hammilness and see if CIG can actually make a game… fingers crossed.🤞
Nowadays I cycle through Age of Conan Unchained, Fallen Earth, City of Heroes, Entropia and Eve online (not anymore since the massive raise in monthly sub)
UOOutlands is one of the best mmorpgs out right now, in my opinion. It has more players then the live servers with an average of 3000 people on daily. I would recommend it for anyone looking for a new UO to play.
EQ Project Quarm and P1999(Whenever they launch a new server) worth mentioning.
Shoutout to DAoC freeshard "Eden".
Boys if you liked daoc the eden server has a great population and dedicated team with events and lots of cool stuff to check out
I would love to have seen Vanguard make a come back. I know there is an emulator running it, but I haven't taken the time to look into it. Maybe the next weekend I have off from being SuperDad! Wait, that was last weekend. Dang it, toast for another year! Oh well.
I have to admit that I found EverCraft interesting. I might have to put that in my "Next Game" file. When and if it comes out.
Vanguard emulator is supposedly being worked on but it seems years out from making a list.
Asherons Call emulators are very alive atm!
If you do cover City of Heroes, I think it's only fair to cover Champions Online and DCUO. I think each has something that a player could be looking for, and none are quite "Top 10" worthy, per se. I personally love DCUO, the action combat mixed with comic book accurate super speed just make it fun.
i wanted so much to try eq 2 origins but the subscription will be really hard to pay for brazilians
LOTRO and EQ2 are the two I *Always* come back to play every 6months or so. DDO was also a lot of fun, just a tad too complex for my liking. Also Rift would have dethroned WOW. It just didnt get there due to incompetent planning post launch. Its foundations were rock solid.
Should check out Book of Travels super indie and unheard of tiny morpg with beautiful art
DDO was a lot of fun, but I really wish it had been set in Greyhawk.
It would be amazing to have Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Mystara and other classic worlds in that game.
Wow, I haven't thought of Blackmoor and Mystara in ages, but it would be amazing. A Dark Sun setting would put me over the moon.
especially if it was redeveloped as an open world
City of heroes: homecoming is my fav at the moment. A very nice community, endless character creation (you can make billions of different costumes and there are gazillions of character powers to chose from). While the game isn't hard at all, all the possibilities lead to major altitis. Good that you are allowed 1000(!) characters per server. I used up about a hundred i think :)
Its on my list of games to try. I dont remember if when they first launched if I tried Champions or City of Heroes but I never got to play for long.
@@Redbeardflynn The only fun superheroes game for me is City of Heroes. I tried champions and it was pretty bad.
@@Pyriold I believe I've tried Champions and DCUO. Didnt like Champions but DCUO could be some fun.
Did you know that "Chronicles of Spellborn" is back? Though it's developed by fans now, it is actively developed by them.
Runes of Magic. Those were the days! This game was perhaps the buggiest I ever played. I used to fall beneath the world quite regularly, perticularly when I crossed a bridge. It was clearly a clone of wow. But it had an interesting lore behind it. It is now discontinued I believe. The other game I quite liked but quit as GW2 came out was AION. It still exists after a fashion but only in asia and only in korean language (I think), and you would not recognize it if you touched it again.
I honestly want to go back and try Runes of Magic again and see what's happened with it. I think they actually just got an update surprisingly. Like, just a few days ago recently. I dont think there was any game that looked more like a WoW clone for me back then but that didn't mean it didnt have its charm.
@Redbeardflynn If you're gonna put UO and emulators on here then there is really no excuse not to include Asheron's Call emulator.
It'll be in the next one for sure.
You left out p99, the most popular eq emu
Thank you for the kind words and speaking about our game and mentioning our FREE TRIAL!
Hum... by the way.. our bunnies (Quilbak) are not cute. They are ugly nasty little things! 🐇
I got jump scared more than once!!
i wanted to make Fractured Online SO MUCH. But they have a player base of exactly 15 people. Even if they make it the best mmorpg ever with time, I'm afraid the train has sailed for this one.
I wanted so much for it to be MY game.
Points for mentionning Mortal Online 2. To me, it can be too harsh, but no other mmo will ever be as immersive as MO2. it really feels like you're LIVING your D&D adventure.
I want wild Star back.
I need my Chua back.
The first MMORPG that really got me was Anarchy Online. Gave wow a try after , but always came back to AO. Then, Star Wars The Old Republic came out. Most of the AO community just evaporated. Most didnt even come back after that. Such a shame. Because AO had such a helpful community and was so much fun 😊.
I never got to play anarchy online but it's really nice hearing such pleasant memories about communities from others such as yourself
As much as I feel like New World fumbled its way into irrelevance, my dream game would be a reboot of EQ with New Worlds play style. I have been playing on Ascension WoW lately and though it’s a fun distraction, tab targeting just bores me. The lore of Norath is also pretty special. I really hope Daybreak can get it together and bring something special.
Mortal Online 2. So much more than PvP; and losing all your stuff is not really an issue because everyone knows it's going to happen to them and you adjust for it, and so does the game. I thought I'd never play PvP, but I tried it in the ESO Beta and got hooked for years.
I own MO2; the only reason I don't play it is because you can have only a fraction of the profession and action skills on one character. The reason is supposedly to limit the number of master crafters, but there are so many other ways to do this while letting you level up and exerience everything. E.g., New World (R.I.P.) did this well.
If you include Star citizen you should also include elite dangerous
Really? No FF 11? Both live and private servers are available and its super fun :)
It's mentioned alongside city of heroes so I think both of those I'll include as stand alone in the next one :)
I'd toss in MapleStory for sure, still getting constant big updates, has a F2P server that is the role model for all KMMOs, and still has unmatched gameplay in its niche. It has been growing and growing for the past year.
You missed city of heroes and Archerage.
Uo definitely is the best for me xD
I want wb games to post asherons call 2 on steam where one steam acount can buy multiple asherons call accounts.
You should try City of Heroes Homecoming.
I want to. It's on the list. Will probably make it on the next iteration of this video but wanted to try it first.
@@Redbeardflynn well if you do, start hero side, as Villains and praetorian are not as populated. It's really easy to swap between each faction though. (Well yellow side if you start yellow you have to get past level 20 to visit other factions.)
Also wait for a second or 3rd play to do the outbreak for start, Galaxy start is a simple tutorial, but the best way to do it is avoid the turtorial and just go into the LFG channel and ask for DFB (Death from below) it's a level 1 - 10 starter dungeon, good for learning how the game actually plays, and good for learning how to group in a game without a easy LFD. The irony being DFB was added to the attempt to make a LFD, only no one uses it like that.
Aww no Age of Conan or Anarchy Online in the list, but good list either way.
I want to make it a series so looking for ideas for the next one!
@@Redbeardflynn I am not a fan of how Funcom bans accounts when not used in a while, and they added a Unban button on the account page but did not seem to do anything for me, Anarchy is still such a fun game, and hard at least i think so.
Fucking loved Age of Reckoning back in the day was a shame to see it get canned.
NEVERWINTER is a dope MMO-lite... Best "action" combat I've seen in an MMO. By far!
you get celery?😅
Did I just hear "Everquest 3" ??
Dont toy with me man. Ever since Everquest Next Ive been in a funk.
Haha sorry but yes, it is currently in ideation, confirmed at the Pax East Panel by Jenn Chan and they're currently hiring people. It might still get scrapped but they're at least exploring it right now.
I would've added Anarchy Online to the list.
I think that one will have to be in the next one. It was pretty easy to set up despite me having *no* idea how to play.
FF14 1.0 is my favorite MMO, since I can't play it I never had time to get tired of it.
Right now FF11 is fun since I never played it and HorizonXI is awesome to play with people.
Embers Adrift is my favorite "modern" MMO.
I tend to prefer PVE MMO I don't like being Sweaty anymore. Too much of WoW and CS, I like to relax now.
DDO is pretty awesome.
Surprised you didn't talk about Lord of the Rings Online or WildStar privacy servers
LotRO almost always make it the top 10 list of best mmos.
Yeah doesn't quite count as "Other" yet.
Lotro my old game love it. Neverwinter is a pretty good game too combats nice some voice acting
Outward !!! its not a MMO but u can play co op split screen
i’ve been desperately looking for a new mmorpg :(
I am having a great MMO experience with Fallout 76
It seems to have gotten a revival lately with the show, that's great.
I wish Endless Ages was still around.
Neverwinter isn't based on 3.5, it's 4th ed. That's when the at-will, encounter, and daily powers came into play. DDO was 3.5.
Ddo was the one I was talking about. Never winter gets a passing mention because it shows up in most top 10s
@@Redbeardflynn was wondering, cuz I heard neverwinter. DDo was good on a lot. Just didn't like 3.5 at all.
Dark Age of Camelot, Eden server
Blade and Soul, Tera Console, Dragonball online.
I think DDO and DnD 3.5 were just too divisive to gain mainstream popularity. The amount of complexity in building characters and potential pitfalls without having knowledge of the system is pretty daunting. That and not subscribing the much simpler holy trinity system that other mainstream games do. Throw in the slow leveling process of the DnD system compared to other games and it feels bad. Add in the difficulty in making good balanced end game content with the DnD system and its probably not a surprise that game has struggled to hold a large playerbase.
With that said, DDO was my first MMO and has some of my most memorable MMO experiences. It also taints my experience of some of the current MMOs dungeons as being very formulaic and boring.
DDO and the Everquest games rank far higher on my list.
I would have added broken ranks to the list.
star citizen the mmo development sim
i love DDO if u love build crafting its the king & i went back after a few years & it got even better like the split classes + & race skill trees + skill trees + reincarnation...BUT clearly they had cash problems they tried to pull some shady BS ..... other then that thy got new devs working it :) & i think we might get a DDO2 :)
Return to Reckoning is amazing.. But it sadly doesn't have the population it once had. During the lockdowns in 2020, the servers were so full that we were having 500vs500 open pvp seiges. The core of the game is so damn good, just a shame it didn't last.. Still the best pvp mmorpg, nothings yet to beat it imo.
no Everwinter?
It's listed in top 10 lists so ineligible
Champions of norrath 2 such a good console game
I really hope they can bring it back some day
You spelled 1990 wrong
Turbine DDO was fun. Ark Survival was fun. Others quest grindy boring. I'm playing Palworld ATM has good pay model box only and I'm bored of quests. No quest in Minecraft generation.
I wish any of these felt right for me. And the illegality of assets used in emulators is another deterrent.
I feel like that meme: "MMOs you might not have played!"