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New Free Online RPGs
2007-08-23 05:34:00 Two previously released mmorpgs became free online rpgs this week, Archlord and Sword of the New World. I have had no interest in playing Archlord, but I have wanted to check out Sword of the New World. Sword of the New World has been free to download and free to play up ... More About: Free , Online
30 Day Challenge Action List
2007-08-19 19:25:00 Today I am making a post completely unrelated to mmorpgs. I have been participating in Ed Dale’s Thirty Day Challenge Internet marketing program and I wanted to provide a resource for the other participants in the Thirty Day Challenge program. I started late with the program and have been playing catch-up (not ... More About: Action , List , Halle
What Game Can?t You Wait to Play?
2007-08-14 19:02:00 Hey all, Please share with us the games that you can’t wait to play. For me, I can’t wait to play Pirates of the Burning Sea. The more I hear about this game the more excited I get. One of my favorite games of all times was Sid Meier’s Pirates. As I think back on ... More About: Play , Game , Wait
Age of Conan Delayed until end of Q3?2008
2007-08-10 17:43:00 Well, Funcom has announced that Age of Conan will be delayed until March 25, 2008 . This is very disappointing since it was schedule for October 30. I guess this explains the pitful showing at E3. This is really bad for Conan. It will be launching right when Warhammer Online is coming out. More About: Age of Conan
Maximizing EQ2 AA for PVP (Levels 1-14)
2007-08-07 17:14:00 Maximizing Advanced Achievement (AA) points in Everquest 2 has become crucial for PVP success. AAs have the power to greatly increase your PVP effectiveness and can add new combat arts to your repertoire. This guide is to help those interested in maximizing their AA points from levels 1 through 14. Most of ... More About: Maxi
Everquest 2 Guild Housing Coming (but not too soon)
2007-08-06 13:05:00 One exciting piece of news released at SOE’s Fan Faire is that guild housing is coming to Everquest 2 . However, guild housing will not be released with the Rise of Kunark expansion coming out this fall. Average Joe Blog reports that the developers will be developing guild houses located in the oceans ... More About: Housing , Guild , Ming , EverQuest
Warhammer Online Releases Pre Alpha Video
2007-08-03 16:15:00 Warhammer Online released a new video giving more peeks at Warhammer Online . One thing that I would like to point out with this video is that the graphics look great. They seem to be a good compromise between World of Warcraft and Everquest 2. While they are cartoonish like WoW, the ... More About: Video , Videos , Alpha
Awesome New Age of Conan Video
2007-08-02 22:20:00 Here is an awesome new Age of Conan video. It looks like it is the video that we be released with the game. I have a feeling that this game is going to be really intense. I loved the part in the video where the warrior cuts off his enemy’s arm and the enemy ... More About: Video , Videos , Awesome , Age of Conan
Everquest 2 Tip of the Day
2007-08-01 17:41:00 I saw this awesome macro tip that I think you will be interested in. It allows you to check a mobs loot table using the in-game browser and lootdb.com. *MACRO TIP* To get the loot table of your target using in-game browser, put the following macro on your hotbar: /browser www.lootdb.com/eq2/mob/%T More About: The D , Everquest 2 , EverQuest
New Warhammer Online Video from Comic-con
2007-08-01 17:23:00 Here is the latest video from Warhammer Online . Not much new information is presented but these is a lot of footage of actual gameplay. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuMk99FfR_ I More About: Video , Comic , Online Video , Warhammer Online
The Level-Locking Debate Rages On
2007-07-31 16:48:00 Over at the Official Everquest II Forums and EQ2 Flames, a fierce debate has been started over my recent post concerning level-locking in Everquest 2. I believe that the following post provides a very good summary of the other side of the argument. At the end of this post, I provide my response. ... More About: Debate , Lock , Rages , Locking , Ages
Get Another Fix of Pirates of the Burning Sea
2007-07-31 11:58:00 Here is another Pirates of the Burn ing Sea video from E3. While it is much more of an interview, it does show some pretty cool game footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPgsdiJCX 4 More About: Rates , Rate
The Media?s Favorite Topic: Iraq? No, Online Addiction!!
2007-07-31 11:51:00 Once again our fearless media is making sure that we are informed about the issues that matter. Am I talking about the war in Iraq ? Am I talking about why middle class families now need two wage earners? Am I talking about the millions of people dying in the Sudan? No, I ... More About: Media , The Media , Addiction , Online
Does your wife hate your MMORPG?
2007-07-30 14:58:00 Does your wife hate your MMORPG ? Don’t let this happen to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHjhjnjGhc s More About: Videos , Wife , Hate
Level-locking: The Savior of PVP and Everquest II
2007-07-30 03:15:00 One of the most controversial topics on the Everquest II player versus player (pvp) servers is whether players should be allowed to disable adventure experience and lock in at a specific level (level-locking). The level 70 players constantly whine that this is ruining the game because there are less players pvping at level ... More About: Lock , Savior , EverQuest , Locking
Come on In
2007-07-27 15:32:00 This is the first meme that I have ever participated. Being that this is a new blog, I can use all the link love I can get. I saw this on DailyWebIdeas.com so I thought I would participate. Anyway, this is how it works: ???- START COPYING HERE ???- Geek Train - All aboard! 1 - Write a ... More About: Blogging
Character Creation Video for Pirates of the Burning Sea
2007-07-26 15:05:00 Here is a pretty cool video describing character creation in Pirates of the Burning Sea. Additionally, the video has some footage of sword fighting and a description of how melee combat will work. I am really hopeful about PotBS’ character creation system since it is modeled after City of Heroes’ system. CoH has ... More About: Video , Videos , Character
Heritage Quest Guide for Foomby?s Stolen Goods
2007-07-26 02:40:00 Last night some guild members and I completed the Foomby’s Stolen Goods Heritage Quest . I thought that I would provide a guide to this great heritage quest. This Heritage Quest offers one of the best rewards of any Heritage Quest. The quest starts with Foomby Slopdigger in Enchanted Lands (-685, -1, -638). Foomby asks ... More About: Guide
WoW, the MMORPG Killer?
2007-07-23 23:59:00 Is World of Warcraft killing the mmorpg industry? Hey!! How can you say that? Isn’t WoW defining the mmorpg industry? Well, Richard Bartle seems to suggest in a recent interview that WoW is preventing other mmorpgs from succeeding. Bartle said, INTERVIEWER:If you could take over control of one major MMORPG - which ... More About: Killer , Game Design
Beam Me Up, Scottie!!!
2007-07-23 02:12:00 Star Trek Online has released its first DevLog Entry 1.0. In this entry, Mike Stemmle, Star Trek Online’s Story Lead, describes how the developers are using a tool that helps them to automatically generate foreign worlds. The technical description sounds awesome. If you are interested in knowing how game developers ... More About: Beam
The Best of Everquest 2 GU 37
2007-07-22 17:34:00 On Friday July 20, the test update notes for GU 37 were added to the Everquest 2 forums. There is so much to look forward to in this update. Here are the highlights. Broker Changes: You can now sell items on the broker with more than one character! All characters on an account can list ... More About: The Best Of , EverQuest
Age of Conan Gameplay Video
2007-07-22 16:35:00 The following video, posted by p0tsh0t on his blog, provides a great look into Age of Conan ’s combat system. I think that Age of Conan ’s range combat system looks awesome. You line up people in your sights and launch your arrows. Like the rest of Age of Conan’s combat system some ... More About: Video , Gameplay
How About a Time Machine MMORPG?
2007-07-19 14:58:00 Is anyone tired of fantasy? I am not really tired of fantasy, in fact, it is my favorite setting. However, I am tired of all fantasy mmorpgs being the same. You have dwarves, elves, haflings, orcs and humans all battling on terrain that really hasn’t changed much since the original Everquest. ... More About: Machine , Time , MMORPG , Time Machine , Mach
Ultimate Guide to Swashbuckler AAs (Part 3 of a Series)
2007-07-18 04:10:00 Part one of this series described the Strength Line of the Swashbuckler’s Rogue Tree. Part two of this series described the Agility Line and Stamina Line. This part of the series will focus on the Fencer’s Wisdom Line and the Thief’s Intelligence Line. Wisdom Line: The Wisdom Line of the Rogue AA tree is called Fencer’s ... More About: Series , Guide , Part , Ultimate , Part 3
Finally EQ2 AA Points Can Be Respec?d to Any Tree!!
2007-07-17 16:38:00 After viewing one of my favorite sites for EQ2 news, I learned that in the next EQ2 game update players will be able to respec their AA Points to any tree. This is great news. Since Echoes of Faydwer came out, if players put AA points into the EoF AA tree they ... More About: Finally , Tree , Fina , Ally
The Agency - Just Another MMO?
2007-07-17 03:08:00 IGN has a preview of Sony’s upcoming MMORPG, The Agency . While the preview did not present a lot of new information, I was able to learn some more about the game. Missions can be done solo or with a partner, though the latter is being touted as the preferred method. Operatives, NPCs who craft ... More About: The Agency , The A
Warhammer Online Gameplay Video
2007-07-16 20:09:00 Here is an awesome look at the actual Warhammer Online game. You can see the user interface, the character models and combat. Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVsM0o5yOR A More About: Video , Warhammer Online , Hammer
Top 5 EQ2 Lore and Legends Guides
2007-07-15 21:05:00 Recently I have been working on my EQ2 Lore and Legend s quests. These quests are great to do because they give AA, a cool house item and the master strike combat ability. Here are the top 5 guides that I have found to help finish these quests. EQ2i Lore and Legend Guid e Allakhazam’s Lore and ... More About: Guides , Ends , Legends
Can MMORPGs Be Enjoyable If you Only Play For 40 hours of Gameplay?
2007-07-15 15:43:00 Moorgard has written a very interesting article about whether MMORPG players have too high of standards for the replayability of MMORPGs. Moorgard states, Some people who play MMOs seem to think they?re only worth buying if they are equally fun for all players on day one, day two, and day 2,427. And I don?t believe it…. I think it?s okay ... More About: Play , Hour , Hours , Gameplay
Ultimate Guide to Swashbuckler AAs (Part 2 of a Series)
More articles from this author:2007-07-13 03:49:00 Part one of this series described the Swashbuckler’s Rogue Tree. This part of the series will focus on the Pirate’s Ability line and the Mercenary’s Stamina line. Agility Line: The agility line of the Rogue AA tree is called Pirate’s Agility. Like the Strength line, the first AA points placed in this line increase a ... More About: Series , Guide , Part , Ultimate , Buck 1, 2, 3 |
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