All I want for Christmas is...?

[MadMaxHellfire]

Usually on December (totally by chance) I put my dirty paws on some free MMO, or at least some kind of massive, and stick with it through thick and thin for a while.
It's been like this with Anarchy Online, Star Conflict, Eve Online, Tabula Rasa, SWTOR and surely something else I'm forgetting right now.
The problem is this year I see absolutely no possible contender for the title.
I'm open to suggestions. Betas will do, anything will as long as it's free.

 

[kreight]

If you haven't tried Lost Ark yet you might as well do so. The russian version will be getting a big update on December 16th with the new class - Paladin. Its free but you need VPN.

There is also a couple of chinese mount and blade style MMOs - Conqueror's Blade and Blood of Steel. Both are f2p.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

and both are spyware.

an only ruskies environment? holy shit stay away from me!

 

[RobotSquirrel]

Star Trek Online usually has some christmas celebrations. Its just a shame there's no real end-game you just grind and occasionally get a cameo by some actors from the shows.
Though it took a turn for the worse when they started adding the Discovery stuff. For me I just go back because of buyers remorse lol.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

possibly new stuff, guys. i've been in sto since beta.
see? that's what i said, there's absolutely nothing worth to be played.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

Playing Path of Exile myself at present if you count that.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

been there, done that. unsatisfying. unfun skills, mandatory focusing on as few as possible, pointlessly wide whatsitsname where you spend points.

 

[Reinhardt]

an only ruskies environment? holy shit stay away from me!

No, they even have ching-chong bots, just like old times.

 

[Delterius]

tibia

 

[markec]

Phantasy Star Online 2

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

free, not freemium. pso2 is a scam.

 

[baud]

runescape

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

ba-dum-tss.

 

[Norfleet]

Everything Is Shit.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Fiber optic internet, preferably of the highest tier for a cheap or free price with unlimited data usage.

 

[Siveon]

free, not freemium. pso2 is a scam.

STO and SWTOR is just as fremium as pso2.

Also, Warframe? FFXIV's free to play part?

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Ragnarok Online

grind like its 2000s

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

only troll answers. as i already said, this year there's absolutely nothing.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

More nothing on EPIC games each day for the free shiz. 10 min to next one

Did steam give anything away? Gamersgate? The others? Eh? Dunno...

 

[Humanophage]

Try Crossout. Not exactly an MMO, but it's pretty creative and has an interesting in-game economy.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

tried that too, got bored in two days because of grind.

 

[Humanophage]

tried that too, got bored in two days because of grind.

You're playing it wrong if you're grinding. You are supposed to play the market and do PvP. No need to do "raids" at all. It is part of the appeal of the game that you can get in a brief clever 1-minute market flip/salvage what a normie is wasting 30 minutes grinding for.

The main issue for me is that the PvP is too addicting with the one more short match and short queues principle, so I dropped the game before it became too much of a habit.

 

[Morenatsu.]

free, not freemium. pso2 is a scam.

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the only thing you can even pay for is fashion and useless shit