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So, there I was, doing some PvP, right in the middle of a field, taking hits from somewhere off in the trees, an enemy scout, being supported by a healer, was raining ranged death upon my party, eventually, we worked out where the scout was, our healer brought one of the support classes back to life, then he hit them with a tremendous explosion and took the pair of ‘em out, got an achievement and some exp for it too..
Continue reading ‘What is the Difference between an MMO and a Non-MMO?’
As you probably already know the Open Beta for Star Trek Online began yesterday.
I am currently trying to find a decent download for the beta client, but to no avail. By the time I get the beta downloaded the Open Beta will be over. 
Now Atari have emailed me trailers and screenshots, some of the screenshots I posted about earlier here on MMO-Symposium. It looks like those screenshots and trailers are all I will see of the game for the moment. If I don’t manage to try open beta I certainly won’t be buying the game.
I’ll keep trying download sites such as tentonhammer and fileplanet to see If I manage to get it downloaded.
*Update* I ended up getting a 1 month fileplanet sub to download the beta, it’s downloading as I write this.
A quick post to let you all see some screen shots we have been sent for the upcoming MMO Star Trek Online.
Some nice images here for you trek fans. 
I signed up for the beta myself though I’m not as much of a Sci-Fi MMO fan as I am of the High Fantasy type games. The last Sci-Fi MMO I played was Star Wars Galaxies and I left that when Everquest 2 was released. The screen shots do look very nice though it has to be said.
Have any of you signed up for the beta, or are you planning to? What are your thoughts on this upcoming MMO?
I received an email today that Champions Online players might enjoy reading.
Champions Online will be running a Halloween event, Blood Moon. The event will be available from October 27th to November 10th. Players can access the event via a free weekend from Oct. 30th – Nov. 2nd.
Having reached what I believe to be the tenth level of MMO hell, The Plateau of Eternal Soloing, I have decided to give Lord of the Rings Online a bit of a rest and spend some time investigating the merits of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. One aspect of MMO gameplay that Champions Online recently introduced me to that WAR also offers is the concept of the public quest.
A couple of weeks ago, MMO Symposium received an invitation from Cryptic Studios to check out their newly released MMO, Champions Online. Although not a superhero and comic book fan myself, I decided that I would temporarily set aside my legendary weapons, flee the claustrophobic confines of Moria and don some very unflattering multi-coloured spandex – all in the name of blogging.
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.
Well it’s finally arrived, today is the Darkfall online release day. According to the forums there were some pre-orders which were filled quickly and today they will be allowing another batch of players to sign up.
Many people will moan about the fact that Adventurine are taking new players in batches rather than all at once, but I actually think it is a good move. Adventurine are no SOE or Blizzard and as a result don’t have the finances to risk opening tons of servers to start with, only to have to merge some later on if they are not all full. This way they ensure that each server they open has a good population at the beginning, sure they might have to merge later if people drop out of the game but it’s better than having empty servers from the off.
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
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