Looking for a good MMORPG (SRO Alternative)

pinoyplaya · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 595 **Location:**

Hey guys. I love playing SRO but I just can't handle having to pay more than I have to and be committed to play the game to get my money's worth from getting premium.

I am looking for an MMORPG that is SRO Alternative. Something with great graphics and easy to understand/play. Not WOW, I got lost in that game and its just too hard for me to understand. Probably because of the lack of research.

Anyway, how does EverQuest II sound? Is it a pretty simple game?

I want something that is kind of similar to SRO except without the server traffic.

Any ideas?

I just don't want to get premium and have to play 3 hours per day to get it be worth it.

Burningwolf · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2583 **Location:** :|

Rohan online
http://www.playrohan.com
Cabal
dont remember the site

-Evan · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 2:38 am

Wait for Aion.

pinoyplaya · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 595 **Location:**

-Evan wrote:

Wait for Aion.

OMG, I've been waiting for it since it was first announced. Still.... no sign of it being released yet.

SM-Count · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 2761 **Location:** /wave

Drop your MMOs and pick up a RTS, go SC.

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

WoW isn't hard to understand, it's just nig and expansive and takes awhile to get everything down. In fact there's still a lot I'm clueless about.

But another good MMO is Rohan as above mentioned and I kinda like Archlord.

dom · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 3:46 am

The ONLY-MMO-WORTH-PLAYING list:

Current: WoW, GW
Coming soon: AoC, GW2

It's that or it's nothing.

Nuklear · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 3272 **Location:**

If you're willing to pay, Age of Conan comes out next week. There's a large thread on the front page of OFL that you can check out. It's a very straight forward game and the first 20 lvls you can play completely single player if you wish (It's like a large instance.)
I'd stay away from Archlord if you don't want a boring, cookie cutter MMO.

Aiyas · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 4:30 am

Burningwolf wrote:

Rohan online
http://www.playrohan.com
Cabal
dont remember the site

This the one?
http://cabal.ogplanet.com/main.og

takolin · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4238 **Location:** Life

Aiyas wrote:

Burningwolf wrote:

Rohan online
http://www.playrohan.com
Cabal
dont remember the site

This the one?
http://cabal.ogplanet.com/main.og

or http://www.cabalonline.com if you live in europe.

BTW Dom any estimated date in GW2?

ColourBlind · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1389 **Location:** JRPGs

PerfectWorld

http://www.perfectworld.com.my

RuYi · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7145 **Location:** Done.

Guild Wars. And when it comes out (no idea when, don't ask me) Guild Wars 2.

Dark Shifty · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1322 **Location:**

RuYi wrote:

Guild Wars. And when it comes out (no idea when, don't ask me) Guild Wars 2.

+1

Reise · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 6650 **Location:**

Since still nobody else reps it, City of Heroes.

You'd probably end up paying less to play if you paid for Silkroad.

bakafish · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 4:28 pm

Risk your Life maybe?

A raid video
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X4rd4S · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 355 **Location:**

My friend playing Lineage 2 on some private server and he say that game is awesome. You should try.

takolin · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4238 **Location:** Life

BakaFish wrote:

Risk your Life maybe?

A raid video
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looks nice.
I want to check it out.

bakafish · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 8:37 pm

takolin wrote:

BakaFish wrote:

Risk your Life maybe?

A raid video
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looks nice.
I want to check it out.

Official Malaysian server sucks. Play it on a private just like 99% of the RYL players.

Link is http://www.ryltorment.com

Review by Blurred

Blurred wrote:

Risk Your Life:

(was a pay to play game now its free)

http://www.ryl.com.my

Review: A good in-depth, maybe over-realistic game.

Graphics: 9/10 (On high quality) The graphics are very intense for a F2P game (Well it was p2p) - they come up to that of such games as Lineage 2 and Everquest. The special effects of the skills and whatnot are pretty much the best you can get, the looks of them are awesome, now the "Fireball" isnt a little orange ball with streaks.. Its a FIREBALL! The shadows on the grounds rotate and shift to accomadate the weather and forecast in the game, it shrinks, grows etc. Very very nice graphics.

Gameplay: 10/10 This, I believe, is where RYL really shines. It has awesome gameplay and it gives you the capability to switch between the classic point and click to WASD movement. The two systems dont overlap, a quick tap of the escape key will switch between the both for you. If you've played any game in the likeness of Ragnarok or WoW, then the controls for this game will be very simple to you. One of the major things I like about the gameplay is there are no weird attack bugs. If the sword does not come in contact with the enemy, there is no damage...!!!!! Really, when your trying to run away you wont get hit by the invisible force of a mobs sword. Its really easy to maintain the skills and use them, just right click with the mouse and if its a high level, hold it down to charge, you can attack anytime, anywhere, anyplace. It just wont hit if you attack an NPC or not, when you want to try out and set your skills before you venture out, this comes in handy. Gameplay, perfect.

Sound: 8/10 The background music is lackluster.... But its all made up for in the sound effects for skills. The spells, the attacks are... Well, "loud in the right places." The sounds of battle and just walking in general really suck you into this game.

Overall: 9/10 Its a great game, with great gameplay and awesome graphics, but alas, its not for you who are diehard fans of large-scale fantasy, of "fun" pvp battles (Cause the pvp in this game is just heartpounding and scary to be in). If you can appreciate the realism of the medieval genre, meaning graphicwise and plotwise, I'm sure you will love this game to no avail.

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Now risk your life 2

http://www.ryl2.com.my

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wRLKbS8kc
Risk your life 2 is just as good but:

RYL 2 : Incomplete Union introduces the ability to fight alongside the opposing race as a clan against other clans or guilds. Players will have the chance to build structures and build their own community and village. Some structures have the ability to automatically attack enemy player characters. Each community will have its own sphere of influence where enemy players will be attacked should they wander in too close.

RYL 2 also introduces several new vehicles which can be piloted by players in the game. These include an airship capable of transporting several characters at any one time. Also introduced are siege machines including catapults and battering rams. These can be used to attack opposing guild buildings during guild wars.

There are now 3 main factions in RYL, the Merkhadians, Kartefants and a new faction consisting of both races known as the Third Party or Almight Pirate Crew. Players will now have to chance to duke it out with players of their own race.

Both Merkhadians and Kartefants will coexist on the same maps in RYL 2. There are 2 huge maps in which they will struggle and battle.

One of the most significant changes in RYL 2 is the equipment upgrade system. Players are now able to upgrade their equipment using a complex system, which allows for almost unlimited upgrade possibilities. Upgrades can still be done using the traditional upgrade stones/metals such as spens, mitchell and yiterny. Players also have to additional method of combining equipment to get higher quality equipment as a results.

Both these games have better ratings than silkroad online.

(IN REF ID: put this number RYL843682-0 its not required but it gives me credit)

l05tfr33k7 · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 970 **Location:**

eh bakafish thx for the info, and posting the review (thx blurred). seems very interesting. only complaint i have is graphics, cause i dont know how it would be on low quality- my comp sux

btw on youtube i see all these noobs saying how the private server sux and what not. but i registered at the link u posted nevertheless. would be nice of u to post what are the pros and cons of the private server.

bakafish · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 10:49 pm

l05tfr33k7 wrote:

eh bakafish thx for the info, and posting the review (thx blurred). seems very interesting. only complaint i have is graphics, cause i dont know how it would be on low quality- my comp sux

btw on youtube i see all these noobs saying how the private server sux and what not. but i registered at the link u posted nevertheless. would be nice of u to post what are the pros and cons of the private server.

People keep saying this server sucks because there used to be a near perfect RYL server, called RYL Underground (RYLU) but it was closed down due to hackers. So, they don't have a choice but to stay with RYLT as official server is unbearable. Also, the main reason they dislike this server because the players lag, which is due to their own crappy PC/ISP. Usually private servers will reward donators with rare items but I think this server handled it pretty well, donators don't get too much advantage over those who don't, which doesn't usually take place in RYL private servers. I personally think this server is good, fair and rather active compared to most of others I've been on.

The graphics will look decent I think, the video posted earlier was recorded with low quality graphic setup, there wasn't any grass on the ground lol.

I have just been on this server for a week or two but I think it's typical no matter which server you go. The majority of the in game community will consist of Malaysian and Indonesian players, Venezuelan and Brazillian people, Turkish (they are pleasant, unlike SRO). This game has free "global chat" meaning everyone can use a command and type everything to everyone online. So basically, you will see spam of foreign languages. The English speaking community is small, but most of the players on Torment speaks enough English to communicate, so it's not that bad.

XP rate is high enough, you can get to cap (lv95) in roughly a day or two. But the game only starts at cap...

What might be a problem would be running the game smoothly, as this game is really intense on the graphics. There's an option to turn skill effect off and such but there is no meaning to this game if you don't see the fire tornado after you cast it lol.

Also, this game might take time to get used to as a lot of stuff are quite different and complicated, especially the skill system. Gameplay might also be a hassle because like Blurred said, you won't hit the mob if your weapon doesn't touch it. Also, spell casting can be interupted, so that's a pain as well. DEX in here actually increases movespeed so it's tough to get a hold of that speedy assassin.

All I can say is, there is ton to learn about this game and I'm sure you will enjoy it if you like huge PVP battles using WASD keys to navigate lol.

Click on spoiler for screeshots

Spoiler!

l05tfr33k7 · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 970 **Location:**

dude thx ALOT for the helpful response. appreciate it.

im convinced to dl it lol. might play it this weekend or definitely by next week.
thx once again. :wink:

Barotix · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 9250 **Location:** Sand

Does any one look at the stickies anymore?

RYL is pwnage:
RYL and Rohan are two of the best f2p mmos I have played.

RYL:
Player Made Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKwRxWJVQTs
Race War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_8CItxGg5A
Official Trailers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bweZFyo3-60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poNr85lb ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtUacN2T ... re=related

The Official Malaysian Server was decent IMHO. I had a level 65 Pure Dex Gunner on it. RYLU was ,according to unnamed sources, the best P-Server for RYL out there. Such an unfortunate demise.

Rohan: Everything you need to know viewtopic.php?f=12&t=78885

Nuklear · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 3272 **Location:**

BakaFish, with large images please use spoiler tags.

Burningwolf · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 2583 **Location:** :|

Barotix wrote:

Does any one look at the stickies anymore?

nope

dom · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 4:21 am

Barotix wrote:

RYL is pwnage:
RYL and Rohan are two of the best f2p mmos I have played.

That's like saying prostate cancer is your favorite cancer to have (because of it's 99% survivability rate). =/

Nuklear · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 3272 **Location:**

dom wrote:

That's like saying prostate cancer is your favorite cancer to have (because of it's 99% survivability rate). =/

Agreed and I use that same analogy for democracy. Great minds think alike. :wink:

Reise · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 6650 **Location:**

Getting on a WoW private server soon myself. In fact, in about an hour.

pinoyplaya · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 595 **Location:**

I have played Guild Wars and did have a lot of fun. But once I got to lvl 20... I was like now what?

bakafish · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 8:44 am

Barotix wrote:

Does any one look at the stickies anymore?

RYL is pwnage:
RYL and Rohan are two of the best f2p mmos I have played.

RYL:
Player Made Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKwRxWJVQTs
Race War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_8CItxGg5A
Official Trailers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bweZFyo3-60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poNr85lb ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtUacN2T ... re=related

The Official Malaysian Server was decent IMHO. I had a level 65 Pure Dex Gunner on it. RYLU was ,according to unnamed sources, the best P-Server for RYL out there. Such an unfortunate demise.

Rohan: Everything you need to know viewtopic.php?f=12&t=78885

I had a 8x Templar but all the characters back then was transferred to RYL2 when it was released and RYL2 sucked big time. Restarted on RYL1 and got a rune off to 85 I think but the community was small (especially when the holidays are over) and there was barely any parties grinding so I just gave up on official servers. Moreover, it was P2P back then.

By the way, some of the videos posted are for RYL2.

Barotix · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 9250 **Location:** Sand

dom wrote:

Barotix wrote:

RYL is pwnage:
RYL and Rohan are two of the best f2p mmos I have played.

That's like saying prostate cancer is your favorite cancer to have (because of it's 99% survivability rate). =/

Are you implying f2p games are not good? DOM! :shock:

well, I put GW right there with Rohan and RYL.

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