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Old 01-11-2011, 01:18 PM
lethstang lethstang is offline
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As I eagerly await kunark, has anyone ever found an mmo like eq i could do in the meantime? Meaning

1. difficulty
2. outstanding group play which makes the grind fun. no instances so youre sharing the dungeon and developing community
3. requires CC. ive found games that dont...its just a button smashing fest
4. each spell or ability cast is important. each one takes thought, not like the current MMOs ive been playing where again, its a button mashing contest. for example, here as an enchanter I get very few casts per battle which makes every decision a potential gamebreaker.

Ive tried alot of them, but hoping maybe you could point me towards one I have not.
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Old 01-11-2011, 01:22 PM
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Simply put, "no," which is why this server exists and is so popular.
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Old 01-28-2011, 02:12 AM
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Simply put, "no," which is why this server exists and is so popular.
Agreed, there isnt really anything out there sadly ive done tons and tons of looking over the years myself. Before I started on this server I was playing MUDS for a while and those are way older than EQ :P MMO's in my opinion went down hill pretty much at the time and after World of Warcraft was released. Games are to easy now and people die in game just to fast travel. Not to mention you can solo everything besides end game. If I wanted that id play an offline game.
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Old 01-11-2011, 01:22 PM
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Vanguard is about it and that game is dying which is a pity.
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Old 01-11-2011, 10:12 PM
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Vanguard is about it and that game is dying which is a pity.
This. I loved VG. Too bad Sony raped it. Like they (not Sony, but those I cannot name) did to Indiana Jones.
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Old 01-11-2011, 01:29 PM
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As I eagerly await kunark, has anyone ever found an mmo like eq i could do in the meantime? Meaning

1. difficulty
2. outstanding group play which makes the grind fun. no instances so youre sharing the dungeon and developing community
3. requires CC. ive found games that dont...its just a button smashing fest
4. each spell or ability cast is important. each one takes thought, not like the current MMOs ive been playing where again, its a button mashing contest. for example, here as an enchanter I get very few casts per battle which makes every decision a potential gamebreaker.

Ive tried alot of them, but hoping maybe you could point me towards one I have not.

You're looking for what I've been trying to find since 2003ish. An MMO with a class and gameplay that is as great as EQ+enchanter.

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Old 01-11-2011, 01:41 PM
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yeah i have been looking forever too :P there is nothing that gets close ><
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Old 01-11-2011, 01:53 PM
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srsly why cant a game be made almost exactly like eq but with todays graphics.
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Old 01-11-2011, 02:05 PM
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srsly why cant a game be made almost exactly like eq but with todays graphics.
Because there's no hope of WoW-sized subscription numbers and so it's not worth investing in*. If it doesn't play the game for you, you won't make billions of dollars.



*In the eyes of every moron with an idea for an MMO since WoW came out, apparently.
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Old 01-11-2011, 04:19 PM
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srsly why cant a game be made almost exactly like eq but with todays graphics.
If your machine can handle it, p99 can have pretty decent graphics. Just go to display settings in options and turn on all the advanced shit (like shadows, etc.) There are lots of screenshots taken with these settings on the forums, and they look very nice, as well as kind of dark. You can also get a graphics update for the zone files (I think there's a sticky about it in tech support). So, yeah.
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