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What are the most innovative PC MMOs in post WoW era?

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The Elder Scrolls Online vs Star Wars: The Old Republic vs Guild Wars 2

 vs Prosperous Universe vs Star Citizen (still in development) vs WildStar vs The Secret World vs Elite: Dangerous vs PlanetSide 2 vs Black Desert Online vs FireFall vs EverQuest Next & Landmark vs H1Z1 [Early Access] vs TERA

Specs

Steam Rating

Very Positive

Genre

MMORPG

Platforms

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Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

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Release Date

-

Multiplayer

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Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

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Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

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Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

-

Platforms

Windows

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

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Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

Space economy sim

Platforms

-

Co-Op

Possible

Controller Support

No

# Players

N/A

Learning Curve

Medium

Multi-Player

MMO

Development Status

Alpha

Internet connection

Required

Game world size

> 80.000

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

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Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

Mixed

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

Mixed

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

Mostly Positive

Genre

Space trading and combat game

Platforms

-

Co-Op

Multiplayer

Controller Support

Full

# Players

Greater than 1,000,000

Learning Curve

VERY Steep

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

2014

Multiplayer

Open Play / Solo Play / Private Group

Level design

Open World

Game World Size

Milky Way Galaxy [Diameter: ~100,000 Light-Years]

Internet Connection

Required

Steam Rating

Mostly Positive

Genre

FPS

Platforms

-

Co-Op

Online PvP

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

RPG

Platforms

-

Co-Op

Online PvP / Co-Op

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

-

Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

-

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

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Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

-

Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

-

Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

-

Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

Mixed

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

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Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

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Development Status

-

Internet connection

-

Game world size

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Release Date

-

Multiplayer

-

Level design

-

Game World Size

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Internet Connection

-

Steam Rating

Mixed

Genre

-

Platforms

-

Co-Op

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Controller Support

-

# Players

-

Learning Curve

-

Multi-Player

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Development Status

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Internet connection

-

Game world size

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Release Date

-

Multiplayer

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Level design

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Game World Size

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Internet Connection

-

Pros + Cons

Pro
 Built on twenty years of game lore

Elder Scrolls games have always placed the world's unabashedly bizarre mythology in the forefront, and ESO is no exception. Between quest storylines, hundreds of in-game books, passing NPC dialog, and the landscape itself, ESO presents a world that feels bigger than the player and can be incredibly immersive.
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Pro
 High immersion as minimalist HUD brings focus to action and the world

Minimalist HUD-approach brings focus to action and the world for immersion rather than focus on hotkeys, cooldowns, and other immersion-breaking intrusions
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Pro
 Immersive first person play

While the game can be played in third person (which may work better in PvP), there is an option to play in first person view which keeps in tradition of the view found in other Elder Scroll titles. This gives this MMO the feeling of playing Skyrim or Oblivion, which should appeal to those who are fans or familiar. It is also a unique way to play an MMO, which could appeal to those tired of traditional third person view MMOs.
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Pro
 Good single player TES game

With an MMO-ish progression. Also, has great voice acting.
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Pro
 Excellent controller support

Not only is controller support provided, but a combination of elements of the games design (minimal UI, enforced focus on favorite/preferred actions, and a clear vision to design console support in early on) means play with a controller is a great, comfortable experience.
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Pro
 Unrestrictive class system

ESO's character system is based on skill lines; each class provides three. There are dozens of other skill lines, including all weapons and armor, which are open to all characters. Resource stats (Health, Stamina, Magicka) aren't tied to class either. This means any character can use any gear and be built to fill any role.
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Pro
 High build variety keeps PvP interesting

Though "flavors of the month" will arise in any competitive game, ESO's versatile characters and MOBA-like limitation on simultaneous skill availability greatly reward creative builds and counter-building.
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Pro
 Limited skill bar encourages build variety

There are only six skill slots (five regular and one "ultimate") available at any one time. A character can swap between two equipped weapon sets, making at most 12 total skills available in combat. With well over 100 skills to choose from, finding two characters with exactly the same build is the exception, not the rule.
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Pro
 Excellent voice acting

For as many characters as there are and how much dialogue is present in the game the voice acting is superb and comparable to the best offers out there.
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Pro
 Tells an impactful, personalized, well-delivered story

Offers a great role playing experience in that the game delivers a story that is personalized to the character and choices they make. The world reacts to what the player chooses to do which makes for a realistic environment that embodies the Star Wars universe.
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Pro
 Very supportive of alts

If you enjoy playing many different characters, SWTOR is the game for you. It has legacy system that allows to receive account-wide benefits for secondary characters (e.g. you have a level 60 who finished the story? all your characters get a new skill based on this class). 8 different classes each with 3 specs, 8 different class stories - fully voiced and with KOTOR-style cutscenes, different narrative themes and good amount of choice.
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Con
 Generic MMO quests

Like most MMOs this game feature mainly mundane fetch or collect quests that can become not only repetitive but pretty boring.
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Pro
 A dynamic event system that replaces conventional questing

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Pro
 No subscription fees

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Pro
 Allows players to approach quests in multiple ways

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Pro
 Combat that stimulates movement

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Pro
 Awesome guild questing functionalities

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Pro
 Great friendly online communities

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Pro
 Even the traditional classes are treated in unique ways

Fighter, thief, and the elementalist (wizard, basically) are treated differently to make them feel unique and fun to play. This is applicable to all other classes that this game contains. No class is considered trash tier. All are customizable to fit your needs.
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Con
 Narrative themes and plot got worse over the years

May be connected to a change of game designer, also pushing social/political agenda.
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Con
 Sometimes repetitive questing/storyline

Just like any mmo, when you play online for long periods of time, a lot of the quests are similar, although not much of a detriment to this game, as it has many different styles of gameplay.
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Pro
 YOU CAN GET A GUN THAT SHOOTS CAKE!... YES. SERIOUSLY.

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Pro
 Highly realistic space flight

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Pro
 Opt-in to military conflict

You don't have to set your alarm to 4 in the morning because an enemy fleet is inbound and you never have to worry about your hard-earned property to be destroyed.
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Pro
 Runs in any browser

The game runs in any browser. There's no flying around in space, which would require a heavy 3D client without adding any actual depth in terms of gameplay.
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Pro
 Completely player-driven economy

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Con
 Currently missing mid & end game content

As the game is currently at its alpha stage, it's still missing content that makes it fun to play for a prolonged period of time.
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Pro
 Includes a singleplayer mode, called "Squadron 42"

Squadron 42 is a single player campaign that takes place in the in game universe that allows players to play offline.
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Pro
 Over $73million in funding

A game with the huge scope of Star Citizen will cost a lot of money to develop, and through multiple campaigns, Star Citizen has raised a huge amount of money to make that happen.
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Pro
 Vast, detailed sci-fi world

A long term goal is to have over 400 different star systems in game, most of which will have many planets within them.
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Pro
 Ability to command persistent ships and stations

Players will be able to command multi-person ships with other users who will be able to command their own stations on said ships.
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Pro
 Dynamic economy system

The economy of the game and the actions to keep it moving are constantly going on in the background but allows for players to step in and out of it at their leisure in order to take part.
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Pro
 A true PC game

It's been stated that the game will take full advantage of PC's capabilities and will not be held back by a need to accommodate a console port.
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Con
 Commercial launch is still a year away (2016)

The commercial launch of the persistent universe game will be sometime in 2016.
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Pro
 Player-driven economy with a real money exchange rate through C.R.E.D.D.

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Pro
 Action-based combat

Action based combat makes Wildstar fun and fast paced. You can miss with any ability as they require aiming and timing for many to hit. No tab targeting press and forget attacking here, which makes for interactive and fulfilling combat.
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Pro
 Players can own "sky plot"

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Pro
 No set classes - create your own

The only limiting choice is two weapon sets, all abilities and passives you unlock and selects as you see fit. also most abilities are viable and interplay with the others so it is easy to build a powerful character around specific gameplay you like. (Google Tokyo Drift build)
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Pro
 Puzzles that make you think

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Pro
 Indepth storytelling

Two words for you: Ragnar Tørnquist
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Pro
 Exploration at every level of detail

Full exploration of the galaxy is planned, allowing you to be able to jump from star system to star system, and fly around within a solar system from planet to planet, eventually going all the way down to a planet's surface at a 1:1 scale in a later update. Planetary landings will require a lot of details to be developed and designed, but you can still see the level of detail shift in action when flying into a planet's rings, where getting close enough show the individual asteroids within, which you can then interact with through mining, or by having a battle among them.
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Pro
 Built with future expansion in mind

When Elite Dangerous come out, development wont stop. To build a game with the huge scope of Elite Dangerous, not all of it can be done at once, so the developers have adopted an approach of incremental improvement. Various game play elements are being designed as a foundation for later features. For example, although planetary landings aren't going to be available until a later update, the engine has been designed to be able to support going from lightyears away to meters away.
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Pro
 Very realistic representation of space & star systems

Elite Dangerous uses publicly available real world star maps that we have of the Milky Way consisting of 150,000 star systems. Although in the current beta, full access to the entire galaxy is limited, in the final game, you will be able to visit any of the 400 billion stars in our galaxy on a 1:1 scale. Stars that we do know of are properly mapped in place and are of the correct type given the information we have about them. Stars we haven't collected data on are procedurally generated which allows you to explore any of the 400 billion of them. Star systems are intelligently simulated using the "Star Forge", a generator that simulates the creation of a star system forming from its nebular cloud to determine what celestial bodies appear and what orbits they have. This feature leads to many varied and unique star systems possibly with planets that can co-orbit around each other, or with binary star systems, and infinitely more possibilities.
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Pro
 Great Oculus Rift integration

Elite Dangerous has very good integration with the Oculus Rift thanks to its cockpit view only gameplay philosophy. All ship UIs are part of displays that appear on each side of you that appear when you turn your head, so accessing the navigation or ship menus happens seamlessly just by looking in their direction. The game also uses the direction you are looking in for targeting, so your lock on target is whatever you're head is pointing at. By sitting in the cockpit of a ship, you are given a stationary frame of reference that helps prevent motion sickness associated with movement in game when you aren't actually moving.
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Con
 "Mile Wide and an Inch Deep"

The game has a serious problem with depth and requires the user to repeat the same few fun actions over and over again. The world is massive and beautiful but feels empty. The game gets stale quickly despite being visually stunning.
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Con
 Really complicated to learn

Looking up faqs and trade routes from first hand users will be the norm for figuring out many aspects of Elite: Dangerous. On top of this notes will have to be taken, which is made more difficult by the fact the game does not support in game not taking. So a pad and paper is recommended to remember all of the minutia of the game.
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Pro
 User selectable respawn points

Users can select where they want to respawn after death. There are even vehicles that provide new spawn points on the map that players can drive and leave. This creates a great element of strategy on where to place spawn points when attacking certain targets.
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Pro
 Open world MMO-FPS with huge persistent battles between 3 factions

Three factions are in constant battle for points on a map, with the goal of getting the most pieces on the map or the whole thing.
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Con
 Poor tutorial, hard to figure all mechanics out

PlanetSide 2 does a poor job at explaining how to play the game or what anything in the mues do. Equipment loadouts are confusing as well as a minefield of pay items.
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Con
 Pay to win

PlanetSide 2 has pay to win mechanics meant to coerce players into paying for equipment to avoid the extremely long grind it takes to earn anything in game. A brand new player with a deep wallet can customize their gear to their prefered playstyle giving them an advantage over those that opt not to pay.
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Pro
 Vehicles

The vehicle options in game add a lot more depth to the strategy of planning attacks on the enemy.
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Pro
 Fun combat

Combat in this game is very satisfying as it is an aimed third person combat, rather than the traditional hotkey MMO.
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Con
 Pay once to play (NA/EU) but free to play in (Asia)

Unlike the Korean version of the game, this game has to be bought in order to play. However, there are still many free to play elements in the game, which restricts player freedom. Such as the energy system which restricts continuous production in crafting. There are also other restriction such as blocking trade with another player.
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Con
 Microtransactions everywhere

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Con
 Wasted potential

The development team behind FireFall set out to achieve something revolutionary, but unfortunately bad management, bad decisions and lots of drama turned the game in to a mess of ideas without a clear vision.
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Pro
 Dynamic events system

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 Jetpacks

Jetpack around while shooting stuff
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Con
 Buggy

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Pro
 Provides means of creating a lot of original user generated content

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 Crafting

There is crafting in the game so players can build bases to use as a home and a place to store items away from the rest of the world.
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Pro
 Vehicles

H1Z1 has vehicles in game that can be fixed up to working condition to then use to traverse the landscape. Making travel a whole lot easier, but also making your whereabouts known and an easier target.
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Pro
 Plenty of exploration

Exploration is a key part to H1Z1 as items need to be found to survive (though some gear can be purchased with real money as item drops). Depending on how lucky the individual is in finding the proper guns ammo and food/water makes for how long they are likely to survive.
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Pro
 Unpredictable

H1Z1 adds in an element of unpredictability with every encounter of another human player. Whether cooperation or fighting will ensue depends on the individuals playing and could go either way.
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Con
 Pay to win

Sadly despite claims from the developers that it would not happen, there are microtransactions for gear, guns and ammo in game. Meaning groups that pool their money and numbers to claim the falling crates will have an unfair advantage over those that do not pay to win.
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Con
 Filled with hackers

Due to Sony's inability to properly combat hackers the game has become pointless to play. Hackers can just teleport into anyones base stealing all of their hard earned or purchased items, which being that this is a survival game makes survival pretty much impossible for any length of time.
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