I have tried several online games. Searching for a real and detailed world experience. From jobs to families, to the drudgery of putting food and water on the table. The only game I have found that has left me feeling very content with the overall world and playing experience is Armageddon. In some, my main peeve was the walking into a room and seeing everyone's name. Which was really annoying to me because logically, I -wouldn't- know the name of someone who I'd never met. In others, it was the fact that I couldn't think or feel -as- my character. In others, it was the heavy focus on combat, which was -not- was I was looking for.
In Armageddon, there is strictly enforced roleplaying in a detail-rich, player-driven, and dynamic world. It can be as harsh and gritty as your southern mercenary would like, or as rich and sophisticated as your northern merchant could care to have it be.
There are -many- different options for a character. Nearly any type of play you are looking for can be found here. I also love the fact that there is a caring and detail-oriented staff on board. It very much shows in the constant improvements, not only in the code, but in the richness of the world around. I have personally, only had to use the wish command to contact the staff once. It was my mistake, in an attempt to lead a mount into an estate, I couldn't enter it. I thought that maybe something had messed up (due to my own misreading the screen). I wished to the staff that I thought there may have been something wrong there, and quickly corrected that. In under a minute, I was sent a kind and prompt response by one of the staff members working.
There is also a rich item creation system in the world of Zalanthas. Everything from cooking, to stonework, woodcrafting, and even wagonmaking. Not to mention the tailors, linguists, and so forth. This is a rich and very fufliflling experience. At first, learning the commands can prove a bit daunting, but there is also a index of helpfiles that you can keep open in your internet explorer window that is detailed and expansive enough to answer nearly any questions you might have.
The system here is skill-based, rather than level-based, and very few people abuse the code. There is plenty of violence and fighting to be found if you look for it as well. From hunting bahamet and carru, to sparring or being hired out in the Byn.
Overall, this is a rich, detailed world, in which the only limits there are, are the ones put there by your imagination.
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