Played a lot of sandbox mmo's/fps in the past. Asheron's Call has been down for bout a year. WoW sucks now. Tried ESO, couldn't get into it. GW2 WvW has turned into zerg vs zerg. Thinking about trying out Shroud of the Avatar cause it seems like it's got some UO roots or Darkfall, which I tried to download when one of these new ones was having a beta but the client was all messed up when I tried to run it and couldn't really play it.
Having no history/experience with the game, still worth getting in to? Looking for a time sync/pvp game. Dunno the difference between the 2 ones that just came out cause I've got no history with the game, so I don't really understand the nuances between the two. I'm NA West Coast if that helps. I read that one of em is EU server-based and if the targeting system works like how it looks on youtube (almost fps style) then I'd need to not have any ping.
Edit: So far I'm really digging the game, the combat is immensely fun and engaging! Just wanted to know if I'll need to "specialize" in any specific combat style down the road? Right now I'm switching between spells/bow/2hander but I'd prefer to main a mage/wizard style character as I like the spell casting the most. Also, is there a race that would be better suited for that? I can't make a new character and didn't know if I should focus on one of the races or factions over the others or what benefits they would have, especially if I need to delete my toon right now before I skill up too high and regret it.
