EasymodeX Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Those little temporary alliances to team up on the over-populated realm were just priceless. Correction: Breaking those little temporary alliances were just priceless. That one Paladin who had the intestinal fortitude to run across the no-mans land and take the initial wave of nukes so the other melee could charge in and rip up a line of casters? All priceless memories. The countdown to charge the milegate. "GOING IN 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... CHARGE!!" ... Watching 100 players not move an inch. Hahahaha. Oh yeah, and unlimited AOE targets. Specifically when there are 150 players attacking your keep, and you have 14 Thanes with nothing better to do than chaincast hammers from the sky (and laughing when 14 players chaincasting AOEs are not actually killing much, but it was awesome to watch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlu Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Darkfall > EVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-micah- Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 14 Thanes with nothing better to do than chaincast hammers from the sky (and laughing when 14 players chaincasting AOEs are not actually killing much, but it was awesome to watch). +1 spell effects were awesome in daoc, especially the aoe madness in zerg fights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Gao_Gao Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 EVE ONLINE STILL THE BEST capslock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumwun Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 DAoC xdfjfsdkjhsdflsdfl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxius Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Pre-CU SWG hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordCriper Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Without a doubt: SWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weioo Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 True PvP: Ultima Online Pre-Renaissance RvR: DAoC Anybody saying anything otherwise just hasn't played those two games. Exceptions: Eve/Guild Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lectro Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hell No... Same old crap different skin. PVP is again dominated by Stealth classes. I would have hoped This company would have learned the lessons others never got. My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lectro Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Pre-CU SWG hands down. You need to get out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lectro Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Without a doubt: SWG PVP was so good in that game. That its still kickin to this day. Plus the player base is phenomenal. some people........... Edited January 11, 2012 by Lectro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codythekid Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 DARKFALL! -Clords2011- and SWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teziz Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Some of these stories make me wish I were older and had known what MMOs were when these games came out. Nevertheless, Guild Wars was my favorite. Specifically, Alliance Battles. Most players thought they were the weakest link in pvp, but I found them the most fun. 12 Kurzicks versus 12 Luxons, and it was chaos amongst control points. For my friends and I, it was not only a hub for fun and experimentation, pushing the boundaries of what our characters could do with eight skills, but it was a sense of pride, of entitlement, of a fight to defeat our mortal enemies. Every time you saw enemies approaching your capture point, adrenaline rushed and you couldn't wait for the fight to erupt. Especially when both teams clashed at that one neutral point. Yes, it was that ridiculously nerdy, and I loved every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVexillex Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 DAOC and its not even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BegaTasty Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Darkage of Camelot obviously, there hasn't been an MMO to rival that since. Massive diversity, incredible classes. Freedom of play (bioware could learn volumes off them) amazing pvp/pve dungeons "Darkness Falls"....was nothing wrong with it until TOA destroyed it. Sadly Daoc wouldn't take off today, far to much freedom an diversity in the game. Mythic didnt believe in mirror image classes, people were expected to learn their classes, an counteract others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylettes Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) The ONLY people who wouldn't name DAOC as the #1 pvp mmo, and no other game comes close, are those people who never played the game. Seriously, its not even close. No other game has achieved so many levels of pvp (solo, small grps, full groups, zergs) harmoniously and each with their own community within the game as DAOC did. And the pvp also gave you a sense of realm pride and made you want to go fight, even without any fancy gear rewards or anything. You had a place to shine for all skill levels, and yes it did take a bit of strategy and skill to actually play. I mean heck, if one little thing hit you, you couldnt cast if you were a healer or caster. I remember my first day of WoW which i played for 5 months after its release going omg i can cast with people hitting me, its like permenant MOC! no skills Edited January 11, 2012 by Vylettes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappstar Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ahh good old daoc, i miss my skillah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astryx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 L2 (before GoD)RF Online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPunx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 WAR probably. I missed the DAoC bus, so didn't get to play it. Aion wasn't too bad pre-2.0, but it quickly turned into a 1-3 shot PvP lag zerg fest where you didn't last much more then a few seconds in PvP almost 24/7. They also ruined world pvp with too many NPCs and inviable areas that catered to the botting Asian crowd. In 3.0 it will be PvE game for the most part, which is why I quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappstar Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ooh i almost forgot daoc = freddyhouse.com, bleaders should pay me royalties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiricahua Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 SWG, but it was hard to get anything added to that game on its shoestring budget. Still, I miss it a lot. WoW for me never came close to SWG. Bethesda won it's lawsuit against Interplay, so we should be seeing a Fallout MMO in about 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordCriper Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 PVP was so good in that game. That its still kickin to this day. Plus the player base is phenomenal. some people........... Not sure if you agree or not tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonewild Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 EVEDarkfallSWGEQ I Warhammer Online (first 3 months). EVE fleet battles were pretty laggy, but the small skirmishes between individuals and gangs were amazing. Darkfall's open pvp environ had a lot of potential. I was ultimately turned off by the dev team that addressed and tackled issues at snails pace. SWG in the first three months of launch was a lot of fun. Flagged, world pvp was great and there was enough freedom for player driven content. I enjoyed EQ I pvp on Rallos and later Vallon Zek. Even with the level restrictions that were ultimately implemented. Warhammer had a fun system, that quickly became stale after about three months of play. There is only so much zone control back and forth I could participate in before it became stale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyLeo Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I'm beginning to wonder if all the people who say WoW has the best PVP actually ever played any other decent MMO with PVP in it. That being said, EVE is one of my favorites, I loved the rush I got from fighting in small scale skirmishes where there are actually severe penalties for dieing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anelitt Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I always liked the competetive arena setting in wow, mindless derp zerging with scrubs in warzones gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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