What is a good MMORPG to replace my beloved deceased SWG?Follow

also... what ARE some other good sci-fi mmorpgs? Suggestions?

My subscription to SWG runs out on the 28th and I have no plans to renew. I have gotten WOW and I am really liking it. There is tons of content and I really like the combat.
I played Guild Wars during the beta and I liked it. Everything is instanced though. There is a meeting area where you organize a group and then your group goes into an instance. Please correct me if this is not the way it is anymore I only played it for one weekend.
I signed up for Anarchy Online during their free one year menbership and I havn't played it much. They keep sending me Emails offering free upgrades for their expansions but then you have to pay a monthly fee whereas right now I do not. It is ok but the graphics are dated and the gameplay is confusing. I cannot figure out how to do missions, I can get them but then I can't find where I am suppoesto go. I havn't played it for over 2 months. If I had to pay I would have cancelled.

Guild Wars rocks, and NO SOE

If you don't like to group up to xp then don't go with FFXI.

FFXI is a fun game, but be warned, it's also group only to progress much past level 20. I played FFXI for over a year, and still keep the subscription current. I have a 62RMD, 42BLM and 38WHM, plus a ton of other professions I have not even started working on.

The Economy was really screwed up for a long time, but I hear Squaresoft has done a ton to fix it. At least Squaresoft listens to its player base and try’s to take action on the issues they present like gil sellers, NM campers and bots. They also lowered the needed exp for levels as well.

Anyway, I have also had it with the CU. I lost better then 25 million credits worth of buff packs, power-ups, armor and weapon. They converted into something useless, faulty or un-useable because of my level. I have no credits left for the items I can use now, and I can’t get to my harvests to retrieve resources to sell. I have tried and tried to make it work, but I just don’t find any joy in spending 50% of time in a cloning facility.

The main reason I, and 5 other friends, left FFXI and came to SWG, was because we could solo. Past lvl 60 parties in FFXI were a pain to get and never lasted. Since the CU, all my friends that came to SWG with me, have now left and returned to FFXI. They tell me the game is great now and have been hounding me to come back. I decided to try to work through the CU issues. Silly me. Since I now have to party in SWG, I might as well go back to FFXI. At least I will have people to chat with when I can’t find a party. In addition, the items, food, weapon and armor my character had when I left, still have value and are usable.

Guild Wars!!! been playing since 5/2 and love it. also seems to be a very helpfull community atleast the individuals I have dealt with!
PLUS.
no monthly fee
its Instanced
and no SOE yeah!! free at last free at last thank god almighty were free at last.

hopefully someone will come up with a GOOD SciFi MMORPG and then have the brains not to ***** with it

Edited, Fri May 6 00:41:49 2005 by UserAccount

Hmmm... so there's a bunch of votes for Guild Wars despite the instanced nature of it...

a vote or two for the Matrix Online... (MxO)


Has anyone heard anything about Face of Mankind? Is it a FPS/MMORPG or what? Looks kind of cool so far...

thanks again, guys!

There's always Eve. Different play still but it requires a lot of thought and strategy. Also Empire at War is coming this year.

Beware of Mxo it gets old and fast. Say you call someone on your cell phone kill someone in one of the identical apartments you are going to be seeing and repeat till bored and move on. If you want to play to find out what happens next in the Matrix world be my quest play it for that reason. Yes, fight secenes are cool but still gets old fast

Edited, Tue May 10 00:52:17 2005 by Utico

i got a few words for ya.. FFXI

i loved SWG now it's gone. :( so it back to the good old FFXI baby!!

I'm playing WoW and CoH along with SWG. I guess the key is to find out what about SWG you don't like. Honestly, the changes to SWG made it more like the other MMORPG's out there, so you may not enjoy any of them.

CoH is great for pick up and play. No crafting, no real items, just quests and arresting of thugs.

WoW is stellar. You can solo, though if you do, you'll likely feel like you're just playing a limited RPG. But I do hear the end game is weak, though Battlegrounds comes out soon, and may change that.

Personally, I thought MxO was so-so. I was in beta for a couple months, and it seemed like a weaker version of CoH. Some amazing potential, but missing some key elements.

Same for Guild Wars - it was fun, but for fantasy based gaming, WoW was superior for me. I also don't love the PvP, so Guild Wars' main appeal wasn't there for me. I did like the system - mixing the classes, only having 8 skills. And the no monthly fee thing was a great marketing idea.

DnD online looks promising, but that will be a while. Auto Assault is looking good from the beta stuff I've seen, but may lack staying power.

Course, I like SWG still, so take all my comments with a grain of salt.