So in your humble opinion, what's the most noob-friendly MMO?

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I've been cheating on WoW. Whew, it feels good to get that off my chest. Please don't tell! We've been together for a few years now, and while I still love him, I've just been... exploring my other options.

And those options were Star Wars: Galaxies(Human Jedi), EVE Online(Caldari), LotRO(Elf Hunter and Dwarf... person), and EQ2(Half Elf Wizard). Warhammer wouldn't download.

And without my 80s, heirlooms, gold, and guild to back me up, (not to mention knowledge of the game) I'm a total noob. So here's what impresses me as a noob in a brand new world...

1. Instanced Starting Areas: Holy... Talk about a way to draw a noob in. There's nothing epicer than talking with Gandalf or Han Solo and making you feel 'part of the world'. You're important, you lil level one you!

2. Not Dying: Easy-mode while I figure out what I'm doing? Yes, please! WoW was really bad at this when I first started. Damn you, Defias! Damn you, murlocs! Damn y- "Release Spirit?"

3. Options: Face 1 or 2? How about customizing every feature? I want to be different than every other noob on this server! Also, I understand class and race restrictions, but I don't like them. The first character I make will likely be my main, so I want to be able to choose the class that sounds the most fun BEFORE I buy your game, to see if it really is the most fun. The exception here would be races/classes that come with expansions, or have to be unlocked(Death Knights, anyone? No, you shouldn't be able to skip all of Old Azeroth.)

4. Fast Setup: I don't want to wait 4 hours to play your game. In those 4 hours I'm waiting, I could be playing and falling in love with a different game. Trial clients, anyone?

5.Help Me!: Tutorials, a "Noob Help Channel", and quests to learn your basic abilities are sexier than a really sexy thing.

And last but certainly not least,
6. Keep me interested!: So I'm level 10(or the equivelent). I'm learning, but it's getting slow and grindy, and boring. (And I can do grindy and boring, I play WoW after all! ;D) Those easy quests just got way harder, and everything isn't in the same general area anymore. I made it this far, but I can still turn back. I need a transition phase, from baby noob, to adolecent noob. Provide it, and I'm a happy camper. Leave me hanging and I wander around Stormwind for hours looking for Hogger. Games that failed this: WoW(back in TBC), SW:G, EVE (and I haven't reached this point on the others yet. XD)

So what do you think? What makes a game noob-friendly? What game is noob-friendly? And what should I try next before my guild catches me and sends me back to the Citadel?

Person · Accepted Answer

i don't think they're is such a thing!

Anonymous · Answer

It's hard to recommend any specific MMO game, because everyone has a different taste in games. A game I love you may hate. Check out http://mmohut.com for a large list of these free mmorpg / mmo games. I personally use that site to find new games to play. Every few days I try a new game :) - It's a lot of fun because I try everything. They have like every single MMORPG categorized nicely with reviews, screenshots, videos and more. Heck they even list the game's system requirements!. Best part is all the games are free, which rocks.

http://mmohut.com/browser-games
They have a huge section for "no download" browser MMORPGs too! All with screenshots and reviews!

Let me know if this helped at all

Kieran Wright · Answer

really what you want to play is a relatively easy going game that most people are able to play.

like you said WoW, you have to be fairly skilled to play and it does take a long time to level up and gain the relevant skills that you need to complete the game. in my opinion WoW is a very good game and i do play it, BUT i feel that you want a game that is easy to play, easy to understand and quick to get into the action, therefore online games you need to look at:

1) star wars galaxies is good (relatively)
2) start trek online, i play and enjoy
3) dogs of the seas, (the pirate game, quality)
4) the people who made dogs of the seas made another game (outer galaxies) very good a bit slow to start with the cut scene but it isa very good game
5)you could try playiong warhammer 40k but it will take some time to download if your server is not fast enough, and asll of tehse games do require a decent graphics card to play otherwise there is no point in playing online game.
6) go out now and buy dawn of war, play iy and then buy the other it is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

fuzzy · Answer

do you want it to wipe your *** too? good god, you wont find all of these in one MMO. try out any that appeal to you and research them on their websites, not here.

binx · Answer

umm get out in the real world...just a thought maybe???????

So in your humble opinion, what's the most noob-friendly MMO?

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