Any indie MMOs similar to EQ?

[Barkingturtle]

Wurm is more of a life simulator than a game.

It's brutal, unforgiving, and an utter grind in a way not even EQ can touch.

[Viprous19]

These days they seem to have a private sever for every game, but as for the ones similar to EQ I'd have to suggest:

DAOC (few years old) - http://uthgard.net
Final fantasy XI online (new this year) - http://www.ffxifree.com

[hyper50]

Originally Posted by Treefall [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The population wouldn't have been so small if people like me could have actually played the game.

I had a great rig on its release, and running early access/beta on the lowest settings, the game was still so choppy it was unplayable.

Yeah, I had the same issue, but I had a computer that was probably about 5 years old (past it's prime for my taste) and after chugging through beta, I built a new computer.. Not top of the line for sure, but it was able to play Vanguard with no issues at release. I agree though, if it wouldn't have been so demanding on systems, it would have definitely pulled in some big numbers.

[LordSterben]

Might seem a little off-point, but i played pirates of the burning sea for a while. It was unusual enough that it recaptured that "this is an all new experience" feeling. I actually wanted to play it again instead of EQ but my computer won't run it for some reason.

[Kinlain]

Try Wizardry Online, that game is alot harder than EQ. When you die you lose all your items, the game looks exactly like EQ with better graphics, its even published by SoE.

It will take you forever to get max lvl in that game.

[t0lkien]

Originally Posted by Kinlain [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Try Wizardry Online, that game is alot harder than EQ. When you die you lose all your items, the game looks exactly like EQ with better graphics, its even published by SoE.

It will take you forever to get max lvl in that game.

You have got to be kidding. I loaded up the beta, ran around for 10 minutes, and uninstalled it. It's a complete Asian style MMO with nothing in common with Wizardy. Anyone who loved EQ is going to hate it immediately.

[Wotsirb401]

Aion is super hipster , takes forever to level

[Sithel1988]

asherons call 2 is back but you have to have an asherons 1 account to play the beta. yea you heard right, asherons call 2 is now in beta, even though it was a perfectly fine game that got shut down. they must have lost all the codes or something. but i wish i could play it.

[Vaildez]

I have heard good things about Asherons call... I played AC 2 Beta and it was a bit too strange for me.

[Talgurin]

Vanguard is pretty great. I just started playing it.

I swear it's the same engine as EQ 2, even down to how many of the classes have the exact same abilities, like somebody just copy and pasted EQ 2 code. At first, this turned me off.

Then I started playing and realized it was hard as F, and way better than EQ 2. In the newbie island, I had to team up with a bunch of other players to raid the hobgoblin dungeon, and it took a lot of effort and strategy to pull this off.

This alone makes it worthwhile. EQ 2 was so carebear you could easily solo through the whole game.