My Top 5 MMOs

I propose this! We all make a blog that lists your Top 5 MMOs! And I'll be the one to start!

MMO #5: Maple Story

…What?

Maple Story, for me, is a game that got me into my roots for being a gamer, at least an MMORPGamer. Fun times were had back in the old days, when I was just a naive little kid who had a blast playing a lot of games, notably Halo. As such, my first Maple Story character was dubbed: Spartan119. Not much creativity there, but come on, I was like ten? Twelve tops. Old Spartan became a Warrior who followed the path of a Fighter.

I remember back then I screwed up my stats pretty badly, allocating points into INT, LUK, and even HP & MP. Then I learned how bad that is and started to do my best to get points into STR and DEX. Didn't go too well to say the least. But stats weren't the only things I screwed up! I allocated my hard earned 3 SP into skills that aren't recommended to have points into, such as Iron Defense or whatever that was called.

After awhile and a year or two later, I found my way to the website that eventually led me to find you guys. Much fun was had there, auctioning, buying, selling, uploading screens. I actually didn't think too much about the other users. As mentioned before, I eventually found my way to good old MMOTales. I met a whole lot of crazy people and uploaded horribly made comics and fanfics there. Did I even finish any of them? Oh well.

Some hiatus later and I played Maple Story again, meeting an interesting girl who was also Chinese and lived in Canada. Thus started my life as a member of a guild and my interests in Canada. Anywho, I trained, I fought, I trained more and then eventually gave up on my Fighter.

R.I.P., Spartan119 of the Fighter clan. He was only level 46.

Then I made a StrDit but I won't go into the horrible details of grinding that was. But he did give me one thing: the name Kedatte for a lot of my character names.

tl;dr
I like Maple Story simply because it was a fun game that I often played for like a week before quitting due to how boring grinding is but it started everything for me.

MMO #4: Dungeons & Dragons Online

Truth be told, I've actually only gotten into D&D this year. Before playing this, I've no clue about D&D as a whole, but afterward I found D&D to be actually interesting and found an interesting web comic to read.

Dungeons & Dragons Online provides me a list of possibilities! I can make a Fighter who can tank enemies and when they're not looking, blast them with powerful fireballs! Or create a Rogue that can pick locks and have sneak attacks but when conflict comes I can easily attack enemies with dual wielding swords!

I also like how all the mid-game quests require a well balanced party to complete and the need for teamwork to be effective, basically making this one of the funnest games I've ever played.

But I can't say much more about this game, as I've always made new characters to see how things would go. And basically killing monsters and quests were the only things I ever did. And the only things there ever was to do.

tl;dr
I like this game because it allows multi-classing and requires a good amount of teamwork.

MMO #3: Genesis A.D.

Initially, my list of 5 games included all games being MMORPGs. I couldn't let that happen. So I got Genesis A.D. to be number 3 and a step higher than the aforementioned DDO because- well, it's fun and has variety.

Genesis was great in my short week of playing it. Possibly because I rarely ever played Shooters on the PC, the only other MMOFPS games I played were Combat Arms and Soldier Front. Guess why I never blogged about them?

Genesis had things to keep everything tricky, the three different Factions and variety of weapons and armors. Also special powers like the Booster and Cloaking. As an Assault Class, I've always played the Mighty Glacier, staying out of heavy combat and ambush unsuspecting enemies. And the Cloaking Snipers were complete idiots! Free kills basically. The Suppliers and sniping Snipers were my dragon's bane, unfortunately.

Meanwhile, I actually only got into Sniper due to the amount of Sniper games. I played the type who used the Cloaking effectively, sneaking on targets or hid when enemies approached. As such, my pistols and rail gun were my primary weapons. If I were to snipe, I would get rather lucky shots or kill people when they were distracted. In reality, I hate sniping unless it's against an AI. Or in L4D.

Suppliers was my second most used class. I played the role of the Fragile Speedster. My armor was set so I had a lot of speed with little defense, but I had no Booster so I wasn't much of a Speedster. I did however had the ever powerful SMG and a healing gun to heal allies. One shot of a Polymer on the enemies followed by a burst of my SMG and they were down in no time.

Fun times were had, but unfortunately it was only for a week. One of the best games I've ever played.

tl;dr
Genesis is mighty fun due to three different player types.

Game #2: Lunia

Well, I played Lunia back when it was in Open Beta and when everything was friggin hard! But it was fun and encouraged team work.

The first character I made was Sieg the Knight. I actually don't remember his name so yeah…

Little while later it moved to 12FootTall and I made a new account and character. Still as hard, and there was a new episode 4 with a new Tia character and a new Lime character. Nothing special.

Then it finally moved to ijji. This is where my tale begins.

Kedatte, a Sieg the Knight, was made and became my main source of power. The game had it's difficulty decreased greatly, enabling the actual ability to solo stages and revamped the party system, which is now better than just having to wait for people to join the stage. I smashed my way through the game and watched all the cutscenes as I went along.

A hiatus later…

Holy crap a ton of new stuff has happened. Several new characters were introduced, an episode 5 and 6, along with Bonus and Myth and a rebirth system! With a new character coming up too! I was… Amazed really. But really, nothing interesting happened except for me finishing 5 and 6 and getting one rebirth.

Another hiatus later…

Holy crap the game got very easy. I mean very, very easy. Quests were given everywhere, the square was shrunk, Pop Stages every day, and some new characters were coming. What the hell happened?! What actually got me back into this game was a sale for characters. 1G coin for a character license. I bought a Krieg the Templar which I later made. Named Yuutarra.

Eventually I had enough G Coins to purchase a new character, Asuka the Dual Wielder named Annetta. Very fun to play really. Then later I bought a Ralph the Street Fighter named Retalion. Very fun to play as too. Then I made a Lime the Transforming Slime named Mepheso. Also very fun to play as. Then I made a Dacy the Puppeteer named Sutradhara. Another also very fun to play as. Then I made an Eir the Healer named Pleine. Yeah. All in a month. Rebirthed, except for Mepheso and Pleine.

And now I am working on an Arta the Engineer named Maruire. Guess how fun she is? Very gosh darn fun.

Everyone can solo stages now, but who doesn't want to team up with people to take down enemies? At least you get more EXP!

tl;dr
Lunia had a lot of characters so I had a lot of fun. The party play is great too.

Game #1: Mabinogi

Who did you think I am? I'm not going to finish this joke. I might offend some people.

Mabinogi is the best game I've ever played that is an MMORPG. Awesome combat and story, fun skills, and a variety of quests. And the fact I can make my characters Jacks Of All Trades is a plus too.

My legend began with Rainofsorrow. Young Rain is an optimistic boy, though a bit idiotic. Nowadays, he lends a helping hand to other players but really keeps to himself. Old Rain is smarter but acts rather blunt and cold to other peoploe. Dual-wielding and Two-Handed Swords is the way to go for him! A master of melee fighting with decent magic and alchemy makes him a force to be reckoned with. With the power of a Dark Knight things just go crazy! And now as a Demi-God everything just went fun. Recently been farming. I mean actual farming. He has joined several guilds; Geass, another that I forgot the name of, and Seduction. Geass was my favorite.

Next I made Lightstream, the replacement for the Young Rain. She had the most wardrobe changes, four at least! Bow and arrow seconded with a Mace and Shield are her way of fighting! A strong archer with decent melee fighting, she's a force that can be dealt with though. Helps that she's a Paladin. Has joined Geass too but has since left.

Klen, a Giant character. Loud and powerful, Klen deals with things via force. Recently started to wear a pair of glasses. His way of fighting is with a big Sword and Shield followed by a Big Hammer, though occasionally uses Knuckles. With moderate melee skills, he's a force to be dealt with but has the power of a Savage Beast to help him! Never has once joined a guild.

Vestiege, an Elf character. Motherly and tsunderely, she acts as the voice of reason for the group, though Rain usually is the main voice. She wears a very revealing outfit. Fights with a Bow and Arrow followed second with a Sword and Shield. Easily dealt with however. Has the power of a Falcon Elf on her side. Never joined a guild though has made a friend.

The combat is something I've never experienced before, requiring to think of my feet if I want to be successful. Unlike other games, soloing is able to be done, however multiple enemies are sure to be the ones to finish you off. Party play is one of my favorite things about this game. Even a maximum party of eight people is no match for the destructiveness of the hardest bosses in the game, let alone the power of Peaca Dungeon. A whole battalion of people is required to make an effort through these obstacles! How hard is that?!

All in all, Mabinogi is one of my favorite games and will continue to be so in the future. Though Vindictus seems to be shaping up to be a close second or tie. I will, however, judge that later.

tl;dr
Mabinogi is darn fun and I have four different characters with seven different pets.

End of story. Let me know what you think, blah blah blah and all that good stuff.

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