Originally Posted by
May90
I've tried different MMOs recently (WoW, SWTOR, Rift, Tera, etc.) and was shocked by how dumbed down were these. Having played mostly single-player RPGs up till this year, I just can't get into these kindergarten systems.
Are there any modern MMOs with actually challenging leveling? Where you don't 1-2-shot mobs? Where the game doesn't think you are retard, telling you, "OK, you reached level 20. Now go quest there or there"? Where you really may screw up your character with a wrong build? Where you can go to hard zones early on but won't have any chance there and have to level up first, and then, after you are finally able to do well there, you can feel some kind of accomplishment? Where boss fights (in usual quests, not raids only) are actually boss fights, with mechanics, death if you fight wrong, again, some sense of accomplishment, not just one more mob encounter?
I kind of gave up already on story in MMOs, seeing as even "story-based" SWTOR screwed up there hard. Story doesn't matter, quests "Kill 10 mages" don't matter, cartoon graphics or whatever doesn't matter. But, hell, give me a challenging MMO where without appropriate skill and effort you won't get far! And where I'm not guided as in kindergarten, "Go there. Now go there. Now go there again. OK, you're ready to go to the next quest zone".
Are there this kind of MMOs, or do I waste my time, trying different MMOs and leaving in a few days terribly disappointed?