On Sunday I finished my Fabled Epic in Everquest 2. I finally collected Sedition from Kunzar Jungle and was surprisingly underwhelmed by the entire epicness of it all.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
If you’re a follower of Battleground Europe, you will have already seen the competition that Rafter announced in the last few days to win a trip to Bedford, Texas and meet the developers of the game, other gamers and have some fun in sunny Texas.
CRS have for a number of years now had a conference where they invite players to Texas to have a few beers, play poker and try Flak Panzer Oil (You can read about FPO @ Icebreakers website.)
However this time around CRS have put up a competition that will allow anyone from anywhere in the world to get a VIP trip to visit CRS and other Battleground Europe enthusiasts at their 10th Birthday bash.
Only a short one today I’m afraid, haven’t had time to explore the world of Darkfall much more since my last post.
I managed to complete a quest to kill 7 Goblins in 1 hour and as a result also managed to gather enough cash to buy my crafting tools. I would have had a larger amount of gold but for the Alfar that decided to kill me and steal all my shiny equipment whilst I was killing Goblins. It made my realise just how poor my combat skills are at the moment as he killed me quickly and easily.
Having lost my enchanted daggers and shiny new armour I decided I’d go buy my harvesting tools.
Battleground Europe is a little known MMOG from Cornered Rat Software, Battleground Europe pits you against hundreds of other dedicated players who fight in a single arena across northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. The game has a multitude of distinctive WWII era equipment, from the Luger to the Enfield, the Sherman tank to the Tiger and Focker Wulf 190 to the distinctive Spitfire.
As I’ve tried some PvP in Darkfall and done a few PvE quests, I figured it was time to try my hand at harvesting in the game. One of the starter quests gives you a Mining Axe and a Wood Axe, for well I’m sure you can work it out. 
I completed the quest and had a think about which craft I would like to try as It’s only fair to give all aspects of the game a try where possible. I decided as I liked the idea of Archery and arrows are expensive I’d become a Bowyer and make my own bows and arrows. I may be wearing some shiny armour (crap but shiny all the same), but that will no doubt be stolen at some point and I like the idea of sneaking about with my bow and arrows at the ready.
That’s right, my new Everquest 2 main Yetian has hit level 80 at last!
Yetian as you’ll know if you’ve read my earlier posts, is the name I’ve carried as my main through all my MMO’s, starting in the original Everquest. Although I have one level 80 character already (Mawmet an Inquisitor), it feels much more familiar playing as the name people know me by.
Reaching level 80 also meant Yetian could wear his Tier 2 Warden shard armour set (Untamed Fell), kindly made for me by former guild mate Coriella of Splitpaw, who also donated the shards needed for the armour set.
I’ve now managed to get around 6-7 hours more playtime after doing the “wait 5 mins and re-queue” method, which allows me to get in sooner.
In the starting area Monkfield there’s an NPC that gives you two quests, the second to collect goblin axes can be a pain if you die or get PK’d and lose the axes you’ve acquired. As a result I banked each one I looted and after a while managed to finish the quest. After completing this quest and another to harvest ore and wood I decided to head out on my travels and find another bind-stone.
After spotting an Orange dot on the map a long way NE I thought I’d travel in that direction to find a new bind-stone, as Adventurine had said that binding to a none starter stone would mean less queuing.
The first interesting sight was this massive tree, I think I’ll name it “the mystified tree” as it was obviously confused when deciding which direction it wanted to grow in. I only found this tree when running away from an Ogre that I’d decided I’d try to kill… bad idea. Continue reading ‘Darkfall Online – Further Travels’
Well after days of trying I finally managed to get a copy of Darkfall online, after two more days of trying I managed to get past the queues into the game!!
The queuing system is something I’ll talk about first, as it’s the first hurdle to get past before you can play the game. What a hurdle it is too, hours I spent queuing for the first two days and was unable to get in and play. I have come to the conclusion that the Darkfall Online queue system is random, not a queue at all!! Each time I have managed to get into game it has been from disconnecting from the queue and hitting the server button to queue again. I queue for 5-10 mins and then re-queue, this seems to get me in game faster than just waiting forever until I get a slot.
With regard to the game itself, lets start with the graphics. Continue reading ‘Darkfall Online – First Impressions’
Can you play your favourite MMO with one hand? Crude innuendo aside, it’s probably not something you’ve ever considered is it? Well, as I sit here with my arm in a sling recovering from a recent snowboarding accident and one-finger typing with my only good hand, I’m reflecting on just how many games I now cannot play. My PSP is rapidly gathering dust and I’m surprised by how short the list is of Wii games I own that don’t require the use of a nunchuck. Happily though, I’m pleased to say that The Lord of the Rings Online is actually one-hand compatible and I’m even starting to re-discover the joys of the RTS genre via The Battle for Middle Earth II.
Last night, after many weeks of questing and, grabbing updates, sneaking onto raids, I finally got my Mythical, The Truth of Marr. Now this is was going to be a post with some screenshots of the big scary dungeon that is Veeshan’s Peak, all the wiki’s, various EQ2 websites only have rubbish low rez ones, but alas, I forgot to take screenshots… (Well, I got one from in there.)
Anyway, on with the tale…
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