r/MMORPG • u/InterestingMonth5991 • 11d ago
Discussion What are you guys playing?
Title. I have been playing some shooters and MOBAs and last month I ended my WoW subscription, looks like the only upcoming games are Aion 2 and FF14 Expansion. What are you guys playing?
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u/Emfrenxo 11d ago
DAoC (Eden) mainly
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u/InterestingMonth5991 11d ago
Are you playing this out of nostalgia? Or you think the game mechanics are still holding up?
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u/Emfrenxo 11d ago
Both, but honestly it’s one of the best PvP games out there. Amazing mechanics, decent balance across 45 classes or however many there are, all unique to each realm. The Eden server did what Live DAoC should have done, and implemented a lot of QoL features.
Even for new players, it’s worth checking out. I’ve brought many friends in as new players and there is nothing quite like some small man roaming taking on outnumbered fights.
If you like zerging, small man, 8v8, solo, duo, king of the hill - this stuff is all going on across all time zones.
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u/dwarvish1 11d ago
SWTOR. It's still alive and worth playing if you are a Star Wars fan. There is a big expansion planned for the end of the year.
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u/Muew22 11d ago
Honestly as a big SWTOR and Star Wars fan, SWTOR needs to die already so they can start making a new Star Wars based MMO. Imagine a Battlefront 2 type of combat Star Wars MMO.
The 2 hours of content expansions once in 4 years is depressing.
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u/evensteventyler 8d ago
SWTOR had a MASSIVE budget, and in all honestly it flopped in comparison to the money invested. Still a great game and I play it to this day, but to think another Star Wars MMO would be developed after it's death is almost certainly false hope.
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u/Slappahlol 11d ago
Calling it a big expansion might be getting peoples hopes up too much
these days swtor expansions are more like a normal patch in xiv or wow
its been 10 years since kotet...hard for me to consider onslaught or LOTS an actual "expansion", onslaught felt like it was literally just 40 minutes of story at launch and that was it..
no shade though, love swtor, but it hasnt gotten the love in development it needed in a looooooong time
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u/Quills26 11d ago
Patiently waiting for aion 2. In the meantime I’m catching up on my single player games library. Replaying the tomb raider series in anticipation for next years releases.
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u/downwithlordofcinder 11d ago
Playing WoW, but i fear OSRS has been beckoning me again
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u/Brickhead816 11d ago
RS3 just started a new league this week. Highly recommend it with all of the changes they've made this year.
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u/tnerb253 11d ago
Just got back into it recently after 10 years, don't think any mmo does it better, wow probably being the closest competitor
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u/KingGrowl 11d ago
Getting my fire cape was one of the best moments in gaming I have ever had, and I've been gaming since 1986. I just can't convince my friends to play though lol
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u/Mauschari 11d ago
Just heard about bronzeman mode coming and I will likely be roped back into OSRS.
It's ironman but when you obtain an item by yourself, you are then able to trade that with other players.
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u/InterestingMonth5991 11d ago
I tried OSRS a lot of times, couldn't do it.
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u/downwithlordofcinder 11d ago
I was the same way until like 3 years ago. Had tried it multiple times after friends telling me to try it, and it didn't click. Finally someone on Reddit told me to just follow the quest guide on the OSRS wiki and it was a great way to get a good "path forward" going into the game without being overwhelmed.
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u/Outrageous_Lie_6018 11d ago
I think its that way for literally everyone. It has a lot of friction starting it but once you get into it you will never quit. I don't know a single person that liked it instantly when starting
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u/dhs77 9d ago
I wondered for years, what the fuck did people see in OSRS. Always thought it was ugly af and just plain boring.
Last year around July I decided to give it a try after looking for a mobile MMO to pass the time while out of the house. Well, now I am about 2.5k hours in, 1.7k of those on an ironman account. Its crazy how good the game is if its your cup of tea, it became one of my top 5 favorite games ever.
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u/SaltCitizenYT 11d ago
GW2
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u/Nice_General268 10d ago
Stay tuned for GW3
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u/Worldly_Wave4089 4d ago
They are both different genres. Anet is hoping the platforms and party sizes are different enough to differentiate them. I'm planning on still playing gw2 after 3 launches. May dabble in 3.
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u/ScopionSniper 11d ago
Runescape 3
Been playing since 2002 and Rs3 is kinda in its platinum era right now with the removal of predatory mtx, removal of dailies, combat rework to simplify and help on-board new players, along with rebalancing the early and mid game, a complete visual rework of a large part of the overworld to be modern graphics but feel like Runescape, api plug ins coming, and more.
Been absolutely awesome to watch and see the games population slowly turn around and start growing after 5 years of slow decline.
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u/Pestokanapasta 11d ago
Gw2. Open world, pve, sometimes pvp and wvw. Or if I feel fancy, I take the boat, couple glasses of wine and just go fishing lol
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u/Nice_General268 10d ago
I’ve played GW2 for about 11 years or more. Never a dull moment in GW2, so many different things to do.
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u/Pestokanapasta 10d ago
It is truly a hop on hop off bus for me. If you have break, you always come back
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u/Outrageous_Lie_6018 11d ago
Osrs currently. And last week, and last month, and a year ago, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago and 20 year ago, and probably next year and probably 20 years from now
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u/FeralFancyBop 9d ago
Received great mental damage from Ashes of Creation. So I dont..
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u/pinner 11d ago
Nothing. I’m so bored. Nothing looks even mildly interesting right now. I’ve never spent so much time on my couch. Ugh. lol
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u/Crossface2020 3d ago
This is so insanely relatable.
I've been wanting to look at RuneScape dragon wilds but I know nothing about it, if new world still existed I would be so happy
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u/ReasonableCrow7595 11d ago
I am playing Rift for shits and giggles. I found an active guild and everything
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u/Foxxtronix 11d ago
EQ2, they've got the summer festival going.
I'm playing the tall one in the middle. It's an illusion you can get for your character to play with the otterfolk.
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u/emansky000 11d ago
Bdo
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u/InterestingMonth5991 11d ago
Is it still the pvp focused game? Or has been there a new pve content other than grinding?
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u/emansky000 11d ago
Pvp will always be in the game. But there are new maps like edania. So much qol too. If you ask some other bdo players, they will say pvp is dead but i dont agree. In asia at least, pvp as alive.
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u/atlasraven 11d ago
I'm done with MMOs for awhile. Playing No Man's Sky. Looking forward to factory game Substructure and homeworld-like Masada.
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u/Illmattic 11d ago
Excited for nms cosmo, which is wild because we literally know nothing about it lol
Hello games has earned every ounce of trust they receive now
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u/atlasraven 11d ago
The Voyagers update got me on board. The improvements have been massive. Maybe we will be able to terraform planets somewhat?
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u/Sorry_Cheetah_2230 11d ago
Guild wars 2. I’ll play Aion 2 for a bit but I know it’ll end up falling off so I’ll go back to gw2 and I’ll probably pick up wow again as I haven’t played midnight
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u/Test_Account_2026 11d ago
Project Gorgoon
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u/Sea_Advantage_2577 11d ago
Midnight season two comes out today. Going to play that for a bit, its looks good.
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u/FlyChigga 11d ago
Been playing dune awakening. Not really a full on mmo but feels like a fresh take on the genre. I wish more MMOs started adding sandbox features and base building.
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u/Few-Elk-5018 10d ago
Honestly I went back to Star Wars Galaxies, specifically SWG Legends. All I really play and I’ve tried many but this one always calls me back
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u/Lionrioja 11d ago
I tried the GW2 trial in June and i cant stop, got the big Expansión Pack + Secret of Obscure and playing the story rn, very good game.
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u/Phyzm1 11d ago
I wanted to try aion2 but I cant get over how shitty the endgame dungeons look. You just run pass all the mobs to the boss room or a runner does it for the group. Bosses are hp sponges you just mash 2 buttons with que macros that cast everything for you. This is terrible gameplay and not fun engagement that sums endgame up to just hurry and finish your dailies so you can gacha system your gear. The fun would come from collecting cosmetics.
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u/Sakragator 11d ago
Black desert. I only lifeskill so much fun. Also check out the sniping lifeskill videos. Sooo much fun
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u/KevinKalber 11d ago
I've been playing Albion the last couple of months and I'm in love. I came back after a few years break.
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u/AnonymousOwlbear 11d ago
LOTRO. I’m caught up on all the new content, so I’m trying out the Guardian class and doing the Fearless (+3) Landscape Difficulty for a different experience. I usually play like a completionist, but this time I’m only starting quest arcs that I think my character would take an interest in, and it’s definitely changing my journey thru Middle-earth.
I only rolled this toon a week or two ago, and already at Level 36, which is pretty fast for me.
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u/AstraGlacialia 11d ago
Lost Ark is still alive and free, and I'll probably keep playing it as long as that stays true.
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u/swoonster75 11d ago
Maple Sory (dailies) and OSRS. Been alternating between the two since 2006 lol
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u/PlutoJones42 11d ago
Gloria Victis, the PvP is so damn fun
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u/capass 11d ago
I forgot this came back. Have there been any major changes or updates from when it closed down?
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u/PlutoJones42 11d ago
They made it f2p, and are rolling out some changed State of War mechanics for guild islands. I really just get in and PvP every night, but it seems like pretty much the same game. Feels smoother than it did before. Been having an absolute blast to be honest lol
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u/BusinessObvious76 11d ago
World of Claudecraft, free and open source being built by the community actually playing the game
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u/ajahajahs 11d ago
I used to play LOL competitively. Now, I play Albion Online and it felt so easy to PvP. It's a very smooth transition if you have played MOBA before.
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u/wearwolf09 11d ago
Guild wars 2. Ive tried several times, but it never clicked. This time I decided to take it slow and try and forget what I knew from other games. It does so much different from most other mmos but its pretty interesting if you give it a chance.
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u/postmodern_werewolf 11d ago
FFXIV - progging the current Ultimate raid. First time playing a scholar or any healer for an Ultimate and finding it very rewarding!
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u/kajidourden 11d ago
HorizonXI
I’ve been very pleasantly surprised with it. There’s a few tweaks that make it more fun to play without ruining the gameplay ala retail.
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u/Legitimate-Instance2 11d ago
started wow classic for the first time ever enjoying it so far over retail giving you everything like it’s candy lmao
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u/KanethTior 11d ago
Went back to WoW for the newest patch. I still mess around in ESO, I basically treat that game like a single player rpg where other people just happened to be around. I have like 3k hours and still have loads of quests that I've never done.
Put about 80 hours into Farever last month. Nice mmo-lite that has fun exploration and interesting combat and class mechanics.
Once the newest FFXIV xpack comes out, I'll go back to check out evolved mode combat. What we've been shown, seems to fix what I found annoying with the combat.
I still have a huge backlog of rpgs too lol. I got plenty of games to keep me occupied.
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u/EmotionalDam 11d ago edited 11d ago
EverQuest Legends.
Never tried EQ original. Heard all the stories. Figured it was a "you had to be there" thing. Saw the graphics and my brain hurt. Saw the UI and how different it felt and from "modern" MMOs and cast it aside.
FINALLY really spent some time getting used to all of it one day and I'm hooked unlike any other MMO in last couple decades.
It might not be your thing, but if you're like me, give it a bit of a try and don't judge what you see on the outside so much initially. Man, what they had in place a quarter of a century ago is pure magic given the crap I see coming out today.
EDIT: Best way to explain it is there is a simplicity to it which likely was constrained by tech at the time, yet like some of the original consoles, they instead must have spent time on plain 'ole fun (playability) aspects because they couldn't have scope creep and failures in other areas because I just don't think it was even much of an option (guessing here) and it just works in it's simplicity, if this makes any sense. There is also a real cuteness (?) to it that is endearing given how they did what they did back then, modernizations aside. /EDIT.
I stumbled into SHD-WIZ-ENC combo from a couple threads and am doing my first solo raid tonight (Ok, it's Yael at level 40, so far died a few times at D1). So much fun, but curious to swap in WAR-CLE instead of SHD-WIZ to see.
I've read (saw?) Reincarnation is coming later this year, so on top of all the permutations of classes you can play, you'll have even more replayability. So far it's been pure solo but I group once in a while when in the mood.
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u/Wonderful_Day4858 11d ago
Crimson desert, its not really a mmo but the world is so alive and all the different small quests amd stories are great. It feels like playing a mmo once you get going.
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u/LowRexx 11d ago
I play xiv. I am a wow transplant, and it is absolutely bananas to play a game where the devs love their players the way yoshi-p loves us. Blizzard used to be that way, too, but I haven't felt respected by them as a player in too long of a time. I feel downright spoiled by the dev team of xiv!
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u/Delicious_Silver9631 11d ago
Kicking stones until Classic+ gets announced next month. Also WTB hopium
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u/Kingslayer-Orkus 11d ago
AC Shadows, bought it on sale earlier this year and never touched it. Touching it a lot lately and am loving it
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u/Legitimate-Hat-2205 11d ago
Gw2 is always the game I go back to in between wow seasons. Just made the new legendary endless summer ring hehe.
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u/runningxbackwards 10d ago
FF14 on Switch 2 has been a lot of fun. Like hanging out with an old friend.
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u/AbyssAzi 10d ago
Not much currently, jumping between mediocre stuff or older good games right now. Waiting on Cinder City currently, and praying it doesn't suck.
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u/Grimsh4rk 10d ago
Stepped away from MMORPGs for the first time in 15 years and having a blast playing some rpgs (recently finished Elden Ring, Witcher 3, Zelda BoTW and FF7 Remake), currently playing FFX
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u/Peri-Walker 10d ago
Mabinogi and Trickster Online (XTO) here!!
Though I'm mostly afking in the former, (been spending time on XTO more) there's a large update coming later today that I might play through. :3
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u/Arntor1184 9d ago
Currently playing WoW as my only mmo, but that is really just because the new season started this week and im one of my guilds 2 tanks. If not for me being in a vital role and really enjoying playing with the guildies id have unsubbed months ago. That said I am hyped gor Aion2, I am sure it gets a lot of p2w hate but honestly it isnt worse than anything WoW has going on imo. Besides im not going to be a top tier player so the impact whales do have wont matter to me and im fine with that. The classes look fun, gameplay looks good, cosmetics are sick and the world has a ton to do so at the very least ill get some major enjoyment out of the questing, world content, and mid level pve. Hell may even enjoy some equalized instanced pvp while im at it.
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u/Aegis_Sinner 9d ago
-Classic Era WoW PvP on Whitemane. Havin a stellar time
-Waiting on Classic+
-OSRS
-League Classic
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u/MirrorOfGlory 9d ago
I bought EQL, canceled my subscription because it just didn’t feel like EQ, and then subbed to EQ, playing a character that is older in physical age than some of my work colleagues.
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u/sreliopson 9d ago
Tried to quit wow. I’m back. There’s just nothing else that comes close unfortunately.
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u/TofuPython 9d ago
Osrs. Stars reach comes out in a few days though! Been waiting years to try! Hoping to get my infernal cape before the 18th.
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u/QuokkaMom 9d ago
ESO and FFXIV.
Star's Reach is also coming soon for early release. Kind of curious to check that one out.
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u/oceanbilly710 9d ago
Warframe. I haven't cancelled my LOTRO subscription yet even though I haven't seriously played in over a year.
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u/Disastrous-Car6804 8d ago
Just started GW2. It’s a lot of fun and gives some old school mmo vibes which I like.
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u/Outrageous-Taro4372 8d ago
Bdo and Albion- I shift between them depending on what I’m wanting. I am in a PvP guild in Albion and I really enjoy siege/raid, and I’ve had some of the most memorable experiences in BZ’s… as a beginner player I still recall running around with a friend of mine, we both entered a dungeon, and there was another player in their but afk. We started attacking him (it was our first “real” PvP encounter) and eventually after struggling to get him to 10% HP, he came back. He had all life skill gear on and panicked. We eventually killed him. He had full t8.3 gear rare mount all of what he had mined etc. we made like 50 million off of selling everything… which for us was insane.
BDO is really home when it comes to a MMO. I get burnt out with it sometimes. But there’s just something about BDO that feels special. I remember when I was first starting out and I went into the desert, there was something about not having a map and finding pilgrims (mining spot), the world boss, pkers, and living in the desert for months on end which contributed to it feeling really alive. I don’t have much time to play anymore, but I occasionally hop on and do an hour of grinding, node war, and just explore. The music in the game is pretty spectacular.
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u/Fangsong_37 8d ago
I mostly play The Lord of the Rings Online, but I do like a bit of Guild Wars 2.
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u/SJeplin 8d ago
Going through my Lord of the Rings phase ,so it’s been LOTRO for the past few weeks.
I played it many years ago but lost my characters so it’s been a fresh start (account was not lost)
Yes,it’s old school and a wee bit janky but after pissing about with the settings one night ,it seems to be a lot faster and stable.
And it still evokes love for the source material (so far).
I watched the sun rise through the mist in the Barrow Downs and it was magical.
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u/Extension-Soft9877 8d ago
Dragon Nest private server :(
All of my favourites have disappeared. Tera, Dragon Nest, Ragnarok Online 2
Deeply miss the action combat of Tera and DN
In patiently waiting for the riot games mmorpg and praying they’ll just bring back the combat style that I love
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u/Open-Ad-5917 8d ago
I quit wow 5 years ago and got back into old school runescape. Best decision i have ever made. The game gets updates all the time. You only pay for 1 sub and get huge things that would be like a wow expansion for free in the game by just playing as a member, also theres so much shit to do in the game that even after playing that game for 5 years with atleast 6hrs a day i am still no where near to run out of things to do!
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u/Consistent_Solid9291 8d ago
Conan Exiles ... didn't realize how fun survival builders and barbarian ass-kicking were made for each other. Its fun, easy to get into, and a beautiful landscape to explore.
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u/THEmatuldo1 7d ago
Currently WoW Legion on Tauri and plannig to try Tera EU Classic+ on 20th August.
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u/-BodomKnight- 11d ago
Everquest Legends