Why does EQ pwn?Follow

Funny, that was my exact same feeling about FFXI when I first started it. But then I realized I was just used to EQ and actually gave FFXI a chance for me to learn the controls and how the game worked.

Of course, a month later, I was impressed by some aspects of FFXI but still felt the controls sucked ***

I just hope the constant drumbeat from the trendies about how great WoW is going to be doesnt have me turned off by the time it comes out.

I have not played every mmorpg...but I have played a few. Started with UO...good place to start. Learned I liked MMORPGs and learned what I did not like. EQ came along and was instantly light years beyond where every one else was or has been , imho.

I have left EQ for DOAC, SWG and yes, even Planetside. I have not tried CoH, but hear it is rather good and have not tried any of the FF games, though my kids have.

EQ's strength is it's social fabric and the way everything ties in. Even solo players tie into it. When I played DOAC and SWG I might as well have been playing Morrowinds or Dungeon Seige...very light on the social interaction. Just lots of people running around doing their thing.

I am not saying the something better will not come along, but I believe it remains to be seen. Many of my guildies jumped to FFXI and it held their attention for a while but they came back. We are talking about people playing a game for 5 years and taking 2 months out to play and get bored with another game. Happens with many of them.

Don't know if this is any help at all. Who knows, maybe the reason I do not enjoy the other games is I use EQ as the yardstick to measure them by...then again, that says something about EQ, at least my view of it. :-)

Edited, Fri Jul 30 17:57:29 2004 by lhuffman

Have you guys checked out the clips from the EQ2 website??? Yeah, the graphics rock compared to EQ, that's for sure. But I'm not too sold on the fact that there is only 160 NPC's to "fight" and every encounter is "closed". I think EQ2 will be a great game, but they keep saying it will be the first real-world game out there. And EQ isn't? Yeah, so the NPC's don't talk...hehe. I think whoever creates a better graphics world than EQ with all of the thousands of items and NPCs like EQ will turn out a winner. Oh yeah, it would be nice if the characters in most MMORPG looked like real-life characters instead of Pokemon cut-outs. I'm sorry, I can't get into a game where every character looks like a cross-breed between Voltron and Speed Racer...lol.