Not really a WoW guy, would I still enjoy this?

[Sterlander]

My only true MMO experience is with Oldschool RuneScape (have thousands of hours in that,,) and was wondering if this game would appeal to someone like me? Not sure how action bar heavy the combat is in this game.

[OgreMage]

Never played OSRS but this game is more EverQuest than WoW. So if you know of EQ then you know if you'll like it.

[Sterlander]

Originally posted by OgreMage:

Never played OSRS but this game is more EverQuest than WoW. So if you know of EQ then you know if you'll like it.

Never played EverQuest haha. There's a lot more emphasis on combat than skilling in this? Basically is it a lot of "kill 29 rats here, hold W for 5 minutes to walk across plains to talk to farmer NPC, get quest reward, repeat" type gameplay?

[James]

The only similarity it has with runescape are the quests and farming enemies for drops/exp. There are no skill levels.

Questing is definitely that older style of quest where you are told to go figure it out on your own. I haven't played RS in 20 years but if you ever did Regicide or Monkey Madness without a guide you will know what I mean. (Maybe they included markers and more detailed instructions, no idea)

[Sterlander]

Originally posted by James:

Questing is definitely that older style of quest where you are told to go figure it out on your own. I haven't played RS in 20 years but if you ever did Regicide or Monkey Madness without a guide you will know what I mean. (Maybe they included markers and more detailed instructions, no idea)

Oooh, very nice. interest in this game just went up a good bit for me lol

[MISO4EVER]

Originally posted by Sterlander:

My only true MMO experience is with Oldschool RuneScape (have thousands of hours in that,,) and was wondering if this game would appeal to someone like me? Not sure how action bar heavy the combat is in this game.

im a ESO and LOTRO guy i never played wow or any of the older mmos and im liking it but i will say its a STEEP learning curve if you arent familiar with those older games which i am not.

[MISO4EVER]

Originally posted by Sterlander:

Originally posted by OgreMage:

Never played OSRS but this game is more EverQuest than WoW. So if you know of EQ then you know if you'll like it.

Never played EverQuest haha. There's a lot more emphasis on combat than skilling in this? Basically is it a lot of "kill 29 rats here, hold W for 5 minutes to walk across plains to talk to farmer NPC, get quest reward, repeat" type gameplay?

that sounds like lotro "go to the dwarf grund and ask him what to do'
asking grund: "what do i do"

Dwarf; "bring me 24 bear asses stat"

thats all lotro is in the beginning

[VeraelHasta]

As a person who never played any old MMOs - the closest game I would compare this one to is Outward. It has somewhat similar feeling, but of course is not completely the sa me.

[elrosx]

Depends on how much work you want the SimPlayers to do. Varies a lot by which class you main though probably. I am playing Arcanist so I am in charge of CC while I do a bit of DPS, the SimPlayers take care of the rest :-)

[Hootmon_Y_Knot]

Erenshor models some of the earliest MMOs, long before games like WOW, FF, Guild Wars 2, ect. brought in the hand holding care bear theme park notions. What it lacks in QOL, it makes up for with jankyness and difficulty through camera obfuscation. Its a blast, but not for the masses.

[GD2X]

This game isn't for WoW players.

[mitchellrob]

Yes. But, no quest markers, no maps, no sparkly trails to tell you were to go. You talk to NPC's. Sometimes you have to type in things to get the quest. Then it will be I need this item. It is somewhere out in the world...Go find it!. No hand holding. and no co-op. single player only. It wants you to use that thing on your shoulders for something more than a hat rack. If you want to just cruise to the end you will be disappointed.
You can look at achievements and see the small percentage that have a lot of them to give you an idea.
if you can deal with that you will be fine.

[Tyrant]

Originally posted by GD2X:

This game isn't for WoW players.

Pretty ignorant statement. WoW was an evolution of the MMORPG format that literally took the good features of the games that came before it and removed some of the more tedious features and aspects. Enjoying WoW doesn't mean you won't enjoy this.

[Proutos]

There is a nice wiki with some maps and some quest explained also so youre not completly alone. Ppl will certainly add more maps and more quest with the time.
Sorry my english sux.

[Jinx]

I have thousands of hours in WoW from years past, and 1900 in ESO until recently... Erenshor isn't like either.
It's much more old school, XP is mostly gained from grinding, and much more 'basic' while lacking either's modern QoL jazz.

[grandmarquee]

It is similar to Vanilla WoW imo though. Back then you didn't have quest markers. The dungeons aren't instanced that's an EQ thing. The grind is definitely old school but I played vanilla Silkroad so this game isn't crazy to me but definitely more than WoW ever was. WoW has become bloat with the amount buttons you need have, that's why Blizzard is introducing 1 button rotation lol. Erenshor has way less to manage but you are more responsible for managing your sim mates.