Has there ever been a MMO that doesn't suck up the bandwidth?

[scorpmatt]

Has there? Every MMO that I've played has sucked my bandwidth up something terrible. It sucks. I suppose there are no more talented MMO makers.

Anyone got any links to any MMO that doesn't suck the bandwidth?

 

[necine]

WoW
U can play it on dial up

 

[TallBill]

wtf does it matter? does it slow down your 1337 downloading? oh noes

 

[ElFenix]

i used to play UO on dialup

and 'MMO' is stupid because it leaves off the noun. it's a bunch of adjectives. it's not a noun.

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: TallBill
wtf does it matter? does it slow down your 1337 downloading? oh noes

yeah, it does.

 

[TallBill]

Yeah, its MMORPG

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: necine
WoW
U can play it on dial up

both WoW and FFXI suck my bandwidth something terrible.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Yeah, its MMORPG

Bite me. MMO easier to type and you know what I meant.

 

[MikeMike]

Measels Mumps and Opium?

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Measels Mumps and Opium?

If those are games I've not heard of them...

 

[BurnItDwn]

how much bandwidth usage is "suck up the bandwidth" ??
my 6mbit down 500kbit up cable line is plenty for 3 people to play WoW at the same time .... I wouldn't consider that anything close to "sucking up" bandwidth.

 

[MikeMike]

so wait, you are referring to a piece of software, or a game?

NIK!!!!!

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
how much bandwidth usage is "suck up the bandwidth" ??
my 6mbit down 500kbit up cable line is plenty for 3 people to play WoW at the same time .... I wouldn't consider that anything close to "sucking up" bandwidth.

I too have 6mbit down and 500kbit up and it's noticeable on the network. I want one that isn't noticeable

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
so wait, you are referring to a piece of software, or a game?

NIK!!!!!

Very good, call Nik, I need more ideas. And the software forum is freaking slow. Along with almost all the rest of the forums. I think FS/T, OT, P&N, and GH are the only ones taht move right along

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
so wait, you are referring to a piece of software, or a game?

NIK!!!!!

Very good, call Nik, I need more ideas. And the software forum is freaking slow. Along with almost all the rest of the forums. I think FS/T, OT, P&N, and GH are the only ones taht move right along

Yeah, but you don't need answers yesterday.... your ass isn't on the line... ask the mods to move it for your own sake. You won't get any real answers here unless your ass is demonstratably on fire.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
so wait, you are referring to a piece of software, or a game?

NIK!!!!!

Very good, call Nik, I need more ideas. And the software forum is freaking slow. Along with almost all the rest of the forums. I think FS/T, OT, P&N, and GH are the only ones taht move right along

Yeah, but you don't need answers yesterday.... your ass isn't on the line... ask the mods to move it for your own sake. You won't get any real answers here unless your ass is demonstratably on fire.

Demonstratably on fire? Wow, thats some real imagery there.

 

[natto fire]

A Tale in the Desert

Usually averaged about 6-8KB/s for me. Has pretty decent OpenGL graphics, but definitely a niche game. Also, the average maturity level in that game is about 15-20x that of WoW...

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
A Tale in the Desert

Usually averaged about 6-8KB/s for me. Has pretty decent OpenGL graphics, but definitely a niche game. Also, the average maturity level in that game is about 15-20x that of WoW...

hrm, will check this out once I get home. thanks

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
A Tale in the Desert

Usually averaged about 6-8KB/s for me. Has pretty decent OpenGL graphics, but definitely a niche game. Also, the average maturity level in that game is about 15-20x that of WoW...

hrm, will check this out once I get home. thanks

No problem, like I said, a very niche game. However they do have a 24 hr (in-game time) free trial. It is very complicated and hard to get started.

ATITD wiki. <-good guide to getting started.
Forums, IRC chat <-Great forums and IRC chat about the game. EGenesis is a very small company, so they largely rely on players to bug test, GM, etc.

The things I liked about the game were the lawmaking process, and demi-pharoh test. Which gave a voted player the ability to ban someone. And lawmaking allowed players to change the way the game worked for players. It is mostly a player run game. Be warned though, the initial download is pretty old, so you have to do lots of patching at first, but after that it is pretty smooth sailing. If you have a newer graphics card,GF4 or > be sure to enable advanced terrain engine. Otherwise the terrain looks kind of depressing.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
how much bandwidth usage is "suck up the bandwidth" ??
my 6mbit down 500kbit up cable line is plenty for 3 people to play WoW at the same time .... I wouldn't consider that anything close to "sucking up" bandwidth.

I too have 6mbit down and 500kbit up and it's noticeable on the network. I want one that isn't noticeable

get a linksys router and then use that open source firmware to make certain ports not use so much bandwidth. same idea as that d-link gaming router but not as expensive.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
A Tale in the Desert

Usually averaged about 6-8KB/s for me. Has pretty decent OpenGL graphics, but definitely a niche game. Also, the average maturity level in that game is about 15-20x that of WoW...

hrm, will check this out once I get home. thanks

No problem, like I said, a very niche game. However they do have a 24 hr (in-game time) free trial. It is very complicated and hard to get started.

ATITD wiki. <-good guide to getting started.
Forums, IRC chat <-Great forums and IRC chat about the game. EGenesis is a very small company, so they largely rely on players to bug test, GM, etc.

The things I liked about the game were the lawmaking process, and demi-pharoh test. Which gave a voted player the ability to ban someone. And lawmaking allowed players to change the way the game worked for players. It is mostly a player run game. Be warned though, the initial download is pretty old, so you have to do lots of patching at first, but after that it is pretty smooth sailing. If you have a newer graphics card,GF4 or > be sure to enable advanced terrain engine. Otherwise the terrain looks kind of depressing.

Had to do roughly the same thing with FFXI

 

[ucdbiendog]

wow really isnt that playable on 56k. at least not when youre used to DSL.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: necine
WoW
U can play it on dial up

both WoW and FFXI suck my bandwidth something terrible.

You high? WoW averages well under 1kB/s. A 56k modem can more than handle it.

It's not necessarily an "MMORPG"; you could have an MMOFPS, etc. Or in the case of SOE games, an MMOPOS