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I played WoW a bit after its initial release through the first couple xpacs. Getting the MMO itch again, but I know the WoW I grew up with doesn't really exist anymore, so now I'm pretty out of touch.

For those of you playing / recently played an MMO, which one? How's the community? How's the lore? Gameplay in pve/pvp/rvr?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The ones I've been playing on and off over the past few years are Guild Wars 2 and Lord of the Rings Online.

GW2 is a really nice game to just pick up and play without needing huge time investments. It has a fun gameplay loop and well designed zones to explore. Haven't gotten around to playing the new expansion yet, but I hear it's pretty good.

LOTRO is great for that traditional MMO experience. The community is very friendly and surprisingly active. It has a nice atmosphere. They are also frequently giving away the expansion packs, so you get a lot of content for free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lotro used to be a fantastic MMO, I gave a big chunk of my life to that game.

I quit playing after Mordor though, game just got too pointlessly difficult, even on landscape, lost all the fun I had with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I quit playing after Mordor though, game just got too pointlessly difficult, even on landscape, lost all the fun I had with it.

Pretty sure they significantly balanced the difficulty down at some point after its release.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

LOTRO would absolutely be my jam but the server performance is absolutely horrendous and the UI desperately needs at least an update for its fonts. It's a real shame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I second Lotto, as it's really great with the more community-focused aspects of MMOs. On my server, you can always find a endgame raid or dungeon group. With the recently added scaled difficulty landscape settings, you can make the landscape content harder or easier for you. Unfortunately the game is aside from the endgame content most times a single player experience. Lower level content is mostly dead, except in between major expansions, when endgame content is not that much requested as the next expac is coming in soon.