wow or everquest or?

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Jeff7181

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when you talk about repay value, you mean the amount of real world cash one can generate, correct?

I think he meant rePLAY value. Meaning... once you're at the max level, how fun is it to start over with a 2nd character at level 1 and work your way up.

WoW has great replay value in my opinion. I have a Level 60 Priest (max level currently), and a level 24 Warrior that I'm now leveling up. I also have a few other ones that I started to see how I like the classes and I now use them for just their bank storage space and some of their trade skills like disenchanting uncommon and rare items and making bolts of cloth out of individual pieces, etc.

can one not leave ones character online during the day, and the character can toil away while you are doing some real "real world work" andd then you can reap the fruits of your characters gawork in the game world?

You could with macro's and programs, but that would be against the TOS and your account would be terminated if you were caught.

what i mean to ask is one does one need to micromanage ones character?

Not sure what you mean by "micromanage."
 

hooflung

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Originally posted by: rookie1010
what is guild wars about?

Ever play dungeouns and dragons? There you go.

what is a a WoW/CoH combat system?

World of Warcraft, City of Heroes combat system. Free movement in teh world but its not your combined key strokes in a pattern that makes you perform... you have a tool bar that has pre-set moves or skills. Most MMOG/MMORPG has this system but WoW and CoH have refined them well.

what do you mean by maxed three toons?

Maximum combat level in City of Heroes is level 50. I have reached level 50 on 3 of my toons. Tryed to play each one after 50 but there simply isn't any worthwhile content to keep going. I have 8 other toons between 14 and 33, most hovering at 30 iirc.

when you talk about repay value, you mean the amount of real world cash one can generate, correct?

Thats not only illegal but its lame to make money off of a game when it violates the terms of service. I denote replay value as how fun it is to either a) reinvent yourself as a new character b) how much added content has been added between your last jouney to maximum combat level c) how much OVERALL content you haven't been able to play though or d) a mixture of all the above

i guess anarchy online is downloaded fro mtheir website, correct?

yes and there is a pretty fast bit torrent link to get it super fast.

can one not leave ones character online during the day, and the character can toil away while you are doing some real "real world work" andd then you can reap the fruits of your characters gawork in the game world?

The only game you will find something that is similar, and legal is in EVE Online. There you character trains skills you purchase. The training doesn't stop when you log out and they have built the system to where each skill you learn has a set rank. It can take up to 3 months to learn some skills from level 1 to level 5. Macro'ing in a game while Away from Keyboard is against most games, except for Star Wars Galaxies where it isn't enforced too bad. Doing macro's can seriously destroy your immersion and connection with your character so avoid it at all cost or just get a Playstation 2.

what i mean to ask is one does one need to micromanage ones character?

Depends on what you refer to as micromanage. You do need to learn the game mechanics and how your profession will blaze trails in the game. For instance if you want to be a scout you need to understand how you will become a scout and how you want your playstyle to reflect that learning. Most of this is lost on all but the most devout of players and most usually just get into some rat race grind to the highest level they can get. If you just want to power level ( get as high as fast as possibly ) then don't waiste your money on an MMOG/MMORPG.

 

Bob151

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
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EQ2 allows you to play the Isles of Refuge for free, which is the newbie area of EQ2.

does this mean that i can play isles of refuge for free for as long as i want

Yes, but you will have a very limited number of quests, like about 15 tops, a very small zone (no comparison to a typical EQ2 province) and a level cap of about 6. But it is fun and you are limited to 1 year before your account is locked or you buy it.

I've searched Sony's site, but I haven't found a download for this EverQuest:Isles of Refuge 6 level demo.

I would like to give it a try. Could someone help me find this.

Thanks.
 

Schadenfroh

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Originally posted by: Bob151
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
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EQ2 allows you to play the Isles of Refuge for free, which is the newbie area of EQ2.

does this mean that i can play isles of refuge for free for as long as i want

Yes, but you will have a very limited number of quests, like about 15 tops, a very small zone (no comparison to a typical EQ2 province) and a level cap of about 6. But it is fun and you are limited to 1 year before your account is locked or you buy it.

I've searched Sony's site, but I haven't found a download for this EverQuest:Isles of Refuge 6 level demo.

I would like to give it a try. Could someone help me find this.

Thanks.

http://www.trialoftheisle.com/
 

Bob151

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Thanks.

I neglected to say that I couldn't find the one someone else in this thread said was available for a year. 7 days isn't much for me, I have kids, so just 2 hours a night tops.

Maybe they discontinued the year long version recently?
 

Schadenfroh

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Originally posted by: Bob151
Maybe they discontinued the year long version recently?

Looks like it, but you can easily do everything there is to do on that island in less than 10 hours, even without knowing where everything is.
 

Bob151

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Thanks.

I'll keep it in mind for a weekend when my wife takes the kids out of town for an extended weekend visit