I found a MMORPG, but its free. Really good too. [Archive]

DBFreak0426

January 17th, 2004, 11:18 AM

This one's for the PC. Its called Priston Tale. Best of all.. its free. No montly fee and the download is free too. Here's the link:
Priston Tale (http://eng.pristontale.com)
Not very many english speaking players though. Remember this is a MMORPG, so if you know you don't like that kind of thing then you probably won't be interested.

Valkor

January 17th, 2004, 11:20 AM

www.shatteredgalaxy.com

Helix

January 17th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Does anyone know of any other free mmorpgs

Valkor

January 17th, 2004, 12:26 PM

Look around for open-Beta's. There are also many that offer 7 day trials.

DBFreak0426

January 17th, 2004, 02:45 PM

I've looked around.. Priston Tale has some pretty nice graphics. Shattered Galaxy kinda looks like Starcraft. (not graphicly, gameplay wise) Those are probably some of the best I have run across. There is also Planeshift.
PlaneShift (http://www.planeshift.it/)
It has humans, elves, and dwarves for the races. There are more races too. I believe they are all playable.

I don't like the browser-based games.. I prefer graphical. I would love to play Final Fantasy XI, but that monthly fee and a hefty $50 price tag just for the software keeps me from buying it. You do get one month free when you buy it, but i'm on a low budget, ya know.

-DBFreak

Helix

January 17th, 2004, 03:47 PM

I saw planeshift, the screens looked ok, but once I installed it, it was preaty crappy.

Mercury Shadow

January 17th, 2004, 04:18 PM

Eh, they said (last time I checked) it'd be up spring this year, been pushed back to summer, but if it's ever released...

Warhammer Online (http://www.warhammeronline.com/default.asp)

Owl Duke

January 17th, 2004, 05:34 PM

dunno if it would help, but you could always try
www.mmorpg.com

Deckard

January 18th, 2004, 07:21 AM

Ever tried Raganrok? Hint:sig.

Maikeru

January 18th, 2004, 07:34 AM

Anyone got any info on the beta of the Priest MMOG?
Is it exclusive for only ppl who sign/signed up for it?

Owl Duke

January 18th, 2004, 10:34 AM

Ragnarok rocks, but it cost kinda a lot

Siendra

January 18th, 2004, 12:11 PM

Then join a private server for free. -_-;

Mercenary

January 18th, 2004, 12:34 PM

http://fairyland.com.my/index.htm

A turn based battle system MMORPG, yes you read right.

Owl Duke

January 18th, 2004, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by siendra
Then join a private server for free. -_-;

whats that?

Mercenary

January 18th, 2004, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by Owl Duke
whats that?

A server run by a private group, you just have to download a small file to do it. However most groups run on kRO sakray as to have the most up to date stuff, so you need to download that as well if you're going to do that.

Being a GM on a private server is interesting, make items then you can kill anything and anyone in one hit :D

Mercury Shadow

January 18th, 2004, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by Owl Duke
whats that?

If that was a serious question, I'm unsubscribing from this thread -_-;

Owl Duke

January 18th, 2004, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by Mercury Shadow
If that was a serious question, I'm unsubscribing from this thread -_-;

what is it with people and being rude...? Everybody has to learn sometime, and between being helpful and being an ***, why do some (or any) people choose the second?

Hankoubou

January 18th, 2004, 05:05 PM

www.muonline.com

There's another I have a thread around here about it somewhere.

Mercury Shadow

January 18th, 2004, 05:50 PM

Originally posted by Owl Duke
what is it with people and being rude...? Everybody has to learn sometime, and between being helpful and being an ***, why do some (or any) people choose the second?

It's jsut so damn obvious, private servers have been around even before RO went pay2play.

Alundra

January 18th, 2004, 05:56 PM

Owl Duke

January 18th, 2004, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by Mercury Shadow
It's jsut so damn obvious, private servers have been around even before RO went pay2play.

no it isnt "so damn obvious"

the main site doesnt say ANYTHING about it, and if the only time they talked about it was when they went pay2play or whatever, how do u think people after that knew about it...?

Mercenary

January 18th, 2004, 06:29 PM

*points to my port at the end of the first page*

Private servers usually have higher XP rates than RO, they are also a lot less crowded. It can be good or bad, depending on what you're look for. You usually dont see people just traveling as there are usually special warp bots. But I imagine there are some that are identical to iRO... After playing on private servers, I missed the traveling around, but I didnt miss the lag in towns ^_^ .

But after becoming godly powerful and rich in private servers, I doubt I could ever play on the main with the low rates and a weak character again :D

Owl Duke

January 18th, 2004, 08:25 PM

hhmmm... godlike power... no traveling... must get!

Hankoubou

January 19th, 2004, 07:28 AM

Yeah anyways I downloaded that Priston Tales and I just went to login and it says unable to connect to server. Anyone know how to fix this? or are the servers just down right now?

Arcane

January 19th, 2004, 08:19 AM

I'm playing the Taiwanese Lineage II beta right now. A friend of mine found out a way to get into the beta really easily. He wrote up how to do it here (http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/loadforum/496/loadthread/7503/setstart/1/loadclass/170) if any of you are interested in playing. All the NPC's in the game talk in Chinese though... so you're not gonna understand much, but there's an option to turn everything else in the game to English.

Owl Duke

January 19th, 2004, 11:06 AM

oh yeah, i forogt about these.

Archmage and Earth 2025. I dont remember the url's to these sites, but just goto www.google.com and type in their names, you should get it on the first page. They're kinda old though, and turn based

and one more, though it goes against my better judgement to say it: www.runescape.com .This one's not turn based, kinda iRO, but with worse graphics and an annoying chat system.

Mercury Shadow

January 19th, 2004, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by Owl Duke
no it isnt "so damn obvious"

the main site doesnt say ANYTHING about it, and if the only time they talked about it was when they went pay2play or whatever, how do u think people after that knew about it...?

Of course they're not gonna say that private servers exist, because then people will look for them and stop playing iRO

Owl Duke

January 20th, 2004, 02:35 PM

MY GOD! would you let it go already??? this isnt even what the thread's about!

Siendra

January 20th, 2004, 03:37 PM

Why the hell does the MU registration require my address and phone number? They must be idiots to think I'm going to give them those!

Hankoubou

January 21st, 2004, 06:58 PM

I made up my address and phone number. Anyways I keep trying to update my PT so i can play it and it freezes at random spots before if finishes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice and tried off a fresh restart 3 times,can anyone tell me why it keeps failing.

Helix

January 21st, 2004, 07:16 PM

Originally posted by Arcane
I'm playing the Taiwanese Lineage II beta right now. A friend of mine found out a way to get into the beta really easily. He wrote up how to do it here (http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/loadforum/496/loadthread/7503/setstart/1/loadclass/170) if any of you are interested in playing. All the NPC's in the game talk in Chinese though... so you're not gonna understand much, but there's an option to turn everything else in the game to English. What race are you? Im a lvl 9 DA. Did you sign up for the NA beta?

Wind

January 21st, 2004, 07:42 PM

just go play ffxi.

DBFreak0426

January 22nd, 2004, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by siendra
Why the hell does the MU registration require my address and phone number? They must be idiots to think I'm going to give them those!
They require those so they can know where you are if you start doing something stupid like hacking the network or make a cheating program. They don't give it out to anybody. If you need more info read the privacy policy if they have one. The focus of this thread is supposed to be non-pay2play MMORPGs. Some of us cant buy FFXI b/c of that $50 price tag at Walmart. I have wanted to get into MMORPGs for awhile, and wanted to see if I'm actually going to be commited to paying for a game in that style. Thats why I chose a free one first.
-DBFreak

DBFreak0426

January 22nd, 2004, 05:40 AM

Originally posted by Spike Spiegel64
I made up my address and phone number. Anyways I keep trying to update my PT so i can play it and it freezes at random spots before if finishes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice and tried off a fresh restart 3 times,can anyone tell me why it keeps failing.
I can probably answer your question. Priston Tale's servers go under alot of routine maintenance. If you find you can't connect, then you should check their website. It may see a notice saying "[date here] Server down for maintenance". That should solve that question.

Its a goood free one if you can get it to work. I didn't have any problems though.. @,@ ^o^

-DBFreak0426
PM me if you need more help with it.

Arcane

January 22nd, 2004, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by Helix
What race are you? Im a lvl 9 DA. Did you sign up for the NA beta?
I'm a lvl 6 Elf Mage right now. Haven't had too much time to play it. And yeah, I signed up for the NA beta a few days ago.

DBFreak0426

January 23rd, 2004, 06:14 PM

Here's an update. I found a good site for some open betas out there. onRPG.com's Free MMORPG Directory (http://www.onrpg.com/downcat4-0-dateA-10.html#categorystart) I'm sure this will help.
One of the cool one's I spotted is called Conquer. The background is 2D, but the characters are 3D. Heres the link.
Conquer (http://www.conqueronline.com) .

I also have my eyes on one called Mabinogi. I'm hoping they will release an english client for it. Check it out if you want.. but I certainly can't read any of it. Mabinogi (http://www.mabinogi.com)

My alias on Priston Tale is TauricWizard. So if you see me, maybe I can help you with the game.

-DBFreak0426
:cheers: To free gaming!!

Hankoubou

January 23rd, 2004, 07:11 PM

Originally posted by DBFreak0426
Here's an update. I found a good site for some open betas out there. onRPG.com's Free MMORPG Directory (http://www.onrpg.com/downcat4-0-dateA-10.html#categorystart) I'm sure this will help.
One of the cool one's I spotted is called Conquer. The background is 2D, but the characters are 3D. Heres the link.
Conquer (http://www.conqueronline.com) .

I also have my eyes on one called Mabinogi. I'm hoping they will release an english client for it. Check it out if you want.. but I certainly can't read any of it. Mabinogi (http://www.mabinogi.com)

My alias on Priston Tale is TauricWizard. So if you see me, maybe I can help you with the game.

-DBFreak0426
:cheers: To free gaming!!

I got mine working,I'll try and find you sometime. My name is just Spiegel

Siendra

January 24th, 2004, 01:59 AM

This is going to sound stupid, but here goes:

The Priston Tail registration asks for a Zip-code. Even though I already selected Canada and "Cannot select" under states, it's still asking. Now, I have no flibbing idea how long(or what it looks like for that matter...) a zip code is. Help!

Edit:NM, I just entered 603-199 and it worked...-o-;

2nd Edit: Argh! Now it says it can't connect to the server!!!!! I sent an E-mail to tech support, hopefully they can clear it up. -_-;

DBFreak0426

January 26th, 2004, 03:00 PM

Actually, it will take forever if you just try to find me. The easiest way to locate somebody in PT is to open the chat menu by pressing Enter, and typing:
/: (Char Name)
example.. /: TauricWizard

hit enter after you type that. It will tell you if a person is online. To message someone do the same thing but type your message after that.
example.. /: TauricWizard (message)

On the server issue, Priston Tale's servers are undergoing a lot of occasional maintenance. I think they almost have all of the problems fixed though. If you can't connect, just try a few hours later, b/c they are probably doing maintenance.
-DBFreak

Hankoubou

January 26th, 2004, 05:44 PM

For the server issue I had the problem to,can you tell me where you downloaded from and maybe I can help you.

Siendra

January 26th, 2004, 09:42 PM

I just downloaded the fulll client fromthe main site...

DBFreak0426

January 27th, 2004, 09:19 AM

Which kind of connection do you have? Cable, DSL, or dial-up? When you launch the program there is a settings option and you can change your "connection speed" for the game. It may be set too high if you are using dial-up. That might solve the problem.
But, like I said.. It might be that they are doing maintenance.

You can also adjust the graphical setting in the setup menu. This can help you get better framerates and reduce lag time. I have mine set to Low Resolution, but with High Detail.

It should also be noted that I just checked the website today. 1/27/2004:

Admin 01-27-04 6:16:28(GMT+09:00)

Server maintenance on 01-28-04

Dear all users,

There will be a scheduled server maintenance on january 28th.

Game servers will be down from 06:00 am to 9:00 am (Korea Standard Time).

Web server will be down from 06:00 am to 8:00 am (Korea Standard Time).

Thank you for your cooperation.

You can check what time it is in Korea on their website. They are one day ahead of us I do believe, so maintenance will be done today. During that time period you will not be able to connect.
-DBFreak0426

Siendra

January 27th, 2004, 12:17 PM

I fot an E-mail from tech-support saying they would look into it.

Xaero

January 28th, 2004, 05:10 AM

im just downloading priston tale, the site is promising, and i cant afford a new computer for FFXI, so for now, i hope this is good.

Owl Duke

January 28th, 2004, 04:00 PM

did anyone have trouble with getting to the prisontale homepage? it wont work for me :bawling:

Xaero

January 28th, 2004, 04:42 PM

i didnt have trouble gettting to the website, i downlaoded it, and now i cant connect to any of the servers in the game

!n|=3c+iOn

January 28th, 2004, 06:03 PM

pristontale always goes down...

don't worry about it...

Owl Duke

February 1st, 2004, 08:21 AM

sorry, i just realized my last link was to mmorpg.com, pretty much pay games. THIS one is half and half, but does have some pretty good free games

http://www.mpogd.com/

personally, i recomend 'Delrith Online' and 'BiosFear', they're pretty good and free

CapsuleCrony

February 3rd, 2004, 10:51 AM

www.muonline.com
VERY gd graphics for a free game, im enjoying it alot i suggest that others give it a go :)

DBFreak0426

February 5th, 2004, 11:10 AM

UPDATE! Heres a very good one. Its supposed to be a pay2play MMORPG, but the GameMaster has made it free for an indefinite period of time! Very unique and fun. Best of all, emoticons!

Savage Eden (http://www.savageeden.com)
Savage Eden is also known as Lagheim and BiosFear.
Keep posting your freebies!
-DBFreak0426
Although I highly recommend using the BiosFear website as a guide since the other isnt written too well.

BTW, I'm more into the free 3D MMORPG stuff.

Nigel

February 6th, 2004, 03:10 PM

Savage Eden is a pretty good one. It has a serious lack of content, but it's still entertaining. Reminds me a little of PSO, how there isn't much to do aside from leveling your character. I know it's not out yet, but keep an eye on Guild Wars (http://www.guildwars.com/). It's said not to have a monthly fee, don't know about the initial fee. But it looks and sounds very promising.

Siendra

February 7th, 2004, 12:50 PM

I finaly got PristonTale to connect. It's some-what enjoyable, but I hate being level five and only having a round Ring and a little dagger. -_-;

DBFreak0426

March 27th, 2004, 02:33 PM

For all you Lineage freaks out there.. the American open beta is out. The game looks almost as good as FFXI. Be prepared for a whopping 1 GB client download though.
Lineage II Offical Site (http://www.lineage2.com)
Its worth it.. it has jobs, summons, and a whole lot more. I might actually pay for this one when they go pay2play.

Maikeru

March 27th, 2004, 09:19 PM

I've been playing Knight Online. You can find out more about it here: http://www.knight-online.com.my/

Download and playing is free. The game is in open beta. One day, it'll go to p2p... but they've still got alot of bugs to iron out. The game is okay. It isn't the best, and I certainly wouldn't pay to play it, but it's not bad for something free for now...

Wind

March 27th, 2004, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by DBFreak0426
For all you Lineage freaks out there.. the American open beta is out. The game looks almost as good as FFXI. Be prepared for a whopping 1 GB client download though.
Lineage II Offical Site (http://www.lineage2.com)
Its worth it.. it has jobs, summons, and a whole lot more. I might actually pay for this one when they go pay2play.

I second that motion, Open beta doesnt begin in my timezone till 3AM. and It's 12:36AM here! :(

Halfpak

March 28th, 2004, 06:04 AM

I've been playing this free MMO...but I had to be chosen to get in the beta.

It's a small game called World of Warcraft. I dunno if anyone has heard of it. :D

rayyah

August 4th, 2006, 06:44 PM

I luv wow aka (world of warcraft) :dance: I've been playing this free MMO...but I had to be chosen to get in the beta.

It's a small game called World of Warcraft. I dunno if anyone has heard of it. :D

rayndeon

August 4th, 2006, 07:57 PM

Possibly the MMORPG that'll give you the biggest bang for your buck is Guild Wars and Guild Wars: Factions. With no monthly payments and only the cost of actually buying the game to worry about, I definitely recommend it, if you are into MMORPGs that is.