General Discussion

Maybe it is the MMOs I have chosen recently.  Maybe it is just me.  Or maybe it is the fact that it is a MMORPG and not just a single-player RPG, but I really want to find a game that makes me feel like my individual actions matter in the larger picture. 

I have played many MMOs but I do not remember the last time that I did not feel just like one of many "clones" running around killing x, y, or z or fighting another player as he bunny hops around me in spastic fashion in PvP to gain some "edge" on my meager gaming skills.

In WAR I feel like one of the masses with little overall impact even when my "team" does something.  In AoC, EQ2, Shadowbane and countless others, I feel some adventure as I journey the lands but my actions rarely, if ever, feel heroic. 

I want my tank to make a last stand that matters, my mage/healer to wield magic that amazes bystanders, my rogue to sneak through society unknown yet much discussed for his skills.  Do any MMOs offer even the slightest hint of individual heroism in the story/mechanics or is it too much to ask of the genre?

Thanks!

 This is the kind of thing they are shooting for with SWTOR, actually.

From my experience only small indi mmos have given me this feeling.  This is probably due to having a smaller player base where players know most of the other players.  Its like small towns and New York city. 

Some mmos make me feel like being an hero... *cough* WoW *cough*

WOW made me feel like a hero when i quite.

 WoW made me feel like smashing my face repeatedly into a sidewalk.

I gave it a week, I'll admit. Then I uninstalled that piece of simplistic linear shit and never looked back.

Originally posted by Wharmaster

 This is the kind of thing they are shooting for with SWTOR, actually.

LOL its the thing that every single MMO out there has been shooting at, but nobody, including the SWTOR, have been able to get to yet. SWTOR is still being designed though, so we might be lucky enough to fix it so it will rock.

Originally posted by Mitara

Originally posted by Wharmaster

 This is the kind of thing they are shooting for with SWTOR, actually.

 

LOL its the thing that every single MMO out there has been shooting at, but nobody, including the SWTOR, have been able to get to yet. SWTOR is still being designed though, so we might be lucky enough to fix it so it will rock.

Well...Bioware is famous for their writing, and although Drew Karpryshan isn't on the SWTOR team, he has assured us that the writers in charge of the game are doing a great job...which is nice to hear.

I have a feeling the "heroic" feeling of the game will be more intense than we've ever experienced in an MMO.

The writing is not what I am worried about with this game....but time will tell.

City of Heroes

FFXI, When I walk around Cathedral, Valkrum dunes, or even Yuhtunga jungle, and I see a party in trouble, since my main job is DRG my main sub Is WHM so DRG/WHM 75, I go and heal them and then save them from a wipe...or i just stay for  a while and if some one pulls an extra gob or aggros I save the party. I don't  know it makes me feel like a hero :)