Most Played MMORPGs 2023 | Asmongold Reacts 

"People spent thousands of dollars to kill that goat". LOL this is the first line he said in the video. I detect a hint of sorrow in his voice.

I just started playing WOW again after 7 years. If you are looking to start again, Black Whisper is my recommendation.

Came back to Guild Wars 2 after 1,5 year and I cannot stress how much fun and content there is in the game. The new expension has beautiful maps and story. The new sub classes are amazing. Community going strong with multiple content creators who just the best.

Former Wow, SWTOR, GW1, GW2, FFXIV player. I've recently installed GW2 again from Steam, starting all over with new character. The game is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and ear and doesn't overwhelm me with battle mechanics that makes one feel obtuse. GW2 and FFXIV are two games out of all of them that please my solo exploration and freedom to try different classes and jobs without feeling compelled to grind otherwise you will fall behind and be an outcast. The communities are non toxic and the game rewards you when helping others. While I really liked my time in FFXIV, I cannot justify the monthly subscription for the available time I have at this stage in my life, so GW2 it is. But wholly recommend GW2 or FFXIV to anybody that is not a High Gear Grognard unless they want to be. I tried to get back into Wow and created a character in MOP, but after 7 or 8 levels just found too grindy and not as fun as I remembered, plus the cartoon graphics no longer appealed. I will probably buy the GW2 Expansions at some point, but base game has plenty to offer for now. Even if one purchases all the expansions, GW2 is economically a winner compared to monthly Wow or FFXIV. Something else to consider in these economic times as well.

GW2 player here, the reasons mentioned in the video and by Asmon is one of the reasons GW2 appeals to me. The only reason I never got into WoW is because it had a subscription system, but I bought GW2 once back in 2012 and I still have it. I can stop playing right now and take a multiyear break, come back and my gear and progression is still relevant. I'll always be at max level and my gear will always be best in slot. Some people don't like that and that's fine.

Gotta give props to Guild Wars 2's ability to welcome returning players. I went away for a year and just came back. All i need to do is the story quest and catch up on the new elites which are easy to max out. You got maybe a max of a week or two work with only 3 hours at a time tops, probably less if you research it or ask in game. Guild Wars 2 is constructed like this. PvE Megaservers. PvP Megaserver WvW (World Vs World or Realm Vs Realm) is server based. It's pretty much the perfect setup or as close to perfect as it can be, the WvW server populations vary wildly because of the drama and commander followings but it's nice that the populations ebb and flow. For PvP and PvE it's megaservers so picking a server at the start is only for WvW, you can play with anyone in your region with no bullshit.

I've been having so much damn fun on GW2 over the past year. I'd started in 2012, and left and came back multiple times and everything was still there waiting for me every time. If you're looking for a constant gear grind progression, this isn't your game. But great if you're a collector, this game is all about doing what you want on your own time.

Started playing GW2 again, it's been pretty good so far. I forgot how great the open world events are.

SWTOR my main thing with the game is I simply want more content for it and the new updates seem short. The biggest offender was the latest expansion felt like a patch update rather than a big expansion it was built up for because it came out near a big anniversary for the game. But tbf there was alot of game systems overhauled for the expansion so they were probably focused on that.

Started playing ffxiv 20 days ago because I saw you playing it. Best / worst decision I’ve ever made. I love it and can’t stop

Imo, ESO is Fantastic. But it's SO BIG now, that it's So Hard to pick back up. - It's so big that when you jump in, there's a million different directions you're pulled in. Leveling ur mount individually, buying bag space to carry enough inventory, player housing, Crafting is enormous, Leveling not only ur class and skills but weapon skills, and the Champion system is So Deep now, along with PVP elements that if u don't do you miss upgrades and events. - It's just so Massive... Like 8 different DLCs with like 15-20 different sub chapters.

Just started Guild Wars 2 and I'm enjoying quite a bit so far. Lots to do and easy to get into. Don't think I'll go back to New World. Too many interesting new stuff coming.

An asmon viewing party for swampletics would be fantastic but there's no way in hell that's ever happening

Played GW2 when it was released on 2012. Got bored after grinding it for 2 years. Hopped on to WoW, FF14, New World then Lost Ark. But sadly, aside from FF14, all of them got repetitive, unnecessarily grindy, too much bots and P2W. Went back to GW2 during the newest expansion and i am hooked once again. The best thing about it is even after my long hiatus, i didn't feel left out. Yes i had to catch up with the story and past expansion items without spending real money. Gw2 just respects your time whether you're a super casual or a sweaty grinder. Cant wait to hop on back to FF14 as well..

my computer wont run guild wars 2 anymore but. when i played it i quit for like two years and then picked it back up, not really knowing anything a guild recruited me and they were super welcoming. taught me how to rebuild my character and helped me learn things i never did before like dungeons and such. And the best part in my opinion is the hourly world boss's. just going from boss to boss with people collecting each ones kill every day was so fun to me.

as of 2023, BDO players now can safely enhance their gear until softcap for pvp and Wars. And the game looks visually good.

I've been playing Albion for a little while now, and I'm starting to look into different MMO's and need some serious recommendations! I really like the feel of Albion a lot and the crafting system. It's a smidge too grindy for me though, but I really do enjoy it. The open world PVP aspect to it is really intimidating for me though, cause i worked really hard to get my gear and don't want to lose it. It really feels like that meme of "Well, what do we do now?" "Now? Now we can play the game" I'm currently looking into Lost Ark. It's a bit overwhelming right now, but I'm sure the more I play the more I'll understand everything. It just felt like a mobile game, logging on for the first time and getting a bunch of free rewards and prizes for doing literally nothing. I'm really curious about looking into New World. I've heard good things about it, I heard the game has similar aspects to Albion, which is encouraging! But I keep hearing a lot of people give the game a lot of flack for reasons, I do not understand. But on the contrary I've heard a lot of recent positives. "The most recent updates are showing really good improvements!" etc. I hear nothing but good things about Guild Wars 2. But for some reason I feel a bit timid about trying it out. I don't know why, but maybe some insight will help me out. Any and all recommendations for any game will be GREATLY appreciated! Again, I really like Albion and the way it feels and plays. From the crafting, to the community market, to the combat. But the PVP feels a bit predatory and the fact the top guilds in the game control the entire market is really discouraging. Especially the idea that I can't check out other in-game content such as bosses and go to different cities without entering a red zone.

bdo gear progression is still like that but there's so many free good gear for new players to catchup now and its really easy to get the gear from market now compared to before There's literally a streamer that is speedrunning an EU account from 0 to 700 gs in basically 1 month or 2, after that gear score it returns arent as high from getting upgrades and way more expensive / time consuming

SWTOR is a good game, but it's certainly more on the casual side. You can make it more difficult through hard modes (even making the levelling harder via a difficult option) and I am sure they have their own raid system and the like. You can single player the levelling and there are certain Flashpoints (the game's dungeons) that you can do with your story companion and an A.I. It's worth checking out if you're looking for a simpler MMO levelling experience that is more story-centric like a traditional game.

Its been months I dont play GW2 anymore. Im playnig New World now. But GW2 is "fucking badass" as Asmon said in the video. The game has a HUGE variety of content. Playing WvW all day long with massive zergs fighting each other to conquer towers, keeps and castles is amazing. The game is great indeed. I miss it, ill be back soon.

Would love to see Asmon watch the Swampletics movie! It can only be described as a masterpiece of OSRS content.

I think not every MMORPG should have one big mega server. At least there should be mega servers for multiple regions and/or languages. There are a lot of people who prefer playing on a server where everyone speaks the same main language. FFXIV did a good job giving players the opportunity to play with friends on other servers since there are free temporal server and data center travels.

I'm glad people are finally enjoying FFXIV, but after nearly a decade I needed a break. Guild Wars 2 has been fantastic for me and what I'm looking for in an MMO nowadays. It's so easy to pick up after a break, doesn't ask you to do repetitive tasks including dailies and weeklies if you don't want to. There's a huge variety of content if you don't want to have a raid-focused endgame. It's honestly just fantastic, and has a little something for everyone.

Guild Wars 1 and 2 have always been my favorite MMORPG's of all time I will never enjoy any other MMO as much as I have GW2. The comunity is just amazing too

Started playing Albion after watching a JSH video. It's pretty fun. It's really cool that all gear, even if dropped by mobs or found in chests, is crafted by players.

FFXIV just keeps quietly growing. It's 5am and if I were to jump on right now, I could find people to do content with. There are Hunt Trains going 24-7. There are probably thousands of people hanging around Limsa right now just taking Gpose screenshots. It's the most alive game in the MMO genre, at this moment. Thanks for bringing XIV to a new audience, Asmon. If you never get around to it again on-stream, it was still worth it--though it's a little bit like stopping WoW after Hellfire Peninsula. Peace bro.✌😅

I gave a shot to more than half the mmo's mentionned in this video and honestly, the one i keep coming back to is ESO. I like how skillbase the combat is in this game and with the new expansion, they released a mythic item that makes it easier to get decent DPS without light attack weaving properly (aka animation canceling), which is the feature that is polarizing in this game mentionned in this video. in a previous patch, they also significantly reduced the LA damage so it is not as important as it used to be. Its not a perfect game by any means (in game cosmetic rewards arent that great and the game is missing a few quality of life features + zenimax sometimes makes questionable changes regarding class balancing) but overall, it is the most solo friendly mmo out there, has the best dungeons i have experienced, has some of the most challenging end game content (in a good way) for solo and group players, my favorite gear system, the best gameplay customization out of all these mmo's and the storylines are usually pretty good (not as immersive as skyrim or as good as FF14 but definitely above most MMOs). A lot of people are recomending GW2 in the comments, which is pretty good in its own right, but i would highly recommend eso to people looking for something new, especially if tab targeting combat isnt really your thing

4000 hours on gw2 and still not bored. By far the best

In bdo a lot has changed since launch, enhancing gear is way easier now especially on season character. The enhancing you described is right and wrong at the same time, so breaking gear (disapearing) occurs only on accessories, armor and weapons will "breake" but you can repair them.

BDO Player here and have been playing for many years. I'd say now is most absolutely the time to jump into the game and get back to grinding. It still has some P2W elements, but since the switch from KaKao games, the game has become A LOT more new player friendly. All the stuff they "forced" you to buy back in the day (pets, maids, silver is not weighted, etc.), you can now easily get for free just by doing Seasons and MQL. Even if you "P2W" by selling fits or melting for crons, it'll still take some time to gear up due to limits on the market. The game is also heavily skill based (of course gear based too). But so long as you're decently geared, you can kill higher GS players with ease if you know your class well enough. But overall, the game is still a HEAVY grind fest getting geared for PVP. If you're not into mob grinding or PVP, then the game isn't for you. BDO still has THE best combat of any action MMO on the market. And being PVP focus is a huge plus in my book.

I´m usually playing GW2. I think GW2 solved a lot of problems with it´s mega-servers where other mmorpgs are suffering at the same point. Low amount of players on maps for example.

since everyone comments on guild wars 2, here are my 2 cents: I've played a lot of mmorpgs as a teenager in high school. many bad ftp ones too. flyff, rappelz, metin 2, 4story, allods, cabal. I've always enjoyed the leveling and social aspect of these games more than dungeons or raids. flyff really sucks looking back, but some of my fondest memories are from that game. the other ones where I got pretty far are cabal and allods. allods was amazing. so many beautiful maps to explore, great visuals and music (although I remember listening to "die ärzte" and the sanctuary + simple and clean from kingdom hears on repeat more than listening to the actual game soundtrack xD). But once I reached the end(game), the game was pretty much reduced to farming dungeons and raids, which bored me to death. When gw2 came out I wasn't really interested in it, but since a whole bunch of my friends bought it, so did I. They all quit, while I spent a whole decade putting 8k hours into the game. exploring the world is fun, the gameplay is very fluid, I even learned how to like dungeons and raids. while going to low level maps is in no way optimal, you still get rewards for you level while being downscaled. a lot of the "newer" content comes with huge farmable map wide events that are also mostly pretty engaging to play. there are also the mounts. man, I hated the idea of mounts back when they were first announced, but anet really delivered a unique implementation. but the number 1 factor why I love the game so much is the horizontal progression. once you have the best gear on your character, it stays best in slot (unless the meta changes ofc). the second best gear is also really easy to get. you can leave the game for a year, come back, and your character is still relevant. instead of a mandatory gear threadmill, you can spend your time hunting achievements and completing collections that reward you with new skins. heck, I didn't really need any of those skins, but still completed every single pve achievement just because they gave me something to work towards. I quit 2 years ago after the aformentioned 8k hours. I had achieved everything I wanted and weekly raid full clears and dungeons runs started becoming more of a chore to me because of how often I had already done that content. I had done countless map completions and equipped all my mains with the best gear possible. the only thing I didn't really do much is pvp. idk, it just wasn't my thing. But new players can look towards thousands of hours of fun without a subscription fee.

I've enjoyed GW2 for 10 years, though it definitely had large periods of drought; I'd say it's in the best shape of its lifetime after you factor launch. I'm eagerly awaiting news for the spring roadmap.

TLDR: SWTOR always brings me back just like wow does at times. (i have to still do a bounty hunter.) Star Wars Galaxies was the first mmo i could convince my folks to let me play back in the day, SWTOR has always been a great experience. It hasn't died because honestly it almost feela like a single player game storry wise. It's not Galaxies but it has so much diologue and options to be dark AF (sith roleplay is best roleplay)

I used to play wow since wotlk all the way up to shadowlands. I still don't regret quitting wow. The main reason is, I always played as a healer and I don't miss that stress. Plus after a certain point, having multiple maxed characters with maxed gear, there's not much left to do. I wouldn't mind trying dragonflight but I got back into OSRS and so far its been incredible. Wow always lacked the element of surprise to me, with the rewards literally being a handout instead of being the reward. I like a challenge without the added pressure and OSRS gives exactly that.

17:24 why is it that not a single other MMO has adopted the RuneScape server structure by having several dozens of worlds you can hop from one to another freely and play with whoever you want? A server with too many players in one place will still eventually cause massive lag. Being able to switch servers in just a couple of seconds is something that every single MMO should aim for.

As someone who has played BDO since it released in NA, you kinda need to be a masochist to stick with this game once you get to a certain point lmao. Just finished getting all of my Blackstar weapons to PEN about a month ago, (Mainhaid, offhand and awakening weapon) which have absurdly low enhancement chances. Just those items took me about a year to get to PEN and I was pretty lucky honestly. Also, 2000 hours in BDO is literally nothing. The grind in this game is brutal.

Gw2, when strangers revive strangers. That's the awesomeness

Played WoW since TBC and quit during WoD.Then I kinda randomly started with World of Tanks, and also SWTOR few years ago. In WoW I was always raiding quite a lot, but TBH once I geared my main, or main + toon that was like primary alt, I often didnt bother to raid anymore till next patch/gear. I always liked solo content in WoW, or doing simple things like solo achievements, while logging few random BGs, in WOTLK Wintergrasp, ... leveling alts just for fun, to experience interesting zones again, or for example during WOTLK, we sometimes made raid for classic and TBC raids, just for fun, to collect old gear when some wanted nice looking older sets. Ofc in WOTLK we did not know there will be transmog in Cata, but because we already farmed old gear like this, it was a nice surprise when we actually got that transmog Now SWTOR. SWTOR is mostly story driven MMO, but also because I dont play it every day, like I used with WoW often, I can say for me personally ammount of group content or just everything is good enough. Sure, there is a problem with lack of new content, but that is because devs team is small, so players must take it into consideration and not compare the game to WoW or something Also, SWTORs story, is something I always wanted in WoW

Regarding EvE Online's player numbers, I'd just like to point out that having multiple accounts logged in at the same time is the norm. Most serious EvE players (and EvE is a VERY serious game) will have a bare minimum of 2-3 going, but double digits is common. The biggest I've seen is some 60-70 accounts going at the same time. Monitoring player count probably has no way to identify unique players, so you can slash that number down to at least a third, probably much more. A more realistic guesstimate of concurrent EvE players (that are actually playing the game themselves) is a couple thousand at most. I'm also continuously puzzled by the fact that when reviewers of MMORPG's talk about games, they rarely fail to at least mention any pay to win aspects, as it is considered a pretty big deal. EvE somehow tends to escape this scrutiny. Well, arguably there's no game, and I mean that quite literally, that's more pay to win that EvE. *Everything* can be bought for RL money in EvE. Everything. I'd say you have to fly your own ship at least, but there's plenty of elements where not even that is true. Rampant botting for starters, which BTW are also accounts that are counted.

Oldschool Runescape is truly such a great game. There so much solid content to do, mechanics to learn. People may think it's just a point and click game, but it takes legitimate mechanical knowledge to complete some of the harder content. The skill floor might be extremely low, but the skill cap is also extremely high.

@Asmongold TV Regarding BDO upgrade system I wouldn't agree with your explanation of the EQ upgrading system. Recently Pearl Abyss introduced the new mechanic for "casual" players where you can upgrade your accessories (because the system you are reffering to applies only to accessories) through questing and daily missions. It costs a little more silver (in game currency - no premium) but you have 100% guaranty and no value loss. Same goes with normal EQ like weapons and armour wher instead of luck-based enhancing you can Reform the item and after 5th reform you can convert the item into the BiS maxed armour/weapon. Therefore if you are really unlucky person or just dont want to gammble you can go with more (but balanced) upgrading process instead of "smashing two Iphons 8 together to get new Iphon 9" . Same goes the the "P2W" aspect. It is faster to grind for money and then buy (or receive from quests) upgrading materials than buying them from premium currency shop. this option is available for rich lazy kids who want to flex and honestly buying upgrading materials (Crone stones) with premium currency takes whole fun from the game - at least to me and is huge wast of money. I would 100% recommend you to come back to BDO and at lest see the changes bcs if you stopped playing before awakening release you will be SUPPRISED how many mechanics the devs positively changed.

I saw what I loved about WoW I saw what I hated about Wow I saw what I loved about ESO I saw what I hated about ESO Gw2 read between those lines for me perfectly. Big recommend.

gw2 is free to play for the base game - if you want to continue the story you can buy the expansions but there is no extra costs to play the game - also the fact that gw2 doesnt disable the last content to make way for the new story , you can go and play from day 1 content thru to current

I watch your vids while I play OSRS almost every day. I'd happily rewatch Swampletics with you

the main problem I have with new world specifically is it's very hard to get into unless you find a group to do a fresh start with you, most of the players are already at the player cap with lower end players already being level 10-20, and even with the restriction where you can't join the faction that currently controls most of the server the majority of servers are absolutely dominated by one faction as in the most even split I've seen in new world was 80% marauders, and 10% each for the other two. Guild wars 2 is by far the best free to start mmo I have ever played but it's not one of those games I can sit and grind for hours, it's more of pick it up for an hour or 2 then come back to it in like a week. my favorite mmo is by far ffxiv but it's wayyyyyyyy too expensive for me to keep up on. We really need more good mmos, it feels like the good ones either get eaten up by microtransaction or pay to win monetization or die out completely

Did you ever try out Aion? I loved that game a lot but not anymore since they changed the way you level up. But i love the style the music and the different zones! It is (was) really really good!

The big thing for me as a once hard core FF14 player was the after story drug on sooo much with just fetch quests, i still havent comoleted shadowbringers fully, my other issue is the lack there of a grind, i wish items and weapons and armor at emdgame fealt more important, instead the only reason to do the endgame content like tower of the dead or Eureaka is for a cool cosmetic for your sword that actually does worse damage then a tree branch you picked up off a dead couerl. I wish there was more variety and importance in the armor and weapons, something to grind for in endgame for a build or stat build, one of my all time fav games is borderlands 2 for that reason

I purchased ESO about 4 years ago and only got to a level 20 character and moved on. I recently purchased a 6900xt GPU and decided to give ESO another chance about 2 weeks ago and now all of a sudden I am having a blast. The game is much more playable compared to playing on an Nvidia 1060. Plus, for some reason, it's just clicking for me right now I am currently a level 49 on one character and I have another character I started this week that is a level 17. FF14 - I might have to try FF14 again. When I tried it a number of years ago, I actually did not like it. Maybe it will be different this time around. And I agree, playing these games on mega servers would be much more enjoyable. I like BDO but the graphics popping in and out drive me crazy and I find my mind focuses on the pop in which just kills the gaming for me, although I do enjoy playing BDO, I can't play for long periods of time. Lost Ark, all I can say are bots ughhh. I have played Albion and seems interesting, although I don't really like the graphics, same with runescape old school, yet I love DND online, despite the old style graphics.

I highly recommend starwars the old republic. It will be the best single player mmo story experience you can get. Also for the record as a long time eve online player, the average player has 2 alt accounts. Some players multi box many many accounts. The player base is less than 50% of what’s advertised

In Black Desert its only for acc, the weapons and armor u need stones to upgrade and each step your chances gets as low as about to 1% in short the upgrades are super gambling no matter if its armor, weapons or acc

lost Ark release was insane (21:39) i remember i had to install TeamViewer bc i had to get groceries (bc of 8-12h queue time on EU), ended up doing some stuff on my island on my phone while i was in line.

Started ffxiv 15 days ago, gotta say story of a realm reborn was so much fun and i really like gear and raids it's really casual friendly and i don't have to invest 300h into the game just so devs kick me out of the game bc they can't fix the bots.

I feel like if SWTOR had better marleting and had come out at a later date it would be way more popular. Its gots the Single Player RPG with MMO elements nailed with the class stories and expansions. I just finished the Sith Inquisitor Story and I loved it and am looking forward to playing through Smuggler for a completely different vibe. It does get tedious towards the end, especially since every planet has two plot threads which dont always line up in locatoon and theme, and enouncters are almost always way too easy. Overall I like it, but im also a huge star wars fan so....

I dont know about globally, but that 100k easily happens in Black Desert Online SEA server. every time there's a world boss, shit hits the servers hard making it lag. Even the starting town lags so much due to that, if only my pc did not broke down I would still be playing that.

17:30 Peon should have mentioned that Guild Wars 2 also has megaservers. The server separation only applies to the WvW game mode.

OSRS is easily one of the best mmorpgs of all time. The reason it STILL has such a large player base after 20 years is a testament to how good the game is. The devs care about the community and they poll all new content. The versatility in how you can play also is hugely beneficial. It offers a great experience for the causal, or sweaty players. 10/10 game and I’d highly recommend anyone who is looking for a fun new game to give OSRS a shot.

I really like the fact that gw2 is buy to play. I also like wow buts it need too much engagement and its more hard to do break. Also i prefer gw2 progression system. Still dragonflight is cool

For those who don't know, Guild Wars 2 is fully voice acted. The base/core game is free to play and I would encourage anyone to give it a try. It's 11 years old and with the painterly style the graphics hold up well.

The info on Black Desert is wrong. It's so easy to gear up now, that Choice, an NA player/steamer, started a 110-day 700 gear score challenge and on the 2nd or 3rd week of the said challenge found it so easy that he might complete the 700 gs challenge in 60 days only. Granted he grinds like 7hrs/day on average (7*60 = 420 hours), but if he completes this challenge, then it's pretty safe to say, that all those people saying BDO is hard just sucks at the game. You don't have to enhance to have a gear in BDO, pretty much everything is purchasable in the central market. So just grind and sell all the enhancing stuff, if you enhanced and you fail, then it's your fault, you could've bought but chose to gamble instead (2000 hrs of grind is a major lie unless all you do is gamble all your stuff away when you could've just bought everything). And the bank balance statement is also a lie, to play BDO you don't need to spend a lot of money. I will not make myself an example cause I love RP so buy all the costumes and stuff, however, if your objective is just to play the game, PVE and PVP then all you need is just buy the game or get it for free when they have promotions, buy a $50 tent(can be less, like $10 or so when on sale plus use the coupons and take advantage of the new account promo pearls on sale) and buy a couple of pets (optional, you can just go through the MQ and get free pets, then PO when there are pearl shop sales and eventually you'll have a full set of t4 or 1 t5 and a couple of t3s). You can also splurge on a fairy, but if you only need a miraculous cheer V skill, then just get another fairy to reroll the skills, no need to buy the orbs. That's it really, you can buy the value pack every month but that's up to you, the Kamasylve and Secret of Old Moon are easy to get from CM). Less than $100 and you can enjoy thousands of hours of gameplay. And if you follow Choice's example, you only need to dedicate 420 hrs (potentially) of game time to grinding and you can enjoy end-game content. You don't even have to reach end game gear to enjoy PVP, there are lots of capped contents in BDO that if you really want to enjoy it, you only need to play. P.S. You can definitely play the game completely free to play, you can craft your own tent, rely on free pets (the game gives some from time to time), use a horse as trash loot stash, and fairy skills are also easier to get now.

Been playing GW2 on and off since trying it out when I didn't want to play Mists of Pandaria. It's the ultimate casual game. Perfect for me since I've gotten quite a bit older since doing progression raiding.

The main thing that made me stop playing Lost Ark was the single player parts there was many times where my friends would want to play through the storyline bosses with our characters but we would always be booted out to sit through a single player experience it was close to competing with Diablo but it failed when that happened everything else you said about the game I'm on board with really amazing game love the longsword class

Guild wars 2 server system is the best 2* mega servers that have worlds then instances. It pushes all players to the fullest server as you move around the map to keep the world alive and I'd your instance is dead it gives you a 10 min stat boost to swap you in the instance with more players.

OSRS is just so good. I hardly do any content that was around when I was a kid because the new raids, bosses, quests, etc. are amazing. The ironman gamemode is a breath of fresh air since I got to a point on my main where the only thing that was worth it was grinding the best GP/HR, but iron allows you to engage in content you normally would feel bad about doing since it would be a waste of time

A lot of people shit on SWTOR and say it's a dead game but they are literally making the jump from x32 bits to x64 and it's still in the top 5 (or 10, I don't remember exactly) most profitable games for EA each year. And a lot of people still play using either Origin or the game launcher and not Steam.

I feel sorry for LP, he tries so hard to throw shade on FFXIV in his videos just because it dethroned his "baby" WOW. Can't take his videos seriously anymore.

honestly, as someone who played eso for 4 years, its hard to say its so good still when the game itself has been constantly going downhill in terms of gameplay and lag. I felt forced to leave it, but landed somewhere in BDO, albion, and gw2, and i play BDO the most. Oddly, its not as pocket hungry as so many make it out to be, as the game allows you to purchase everything in game with silver, but its both a matter of how much money you have (to buy 30 dollar outfits to melt into crons so items dont explode when enhancing) or how dedicated you are to the grind to buy those same outfits for silver, or even just save up to buy the item outright yourself

Raid Shadow Legends is pretty fun but becomes a bit of a Grind at Medium to End game like most games. It becomes a part time Job at End Game. But is fun to put on a Secondary Monitor if you work from Home. or if you want something to do while watching TV

Unironically want the April Fools content. Asmon taking on RAID:SL. Would be class if it actually happened

EVE Online is a great game, and you can also be a casual player and enjoy it. I play for 2-4 hours weekly, and I still want it. I would like to see Asmongold test it.

good thing about Eve online are that in this game everything are on a single server, wile most other MMOs have alot of different ones. theres allso no other game in the world that can give you the adrenaline rush you get in eve online. ive been in situations where ive been actaully shaking so hard i barely could push the buttons i wanted or think straight. absolutly amazing game so worth checking out if you havent played it before.

Try Vindictus, amazing fight style in 211 classes with most of them using 2 type of weapons which you can always have them in your inventory and play whatever you prefer the most +_+, try it and also join a guild ofc and chose the correct server korean, NA, or EU

Thought warframe would be on this list, but I suppose it's hard to classify it as an mmorpg specifically

Idk if it's just me but I like having separate servers. Sure i definitely get all the advantages of megaservers but I feel like I kinda miss the feeling of community within a server. It's nice seeing the same players & recognizing them rather than having megaservers with channels. I don't mind either but both have their advantages & disadvantages for me.

I brought the GW2 expansion released from last year (also return around this period. I gave up this game around 3months after the first release due to lack of content)and I have not even touch play it yet. I feel very comfortable to leave the game like this and come back someday because my pc is not good enough. I will buy any dlc in the future though even i have not played the last last last expansion yet. This game is so good right now!

I went back to GW2 about 6 months ago, played it back in 2012-2014 alone with WoW and FFXIV. Now have 8 lvl 80’s. GW2 is MMORPG on hard mode and I love it!

I think an MMORPG needs enough population to have high enough player density to be able to reasonably clear the currently relevant content about 2/3rds of the time of day. I think population density is an important factor, because modern MMOs are getting smaller and smaller in group sizes. You only need a few active players to do everything. If they're in a small enough area they will bump into each other and naturally deal with the content. This is where party finders are immensely helpful in boosting the "player density".

No one really knows this, but Metin2 has a lot of private servers and in total they would make 50-100k+ players daily... it's insane :)

You can tell that Asmon hasnt heard anything about BDO in a long time. The gearing has gotten a lot easier, except for the very, very top end ultra rare gear. I mean i got almost full PEN, 2nd highest tier gear in like a month. Personally i had no particular problem with the BDO gear upgrades at any point, but it has become a lot easier and a lot less RNG nowadays. But ofcourse (as it should be) full PEN, top tier gear is extremely hard to get. Especially those pesky accessories that get deleted if you fail.

asmon PLEASE watch settleds swamplettics finale. the effort put into that is like a major motion picture its truly astounding.

at 17:55 you said servers suck because they only serve to divide players. As a novice game developer I have to correct you. Servers separate the players because if they didnt, they would lag. Every player loads every world object in the scene so even if its just two people in an empty room, the server has to load four people. Two for each players screen. Add more world objects and more polygons, and you rack up the bandwidth required to play the game at a stable rate. Servers become necessary when the player base exceeds what cannot be achieved on a local host. Some games allow four players to all load in on the host players connection. Meaning three players connect to one, which is risky because that's how you can get your IP leaked. SO servers area good thing. As the internet connections speed up, so does server size.

It looks like I would enjoy New World. Am currently playing OSRS though and I'll probably stick to that atleast until I have achieved the quest cape. The quest system in RuneScape is awesome, the quests are what really unlocks the game for you. If you want to explore the whole map you have to quest and if you want to quest you have to explore the whole map.

Guild Wars 2 is free now tho, but if you buy the expansions you get access to some really sick areas and mounts.

Been wanting to try WoW again but the barrier to entry (money) is way too high rn, cause no regional pricing

I'd love to see Asmongold give GW2 a try, it would be a breath of fresh air.

gw2 was my first mmorpg when i started in 2010 it was soo fun i didnt know what i was doing, i totally recommend it.

Guild wars 2 is in the best state it’s ever been right now. It’s clearly my top MMO rn.

Correction, FF14 servers can handle 10-18K concurrent. The JP servers are on older hardware with ~10K limit, and NA have servers that are often 15-18K.

Eso is one of the best mmo i ever played. and still playing frequently

On bdo, I think if you are new you need to spend a lot of money for upgrades. But for me who played since year one of bdo, I only spend money on permanent tent, and yet I am setting with 73+ gs.

People keep saying that now's a great time to get back into WoW again... But that's the same as what they say at the start of every expansion. Most expansions start great. The problems start coming with the subsequent patches when there is either no content or there is too much content in the form of daily grinds and systems. I have held off from trying Dragonflight so far and don't plan to change that until at least a couple of content patches in to see if they actually stand by and honour this "new direction". One step in the right direction is not enough. They ened to show a tend and commitment to this direction.

i wonder if asmon has seen preach and his playthrough of gw2...that would be interesting to watch....

I wish that they release most of this mmos to next gen consoles with crossplay, I'd be so comfy.

Note about having only one server, yes, it's more convenient, but the downfall of that is the lag issue, entering the game can be slow, and if there is a bug or something gone wrong with the server/goes down, then no one can log in.

I never played gw2 until last year I no lifed it for like 2 months fully completing basically everything and then stopped It's super solid though and the story is way better than most other mmos

We absolutely need an Asmon reacts to Swampletics!

Kinda weird he's lumping in WoW Classic with WoW Retail, but didn't for RS3/OSRS.

the only mmo that the mechanic of a "megaserver" wouldnt work that well is the upcoming, ashes of creation. and thats because their node system and how it works

Im kind of between starting GW2 or ESO but I wonder are those okey for a casual gamer?

Man I so hope to see Asmon play SWTOR before it dies...🥺