General Discussion

Looking for a casual MMO and taking suggestions. Busy with school and work so want something I can just jump on for a few minutes, knock out a few quests, and still feel like I accomplished something. Right now I'm thinking DDO, LoTRO, or maybe even Hellgate London (even though I've heard it was bad, no idea on how it is now) anyway any suggestions would be greatly appricated. Not looking for a flame war over what's best, just friendly suggestions.

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Originally posted by dcretin
Looking for a casual MMO and taking suggestions. Busy with school and work so want something I can just jump on for a few minutes, knock out a few quests, and still feel like I accomplished something. Right now I'm thinking DDO, LoTRO, or maybe even Hellgate London (even though I've heard it was bad, no idea on how it is now) anyway any suggestions would be greatly appricated. Not looking for a flame war over what's best, just friendly suggestions.

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eq2 :) gw

Just coming from eq2 and while I agree it may be casual at the lower levels, it most very much is not at the higher. I'm about level 35, and there's nothing casual about it.

Guild Wars is the best choice among most of the most popular ones.

You can jump in for a few pvp matches, quests, missions or just exploration and jump out to your private life and still have the feeling that you accomplished something since you came further to the story, learned more about it and was actually also a part of it. :)

Other than that there are a few good free mmos out there that you could try out but mostly action based and in a more anime style then western type of style or a mix.

Lord of the Rings Online or World of Warcraft are 2 very casual, extremely easy games..both are really good games IMO allthough the general WoW community is one of the worse online communities I have ever encountered. Dont get me wrong, you can find good people ,but  not many.

The biggiest game wise differences are the art direction... warcrafts cartoon vs. LotRos artsy style.  WoW has much better PvP play, and of course LotRs legendary story line.

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Originally posted by dcretin
Just coming from eq2 and while I agree it may be casual at the lower levels, it most very much is not at the higher. I'm about level 35, and there's nothing casual about it.

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Hmm..EQ2 is as casual as it get's these days..even up all the way to 80 mind you..

I do not know what gave you the idea that it's not casual, but maybe you didnt look hard enough, or maybe you mean casual to the point you do not even have to look ?
Well, if that is the case maybe Tabula Rasa suits you better or yeah Hellgate London.. :) In these games you do not have to think, just blast on

/Junker

Sometimes I log into City of Heroes 15 minutes before I go to work when I'm running early.  I can usually get a mission done and check my auctions.  Level isn't really relevant to that time frame.

It's not that I don't want to think. Just as much as I love eq2 (which I really, really do) I found myself playing it way, way to much. I mean first you gotta make sure your gear is all repaired and at least still decent for your level, get to where the quest is, and then granted you can do quests pretty casually once you're all set up. I guess like the last poster said I want something that i can just log on to for like 15-30 mins and get a mission or two done... and forgot about CoH... thant's always an option. :)

DDO is pretty casual friendly, most quests are not long, finding a group is quick and easy & there are the explorer areas to kill a few minutes in.

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Originally posted by dcretin
It's not that I don't want to think. Just as much as I love eq2 (which I really, really do) I found myself playing it way, way to much. I mean first you gotta make sure your gear is all repaired and at least still decent for your level, get to where the quest is, and then granted you can do quests pretty casually once you're all set up. I guess like the last poster said I want something that i can just log on to for like 15-30 mins and get a mission or two done... and forgot about CoH... thant's always an option. :)

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You're describing a behavioral pattern which will make any game into a "hardcore grind".

I think you need to reassess how you play. The problem doesn't appear to be in the game itself.

As for other suggestions...LoTRO and WoW are both very friendly to a quick run. So in Tabula Rasa, Anarchy Online, Ultima Online, and a number of other games.