Best MMO PvP you ever played?

PlanetSide back in the day, hundreds of players brawling it out over a base, truly epic. Now I hear PlanetSide2 is almost in beta, thank you god.

With PvP in mind : AoC>WAR>TOR>WoW

WAR
hands down

Guild Wars, without a doubt.

1. UO
2. Daoc
3. Eve

SWG - Post-CU was probably my favorite time. I didn't do a ton of world PvP, but I knew my class inside and out and was unbeatable 1v1 (at least by those who tried.) Post NGE overall was lame, we all agree, but I had fun PvPing there too thanks to friends in the game and whatnot.

WoW PvP is lame for the most part due to the lack of world PvP, but the combat fluidity is great.


Other than that, I don't really find PvP in SWTOR to be bad at all. The class balance is pretty solid (assuming equal level/skill) and the warzones are pretty fun. I've come across some world PvP in the short time I've been playing, and hope it will continue to grow.

SWG bar none. One of the few games where skill > gear. Knowing a good setup and using solid tactics could win you a 10 on 20 fight if done right and the pvp wasn't based on stun stun stun 2 shot, like most MMO PvP now.

Best: SWG

Worst: Rift (one of those stun stun stun 2 shot games.)

As for pvp dynamics, AOC, any argument against this, you simply have not played aoc, or could not get use to its more complex style. Its the closest an mmo has been to a fighting game, like tekken or mk.

As for accessability I would say guild wars, that game was just downright fun, apart from exploitable builds of course, but such is the nature of the online beast.

As for idea's, EVE is great, actual loss makes you thnk heavilly about engaging or not engaging, but EVE is a very pretty version of a spreadsheet. Its how accountants mmo I dare say.

I never played DAoC but I heard they had very good RvR combat, which would be fun. Infact everyone I know who has played it tells me its the best they have seen in any mmo, hands down. I still doubt the actual combat mechanics of the game would be as good as AoC though.

I have not fully gotten into the pvp in this game yet, but hutt ball is super fun for originality, the rest of it seems sorta cookie cutter but it works. Seems easy t learn, but hard to master pvp.

Well, theres my 2 cents anyways, but regardless of any argument, and I am very open to any suggestion on most matters, pvp dynamics is AoC, if you disagree, you need a dribble cup

i did really like warhammer, the balancing was terrible in some cases, (DoK > everything) but i really enjoyed it, it was the game that made me realize how important pvp is to an mmo

1- Darkfall (Until they let the hackers take over the game)
2- SWG (Yes, it had amazing PvP along with an amazing community. Not one game has topped SWG's community and gameplay. Too bad it released in such a bad time. And that they destroyed the game with the crappy changes).
3- AoC until you hit end game :P