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Which in-game item did you work for the longest

EVE's incursions go live on Tuesday, Sansha events to follow

The first two stages of EVE Online's new Incursion expansion were released in November and December, bringing us some much-needed UI fixes and removing learning skills from the game. Citing a commitment to polishing the expansion's main features before publishing them, CCP delayed most of the expansion until a third major patch. Scheduled for release on Tuesday, January 18th, the third phase of Incursion will include the extremely impressive new Incarna character builder and periodic Sansha invasions into constellations across EVE.

In a new devblog, CCP has revealed that the Sansha incursions will be starting with some well-deserved build-up events. In previous expansions, new content was simply present as soon as players logged in, with little more than a few lines in the patch notes and a devblog or two to describe the new additions. The fact that the incursions are being heralded in with live events is sure to be popular with players, and it may represent a change in the way CCP delivers new major features. When the final Incursion patch goes live on Tuesday, players may begin to see some odd occurrences that seem very out of place. Events will build up to Sansha's Nation inevitably beginning its crusade against all the systems of New Eden and the incursions going into full swing.

Runes of Magic addresses account hacks

What do you do if a game company's actions get under your skin? If you're a hacker that goes by the name of Cpt.Z3r0, you breach the company's account security and post thousands of user names and passwords to its public forum. Runes of Magic publisher Frogster recently fell victim to said cyber-bullying, and though the offending information was quickly removed from the game's German website, the saga is far from over.

The hacker(s) claim possession of 3.5 million accounts, and in an anonymous video message recently uploaded to YouTube, state that Frogster "better start respecting the people that pay your salary." While specific details of the demands are unclear, the video message hints at Frogster's reputation for censoring critical forum posts. Runes of Magic community manager Mike "Silberfuchs" Kiefer posted an official reply on the game's boards, stating in part that a criminal investigation is underway and that the 2,100 compromised accounts have been blocked from accessing the game, forum, and account management until the dust settles.

The Daily Grind: Which in-game item did you work for the longest?

Most MMORPGs are loot-centric games, and whether the gear is required for basic gameplay or relatively meaningless "flair," often times acquiring certain items takes quite a bit of time and effort. Hi-Rez Studios' 12 Drops of Christmas promotion recently concluded with the gifting of an abominable snowman helmet to the Global Agenda die-hards who managed to make it through the lengthy set of challenges. While most of the tasks were pretty easy to accomplish in-game, coordinating the events with hectic holiday schedules took some doing, and I had a couple of close calls when it came to meeting the objectives and squeaking in under the deadlines.

Today's Daily Grind asks about your prized rare loot items and the hoops you had to jump through to obtain them. Which item took you the longest time to acquire, and how long did you work for it?

 

 

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relax with a tiny peek at PvP Warfronts

Enter at Your Own Rift: A tour guide to beta four

It was once again a busy weekend in RIFT, and I eagerly rolled up my sleeves to get to work exploring. This beta event contained a lot of great game changes and new content. First, the level cap was increased to 27, and two new hunting areas were made available: Gloamwood for the Guardians and Stonefield for the Defiants. In addition, two new dungeons were open for play: Darkening Deeps and Deepstrike Mines. But one of the most exciting additions was PvP instancing, as players eventually got to try out two new Warfronts -- The Black Garden and The Codex.

I kicked off the weekend in Gloamwood, a spooky, spider-infested settlement on the Guardian side. I was all set to check out some solo quests but immediately changed gears when rifts opened up all around me and I spotted a massive Werebeast attacking the city. I had logged in  as a major event was beginning, so I joined one of the raids forming up and followed along as they jumped in to battle. Raids have a limit of 20 players, and there were at least six or five that had formed, so you can imagine the crowds of players making their way over the thin streets and bridges of Gloamwood Pines. The Werebeast had a knockback and a rough AoE, but players began to figure out his cues and eventually took him down.

In this week's column, I'll give a wrap-up of my beta experience. Read on to listen to more about Gloamwood, Warfronts, Darkening Deeps, and a lightbulb moment that I'll always keep in mind.

Since my adrenaline was pumping, I figured I'd relax with a tiny peek at PvP Warfronts. There were two available this weekend: The Black Garden and The Codex. The Black Garden is for players level 10 and up, and the objective is to seize a relic and protect it from the opposite team. The longer you hold the relic, the more destroy you absorb, so your teammates must be fast to snag it when you die. Teams gain points both by holding the relic and by killing other players. The Codex involves control of definite control points on the map and is for players level 20 and up. From the looks of it, Warfronts are cross-server, and happily, my queue times were  short. The Black Garden appears to be a 10-man instance, while The Codex is much larger, with a cap of 20. The scenarios might appear familiar, but what really made it fun was sampling out different soul combinations to see what they do in a PvP setting. One of my guildmates, named Fidgets, discovered a healing soul that was actually  destructive. His Cabalist has an ability that places a sigil on the enemy. Under definite conditions, it explodes, causing destroy to three enemies nearby. You can imagine the fun they had tagging players with the sigil and watching the fireworks show that ensued. I don't normally opt for PvP, but I can definitely see myself joining guild groups and jogging these regularly.

Later in the weekend, I joined up with some guildmates to visit the Darkening Deeps, a group instance aimed at players level 22 to 23. they were a tad small for it, with most of us only level 20-21, but they figured we'd give it a try. The zone is a massive chasm lined with goblin villages and encircled by a winding ramp that spiraled along the pit. they could have chosen of heading up the ramp or heading down, and they figured we'd head toward the bottom. they regretted our decision, though, because as they fought with the goblins on the ramp, they were attacked from above by ladel-wielding goblins who were tossing fireballs down on our heads. they backtracked up top and continued on but eventually got stymied by Michael Bringhurst, a werewolf that was  a bit  strong for us. they were outdone by our low levels and the power of moonlight. they meant to return when they were higher, but we'll must wait for another beta weekend to try again.

Unfortunately, I had a low-level flare, and my tiny level 20 army was eventually wiped out by the higher-level Defiants. Adding insult to injury, messing with a wardstone (I soon learned) flags you for PvP for six minutes, so the hunter was now the hunted. I was far  away from the quest hub to not be pursued by the NPCs, but with about a minute left on my PvP flag, a Ranger spotted me and began sniping at me. It was the longest minute of my MMO life as I ran halfway across Stonefield, healing as fast as I could. I had only a sliver of health left as my flag wore off, but I had a immense laugh as I razzed the Ranger and scurried away, thankful I survived. I can't wait for next beta so I can stock up on high-level flares, rally some guildmates, and spend a night chipping away at wardstones. I've been thoroughly enjoying RIFT beta, but this makes me see the game in a whole new light, and the fun factor  went up to 11 for me.

To wrap up the weekend, I decided to teleport over to Stonefield to see what the Defiant hunting grounds were like. As it turns out, I ended up having one of the most astounding "lightbulb" moments ever. Rift invasions are fun and dynamic, but I've always viewed them as NPC-driven events. The invading mobs that come from the Rifts and assault our Wardstones are  AI-driven, computer-generated mobs, or so I thought. But as I arrived in Stonefield, I spotted that the Guardian wardstone that I had  ported to was actually a target for all the Defiant players jogging past --  as the Defiant wardstone outside Sanctum was a target that I repeatedly attacked and destroyed. and if the Guardian wardstone out in Stonefield was a target for the Defiant, that must mean I had the power to assault any Defiant wardstone in their territory! I couldn't do it alone, but I had a planar flare that would summon a Guardian army to assault any wardstone I was close  to target. It was  tempting to pass up, so I inched up to a small quest hub, targeted the wardstone, and stood back laughing as my Guardian forces engaged the Defiants.

Before I wrap up, i have one more community site for you to bookmark and visit. It's called RiftIRC, and it's been around since April 2009. Its staff has every week chats every Friday with members of the development team and fields a community of over 100 players. Make definite to stop by in the event you have any questions about the game or need to chat with other players.

Once again, I had a very enjoyable weekend in RIFT, and I'm already looking forward to the next event. I did do some livestream video of my time in game, which you can view on the Massively Channel, and I'll definitely do that again for the next event, so keep an eye out for the MV Guide. meanwhile, death to the dragons!

 

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Is free to play turning our children in to Vegas pirates

iPhone MMORPG Empire Online comes to North America

When it comes to the iPhone plus other mobile platforms, MMOs are narrow on the ground. Technical limitations make developing an MMO for a mobile platform difficult at best, but with titles like Pocket Legends doing so well, there's still an obvious demand for massively mobile games. Mobile game development studio Lakoo announced today that that its popular Asian iPhone MMO Empire Online would be released in the North American app store later this week on Saturday, January 15th.

Empire Online supports PvE with parties of up to six players at a time plus five-versus-five PvP battles. Features include turn-based combat plus an open skill-based character advancement process. Lakoo is hopeful that the game does well in North the usa, proposing that over six million players have already registered in China, Taiwan plus Australia.

Free for All: Is free to play turning our children in to Vegas pirates?

What also appears to be an issue with the youngins these days is an unfiltered access to the net. I'm not kidding -- next time you're at the mall, ask the child with the 30 Seconds to Mars t-shirt on who the vice president is. Then ask him to spell "lose." See, on the net plus inside any number of free games, we doesn't require to know this information. After all, the only time we might be worried about "loosing" anything is when we is busy PvPing.

I think it's the hair. In fact, I do know it. The constant flicking -- it drives me nuts. How in the world did wearing your hair like 60-year-old businessmen become such a fad? I've now had my food bagged by 16-year-old children with eyeliner on plus dual piercings in their lips. When did looking like a Vegas pirate become so popular? The flicking of their hair -- it does something to them. Justin Bieber, in a recent interview, stated that we was crazy. we insisted on it. Of coursework, his agent desired to push this small public cry for help off as some sign of genius, but all of us know what Bieber meant: "This hair is *flick* driving me *flick* flat-out bonkers."

Of coursework, the years of my youth were not exactly a bastion of amazing hairstyles, either. We had our mullets, our explosion bangs -- hair was big plus hard. fortunately, emo was barely beginning to rear its formerly shaved head at the time, plus bands like Slayer  much kept the emotions down to one: raraarrgghhaaggh! R.E.M. was about as mournful as you got, plus in the event you felt  daring (or drunk) you jammed to some darker dance music. (Hint: It wasn't called "goth" back then -- it was "post-modern.")

I might be onto something. Get the hair out of your eyes, join me after the cut, plus we'll discuss it further

The major difference for us was that we didn't have this insanely convenient 24/7 access to the net. in the event you are reading this right now plus grew up before the net was so widely obtainable, could you imagine what we would have done with it back then? Would we have become different people? Would we have enjoyed the same activities? What if we not only had constant access to the net, but a free hookup to hundreds of virtual worlds, all free for exploration or exploitation?

When I was one times in high school, children like yours truly would waste their time in class by drawing for hours plus hours. Do children still draw? in the event that we do, do we use something other than an electronic pad that plugs in to their PCs? What if I hadn't been made to come up with my own tales of magic or mystery plus had only to flip on my phone to participate in conversations with people from all over the world? Would it ruin the person who i am now?

 

 

 

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having the ability to play with other players as well as building a city

Congratulations to the winner of our Kingdom Conquest contest!

Last week they brought you a contest courtesy of SEGA that offered two  great prizes: an 8GB iPod Touch, and the chance to check out a game you might not have before. Yes, according to those who took a glance at it, Kingdom Conquest is indeed a prize and proof that nice things come in small packages.

Our winner Vin says of the above picture: "One of my friends actually has the game on his iPod. I've watched him play it a couple times, and I can honestly say that it looks like an excellent MMO. i am liking the idea of having the ability to play with other players as well as building a city, but i am liking the aspect of getting monsters in the dungeons, which is why I chose this screenshot! It's like bringing a computer game to a transportable technique!"

As promised, we've got the best entries lined up below for you, but first comes the winning screenshot! Several players with no access to an iOS devise used game screenshots from the site per our suggestion, so while they got a few duplicates, the eye of the beholder saw something different in each case.

picture 1: i am liking Kingdom Conquest! I'm a massive SEGA fan, so when it was announced for iOS devices, I had to figure out a way to get it to my elderly Android phone (if Kingdom Conquest were even on Android, my phone probably wouldn't be able to run it anyway). I did the next best thing, sitting here with a picture taped over, imagining how much fun it could be! Yay!

Congratulations to our winner! Follow along after the jump to see what else our readers had to say about Kingdom Conquest.

picture 3: i am liking the fact that this game is a dungeon crawler with a seemingly important metagame that you're always building toward. It's also free. Anyways, onto the screenshot. It looks like a standard 3-D dungeon-crawler, which is something i am liking. and after reading that weblog a small, I found I can play two of my favorite game genres on one game -- RPG with a small RTS. It really reminds me of Guild Wars, though. Here I am building up my character to be able to take on bigger/harder tasks. But that's not all. I get to build towards my city. and in Guild Wars this reminds me of being part of our guild; all of us pitched in to help the "Greater Cause," the greater cause being getting a Sigil and getting our guild hall. and what's after the guild hall? All the merchants money can buy, and after that, Kurz faction points! It would even be lovely to have the ability to have an experience similar to this in the palm of my hand.

picture 2: i would really love to give this game a try. It looks like there's a bunch of nice characters to make use of. I  like the look of the small sword and shield goblin fellow in the corner. Thanks for the chance to win!

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picture 4: Not about to let a so-called "real boy" invade my turf and despoil my lovely maidens, I launched several magical red fences to delay his attempt. Following this, I launched a full-scale lemming invasion in to his puppet shop and burned his friends to ashes.

picture 5: This screenshot is what caught my eye. The controls are easy to learn as well as a multiplayer hack'n'slash but only at first sight. I then watched a YouTube video on it and saw there's a whole other side to the game that focuses on building up your kingdom and army. Definitely lots of variety and fun integration of an adventure RPG and kingdom... conquest.

picture 6: I think what caught my eye was the number of resources and the lovely grid layout of the buildings in the city.

picture 7: After doing some reading on the game, this picture was the most fascinating to me. Knowing that most of those monsters were probably beaten and caught in a dungeon with other players, and that now you can control them, is sweet. I'd like to be able to roll a healing class and go do some dungeon crawling and build up an army of monsters!

picture 8: I find this screenshot fascinating because it shows how nice the graphics are, which is  surprising thinking about it's a game for iPhone. It also shows how simple it is to access your stock and other items. From the screenshots it looks brilliant, and so are the ratings.

 

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Twilight Zone is a white circle where the tank MUST stand

Ram: Casted frontal cleave that the tank can outrange.

Wave: Casted AoE hits for a fair amount of damage (has a charge up cast followed by the actual spell cast itself)

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they drops about 300 gold as well as a pleasant polearm.

Aeonaxx & Xariona

AEONAXX is the male of Xariona & when located & brought down, they will drop the epic rare flying mount, has they is thought about to be the Time Lost Proto Drake of Cataclysm.

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Reins of the Phosphorescent Stone Drake dropped by Aeonaxx, the mate of Xariona, flying around in Deepholm.

Xariona is the rare-elite spawn in here as well. he's 30 million health, with a typical dragon-ish ability, which deals heavy damage in cone of the caster.

Twilight Fissure is cast every 10-15 seconds on a random target excluding the tank. You require to move out of it asap.

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If Unchained Magic is cast you require to run to the white circle produced by Twilight Zone in the event you require to survive, because it ticks for 200K.

On the map you can see the locations of both, Aeonaxx & Xariona. they do not share a spawn timer. Aeonaxx shares his with a low level bat.

in lieu of being a rare-elite, this one is a boss, thus tagged as "Skull", with 30 million health. they is by far the best outdoor bosses of all, you  require to be aware of his Fury of the Sands ability which has a six second cast time & will make sand boulders erupt in all directions dealing Physical damage on impact.

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Julak-Doom

Julak-Doom is the last rare-elite added in Cataclysm. they shares his health pool with his other colleagues, 30 million hit points. This is a  difficult encounter & the drop can  be laughted at.

 

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Lineage II is still going strong & drawing players from all over the world

Welcome to a new year of Community Detective. To kick things off, I'm going back in time -- way back in time, to 2004 to be exact -- as this was the year NCsoft's Lineage II debuted in the united states. Why profile the community & customer support of a game that's extremely  six years elderly? Well, Lineage II is still going strong & drawing players from all over the world. NCsoft also continues to pour cash & developer resources in to the game (the latest example being the new Goddess of Destruction expansion) despite the existence of newer, similarly themed fantasy projects like Aion & Blade & Soul.

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Community Detective Issue #16: Lineage II

Clearly, then, Lineage II is still relevant in some quarters, & in light of that fact, I've spent the past couple of weeks toodling around the kingdom of Aden.

As a speedy refresher -- or as a primer for any newbs in the audience -- Community Detective is a biweekly series that aims to provide snapshots of an MMORPG's general community atmosphere & its customer support equipment. This is accomplished by filing both in-game & web-based support tickets as well as interacting with players by in-game chat channels (usually in the kind of a couple of game-specific questions that a newb might ask).

While not an exhaustive look at MMORPG communities (mainly due to time & space limitations), the column can arm you with a basic level of information regarding any games you may be thinking about. Let's get to it then, shall we?

Lineage II currently features one North American & one European server. I rolled a new Dark Elf character on Chronos & spent several days leveling around a nice portion of the newb areas including the Dark Elven Village, the Shilen Temple, & the School of Dark Arts. I staggered my playtimes to include weekday afternoons & evenings as well as weekends.

After finding the chat channels inadequate for my polling purposes, I selected to run around & talk to people head to head & by private whispers. The trick was finding the people, & the current incarnation of Lineage II appears to be extremely top-heavy. I ran across few players in my travels around the lower-level Dark Elven areas, but fortunately those I did find were largely courteous & helpful.

I also tried to make use of the game's limited chat channel functionality, but unlike plenty of MMORPGs that feature multiple global channels, Lineage II restricts your ability to communicate with large sections of the populace. Aside from alliance & clan chat -- which I, being a friendless beginner, didn't have -- the game offers a trade channel (which was fundamentally dead in the work of all the times I attempted to make use of it) & a hero channel that elite players can use to broadcast server-wide messages.

 

 

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The repeatable AP quests i am referring to are the road rallies

Wasteland Diaries: To-do list

You would think that anyone who had three characters that have been sitting at the level cap for months would be out of things to do. It's simply not so. i have plenty to do, & far of it isn't even directly related to PvP. i have been keeping myself  busy in Fallen Earth,  since i have been in-game so tiny these past few weeks. The time i have been logged in has been well spent. plenty of my time is spent crafting consumables like food, drinks & medicine to support the PvPing, but thanks to the magic of offline crafting, it doesn't matter. Most of it takes place while I sleep. It's the chips & materials that need interaction on my part.

By saying I'm staying busy, I'm not referring to the new "golden age" of PvP revival they are currently experiencing in & around Haietta (and even Park City, to some degree). I'll spare everyone the PvP-oriented post this week & focus on a number of the more carebearish things I've been doing lately. So in case you are thinking about coming back, or you're wondering what else to do three times you hit level 50, possibly this post will give you some idea of what you could be doing. After the cut I'll let you know what I've been up to in Fallen Earth when the PvP is waning.

Although i have three level 50 clones, none of them is at the AP cap yet. In fact,  one is within even 50 of it. I'm not the kind of player who does every mission or checks a wiki to find every AP mission accessible. I spent  much time cruising through the PvP zones & looking for trouble. The random AP that are supposed to be awarded (there is a small chance) for doing the things one would normally do (i.e., crafting, scavenging & PvPing) are far  elusive. I haven't seen one yet. I don't wanna return & find all the AP I missed along the way, either. fortunately, there is now a group of repeatable AP quests (and it's not a bug this time).

The repeatable AP quests i am referring to are the road rallies. These are timed races-against-the-clock. The better the time, the better the reward. I  don't care about the chips & the paint kits you get; I'm after that scrumptious AP. You navigate your way through a series of checkpoints, so fast-travel won't help. as well as a number of the checkpoints are home to a number of the wastelands nastiest denizens. The last checkpoint on the Deadfall Flyer coursework is a nest of about a hundred creepers. I very  died my first time through that one. So far I'm  liking the Trader's Flat to Deadfall run. I usually make it in about 18 minutes, & it gives me one AP. So now, in lieu of fast-traveling when I need to go to Los Alamos, I drive.

Another thing you can seldom have  much of is storage space. It's nice having the utility vault, but it's only accessible in one place, so I use it for food. My sector vault is where all the common materials (on my crafter) & my ammo & consumables (for my PvP clones) are stored for convenience. But that vault,  on my crafter, gets very full, very quickly. fortunately, there's few solutions. you can buy more storage space from the Fallen Earth store. That's the quickest & simplest way. The second way is to buy vault expansions with Reward Points. Reward Points are given to you for every month that you are subscribed, & the amount you get increases every month that you stay subscribed. It can take some time to get all the expansions this way. But you can also score chilled stuff like the gas mask pictured below with said points. The third way is an adventure unto itself.

The craftable vault expansions were a amazing idea, if keeping me busy is the aim. Here is the way it works: there's three different expansions, one sector & one barter vault expansions. To build all three, you will must craft an item from all 10 tradeskills. You will also must have every tradeskill maxed. OK, that's the simple part. Next you will need the 10 books that hold the recipes. The veteran mobs in Deadfall drop them. a number of them are rarer than others. For example, I still need the General Science book. It's selling on the auction house for 60 red chips. Yeah, I'm going to wait for that cost to drop a bit.

I got about half of the books from the faction veterans & the other half from the auction house. The nice thing about it was that I was getting faction reputation as well as the insanely generous loot that the vets drop. & I was getting these books that I needed. I was fundamentally killing three birds with one stone. The piles of loot I got from farming these guys for the books paid for stacks & stacks of PvP consumables. Thanks, veteran mobs. With Park City & Haietta in perpetual contention, I've lost my limitless supply of such things as edible meat. I'll must stock up the next chance I get. That's where the additional storage space comes in handy. See what I did there? It all comes back to PvP.

Fallen Earth originally appealed to me because of the PvP. I envisioned player conflict to be the only limitless, non-repetitive content in the game. Aside from roleplaying, it  is. Again, the storage expansions are handy for roleplayers as well. in case you strive to collect all of the clothing & accoutrements in the game, you are going to need some serious storage space. PvPers & roleplayers have much more in common with one another than is readily evident. I digress.

I still have some designs to respec my Pistoleer in to a melee/healer, & I'll need to receive a bunch of skill books & injectors for him. I need to get all of the mutations for the one that I didn't do the mutation-flip on, as well as a few hundred AP to fill in between the three of them. My crafter  completed the cooking research (torturous) & still has to finish his mutagenics books (worse than torturous). I need to start a recruitment drive for KAOS & help Exile get back up to speed. I've got plenty to do in the approaching weeks. I seldom expected to be dashing around so that I would be prepared for Sector 4, but considering the skills & mutations are going to be the next major alter, there's no need to panic. They work fast, but not that fast.

 

 

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Tests / Games EverQuest II  

My own history in the EQ goes to just over two years of harrowing spirit of its predecessor. During the first year there was not even in stores in Sweden, because no publisher thought it would be worthwhile. In autumn 2001 it became thanks and goodbye for themselves when other titles attracted. But hundreds of thousands of fans have been around longer than that, through countless adventures and expansions. How many broken relationships, lost jobs and even worse tragedies it has on its conscience is unknown, but the games in this genre can cause problems on the private front, surely the people who helped in any guild a couple exempelpa.
The first tentative steps

EverQuest II takes place 500 years after its predecessor, and the world has changed Norrath shamelessly. After the moon Luclin crashed down so the world is flooded and the original three major continents, is now scattered islands. Only two cities still exists; Qeynos and Freeport, where the good and evil are. Or "lighties" and "darkies", as they often are called.
Via an optional tutorial, which teaches some basic gaming operations on board a boat, you end your newly created character on the small island the Isle of Refuge. Where you get to know the game's quest and crafting systems, and climb your first level of level steps relatively quickly and painlessly.
By performing the tasks you are assigned to different characters on nyborjaron, depending on what character class you want to be, so you get to the final chance to go to the mainland and your new hometown. When we arrived there, it requires the city government that you prove your loyalty and integrity, again through a series of quests, before you are accepted as residents and assigned a host shelter in your race hemkvarter.

Now is the first bit over and you can start in earnest ... the usual. So bashing the shirt of the umpteen thousand insects, animals, monsters and all sorts of hostile creatures in search of experience points, quest rewards, coveted gadgets and wealth. It sounds like maybe not so attractive, because many of us have already made it to the lead - for years.
However, the star of the spruce top is that game makers can make this into something sadder than a lesson in woodwork - or do as Sony Online Entertainment made in this case. Now it is to some extent up to everyone to create their own entertainment in this kind of game, but EverQuest II sets in each case one nylackad, shiny carpenter's bench and sandwich tool available - and for my part, there is no question of any sawing.
Browse among the settings

The game can be modified at all possible and previously impossible ways to suit your taste, hardware and functionality. Anyone who wants to fill the screen with a chat window in various forms. They may have different fonts and text sizes remain constant or automatically disappearance (when they are inactive) and show different degrees of transparent background - with or without a frame. Have probably missed mentioning any alternatives. Several windows are used to advantage to major types of "speech" and messages should be separated from less necessary knowledge - which is done through a giant filter. You can exam elvis have a window only to discussions among those who sit and produces the same type of stuff as you, to give or get tips and tricks (provided that others also have found that channel).

This in itself is of course at several points, no purfarska news. Tried to find only a vivid example of that EQ2 is far more dynamic and changeable than most older mmorpg: P. What I can remember, only Star Wars Galaxies, from the same game company, demonstrated something that was halfway in the vicinity. It's important to take your time and explore the game's platform to discover all its glory. Some are quickly obvious, others seem to many players over.
Another example is that you continuously can choose how foolproof the highlight of the opponent to attack during a fight will be. When it's messy, maybe not the little rings around their eventual feet short. You can do so that they flash, from a little light to completely hysterical,Everquest 2 Platinum,and / or are painted in any color of your choice. If not it would be just as the last resort a giant arrow above the intended impact bag. Though, the size of the arrow, you can of course set for yourself ...

 

 

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this is a column about City of Heroes than my greed-filled demands

Star Trek Online might be the most recent game to prepare for the player-created content bandwagon, but it's far from the  one. Yet every time tools are released to permit players to make their mark, the same complaint arises -- there's no simple way to sort the nice content basically from the bad. Which is a fair complaint, until you cease to recognize that there's not  a nice definition available of what would qualify as nice content. After all, when you let players make anything, one man's trash will be another man's treasure.

The every day Grind: What do you think about "good" player-created content?

A Mild-Mannered Reporter: The wish list

Some people like content that optimizes rewards, making the most efficient use feasible of time for leveling a character toward the cap. Others prefer a well-crafted story, with no real consideration for whether or not the content is rewarding. and still others prefer a challenge, something harder than the official content, a chance to  see what players can accomplish when pushed to the limit. Whether it's in City of Heroes or Ryzom, what do you look for out of player-generated content? What do you think of as nice content and what do you think of as bad?

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Now, while I could probably write a thousand words about what I want for presents overall, this is a column about City of Heroes  than my greed-filled demands. But there's things that I'm hoping they can see in the game over the next year, and so I'm putting together my wish list for 2011 in the city. and who knows -- with City of Heroes set to face some stiff competition in the coming year, they might have a fighting chance at some of these...

In  a few weeks, it will be the most wonderful time of the year, a time for giving presents to the most important person you can think of. Yes, that's right, my birthday is quickly approaching, and that puts me in a mind to ask for things that I want. Also there was some other gift-related holiday recently. I can't keep track of every tiny thing; I've got bigger issues to focus on. You don't even know.

By this, I do not mean "content that occupies the 1-20 level band." I mean content that's up to the standards of what Paragon Studios has done with Praetoria. I've gotten a sweet hit of what the game can do, and I want more.

More Praetoria-level content

Yes, you can still do tip missions and alignment missions and all that fun stuff, but the missions lack the acerbic bite of their predecessors. there's no cutscenes mid-mission forcing you to make a difficult choice, and there's fewer personalities that tend to stick with you (especially as a hero). The alignment technique as it stands works  fine, but it's not as engaging as the prior content, and I'd like to see more stuff like that.

Praetoria is  a ride, and the game engine gets up and does a dance whilst you either work for the noble-but-brutal Loyalists or the dirty malcontents of the Resistance. It's a lot of fun, and it  pulls you along as you examine your loyalties and work within a shifting framework. Then the game dumps you out in to either the city or the isles and  much tells you to have fun from here on out.

New Epic Archetypes

Force me to make choices mid-mission. No, I don't care whether it affects anything in the long run;  let me feel as if I'm getting to make distinctive decisions that have an outcome of some sort. Even if all you can bring over is the flavor, that is some darn tasty flavor.

A  weird wish? maybe. But let me explain that I ,  like new classes. I  like new classes that somehow fit in to a lore niche, classes whose  nature is inextricable from the setting. As a prime example, I'm going to must cite the Puppetmaster of Final Fantasy XI and the Dervish of Guild Wars. These classes are s

 

 

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SWTOR not planned for fiscal 2011

Hyperspace Beacon: 2010 Retro!

Wow... 2010 is almost over, and Star Wars: The Old Republic is not released yet. OK, I had speculated at the beginning of this year that we would not see it until 2011. But if you had asked me in October of 2008 (when the official site was launched), I would have told you that the launch was at the end of 2009. There was no way in my mind that a company would launch its website that early. Boy, was I wrong. Little did I know at the time that I would be sitting here at the end of 2010 (the year new life was to begin on Europa), not playing what I hoped would be my favorite game ever. However, this has all given me time to think back about what SWTOR has given us this year.

The year 2010 was the year of SWTOR reveals. Some have questioned whether too much has been revealed -- or rather, hyped. We have had group combat videos, designers switching games, CEOs retiring, opinionated play-throughs, and many other news items. Would you say we have had a plethora of SWTOR news this year? Oh yes, we have had a plethora, El Guapo. I have my favorites and my not-so favorites. Let's explore a few of them in this little retrospective.

Spring 2011 announcement, SWTOR not planned for fiscal 2011
I am going to group these together because they are really the same thing, even though they were revealed at different times. This was a disappointment because I had hoped it would be out sooner. In fact, I would say that many people who were waiting for this news were hoping that the game would release no later than fall 2010. I will counter this by saying that although the news was disappointing, I would rather have a game that is done well rather than half-finished.

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I loved PAX -- I really did. It was an incredible experience that I would not trade for anything. I was able to actually play SWTOR. I interviewed and talked to many developers from all sorts of games. I met Blaine Christine and Daniel Erickson in person. I got an awesome Sith Empire t-shirt. What more did I need, right?

At E3 (three months earlier) PAX was touted as the biggest event for North America this year. As far as the amount of work that went into producing it, it probably was the biggest. Setting up six of the eight classes on 30-some machines for hundreds of visitors from the general public to play has to be extremely nerve-wracking. But the amount of news and reveals that came from PAX was sub-par. Truly, the greatest reveal to come out of PAX was HK-47. Don't even get me started on how BioWare shared a booth with The Force Unleashed II.

EA Louse
I don't want to spend too much time on this. In fact, I believe this is the first time I've really even mentioned EA Louse. It's not that I am disappointed with any of the "reveals" EA Louse gave us; I am disappointed that he posted at all. He didn't back up any of his facts regarding SWTOR with quotes or statistics -- not even names. He worked in a different department at BioWare, yet people took him at his word. I am just glad the reporters here at Massively were able to look at his claims objectively.

Sean Dahlberg leaves
It is always bittersweet when someone leaves one company for another, but it was disappointing when Community Manager Sean Dahlberg left SWTOR for Faxion because he had been with BioWare since the launch of SWTOR's website. He was the voice of the game for many fans. I am glad he's happy at his current job, but I wish I'd had the chance to meet him before he moved on. Maybe he'll be at PAX East, just for the fun of it.

Space on rails announcement
I could really go on forever about why this was bad, but I will concentrate this mini-rant on the way the announcement was handled. First, we learned at E3 that every SWTOR character would get his own spaceship. Then, speculation hit. Fans asked why would they have ships but no space. After a couple of months, we were told that indeed there would be space combat. Woohoo! Fans were excited. Finally, we discovered that we were going to be playing an updated version of StarFox, and that was the big space content reveal. There was a huge set-up for something that was not really a big deal. In retrospect, I believe BioWare should have made the announcement at the time it revealed ships, putting the emphasis on the player ships themselves, not on playing-on-rails.

 

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