First MMORPG you ever played

[chronodev]

What is the first MMORPG you've ever played?

My introduction to MMORPGs was in Asheron's Call II. Since then, I've played Guild Wars, Eve Online, City of Heroes, and World of Warcraft (Though I no longer play MMORPGs due to lack of time...)

[Scorch]

None yet, but I really want to try City of Heroes.

[Hydro2Oxide]

Phantasy Star Online, if you'd call it that. Personally I wouldn't so I guess I'd say it was Ragnarok Online. That game is awesome.

[Jek Porkins]

Mine would also be Phantasy Star Online for the Sega DC, and then Star Wars Galaxies.

Now it's Kingdom of Loathing. Not your usual MMORPG. :)

[Aleryn]

Ultima Online (PC)(September 1997)

I went ahead and got the Charter Edition that had some Collector's extras, and it also allowed you to start playing the game a few days or a week ahead of regular edition customers. So basically gave you an early release date.

Loved it to death for two years straight, bugs and all. Even the merciless PKs that'd kill anything stupid enough to travel in the open (was fun to become one of those evil bastards too! Ahahahahaha)

Went back to the game for a year some time after that. Had to quit once Origin folded and the game just went in another direction, pure trash, in my opinion. Damn shame that Lord British (Richard Garriot) and everyone else in Origin left. Before that though, just awesome.

Still, can't believe how much some people whine in things like World of Warcraft. Back in my day, if you died, you dropped ALL your items, EVERY time. Could die in a breath by a mob of PKs, nowhere safe to hide except towns. But at least you didn't lose experience like Everquest! UGH!

[Over easy]

World of Warcraft is my first MMORPG experience. Then it was Tabula Rasa and Guild Wars. I got back into WoW after a little bit, but I was out again in a couple months.

[thespamofpower]

The first mmo i played was everquest at some point in the late 90s/ early 00s. It was when the 3rd (i think) expansion came out in a combo pack with the original game and the first expansion. I think the expansion was called something like Ruins of Kunark or something. I lasted about a week in that game before getting bored and wandering off.

[crystalklear64]

Diablo 2 if that counts.

Anarchy Online if it doesn't.

[Mr Unoriginal]

How about old BBS games? Legend of the Red Dragon, anyone?

[Krymner]

My first real MMO was City of Heroes. I was addicted for 6 months. I'm kinda interested in some of the new stuff they've just put out with the new player-created content. I think I'd love to make my own story-arcs.

[plasticbathmonki]

UO, back when it first came out. My college roommate played it all the time, so I tried it out a bit.

The first MMO I actually paid for was City of Heroes/Villains.

[bvharris]

I would say Phantasy Star Online or Diablo II, but neither of those are true MMORPGs. I love these sorts of games, but I've never really cared for true MMORPGs, though I've tried several (notably FFXI and LotR:O). I guess I just like too much variety in my gaming to be sucked in wholly by a MMORPG.

[hero101]

Does Guild War count? I totally lost in the game. I'm a lvl 3 nacro. :roll:

[space_monkey]

My first and only MMORPG is Requiem (http://www.playrequiem.com)and I'm still playing and enjoying it.

I played Diablo II but never really thought of it as an MMORPG, at least not the way I played it (solo or LAN).
I was slow getting into MMORPGs for a couple reasons:
1. I didn't like the subscription idea of paying for something on a monthly basis
2. Coming from the Diablo RPG and first person shooter background I wasn't used to typical RPG movement/camera controls but I've gotten better.
3. I did not want to micro manage every detail of my character as I preferred the RPG lite style of Diablo.
4. Monotonous tasks. I watched my brother playing Ultima Online which was my only other exposure to MMOs and he'd spend hours standing/sitting in one spot chopping wood and fishing... Holy crap... That would bore me to death and that's probably where many of my preconceptions against MMOs came from

So I never looked for anything until I saw Requiem Open Beta on File Planet last year. It was FREE, M rated and looked like the hack and slash I like so I figured I'd try it out to hold me over until Diablo III. For a free game I have gotten more hours of gameplay out of Requiem than any other game I've ever played.
I'd certainly be less resistant to more MMORPGs now that I've played Requiem and gotten past my preconceptions of all MMORPGS. I still don't want to pay ongoing monthly fees to play but at this point with 2 young kids, it's also hard to find the time for much gaming anymore... I can't wait for Diablo III!

[Sir_Fragalot]

Silkroad because I wanted to try a MMO. It sucks balls.

Then I started to play WoW and loved it.

[kube00]

Diablo II and Wow, and I no longer play them...

[cgarb84]

I don't consider Diablo II an MMO, I'm not really sure why anyone would say it is one. My first MMO was Guild Wars, which I know some people don't really consider an MMO. My first "true" MMO was The Lord of The Rings Online. I am playing it again after taking about a year off, really enjoying it a lot. It has a great community which is more than you can say about a lot of MMO's.

[n25philly]

I started with Everquest, and have been all over the place. In no particular order:

Star Wars Galaxies
Earth and Beyond
City of Heroes
Vanguard
WoW (bought a year subcription early on based on hype before finding out for myself how horrible it is)
Dark Age of Camelot
Ultima Online (should be sued for false advertising for calling this a "game" and "entertainment"

I got Everquest II when it launched and it's been my main mmo since. I would probably play CoH a little if I could get access to my original account. EQ if my old character were still around. (I have a station account), and SW Galaxies if the new version didn't suck so bad.

[Kaijufan]

The only time I've ever played an MMO was when I did a corpse run in WoW for a friend while he went to the bathroom.

I may play Star Wars the Old Republic though.

[VioletArrows]

Ragnarok Online. Still have it on my computer, though I haven't touched it in months over than to make sure my account's still active. Loved the simplicity of all of it, though.

[Sc4rfac3]

The matrix online

[crystalklear64]

I don't consider Diablo II an MMO, I'm not really sure why anyone would say it is one. My first MMO was Guild Wars, which I know some people don't really consider an MMO. My first "true" MMO was The Lord of The Rings Online. I am playing it again after taking about a year off, really enjoying it a lot. It has a great community which is more than you can say about a lot of MMO's.
Its an online multiplayer game that massive amounts of people play or played. It also happens to be an RPG. Sounds like it fits the criteria to me.

[TruthinessFC]

My first MMO was WoW, and then between quitting/resuming playing that, I tried Guild Wars and didn't like it much. I'd probably still be playing WoW if I had time to raid, but I don't, and I never had much time to play other games.

I also played a trial of LOTRO at one point which seemed better than GW, but not quite on WoW's level. I'd like to try it out again someday though.

[As I Bleed]

Wow...i played it for about year and a half then it just got so boring once i reached 70 the n expansion came out got 80 then got bored again...

[steveinneed]

evercrack...err...quest

I probably will never play another mmorpg ever again though.

[SoulReaver]

Diablo 2. Good, good times. kickstarted my video game addiction....thats now starting to run dry

[dafoomie]

I started playing MUDs in the early 90s. It was this experience that allowed me to see WoW for what it was (crack) and stay away.

[Naterrs]

started with Everquest when it first came out, didn't get very far cuz I was still just a wee lad. Moved on to Dark Age of Camelot a few years later, then Guild Wars and RuneScape for about 5 minutes and finally quit the MMO scene after 3 months of WoW

[steveinneed]

started with Everquest when it first came out, didn't get very far cuz I was still just a wee lad. Moved on to Dark Age of Camelot a few years later, then Guild Wars and RuneScape for about 5 minutes and finally quit the MMO scene after 3 months of WoW

Good man.

[cgarb84]

Its an online multiplayer game that massive amounts of people play or played. It also happens to be an RPG. Sounds like it fits the criteria to me.

I think massively multiplayer means a massive amount of people all interacting in the same world at the same time. Dialblo II has a massive amount of players but the max mount of players in the same game is what 8? That's not an MMO in most people's eyes. This thread is actually the first time I have ever seen anyone call Diablo II a MMO. Not that it really matters in the end, its all just semantics really.

[homeland]

Ultima Online - Chesapeake Shard. My first and last MMO. I played that game for a year straight, hardcore. I than realized that this game was never going to end and all I had to show for it was a house (they had just been introduced), a ship, and a kickass looking character. I did play in the WoW closed European beta but after a month was tired of it and never bothered to go back.

[keithp]

Technically the first one I played was Star Wars Galaxies, back when it first came out. It sucked balls though, with a LOT of bugs so I never liked it. I think I only played a couple of months at the most.

Then my nephew talked me into playing FFXI, and wholly crap, I was hooked! I played that for a couple of years. I quit cold turkey though, and haven't played another one since. Although sometimes I get the urge to get back into it, or another one, but my better sense slaps me upside the head and the feeling passes.

[rumarudrathas]

Aside for some Random MUD that I dabbled with when I was around 9 years old, Everquest was my first. Then I picked up the following, and if memory serves me right, in this order:

Planetside (not technically a MMORPG, rather a MMOFPS)
City of Heroes (for a month)
Lineage 2 (same)
Runescape (same)
FFXI (how can people play this?)
WoW (On and off for 3-ish years, currently off after purchasing and playing WotLK for a month and a half)
Guild Wars (lost interest some time ago, but picked it up to appease an old college roommate)
Dungeon Runners (one of the better free MMOs out there, but got repetitive pretty quickly for me)
Requiem (heard about it, played it, got bored with it)
Cabal Online (around the same time as Requiem)
Free Realms (got into the Beta, still playing it off and on)

[Animefalcon]

neverwinter nights on aol (first graphic MUD)
but for mmo i have cleared and gotten to the end game in,UO,AC,EQ,DAOC,AO,AC2,E&B,FF11,SWG,lineage,COX,Lineage2,WOW,EQ2,DDO,GW,MXO , AA,Vanguard, LOTRO,Fury,TR,Shadowbane, POTBS,AOC,WAR,DF

i also got 3 mmo beta thats are under nda installed too, plus my current mmog which i raid hardcore 6 days a week in wow and aoc. some how i mange to keep a life and 4.00 GPA

[mrfossey]

Ahh, AOL BBS. I suppose at the time it was "massive" although I guess in hindsight...

First graphical MMORPG was Everquest right when it first came out (Well, maybe a month or two after release), although I never really got into the grind. I was more into the social/exploration aspect of it. I played up until Kunark, quit, and came back a few years later when Luclin came out - got a LOT farther in the game, but quit once I realized the vicious cycle never ended.

During my break of EQ I tried out DAoC. I played out the first month, loved the setting, but just couldn't get into the Realm aspect of everything and left.

Of course during high school, I got into the SWR MUD'ing community...a great deal. I enjoyed myself a lot more doing this, especially because of the social aspect, than I did with EQ. It helped when all of your friends played as well. Unfortunately, I matured about the same time the MUDs I was playing fell out, and lost interest. I was a builder/imm on a few, but it was pretty hollow when there was no one left playing.

First year of college I hit up Horizons as it was released - had the little golem guy on the shoulder and everything. I enjoyed the concept that they were committed towards releasing new content as the world population helped each other out, but it was horribly bugged. I last maybe a month or two, and quit again. Plus, I didn't really find the concept of spending a lot of time mining the same damn rocks all that thrilling.

The last thing I played fairly regularly - that is, for at least two months - was EQ2 when Faydwer came out. I was hooked on the free month/download trial, and loved that they catered to the casual, solo player. In addition, it was great to revisit some of the old stomping grounds from the first EQ. Once again, I saw through the grind and decided to leave...well, that and other things. Honestly if I were to go back to a MMORPG, it'd be this one.

Throughout the ten years (holy crap, it really was a long time now that I think about it) I played graphical MUDs/MMORPGs I also playtested/beta invited to Star Wars Galaxies (man, that SHOULD have been a great beta...oh how wrong I was), The Sims Online (just...wow), and WoW. WoW was interesting...I can't really just the final release, because I played it only during the pre-release stress tests, but the game I played was fun. I never got hooked because I saw the grind for what it was, and at that point (not yet on my EQ2 fix) and just stayed away. I could definitely see where it was more appealing than some of the other, older MMORPGs.

Oh, and I suppose if we're considering it, I was a HUGE D2 player back in HS along with the same group of friends that played CS and those SWR MUDs. Actually come to think of it, we played a lot of computer games my first two years of HS, before I discovered the evils of girls and beer. It's been progressively downhill since.

[Mr. Anderson]

First MMO that I fully owned and paid for myself was Final Fantasy XI for the PS2 in 2004. I got the HDD at launch.

The community is great and quite dedicated. You will never find a guild in WoW that was like my linkshell in FFXI, I swear. Very cool people.

For the most part, though, the game was just too time consuming. It took FOREVER to go anywhere, do anything, kill anything, and that is just not very helpful when you actually want to have a life. Graphics were nice, too.

[Liquid 2]

Diablo II + LoD.

[eswat]

RuneScape.

stfu.

[Hydro2Oxide]

RuneScape.

stfu.

Actually, I won't. What did people ever find appealing about this game? Just because it's free doesn't meant I want to play a game that (in my opinion) looked and played like ass. Pardon me for thread crapping but I really need an answer.

[frankcastle]

mine was lineage 2. man i loved that game. i played for about a year and a half and just didnt have the time for it anymore. the pvp in that game was so good. it was totally open you so you could fight anyone anywhere anytime. clans were very strong and we had strong rivalries and some very epic battles with rival clans. plus the castle sieges were so much fun.

[Mr. Anderson]

free.

You answered your own question. ;)

[kamui34]

Am I the only who has started with Asheron's Call?

[Ryukahn]

Diablo 2 on release day for PC, PSO on release day for DC.

If neither of those count, then FFXI. Started like 2nd week of release on PC.

Nothing hooked me like World of Warcraft though. Been playing since open beta.

[Pajama_Man]

Diablo 2 on release day for PC, PSO on release day for DC.

If neither of those count, then FFXI. Started like 2nd week of release on PC.

Nothing hooked me like World of Warcraft though. Been playing since open beta.

Guild Wars, although if that doesn't count then it'll also have to be FFXI as well for me.

Right now I am back playing LOTRO after a 3 month hiatus.

[DantheApe]

Meridian 59...played the free trial but that was it really until Everquest

i wasted years to everquest *sigh*

[Dynasty1756]

My first mmorpg was Rose Online..

It was free and addicting at first until they started charging... then i quit and started to play FFXI online on the Xbox 360

[Serik]

Ultima Online in 2000

Still the only MMO I've really enjoyed playing

[Sideswiper]

My first MMO was Dark Sun Online (1996). Yes, it came before your johnny-come-lately Ultima Online.

I did play Legend of the Red Dragon and other BBS games, heh...

[kainzero]

the realm. (sierra online, 1996)

oh man. back then they had an open beta, so everyone signed up. well, the servers couldn't handle a lot, so you had to wait in an 800 person-line just to get in and play, and it would take hours sometimes. and i lived in a time when there was only one computer and 4 people who wanted to use it. good times.

i kept trying to get into UO but i got lost and no one ever talked to me. fun times happened during the beta, when i wanted to be a blacksmith and the forge was crowded with like, a hundred people so you had to push and shove just to get to the smelter, and then push and shove to get out.

my first real addiction to MMO was FFXI, lasted 6-7 months, i'm really glad i didn't stay because that destroyed my life.

[deszaras]

My first was Star Wars Galaxies and left for some reason I can't even remember now. I miss the game oddly enough but they've butchered it since then.

[Monsta Mack]

Ultima Online. Played it for 8 years (played it for four around when it first came out, then took a break and played for another four years) I was Kefka on Sonoma. I think the Peoples Army of Sonoma guild still exists to. Great times but Trammel really killed the game (and the fun) because it was so fun to PvP and freely loot decaying houses and what not. Hell even my Dad was into the game till Trammel came along.

Tried EverCrack for a few months but got annoyed when I died and de-leveled. I also got into the PS2 version for almost six months and had a lot of fun, but It didn't come close to the fun I had in UO.

After Everquest I tried to get into Final Fantasy Online. I even bought the hard drive with the game for the PS2 and a PC version so I could be on the game when my parents were using the PC. I only ended up playing it for a few months.

I tried WoW but I somehow can't let myself get into it and at this point I doubt a MMORPG will ever capture the magic UO gave me considering I played it for about 8 years.

If you count Diablo 3 as MMORPG... er well I guess that would be my next venture. I plan on putting in a gigantic amount of time into that game. Infact, my wife is going to buy a beefy laptop just so we don't fight over the PC in the future when it comes out. Same goes for Starcraft 2.

If you count Diablo 2 then I played the hell out of that game, and still did quite a bit a few years ago.

[crowbb]

If MUDS count I played a bunch of them way back when.
I played the original AOL Neverwinter Nights.
The first modern style one that I played is City of Heroes

[DarkNessBear]

Dark Age of Camelot (Best MMORPG ever).

And then I spiraled out of control, trying to find another MMO that could be better than DAOC.

[redline]

Star Wars Galaxies was my first, I'd probably still be playing today if it wasn't for that piece of shit NGE. I quit right after they implemented that.

Now I've been playing Lord of the Rings the past 2 1/2 years and still loving it. For some reason it just never gets old or boring for me.

BTW, Diablo II is definitely not an MMO. It's just an online multiplayer dungeon crawler that you can only play with a few people. Not to mention the fact that it's a single player game with multiplayer tacked on, and randomly generated dungeons (no persistent world of any sort).

[Nikadimas]

I've played a hell of lot of MMOs in my time but I think Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast was the first. Some people may not count it but I do. I still remember the first time I tried to pause it and was like "what the hell...".

The first MMO I had one of those unhealthy addictions towards was probably Planetside due to my love of Tribes 2 on the PC and Tribes Aerial Assault on the PS2. But that's an MMOFPS, so I'd have to count Final Fantasy XI which on bought upon release as the first.

I still remember that year between FFXIs launch and WOW. Back then FFXI didn't really have any better competition. I had 24 hour gaming sessions going on with that beast. I have to admit when WOW came it totally blew it out of the water and up until that point I was practically attached to my keyboard playing FFXI.

[Monsta Mack]

Diablo 3 and PSO are not MMORPGs, just was saying for the fact the few crazy people who do count them as MMORPGs that it will be the next game I get.

I am actually playing Phantasy Star Portable every few days. I can't see myself paying $10-$15 a month for this especially with Diablo 3 coming out this or next year.

[lordwow]

I played:

Ultima Online Beta 3 (the last private beta before it went to public beta)
Everquest Beta 3? (I "worked" for a EQ website so I got in slightly before public beta)
I bought Everquest and played it for 6 months, my computer at the time just couldn't handle it (and at the time we were mostly playing on 56ks in my area, so it was slow/laggy/meh), but I loved having 12 classes (at the time) and how each was distinct, I prefer having more classes and more options than WoW's way of doing it. I got a cleric up to like level 30 and a monk up to like 35, which I was really impressed with at the time... remember back around 2000 it was damn near impossible to get answers to questions like it is today, and the various sites with maps and how to do quests weren't around, so there was a lot more playtime involved in leveling (plus camping, plus the ridiculous death penalty)

I bought and played WoW for about 3 months, I have level 47 or so, but I don't have time to raid/guild, so that killed the end game for me. I loved soloing though.

I honestly can't see myself getting into a MMORPG now that I have a kid (at least till he's older and I have free time), it just seems like too big a time/money sink to me.

[Ryandb2]

Started with Gemstone (I remember charging up hundreds of dollars in AOL charges on this text based game.)

From there I got hooked on EQ a couple years latter. On to DAoC, AC, City of Heros, EQ2, WoW, Conan, Ragnarok Online on an Aegis server, WAR.

EQ was the life sucker, I had to quit after 3 years when I noticed I had played over 200 days. Crazy.

[naiku]

I started with Shadowbane then moved onto Lineage 2. Played wow for about 2 years and recently picked it up again last month.

for the people that complain about some games & their harsh grind, read about Lineage2 its unrivaled. Wouldn't recommend playing it since its a pretty terrible game....which i played for 3years.

[brennok]

WOW was my first and the graphics are what attracted me. I got hooked early on and it lasted a good amount of time.

[Denzalo]

Dark Age of Camelot (Best MMORPG ever).

And then I spiraled out of control, trying to find another MMO that could be better than DAOC.

You never will, I miss that one so much.

I started out with MUDs in the 90s, moving on to EverQuest for 6 years.

Nothing will ever come close to the wonderment of old school EverQuest. It really makes me a jaded gamer now a days, everything has the "been there, done that" feeling now.

[lordwow]

I really got into DAOC for one summer, I almost forgot about it. It was another game with a really deep group and class system. I believe there were 8 person groups as opposed to 5-6 in most games, and you really needed a great mix of character types. I remember I played a cleric up though the 20s, and my brother actually maxed out his character (either a mercenary or an infiltrator I believe), the only time either of us has managed that.

[Holy_Headshot]

I'll let you know when one worth paying a monthly fee comes out. Haven't seen one yet, it's a ridiculous concept. Play a game for a year at $15 bucks a months and you get completely ripped, IMO. No offense to anyone who enjoys them, I just cannot make a financial commitment to something like that, there's no guarantee I'll play enuff to get my money's worth each month, I'd rather plunk my money down on hard copies of games that don't require internet connections to play.

[TruVisionary]

...Maple Story. :(

[Dezuria]

Dark Age of Camelot was my first, right about when Shrouded Isles came out. (Hibernia Guinevere!)

Looking back, the game itself wasn't too great, but the community made it a great experience. The sad thing about mmorpgs is that you can't go back and replay them and relive all the good memories. :( I miss old DAoC.(pre ToA and NF)

I tried EQ later on but didn't play it much. I can't help but feel that I really missed something special by not playing EQ when it was newer. The world looks very detailed and interesting to explore.

[lordwow]

I actually downloaded the EQ trial thing the other day, it just seems so dated and difficult to navigate now. I literally don't know how we managed to play games like EQ that were so unintuitive.

I know one thing that became extremely popular in EQ are Progression servers, where they start with just the original game, and then as people defeat certain bosses over time they unlock the content, so you can start over "from the beginning." Unfortunately, what I read was that it didn't get enough support to warrant doing another one

[dwhelan]

Everquest was the first, but on the 56k modem and being a sophmore in high school -- I really did not understand it (it was really the first mass market MMO, though not like the MUDs I grew up with.)

City of Heroes was the one that really caught me, after an awesome beta closing event my alter ego, the Iron Golem was ready to save Paragon City. I still log in every Christmas to give away all those credits I earned. I don't think I will ever find another experience like it, around the time I was graduating college and working security analyst position, I could play weird hours and for long periods of time.

It is true what they say about MMOs, the more you put in, the more time disappears and something about getting stuff out :)

[chronodev]

Everquest was the first, but on the 56k modem and being a sophmore in high school -- I really did not understand it (it was really the first mass market MMO, though not like the MUDs I grew up with.)

City of Heroes was the one that really caught me, after an awesome beta closing event my alter ego, the Iron Golem was ready to save Paragon City. I still log in every Christmas to give away all those credits I earned. I don't think I will ever find another experience like it, around the time I was graduating college and working security analyst position, I could play weird hours and for long periods of time.

It is true what they say about MMOs, the more you put in, the more time disappears and something about getting stuff out :)

Yeah City of Heroes was really fun, my main there was the "Hellucinator" , a force field illusion controller, real cool. I had my "Bubbles" really buffed up and gave real good protection to all teams (though also had good offensive with the illusionary pets). They had some good task forces missions, I remember having to protect the Nuclear reactor was very fun.

[s0undwav3]

Well actually the only MMORPG I've ever forked down money to play is World of Warcraft. I can say I did play some Ultima Online at a friends house back in the day so I knew what an Online RPG was about, but I resisted playing MMORPG's because 1) less sex because you are stuck playing a damn video game 2) too addictive 3) loss of real life activities to gaming activities 4) you are referred to everyone as the stranger because no one has seen or heard from you in months/years

I quit WoW after nearly a 2 year run (from when it was released till the time I stopped playing). Unfortunately I actually want to go back and play but I know what it will do to my career at work and my personal life, and that is not a good thing.

[georox]

Ultima Online (PC)(September 1997)

I went ahead and got the Charter Edition that had some Collector's extras, and it also allowed you to start playing the game a few days or a week ahead of regular edition customers. So basically gave you an early release date.

Loved it to death for two years straight, bugs and all. Even the merciless PKs that'd kill anything stupid enough to travel in the open (was fun to become one of those evil bastards too! Ahahahahaha)

Went back to the game for a year some time after that. Had to quit once Origin folded and the game just went in another direction, pure trash, in my opinion. Damn shame that Lord British (Richard Garriot) and everyone else in Origin left. Before that though, just awesome.

Still, can't believe how much some people whine in things like World of Warcraft. Back in my day, if you died, you dropped ALL your items, EVERY time. Could die in a breath by a mob of PKs, nowhere safe to hide except towns. But at least you didn't lose experience like Everquest! UGH!

The Good Ole' Days.... I played UO for around 5 years on Chesapeake. I miss being able to loot people, and rob people, and pwn people. :( Housing made that game cheap. I had a house with one corner in the guard zone of yew gate, pre-insurance/other bullshit. It was epic. Someone could attack me, I'd yell guards, my friend would run out and loot em. :D

I quit shortly after all the item stats/insurance/etc. nonsense. I did love the day someone forgot auto-renew on insurance so I got a full suit of artifacts on my disarm thief from him.. :D Stupid mage, attack me after I stole your reagents! =P That set got me a lot of gold before I quit... which I then sold..

[Blinkster]

Runescape (Started in 2001 and still log in every once in awhile)
The Sims Online (Played for about 2 months then never logged back in)
Dark Age of Camelot (I played about 2 hours of this before I gave up)
World of Warcraft (Played on and off since the game came out....I can't get addicted to it for some reason...)

[Kaoz]

Ultima Online, from there I went to Guild Wars (probably doesnt count since everything that isnt a town is instanced) then WoW. I dont play mmo's anymore, have moved back to console gaming.I would probably play UO still if they hadnt ruined it with carebear island

[fizzywix]

Runescape -> Dark Age of Camelot -> Final Fantasy XI -> World of Warcraft -> Kingdom of Loathing :P

Dabbled in The Sims Online, Eve Online, Star Wars Galaxies, that MMOFPS game (totally forget the name), Lineage 2, and the Matrix Online

[crowbb]

Yeah City of Heroes was really fun, my main there was the "Hellucinator" , a force field illusion controller, real cool. I had my "Bubbles" really buffed up and gave real good protection to all teams (though also had good offensive with the illusionary pets). They had some good task forces missions, I remember having to protect the Nuclear reactor was very fun.

Yeah I loved CoH for a while, still the best character creation system ever in an MMO. I just wish there was more...stuff. Once i got into the mid-late 20s in levels I found myself bored out of my mind.

My personal favorite CoH hero was "Bad Puns Man". I was a typist at the time and was able to type like a maniac and still play effectively so I'd constantly spew out horrible pun after horrible pun. "Looks like we....iced that guy" after the party used an ice attack etc. People either loved it or wanted me to die. I always told the former types that my name wasn't GOOD Puns Man. When Champions comes out, if it doesn't suck, he may yet live again.

[lordwow]

that MMOFPS game (totally forget the name),

Planetside?

That game was surprisingly good, just didn't have a big enough player base.

[Kaoz]

My personal favorite CoH hero was "Bad Puns Man". I was a typist at the time and was able to type like a maniac and still play effectively so I'd constantly spew out horrible pun after horrible pun. "Looks like we....iced that guy" after the party used an ice attack etc. People either loved it or wanted me to die. I always told the former types that my name wasn't GOOD Puns Man. When Champions comes out, if it doesn't suck, he may yet live again.


Best. Hero. Ever.

I tried CoH, couldnt get into it everything seemed to similar (the warehouses and such). I did like how highly customizable the hero's were, but the gameplay just couldnt get me to pay for it.

[cochesecochese]

the realm. (sierra online, 1996)

oh man. back then they had an open beta, so everyone signed up. well, the servers couldn't handle a lot, so you had to wait in an 800 person-line just to get in and play, and it would take hours sometimes. and i lived in a time when there was only one computer and 4 people who wanted to use it. good times.
Oh man, I was on there too. I loved the Realm but my parents just hollered at me to stop tying up the phone so much that I could never sink in the necessary time to build a truly great character.

I also sort of lost interest after the elves and giants were introduced.

[lordwow]

I honestly don't know how we survived without mics for so long in MMORPGs. I remember having to type like a madman when I was a cleric in EQ, while doing my healing.

[fizzywix]

Planetside?

That game was surprisingly good, just didn't have a big enough player base.

That's it!

Yeah, I had some fun playing it. A new well-done mmofps could be pretty good