What is the best MMO you ever played and why?

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If it isn’t WoW, what game was it and why?

Is it is WoW, why?

And maybe if you were going to dream up a perfect MMO, what would it look like and how would you tweak or amalgamate what you have seen in other MMOs to create such a game?

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so far WoW is the only MMO i’ve played

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SWTOR through all 8 classic stories
The Secret World through the original areas

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Guild Wars 2 at launch. Now it’s less than perfect, but what a game it was at launch. All the cosmetics were beautiful, and it delivered a no-grind universe of FUN.

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WoW is the only MMO I’ve ever played b/c it was the first MMO I played, and I’ve been addicted to it from the first day I played it. :open_mouth:

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Eve-Online was/is absolutely wonderful. Particularly its varying types of PvP, how it was a PvP game with PvE in it and how the entire market was controlled by players. I like the fact that the developers of the game basically let players do whatever they want, as long as it isn’t exploiting bugs/hacking others players. In fact, here is a music video/song released by the developers of that game:

https://youtu.be/VgvM7av1o1Q

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SWG before the NGE, and TSW.

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This one right here! It’s also the one I’m most familiar with and enjoy. I’ve also played GW2, SWTOR, Conan, and TERA.

Funny how that works!

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ESO. Immersive. Story-driven. Has tons of RPG elements. Crafting professions matter.

Yeah, ESO easily. Used to love WoW and all Blizzard titles, but they killed the Blizzard fanboy in me.

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Dark Age of Camelot, the PvP was amazing prior to Atlantis.

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The first Guild Wars edges out WoW for me by a bit. I started with Guild Wars and eventually started playing WoW. It may have been the other way around had I started with WoW. I think the reason for me favoring Guild Wars was the fact that I had never experienced that type of gaming environment before and so the nostalgia runs deeper because the first time experience with something often leaves the most emotional impact.

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This one.

While there are always things that need improvement, I still have a good time whenever I log in. When it stops being any fun at all, I’ll quit playing.

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I’ve played Wow for 10 years and I played ESO for 2 months. Wow is the only MMO I’ve ever truly been invested in for a multitude of reasons that I’m too lazy to type out but basically boils down to end game content. I love raiding and Blizzard has never let me down when it comes to a well designed raid (okay, except for Dragon Soul, that was a trash raid).

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The imperial agent story is awesome. Also the sith inquisitor one.

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WARHAMMER ONLINE, no doubt.

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SWTOR has great stories. Raids and achievements were fun too. I thought PVP paled and the UI felt stiff

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Depends on what part of the game we’re talking.

Best story? FFXIV.

Best single-player experience? SWTOR.

Best gameplay? Have to go with FFXIV again.

Best class design? WOW. They’re not perfect, but not being pigeonholed into a single role and giving me the kind of fantasy I want to have is a win to me.

Best end-game content? WOW - mainly due to it being the only MMO I reached max level and experienced end-game content.

All the other MMOs I played were “meh”, at best.

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If I could take the combat from games like Tera or Blade and Soul and put it in WoW, I don’t think I’d have much reason to ever play anything else.

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Scum and Villainy, Dread Fortress and Dread Palace are still my favorite raids in any game

Sith Warrior, Imperial Agent, and Smuggler are my favorite stories

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Toss up between Risk Your Life 2 Incomplete Union and Project Utopia.

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