GhostHead: Best Online Games?

sideburndude 02.24.13	Boku no pico
Calc 02.24.13	planetside 2
GhostHead 02.24.13	Planetside 2 looks sick, thanks.
Acanthus 02.24.13	Calc beat me to it; really want to build another PC so I can play that game. Alot of the FTP MMO's out there have some cool stories and good-sized communities; it's not just a WoW fest anymore.
nononsense 02.24.13	Now we will know everyone who still lives in their parent's basement!
SIMBOLIC 02.24.13	battlefield 3 64 man Karkand ultra 60 fps m/
Acanthus 02.24.13	Haha 'cause all gamers must still live at home.
ZilbelPing 02.25.13	battlefield 3 64 man Karkand ultra 60 fps m/ [2] I wish I had the money to build a pc powerful enough to run it, though...
Necrotica 02.25.13	Call of Duty bro #420 #swaqqinthisbitch
Calc 02.25.13	I need one of my friends to help me build a decent PC. I have no idea about anything.
ZilbelPing 02.25.13	Well first you buy the mobo and then go from there
Acanthus 02.25.13	It's not that bad, a lot of online resources to help you out too. This one is always a favorite: http://lifehacker.com/5151369/the-first+timers-guide-to-building-a-computer-from-scratch
Necrotica 02.25.13	@GhostHead: I'd suggest getting something called the Humble Indie Bundle. You pay a certain amount of money (it's never too expensive, don't worry) and get a multitude of games from all sorts of genres, and the money goes to charity. The majority of the games are online, such as my personal favorite Dungeon Defenders
Necrotica 02.25.13	http://www.humblebundle.com/
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	you could for like 11-1200 if you already had a keyboard, mouse and monitor
Calc 02.25.13	oo very interesting thanks acanthus
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	but if you didnt want ultra you could for like a grand
GhostHead 02.25.13	I'll check it out. My comp is the best so that could be a problem. My brother told me about a free game called League of Legends which sounds cool.
GhostHead 02.25.13	Comp isn't the best.
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	what graphics card u have ghosthead?
GhostHead 02.25.13	I dont know, it's an old Dell. I have a Mac too but everything runs off of Microsoft.
Acanthus 02.25.13	"you could for like 11-1200 if you already had a keyboard, mouse and monitor" Huh, not shopping around much eh? I prefer good all around performance rather than spending a 1k + http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mini-itx-gaming-radeon-hd-7750,3369.html
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	wait so is it just an old computer you bought in store for work and shit?what year?
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	yeh but that computer acanthus would be null and void in a year unless you were wiling to fork out another 500-700 for a new cpu and graphics card
Acanthus 02.25.13	Constantly upgrading isn't for everyone; it would be able to run the games that came out late 2012 - early 2013 and be just fine (which is a lot of good/great titles); for starting out I don't personally recommend trying more than your wallet or budget can handle.
GhostHead 02.25.13	It's like 5 years old. Bought it just for basic use, wasn't planning on doing any serious gaming. I'm going to be limited on what i can do i guess.
DotEight 02.25.13	onrpg.com - they have shooters, rpg games of every type, strategy, etc. plenty of free ones, all online.
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	yeh Ghost dont even bother. you wont be able to run any modern game unless its on low settings with like mega lo resolution even then itll suck majorly cause the graphics will be atrocious
Calc 02.25.13	how much would it cost to build one that could run games from late 2012 well?
DotEight 02.25.13	"how much would it cost to build one that could run games from late 2012 well?" newegg.com It all depends on what you mean. Running on what resolution, and what settings? Ultra? Medium?
Acanthus 02.25.13	Check out the specs of the game(s) you want and then plan/shop accordingly; also take into consideration the settings you want them to run on (Skyrim on High for example). Newegg is fucking awesome.
Calc 02.25.13	well = ultra i guess to me.
DotEight 02.25.13	Well late-2012 games, good benchmark games are Dishonored, Darksiders II, Blacklight Retribution, Planetside 2. So a fair estimate with room to give/take would be around 1300. Depending on if that's including the monitor/keyboard/speakers/etc.
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	@Calc provided you have a decent keyboard and mous and monitor, prob 1000-1200 depending on your motherboard, cpu etc., but you'd want at least a nvidia gtx 660 card to run 2012, maybe 660 ti or higher If you want it to last years with minimal upgrading you want a motherboard with at least 4 slots (graphics card takes 2) and a power supply that can run sli but considering ps4 and 720 will be around a grand each, PC is defs best bet
Calc 02.25.13	thanks I just wanted a general rough estimate.
Calc 02.25.13	and noooo way will ps4 or 720 are gonna be a grand. I read the ps4 will prolly be like 550 at launch
Acanthus 02.25.13	PS4 will NOT be a grand, what are you smoking?
TheNexus100 02.25.13	pc is by far the best if you custom build you can spend 1k total including hardware, case, equipment etc it will be the best decision of your life if your a computer person/gamer
TheNexus100 02.25.13	and wtf you dont need a 660 ti lol you can go way lower and be fine
Funeralopolis 02.25.13	runescape
Acanthus 02.25.13	This subreddit was helpful for the resources/questions other people had asked: http://www.reddit.com/r/Buildapc
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	not if you want ultra
Calc 02.25.13	I use PC for 99% strategy games anyway, but my computer got stolen out of my storage unit and I'm making a ton of money this year so I thought I may be as well upgrade.
Acanthus 02.25.13	Envious about the tons of money bit, would love to have a gaming PC.
DotEight 02.25.13	"and wtf you dont need a 660 ti lol you can go way lower and be fine" Again, it fucking depends on the resolution you're playing at, the game, and what settings you want, including AA/AF, Bi or Trilinear Filtering, etc.
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	he said he wanted ultra so yeh 660 would be a good starting point
Calc 02.25.13	"including AA/AF, Bi or Trilinear Filtering" lol might as well be Sanskrit...
facupm 02.25.13	hattrick
Acanthus 02.25.13	You'll learn pretty quick, PC settings aren't that bad at all
SIMBOLIC 02.25.13	i advise getting help to build it otherwise itll take forevs
Acanthus 02.25.13	And there's tons of help online; even vendors who will walk through all of your order and look for things that won't work together/clash spec wise.
figure337 02.25.13	League of Legends Path of Exile Planetside 2 Dungeons and dragons online
Winrar 02.25.13	why arent u niggas playing 2007 runescape holy fuck i've been addicted ever since it came out i currently have a huge neckbeard and i forgot what sunlight looks like.
demigod! 02.25.13	i miss wow when it didnt suck
Eulogize 02.27.13	"why arent u niggas playing 2007 runescape holy fuck i've been addicted ever since it came out i currently have a huge neckbeard and i forgot what sunlight looks like." You best believe I am. I'm like 523 total level right now. Full addy and a rune long FIGHT ME
Winrar 02.27.13	i'm a melee pure so i don't have good armor. Fuck man, i need more time to play.
DeathPiercedMe 02.27.13	envythegame
Eulogize 02.27.13	I would rock a pure but I'm a zerker on EoC so I needed something new.
DeathPiercedMe 02.27.13	go for envythegame its free and its text based so doesnt require constant attention. great game for high school/work
Winrar 02.27.13	I'm a main on EoC with some 99s and i doubt i'll go back to it. I love the reset economy. I mean, i was jizzing when i found a mithril scimmy and you don't get that same feeling on EoC. Even if you make a new char.
DeathPiercedMe 02.27.13	runescape isnt too bad i guess either but its just samey and repetitive and annoying.
Eulogize 02.27.13	Yeah, exactly. You make a new character on EoC and you're like "Alright, let's spin and get a free 500k." The first day the 07 servers came out I sat at Al Kharid scim shop and waited about 20 minutes to get a mith scim. I immediately turned around and sold it for 7k.
Funeralopolis 02.27.13	my main account was like maxed combat but I haven't played in like 2 years, 2007 scape kind of makes me want to play though.
DeathPiercedMe 02.27.13	What's EoC
Eulogize 02.27.13	Evolution of Combat They made the combat where it's more modern. There's now an action bar, abilities, and all that jazz. It's no longer just click and sit.
Winsomniac 02.27.13	'League of Legends' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA DotA, SC2, and Rift is probably the best MMORPG out right now. Their class system is unparalleled, and makes for excellent gameplay (definitely a game that exists for the endgame, though). TERA was pretty okay; jaw-dropping graphics, and an interesting combat system, but really rather grindy and repetitive with a passable class system at best.
DeathPiercedMe 02.27.13	League of legends is decent
Winsomniac 02.27.13	League of Legends is to DotA 2 as an ugly overpriced escort is to dating a nympho supermodel. Seriously. Without even getting into how embarrassingly simplified and one-dimensional the gameplay is in comparison, completely ignoring the steam workshop system and that DotA 2 lets the community support the scene whereas League outright pays organizations to hold tournaments of their shoddy game as opposed to other ones, doesn't have an in-client replay and live game viewer, DotA 2 gives ALL gameplay-relevant content out at the start for free, and gives players the chance to get almost all cosmetic items for free, whereas League makes you pay for everything. Do you have an Invoker? Do you have a Meepo? Chen/Enchantress? No. you have stale, repetitive gameplay with balance patches that aim to make every FPS-zombie-turned-sudden-tactically inclined wannabe strategist middle schooler feel like they're not doing anything wrong so as not to hurt their feelings and keep milking their parents' money. /rant
ffs 02.27.13	go outside dude
Winsomniac 02.27.13	http://www.cogsci.ucsb.edu/ucsb_campus.jpg is my campus. I spend plenty of time outside, I assure you ;)
Hyperion1001 02.27.13	league of legends is fun because its easy dota is fun because its challenging both have their shortcomings who cares who plays what
Tyrael 02.27.13	DotA, SC2, and Rift is probably the best MMORPG out right now. Rift is a weak WoW clone with a worse community, yeah the class system is nice but fuck the grind. SC2 is a nice game but blizzard refuses to fix its biggest issue: the zerg are horribly overpowered. This unbalance makes for a really frustrating multiplayer experience if you're not playing zerg.
NationalRadio 02.27.13	Runescape. Duh. Haha
Winsomniac 02.27.13	Have you seen HotS? Lol. Widow mines. Oracles. Zerg isn't imba. Also: KT.Flash. RIFT's class system is completely unparalleled, and the community is what you make of it. The raiding guild I ended up progressing with was world-first competitive, but still very fun to be around outside of raiding hours. And what grind? 1-max took a week and a half, two weeks tops to get to Tier 1 raid-level gear, and from then on its all sweet, sweet endgame content. @Hyperion DotA 2 is fun because it's mechanically easy, but challenging. SC2 is hard. I could play LoL with two fingers on each hand at a competitive level. That's not just easy; it's stale. But seriously Tyrael. Flash. DROPS. DROPS MOTHAFUCKIN EVERYWHERE.
Hyperion1001 02.27.13	"1-max took a week and a half, two weeks tops to get to Tier 1 raid-level gear, and from then on its all sweet, sweet endgame content. " thats not fun thats called grinding
Winsomniac 02.27.13	As opposed to WoW, where none of that existed?
Hyperion1001 02.27.13	you can turn literally any MMO into a grind by hitting level cap in a week
Winsomniac 02.27.13	I'm not sure you played any of the REALLY grind-intensive games to compare... And if you want to be that nitpicky, almost everything is a grind; disguised in one way or another. SC2 laddering can be considered a grind, acquiring the skills needed to reach GM can certainly be tedious, to say the least. To me, at least, a true grind is when a single level takes well over 100 gameplay hours(korean grinders, man...). So I guess its a matter of perspective? I'd definitely argue that almost all MMOs have at least some element of grinding that's implemented, if not integral.
Hyperion1001 02.27.13	if you hit level cap in a week youre not having fun its as simple as that i got a cleric to about 40 in rift and it was fun (this was over the course of about 2 months) but after warhammer online died i just cant put energy into an MMO anymore
Winsomniac 02.27.13	I'm fairly sure that hitting level cap in a week means I was very much having fun, but just having it faster and harder than you were ;) Also, it was summer break for me when I leveled, so I had very few commitments to attend to at the time, and a lot of free time. Maybe I would have gotten impatient otherwise? I tend to go very srs bsns when I mentally commit to doing something. If I decide to play something, I decide to play the absolute shit out of it.
Hyperion1001 02.27.13	i guess that sounds reasonable, but that just sounds like it sucks the fun out of any game to me. i guess just different play styles i want to get back into an MMO because college is a joke and i have money and a lot of free time but nothing really looks appealing im kind of looking forward to the new elder scrolls game because the guy who headed DAoC is designing it
Tyrael 02.27.13	Hyp I can recommend you GW2 even though Arenanet can't fucking balance their game the PvE content is really fun, the combat is fluid and the world looks and feels amazing
Winsomniac 02.27.13	I've heard great things about DAoC, so should be cool. I had friends that were impossibly amped on GW2, convinced it was going to be the next great game, play it and get bored within 2 weeks. Hyp: I would recommend you to spend your free time wisely. Dabble in whatever seems interesting(gaming or otherwise), commit to what you really enjoy, and see if you can get a feel for what brings you the most satisfaction. That way you'll know what specific traits you value in games (as well as life, really). I would really save as much money as I can though. As someone who spent too much and left too little in reserve in the past, it's really valuable to me. Which I guess is why DotA is such a good fit for me. I spend no money on it, have essentially earned a little chunk of digital assets I can sell for real money with the time I've spent doing something I enjoy in my free time, and type like a maniac now.
EvoHavok 02.27.13	Been playing on a pvp private server of Aion these days. Retail is free to play, but there's a bit of grind to bear.
Tyrael 02.27.13	'I've heard great things about DAoC, so should be cool.' DAoC is great, it's pretty old and pretty hardcore and there's so much grind but the pvp kicks serious ass