Originally posted by cApitaland:
if there was a MMORPG without the level grinding.. it would be heaven. but now i dun play anymore. last played was Maple. now i rarely play MUDs. much prefer CS.
Some Muds are good...better than the current bunch of mmorpg. Some of the skills in WoW are just plain stupid e.g like thief have to physically position your character directly behind the monster to backstab, meaning its virtually impossibe for a solo thief to get stabs in combat. The mud im playing the thief gets a skill that allows him to warp to the monsters blind spot and stab it for half normal backstab dmg. Of course a stab at the back before combat will do full damage. Like shinpo/sonido in bleach. Also if you like to solo you can multiclass e.g mage/warrior/thief or cleric/warrior/thief. Takes 3x the xp to level and gets some minus but a whole lot more interesting that a single class warrior in WoW that does nothing but taunts the monster... how fun is spamming taunt to taunt the monster? I think I fell asleep.
Then in Muds what race you are actually matters alot for choosing a class combo. In WoW races are almost purely cosmetic.
For example this mud im playing as a troll cl/wa/th. Trolls there actually regenerate wounds at an astonishing rate. In the deepest darkness they can accept become the bogeyman to become unparalleled fighting machines. The disadvantage is in their normal form fire or acid stops their regen and sunlight can kill them when they are in bogeyman form. Also trolls can't sneak properly as thieves being clumsy. This is just one of the race with many others to choose from.