Chose from five unique character; each with different weapon specializations. Players make the first job change at level 10, the second at 50 and have plenty of opportunities to fight one another in this fast paced MMORPG.

The game features unique class mechanics, dungeons, coop quests, crafting, gathering, professions, and PvP. The game features mob-filled zones, challenging boss fights, pets, crafting, and player housing.

The game features a virtual world with a real economy system where players can live any life they choose and play anyway they want with the option to convert in-game currency to real-world cash.

In recent years, The Old Republic has expanded on that foundation with a series of expansion packs. It took The Elder Scrolls Online over a year to finally find its legs, but now that it has it's quickly become one of the best MMOs on the market.

That's in part thanks to the steady stream of excellent premium expansions that have gradually opened up new areas of Tamriel to explore.

Fans of Morrowind can venture back to Vvardenfell, the home of the dark elves, but ESO has bravely opened up never before seen countries like the high elf kingdom of Summerset and, soon, the Khajiit homeland of Elsweyr.

Each of these expansions is notable for their self-contained stories and often excellent side quests. If you're a lore nut for Elder Scrolls, then ESO has so much story to offer—and much of it delivered through great voice acting and fun quests.

If that's not your cup of tea, you can also design your own house, participate in chaotic three-way PVP, or explore the world in any direction you please.

Thanks to the One Tamriel update, you level-scaling now let's you approach even endgame zones at any level, giving you more freedom over your journey.

Questing and raiding are fun, but there's nothing quite like defeating another player in a contest of pure skill.

PvP in MMOs is a time-honored tradition that remains a pursuit for those with the iron will to master the mechanics of a game. These MMOs honor that devotion by employing awesome combat systems that go above and beyond the basics, offering competitive-minded players a rewarding place to test their mettle.

Whether you're planning sieges on enemy fortifications or looking to spar in a one-on-one duel, these MMOs will satisfy that bloodlust.

RIP, Warhammer Online. When it comes to player-versus-player combat, few MMOs can ever aspire to do it better than Guild Wars 2.

For those wanting a more traditional experience, structured PvP lets you fight in team deathmatch and objective-based modes in that focus on skill and coordination.

And then there's the world versus world mode, where different servers come together to wage war across sprawling maps with hundreds of players at once.

Participating in sieges and large-scale battles is the kind of fantastical fulfillment you dreamed of as a kid, and you won't need to grind for a hundred hours before you can participate either.

The heart of what makes Guild Wars 2 fun to play is all in its action combat, which emphasizes dodging and movement instead of memorizing complex skill rotations.

You'll weave in and out of range of your opponents while unleashing flashy abilities—of which there are many to choose from.

Each class is quite flexible in how you want to play, giving theorycrafters enough material to chisel away at their perfect build.

With the launch of the new expansion, Path of Fire, there's no denying that PvP took a hit from various balancing problems, but ArenaNet is already making adjustments that will hopefully continue to keep Guild Wars 2 at the top of the dogpile.

That Planetside 2 is the only game on this list that involves shooting is telling of what a unique premise it is.

It's also the only one where the entire focus is around killing other players and prizing territory from their cold, dead hands. War in Planetside 2 is an unending struggle between three nations each seeking to control four distinct continents.

If you're not keen on all the distractions of your average MMO, Planetside 2's purity of war is refreshing. You'll spend an evening conquering a whole planet and log in the next day to find you're now on the defensive.

And as the cycle repeats anew, small but memorable moments begin to form in your mind; personal Alamos where you held the line against an overwhelming invasion, or the thrill of flanking and devastating an enemy force.

Moments like these are frequent in Planetside 2, and you'll soon have dozens of personalized stories as you spend each day in the purgatory of constant war.

While recent updates introduced the ability to build bases, which have had a dramatic shift on where battles are fought and how they unfold while adding a new sense of attachment to your hard-won progress, Planetside 2 is definitely beginning to stagnate and lose its players.

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