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To Subscribe…

April 16, 2009

…or not to subscribe, that is my question. Or rather, is the monthly subscription model for MMO’s a factor in an online game’s survival?

About two years ago I would have said no and was dead set against paying a monthly subscription – after having forked out to play Myth of Soma for over a year. In fact, I lapped up the opportunity to play Guild Wars when it was released with its then revolutionary ‘subscription-free’ financing model, and it must have worked, because it kept me playing through the Factions, Nightfall and Eye of the North campaigns. Even now, after trialling some of the more recent MMOs like EVE:Online and Age of Conan, I’m usually put off further playing because it would entail an on-going financial commitment I’m just not willing to make. And I’m convinced that most casual gamers don’t play MMOs for this very reason as they are used to purchasing a game and playing it whenever they like at no extra cost, unless they specifically want to purchase add-on or third party content.

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General MMO
Tags: mmo, subscription fees regular play success.
Written by Hobbit of Consequence 2 Comments

Future MMO?

April 8, 2009

MMO’s are now 10 a penny, if you look at the game list over at MMORPG.Com you’ll see a huge list of current games and games that are in development.

The list is pretty impressive for this game style; however I’ve yet to find a sci-fi mmog that captured my imagination.  Sure Eve Online is probably the most successful of these games with Anarchy Online coming a close second.

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General MMO
Tags: arrakis, Dune, frank herbert, mmo, sci-fi.
Written by Sres 7 Comments

Darkfall Online – First Impressions

March 15, 2009

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.

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Darkfall Online and General MMO
Tags: darkfall, first impression, mmo, online, PvP.
Written by Yetian 7 Comments

Two Arms Don’t Make a Right

March 13, 2009

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.

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General MMO
Tags: consequence, hobbit, incapacitated, mmo, online, play.
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Moria Warrior

February 19, 2009

Mines of MoriaA little while ago I talked about one of the aspects of the Mines of Moria expansion for LOTRO that I was disappointed with (See: Fall From Grace). Now that I have had a chance to delve deeper into the halls below the Misty Mountains, I’m happy to report that the experience was a singular exception.

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Lord Of The Rings
Tags: consequence, earth, hobbit, lord, lotro, middle, mines, mmo, moria, rings.
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New Theme for MMO-Symposium

February 7, 2009

After gathering opinion on the blog so far, a common comment was the old theme was a bit hard to read sometimes. We’ve been having a play around on a test blog we setup and what you are seeing now is the result. There is still a bit of tweaking to come but I hope you all find it easier to read the the old one and enjoy reading our blog.

MMO-Symposium News
Tags: blog, mmo, symposium, theme.
Written by Yetian 0 Comments

Get your build on

January 30, 2009

As part of their marketing strategy, most MMO’s try to wow us with dramatic visuals and pithy one-liners like “Build an empire!”, “Build an army!” and “Build a unique character to…blah, blah, blah.” After all, they are trying awfully hard to get us to sit up and notice them right? However, you couldn’t really get much better offer than the slogan “Help build a universe!” And when you’re already big enough to have been hard not to notice for years then you’re already halfway towards success when you do launch an MMO. Enter… LEGO Universe.

Yes, it’s not your typical MMO – but then LEGO has never been your typical toy either. And let’s face it, those of us who are old enough to afford a regular multiplayer online game subscription were already buying into the idea for a LEGO MMO when we were desperately trying to authentically replicate a Tie Fighter using just red, blue and yellow bricks – we just didn’t know it at the time.

//HoC

General MMO
Tags: consequence, game, hobbit, lego, mmo, online, universe.
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A fresh view on things

January 28, 2009

Both in the real world, and in our beloved synthetic cyberworlds of escapism, succes is often determined by how you interact with people who views the world differently from yourself. We all have a tendency to drift towards people with the same views as ourself, which in the world of MMO’s often result in the making of guilds; a somewhat crude tangent to how we also group up in the real world.

But how about the way we “physically” view our MMO’s or videogames in general? Continue reading ‘A fresh view on things’

General MMO
Tags: darkfall, everquest, First person view, immersion, mmo, MMORPG, third person view, world of warcraft.
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Everquest 2 Tailoring – MMO Fashion

January 22, 2009

I recently completed my Tailoring epic in Everquest 2 on Yetian and it started me thinking about the appearance clothing items that an Everquest 2 Tailor can make.

If your not an Everquest 2 player then in brief appearance slots are an extra set of inventory slots which allow you to drop armour/clothing items into them. Anything you drop in these slots will overlay your main equipment slots, allowing you to have a set of equipment that controls only your characters appearance. The items you drop in here can be any armour/clothing items found within the game that your class and level can wear. Often players will collect sets, buy them from the broker, or even save their old armour sets and put them into their appearance slots when they upgrade.

From the early levels through to tier 8 Everquest 2 Tailor’s are given recipes for appearance clothing which is great as everyone likes their character to look good. The clothing has different colour variations across the tiers which you might think sounds like a good idea and it does but for one problem. Whilst the colour scheme varies with each recipe the style doesn’t! That’s right, you get one outfit for male characters and one for female characters, just one!! Each tier you are presented with each of these 2 outfits in various colour schemes, but the same style.

Here are a couple of examples (male outfit).

Tier 2 Everquest 2 male tailored outfit

Tier 2 Everquest 2 male tailored outfit

Tier 8 Everquest 2 male tailored outfit

Tier 8 Everquest 2 male tailored outfit

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Everquest 2
Tags: Everquest 2, fashion, mmo, star wars galaxies, tailoring, Yetian.
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MMO characters and you

January 3, 2009

As some of you will know my main MMO at the moment is Everquest 2, I’ve been playing Everquest 2 constantly (along with an other MMO or two), since beta. My first MMO however was the original Everquest and although I had all kinds of characters, my final character and the one I became known as was Yetian a Barbarian shaman. Although I never maxed him with regards to his level, Yetian was my highest character in Everquest and I did manage to get my epic. That damn epic had me so stressed the Girlfriend said I was talking about a “damn stick thing” in my sleep. :)

On into Everquest 2 and I made my first character Yetian as a Halfling Enchanter (Illusionist) on the Splitpaw server, this character never felt right and I remade him as a Dwarf Shaman/Mystic. This version of Yetian also fell by the wayside as I just couldn’t get into Mystics in Everquest 2, I even changed to Defiler to try that class but something was missing. I also created and leveled other characters such as my Necro Vilesh (70), my Fae Wizard Naitey (73) and a few other alts. My main character at the moment is Mawmet a Sarnak Inquisitor a level 80/Master Weaponsmith/Master Tinkerer complete with Fabled epic. I enjoy playing Mawmet and enjoy playing a healer class once more,  but when the time came to make my latest alt I decided to remake Yetian one last time, this time as a Barbarian Warden.

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Everquest 2 and General MMO
Tags: character, everquest, Everquest 2, mmo, Yetian.
Written by Yetian 5 Comments