Undertanker’s Post got me thinking about all the MMORPGS I have played over the years. This got me thinking it would be cool to get a list and ranking of the community’s MMO’s they have played. As long as people stick to a decent format, I will compile the results and share them.
First list your top 5 MMO’s and then if you like list all your games you played below.
My top 5
1: Vanguard
2: EverQuest
3: World of Warcraft
4: D&D Online
5: Guild Wars 2
I struggled on putting Vanguard above EQ but when I think back, I have more good memories with others in Vanguard then I did in EQ. While I did meet my wife in EQ, I feel I spent most of my time trying to catch up to others instead of playing with them. I learned a lot about how to get the most out of a game by the time Vanguard came a long and because of that I got more out of it. I also really liked Vanguard even with all its problems.
Rank 5 was a challenge for me. GW2 was never my kind of game but I gave it my 5th spot because the game was so well designed. It is a solid game with good graphics. I enjoyed it for the time I played but it never had what I was looking for. The fact that it is was my #5 might say more about the other games that I played then it dose about GW2.
Here is a list of all the MMO’s I have played over the years.
All dates and times played are my best guess.
As of 4-28-20
EQ: 20 years
Dark Age of Camelot: 18 years
EQOA: 3-4 years
Vanguard: 3-4 years
EQ2: 12 years
RIFT: 1 year
TERA: 1 year
ESO: A couple months
FFXIV: 1 year
Can't think of anything else.
In order of favorites:
1. EQ2
2. EQOA
3. Vanguard
4. Dark Age of Camelot
5. EQ
6. FFXIV
7. RIFT
8. TERA
9. ESO
Edit: HOW THE F*** DID I FORGET DAOC
Top 5 in order:
EverQuest
Shadowbane
Horizons
Dark Age of Camelot
World of Warcraft
All that I have played:
Asheron's Call
EverQuest
Dark Age of Camelot
Eve Online
Horizons
Shadowbane
EverQuest II
World of Warcraft
Perfect World
Dungeons and Dragons
Lord of the Rings
Warhammer
Elder Scrolls
Black Desert
Camelot Unchained (although it's not released yet)
I have played a lot of games over the years, but MMO wise, not very many. As a list of them I played:
. Terra (got into the beta before the 2012 release date, don't remember how long before) played for about 6 months to a year
. Rift (again bought the game before it released in 2011 and played the beta) played for about a year and a few months
. Guild Wars 2 (again I got into a beta for it) I played for a total of 3 years off and on
. Guild Wars for all of a month before GW2 beta started
. Vanguard I played for about a month, then it closed about a week after I stopped playing.
. EQ2 I played for a total of 2 years off and on, actually just tried to get into this game again.
. WoW I started playing at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. I have played this off and on for the longest, and that's been about 6 years.
. ESO I played for maybe 2 months.
. P1999 I played for maybe about 8 months, it's broken up time wise, because I had to get a new computer in between playtimes lol.
. EQ, I tried playing this around 2015 and again in 2018, then again last year, I have maybe played a total of 4 months for this as well. I played on a time-locked progression server for a bit then went to a regular server.
. AD&D from about 1995 and have played on and off for the better part of 20 years. I was 7 when I started playing with my dad, just so no one thinks I'm ancient in any way LOL!!
As for the order I would have to put them in for my top 5:
1. AD&D
2. WoW
3. Guild Wars 2
4. EQ2
5. Vanguard
Good thread, I feel a little embarassed that I haven't played nearly as many MMO's as you guys but my entire list would be my top 5 I think:
1. EQ2 (played for 5+ years)
2. EQ (played from 2000 up until the launch of EQ2)
3. Project Gorgon (started playing maybe 18 months ago, took months off, and picked it back up a couple months ago)
4. ESO (played for about a year on consol)
5. City of Heroes (2 months maybe?)
Ultima Online - 6 years (where I initially got hooked on MMOs)
EQ - 10 years
DAoC - 2~3 years
WoW - 7 years
TERA - 2 years
BDO - 4 years
There are a lot of games out there that I played for less than a year. The ones I can remember that I played for more than a month/trial period; City of Heroes, EQ2, Champions Online, ESO, Wildstar, SWTOR, assorted Japanese and Korean entries.
Favorites in terms of gameplay were probably UO and EQ. In terms of visuals and systems, probably BDO or TERA. At this point I basically try any MMO that comes out in hopes that I can call it my new "home", haha.
1. Vanguard
2. Star Wars Galaxies
After that, not much. I guess I could add Rift as a number 3, but it isn't very memorable. I dabbled in EQ only reccently and got to about lvl 20 and I can say it was great. But my love was Galaxies. Played it until there was a 2nd change to the game that got my Zabrak stuck in a loop of Han Solo telling me to, "Watch out, this is gonna blow!" I checked it out recently and Han was right. It did blow lol.
Vanguard became my 2nd love. I absolutely miss my Psionicist and getting to be apart of TPO, and big HUGS to Verinus and Molasses where ever you are in this big world. I miss temple flips and the million attempts to get people past Akande the Butcher. But even though it is my 2nd love, it is the one I miss the most so it sits at top spot for my tiny list.
These first:
EQ
SWG
Vanguard
DDO
These second:
ESO - I love the Lore and the RPGs. I like the Card Game Elder Scrolls Legends.
Rift
EQ2
SW:ToR - Meh...
Never Winter - I really wanted to level up to get UnderMountain because I love playing there in pencil and papper D&D. But Kungfu won out.
There are a bunch more but not counting them played too briefly..
I am Big into RTS Civilization series CIV6, CIV 5 CIV4
Enjoying Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire
Finishing up "Ori and the Blind Forest", so I can Play "Ori and the Will of the Wisp".
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
I'll play.
Neph's top 5 (so far - with reasons)
1) Vanguard - scope/scale, size of the world, class design, potential
2) Star Wars: Galaxies - sandbox design, making crafting really matter, player freedom
3) Final Fantasy XIV - world-building, storytelling
4) EVE Online - scale, strategic depth
5) EverQuest - pacing, lore
Honorable Mention: Wildstar - challenge even in solo content or against "trash" mobs
My gaming resume:
Shadowdale MUD - 4 years (1995)
Ultima Online - 6 months (1999)
EverQuest - 5 years (1999)
Earth and Beyond - 1 year (2000)
Star Wars: Galaxies - 5 years (2001 - includes beta)
Anarchy Online - 6 months (2001) - the terrible launch killed it for me
Dark Age of Camelot - 1 year (2001)
EVE Online: 11 years (2004)
EverQuest 2 - 5 years (2004)
World of WarCraft - 1 year (2005) - community and lack of challenge turned me off on it after a while
Vanguard - 4 years (2007)
Age of Conan - 1 year (2008)
Lord of the Rings Online - 3 years (2009)
Star Trek Online - 2 years (2010)
SWTOR - 2 years (2011)
RIFT - 1 year (2011)
Guild Wars 2 - 2 years (2012)
Neverwinter - 1 year (2013)
Wildstar - 1 year (2014) - I ran out of world to explore
Final Fantasy XIV (2013) - 7 years and counting
There are probably a few that I'm forgetting on the list that I played for a year or less.
My Bartle profile is EAS. For me, that means my primary focus in MMOs is the world and lore/story. My secondary focus is generally challenge - I don't like feeling overpowered or leveling too fast for the content. Finally, even though I'm an introvert, I value socialization and community. On the flip side - I really don't enjoy PvP or having to compete with other players very much.
I'm an explorer, a crafter, a lore hound, a raid leader, a guild leader, a community event organizer, and a little bit of a roleplayer (although my style is different from many other roleplayers that I meet). I get bored with MMOs if I start to feel like I'm on a treadmill for no reason, if crafting ends up not mattering, or if I run out of stuff to explore and investigate in the world. I get frustrated with MMOs if I feel like I'm being herded along to "catch up" with everyone else, or if I'm having to compete with everyone else as a part of normal gameplay. I strongly dislike PvP in almost all forms, and will usually only tolerate it if it involves strategic control of territory in the game world.
First thanks everyone that has posted. I sent a privet message to have the topic name corrected but no luck so far.
I am trying to post an image showing my original complied stats but the image is not loading. It could be because I am sharing it from Google Drive? you can click on the link or right click show image and it works. If someone can let me know what I am doing wrong I would appreciate it. I will also note that the ranked at all section has more than 3 games with 3 picks and if we get more people participating, I will do a better job of making sure it shows the full picture. I will also note that my Girlfriend has an account but she was to lazy to post so I have one person listed that is not here.
I hope others will find the potential of this as interesting as I do and continue to participate.
ps. Liav I updated yours with DAoC
Top five? I guess these:
1) Vanguard
2) Everquest
3) Rift
4) Final Fantasy XIV (would've been top if it was more of a social game instead of a game where you can do much on your own)
5) Archeage
Games I've played over the years (no particular order):
- Ultima Online
- Everquest (I + II)
- EVE
- Vanguard
- Aion
- Tera
- Rift
- Archeage
- Wildstar
- Age of Conan
- Guild Wars (I + II)
- Neverwinter
- Dungeons and Dragons Online
Top 5:
Played MMOs:
Figured out how to upload an image from Google drive so the first post now shows the current results. Seeing as we still only have 12 people participating the last rows have lots of ties.
I'll list a top 4. I played many more than this, but the rest either never grabbed me or I couldn't get into it because I never really found others to play with.
1) City of Heroes (The creativity and ability to build interesting characters is second to none. Also, it had an amazing, helpful community--best I've ever seen)
2) Anarchy-Online (My first MMO. A giant, open world. Cities in this game were bigger than whole zones in most games. The sci-fi world / setting really captivated me and it felt quite fresh compared to all the fantasy MMOs)
3) The Secret World (Best cut-scenes and story arcs I've ever seen. Amazing atmoshphere. Lackluster teaming)
4) Dark Ages of Camelot
I never tried EQ, but I did play EQ2 for a few months. I liked several aspects of EQ2, but it never really grabbed me and it felt soulless. The game mechanics were too obvious and that really make it hard to immerse myself into the world and forget I was playing a game. For example, spawns would show you who would aggro if you attacked anyone in the group, then show you a padlock icon to show that the combat is locked.
I never tried WoW. I had a friend show me the character creator, saw that it was basically 'pick from a few different faces and hair styles' and that's it, so I never bought it. I like to make interesting characters that I can be creative with and really make my own. I don't need weird options or excessivie scar options, but I do want to see more than 5 hair styles.
Top 5 no particular order
MMOs played (other than those mentioned above)
ARPGS: I figured I would include these because they have some MMO elements.
@Counterfleche The Secret World I had a hard time finding this and I never played it. My best guess was it is Secret World Legends. Did I get the right one?
There were only 4 MMOs I actually enjoyed:
EQ 1999-2004 (Stopped playing due to inability to enjoy casually)
WoW 2004-2011 (Still force myself not to play this game out of spite although it was one of the best all-round MMOs)
FFIX 2013-2014 (Stopped because none of my friends wanted to play this game)
ESO 2014-2015 (Stopped because the 2 friends I started with quit)
Other inconsequential MMOs played:
Anarchy Online
Rift
TOR
GW2
DAoC
Warhammer
Aion
BDO
Terra
Archeage
Neverwinter
MMOs I'm looking forward to:
PRotF
New World
starblight said:@Counterfleche The Secret World I had a hard time finding this and I never played it. My best guess was it is Secret World Legends. Did I get the right one?
The Secret World was the original game. A couple of years ago Funcom decided to repackage and re-release it as Secret World Legends. I think all existing accounts converted when they did that. But essentially - same game, Legends is just the "streamlined" re-release of it.
EverQuest was my main MMO that I played the most on and off for several years. Other MMO's I tried include Horizons (Istaria), EQ2, Shadowbane, DAoC, LoTR, WoW, and Vanguard. The only MMO I've played in the past 10 years or so was P1999 for about 3 years.
*EDIT*
Order of best:
1) Everquest
2) DAOC
3) Vanguard
4) Shadowbane
5) WoW
Good topic! I like hearing the journey people took to get here. I've always thought that most here were Brad fans and therefore EQ vets and perhaps VG. We'll see.
My MMO journey is a little different I think - My first was Asheron's Call so I'll always have a special fondness for it. My favorites though are Everquest (currently playing again) and Vanguard. I've played almost all of them over the years though if for just a short time.
1. EverQuest (started during Kunark through Velious then back during PoP for a brief bit - since, I've played off and on up to today on Mangler - spent time on P99 as well)
2. Vanguard (from launch then quit b/c of technical issues and eventually returned for a good bit)
3. Asheron's Call (obsessively from launch for about 9mos?)
4. Dark Age of Camelot (followed on the heels of EQ, kinda burned out at this point but we played for a solid year(?) or so)
5. WoW (wasn't on the bandwagon at launch, we went to EQ2 instead, but started WoW when BC launched and played through WotLK)
Spent time in EQ2 (quite a bit), Lord of the Rings, GW, GW2, Wildstar, Archeage, Rift, DDO, AO, Eve, Secret World, ESO, FFXIV
@bigdogchris Not sure if you put them in a ranked order or not. If you want to be part of the stats please give them number or clarify.
I updated the results on the first post. Everquest is climbing closer to what I expected.
starblight said:Updated my post.@bigdogchris Not sure if you put them in a ranked order or not. If you want to be part of the stats please give them number or clarify.
I updated the results on the first post. Everquest is climbing closer to what I expected.
Thanks.