F2P MMOs (Who's playing what?!)

[Myntal]

I skimmed and didn't really see anyone talking about F2P online games, so I am just wandering: anyone out there playing any?

I personally play Maplestory & ever since the Vindictus beta came out I've been all over it. I also play Grand Chase and Shin Megami Tensei: Online.

I recommend them all. They are free with additional options that cost $$.

Here's a list :p : 

Maple Story
http://maplestory.nexon.net/

Vindictus (is closed beta, but just incase you wanna see it.)
http://vindictus.nexon.net/

Grand Chase
http://grandchase.ntreev.net/

Shin Megami Tensei
http://megaten.aeriagames.com/

[Silver Shadow]

Errr... what is F2P?

[Myntal]

Free to play. :p I should have put that. xD

[DJ Omnimaga]

Sorry, nope, anything that is a MMO is something I don't play. I never was a fan of that type of games. The only online games I play are Starcraft 1 and 2, sometimes Unreal Tournament 2004 and rarely Halo 3 and UTGOTY. I just don't like the endless grind fest and I prefer RPGs like Final Fantasy on the SNES. If there was a MMORPG like Secret Of Mana, with a story to follow, not just random quests like Borderlands, I wouldn't mind playing it a bit, though, if leveling up is quick. Star Ocean for Xbox 360 and PS3 got a quest system, but it's optional.

[Myntal]

Okay Secret of Mana ~ One of the best games ever made.
But no, I hear ya. Newer stuff is less structure more blood. xD

[DJ Omnimaga]

I don't really mind blood, but it just seems like most stuff involves talking to a NPC telling you to find a letter, getting the letter from the girl back to the guy, receiving a new quest, going back to someone else to get a pendent, going back to the guy, who will tell you to give it to another girl, then suddently, random dragon attack in the city, then having to go in a tower to grab a cursed item, giving it to an old man, without any signifiant primary goal in all this, and most of the time you just grind. I also hate how we need to be a certain LV to use certain items.

[Myntal]

Haha, I liked the example. There are def a lot of games like that. However, there are a lot of games, in turn that are not like that.

[meishe91]

Um, I've recently gotten back into RuneScape. I have played, and enjoy, MapleStory, Eudemons Online, Knights Online, and 9Dragons. I think that's all I played but RuneScape is the only current one (though I am a member so I don't know if that still counts).

[Myntal]

Oh man, I haven't played runescape in forever! xD are you a high level on it?

[meishe91]

Well I just started completely over because I just felt like it, but my original character was level 76, I believe. Not a pure or anything so all his levels are pretty rounded, or at least a lot of them are. My new one is like level 36 or so. I'm liking this new one better I think.

[TIfanx1999]

Yea, I play runescape too. A decent number of our forum goers play runescape it seems.

[Myntal]

Maybe I should get back to playing, I'm about to login, or at least atempt to. :p

[Snake X]

haha more like stellar dawn for me. Runescape is exactly what DJ said- boring grind fests and random quests, and certain levels to use items.
http://stellardawn.com/

[Myntal]

I applied for the closed beta, it looks rather interesting.

[_player1537]

* _player1537 is angry at Grand Chase.

I spent the majority of today downloading Grand Chase, and it finally errors out... 12 hours since I started the download...  (granted I stopped the download a couple times today).  So, I won't be playing that one