General Discussion

Ok, first of all, im not much of a forum guy, but because of my recent problems finding a GOOD game, ive fallen upon this resource.

I am a past player of Runescape Classic (quit as soon as RS2, or the Now so called Runescape came out)

I also played Eudemons Online for a solid year.

And after disasters in both games, i am looking for a GOOD pking MMORPG.

Now if anyone played, or even remembers Runescape classic like i did, i would argue it was the Funnest Pking game ever.  No complicated controls, No Choppy retreats, RS classic was awesome.  Ya the graphics were terrible, but the game took what us Pkers liked to call SKILL.  There were certain ways you learned to pk that made you a good pker i.e.  catching, knowing how to manage prayer, food management, teams, pile jumping, and so on and so on.  I loved Runescape, i played it for 3 years, and i considered myself good at it.  Then when the current runescape came out, it sent all of us players who only liked to PK searching elsewhere.  I hate to grind, i hate doing pointless, timewasting quests, and i hate acting like im apart of a "game community" .  I played runescape for one reason which pretty much sums up my gaming experience.  I play solely to kill people and reap the satisfactions of that.

And so after i left Runescape sadly, i found a random game called Eudemons Online, and for those of you who played that, you learn that yes, there is alot of pking, but unless you have a thick wallet ( which i certainly dont) you cant get to a strong enough state to pk happily unless you grind away making money for hours upon hours, which i did, and completely hated.

So now, sorry for venting slightly, but i am asking, please, PLEASE, someone tell me a good game where i can go out and Pk happily, in a balanced system which requires SKILL!!!  If someone can direct me to that kind of game, i would love you for it.  Thanks guys!

Darkfall Online might be the dream game you are looking for. There are a lot of people both for it and against it. The people who are against it are mostly basing their arguments off the fact that the game was in development for a really long time (almost 10 years?), that it may be vaporware. But from the look of things, the game should release next month. Cause if it gets delayed again, the huge fan community will go nuts (imagine waiting for 8 years, yes some people did) and the company will crash and burn. Anyways search it up and see if its features are for you. Mind you it will be pay to play, like WoW.

 Darkfall Online is what you're looking for. 

Development has been about 5-6 years, not 10. 

hmm alright thanks guys, ill look into it,

any other options? f2p would be nice.

it kind of sucks that there really isnt a "brass tacs" game about just pking.

i guess alot of gamers want alot more out of their games now a days, which is understandable, but to be blunt, i want a game where i get armor and weps, some way to heal, and i want to run around in the middle of a war and kill people.  might sound pretty intense, but its pretty basic.

I heard from someone Shadowbane might be what im looking for...

im downloading it now, anyone played it?

Shadowbane might be the game your looking for, however, be warned, there is a HUGE learning curve with shadowbane.  After you get over the ass backward controlls, youll most likely be fodder untill your second or third character, a bit much imo for a game with great pvp. 

As far as darkfall goes, right now its nothing but hype, a few vids, and whatever the developer decides to say.  Word is that they are in open beta, but no one knows of anyone who is actually in it and there still is an element of "does this game actually exist" surrounding all the secrecy and near decade development time.

If your looking for f2p then shadowbane might be your only choice.  All the newer asian f2p games offer the best advantages for people who shell out big $ and it really wrecks pvp, unless you want to may way more than you would have for a p2p.  Also most of these games offer a completely unrealistic grind to endgame.  Anyway most of the f2p games dont really focus on pvp, except shadowbane.

So mabey your looking for a FPS instead, because right now the wow model of pve grind to endgame, followed by pvp of some type is the standard of the industry.

Hopefully darkfall turns out to be halfway decent and goes live in the next year, mabey that game will offer some good pvp, because if darkfall fails or doesnt go live soon, look forward to about 40 asian grinders using the wow template before the next decent pvp mmo comes out.

Alright, so i downloaded Shadowbane, and after the endless tactics of actually being able to play it, i found the game terrible.  I only played for about 3 hours, but i honestly hated it.  The controls are terrible, and i find myself running around in the middle of nowhere, not knowing where to go to meet people, get any good gear, or anything of that matter.  Maybe if i could grasp more concepts, i would enjoy it, but its seems like that would take me way too long.

If it comes to P2P i would be willing to go out and buy a game and launch it that way, but monthly payments are out.  Im a college student, and to be honest, id rather by a 30 bomb of keystone as opposed to buying a month of a video game.

Im curious if there is anyone who used to play Runescape classic and was a PKer.  I know you're out there.  If it came down to it, and they launched Runescape classic again, THAT is the game i would play.

Tried Warhammer online? If that didn't work for you, wait for Darkfall and Aion.

Only F2P game worth talking about is Runes of magic.

i havent tried Warhammer, but in my research i heard that its lame after lvl 20 or something.  I could try it, but if i hate it, thats 50 dollars gone for no reason.

I might give Runes of Magic a shot, ill check it out now

I honestly would like anyone who played Runescape Classic and was a pker to chime into this thread, those of you who played that know exactly what im looking for