# MMORPGs in the time of COVID-19 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 25, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262 "2020-03-25T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/61 "2020-04-05T04:10:47Z")
Huh. I’m trying, and the “Create Account” button does nothing. Figures. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/62 "2020-04-05T11:29:18Z")
You can play LOTRO for free - and there’s a pleasant mix of ‘level-uppers’, ‘crafters’ and ‘roleplayers’. I play on the Laurelin server, which is very amiable. It’s aimed at Europeans, English-speakers + roleplayers - but there are plenty of Americans too. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/63 "2020-04-05T15:13:37Z")
I tried LOTRO, and was unimpressed. Hey, if it’s your deal, cool. I found out I need to find the private server for City of Heroes. Anyone know the link? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/64 "2020-04-05T18:49:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I tried LOTRO, and was unimpressed. Hey, if it’s your deal, cool. > > I found out I need to find the private server for City of Heroes. Anyone know the link? First post in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=875847](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=875847) ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/65 "2020-04-07T22:36:32Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > Rift sent me an email today reminding me that it still exists, apparently. I stopped playing a long time ago (about the time SWTOR came out), so I have no idea what it looks like now, but it was pretty fun at the time, and I liked the open-world events. Been playing it for about a year now. It -does- sort-of run like a standard fantasy RPG, but I’ll give it props for two aspects: 1. There’s a -lot- of options for builds. You’re given a bunch of ‘souls’ (base specs for your class) and mix and match as you like. Yes, there’s -optimum-, but unless you’re trying to do end-game raids, you don’t need to follow them. 2. The lore. Good lord, the lore! You don’t have to follow any of it if you like, but the storylines are -interesting-, and once you hit some of the higher level stuff, they give you some world information that’s really, really cool. Also, top-level, I just finished questline where I -knew- one of the NPC’s was going to betray me, and it still hit me hard as to -why- they did it, and what came after. It’s well-written. (Not, like, a masterpiece of a novel, but -considerably- better than the writing in almost all other MMOs) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262/66 "2020-04-08T00:21:38Z")
I played Rift from beta, and was a preorder player later, but eventually lost interest. I loved how beautiful some areas were and I loved how fun the pop-up invasion events were, and how you could be flexible in a build and in coming up with creative macros to use your abilities. After a while it got tedious though. Now and then I wonder about going back and playing it again. Not enough to actually do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmorpgs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/850262.md?page=3)