Thread 1996381

What MMO should I play if I want to talk to randoes and chill? Not like sweaty raiding. Preferably with a buff class I can help my party members

Nobody plays MMOs just to chill anymore, they are only about either getting BiS as fast as possible or ERP. Anybody who tells you otherwise is a shill. At best you can join a raid/erp group and try to chill/make friends with those people but you will have to also sweat or erp alongside that or they will have no realistic reason to interact with you. Play something else. I know it sucks but it is what it is. If you just want to play something purely for the off chance that you will get some human interaction, then unironically try Roblox.

>>1996381 (OP)
>sweaty raiding
Pve isnt hard or sweaty you casual. Play mobile games if you think it is.

>>1996472
It's not about it being hard, it's about it being unfun
the point of MMOs was supposed to be talking to people in dungeons, not "not talking to people, running linearly through hallways to the boss, play dodge the circle, repeat 200 times until you get x item"
I understand you need a vehicle for the chat room but weren't the xp grind grounds enough? I don't see the point if it's just diablo but you sometimes talk in chat and call someone a slur because they didn't stand in the circle/stood in the circle/didn't remove the debuff/removed the debuff/etc ad nauseum

>>1996499
Nobody cares about your idealistic idiocy, the novelty of talking to strangers over the internet doesn't exist anymore.

>>1996381 (OP)
Your best bet is probably some older mmo that's still hanging around with a low but dedicated playerbase. They'll probably be happy to see new people join and take the time to teach them the ropes.
There was a video about a nearly dead mmo a while back which basically revived it through exposure, but I forgot the name. Maybe check out some of the games the mmodventure guys in /vm/ have played.

>>1996381 (OP)
not sure about the current state of the game but gw2 always had a lot of people in map chat in the starter and endgame zones. very casual friendly game. so casual I'm not sure buffs are even necessary unless you're doing raids, fractals, pvp, or dungeons (iirc no one has done dungeons in years except maybe for dailies if they have those still). find a nice chill guild and it is a very comfy game.

>>1996381 (OP)
OSRS is extremely social. There's no buffing in the classic sense, but you can absolutely help people out by doing stuff for them that they're not high enough of a level to do for themselves.

>>1996736
>There was a video about a nearly dead mmo a while back which basically revived it through exposure, but I forgot the name.

This sounds interesting, do you remember anything about it so I can track it down?

>>1997542
Found it. The game is Dark Ages and the video was "I spent 30 days in a dead MMO" by Bind. He made a follow up.

>>1997651
Sweet, thanks!
I remember watching the first video some time ago but it all fell out of my memory, judging by the title of the new one he really did have a huge impact on the game's community.

You need to join a guild for that experience. Ideally play a MMO without Groupfinder (so no WoW and WoW-clones). Trying to start a conversation during solo-queue matchmaking slop content only gets you votekicked. Strangers aren't your friends.
Albion is pretty good. It has no Groupfinder because full-loot PvP makes it tough to group with strangers. You can play as a Healer or Support.

>>1996381 (OP)
Mabinogi is the massive multiplayer chatroom RPG you're looking for. Everyone stands around in the main city chatting all day and occasionally do dungeons together.
Spec harmonic saint and music to be a buffbot/healer.

>>1996381 (OP)
Just play spacestation 13 and pick a helpful job. If you're a gay tranny then do ss14 instead where it's a sidegrade ran by the mentally ill

>>1996521
Maybe not anti-socials like you IG
I still find people I vibe with easily any MMO I try for like a month.

>>1996381 (OP)
Either EQ private servers or FFXI private servers
ie any MMO that was designed essentially to be a flavoured chatroom and has gameplay appropriate to that end

Zero point in mingling with MMO fags. Their all selfish niggers only wanting gear like greedy jews.

I've played MMOs like my whole life and have yet to find a guild that doesn't fucking suck or is toxic.

That's not a thing anymore

>>1996381 (OP)
the only game this vibe exists in anymore is Project 1999 or Final Fantasy XI (Private Servers)

You can find the "vibing, buffing, sucking (lol)" gameplayloop inside P99 and FFXI (HorizonXI For example) both are classic "slow to level" servers but you could happily roll a buffer class on both of those games and progress to tthe max level in parties chilling etc

These are the LAST TWO games that hold this kind of gameplay bro so enjoy it

This doesn't exist anymore. Discord destroyed this kind of thing. Now you're expected to join some giant mishmash of retards and gender-cult ideologues in a third party chatroom instead of meeting people ingame, filtered by your tastes and preferences in a shared gaming environment.

the answer is, ironically enough, turtlewow

>>2027761
I wholeheartedly agree, it's just a shame that it'll very likely be gone soon. During the time I spent there random people would strike up conversations and/or ask to group all the time. You would also actually see other folks out in the world doing stuff no matter where you went.

aaaaaah teleport me back 20 years i hate what the internet has become. i would miss my fiber internet though...

>>1997651
this feels like .hack//sign

>>1996381 (OP)
What you want died with City of Heroes/City of Villains.

WoW destroyed the MMO genre and taught companies that you can train people to pay for trash.

>>1996381 (OP)
Try Monsters&Memories open beta Nov. 1

>>1996381 (OP)
Foxhole, play medic. Sounds like a perfect match for your description.