MMO Updates

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• Nexon takes Mabinogi offline indefinitely due to 'malicious activity'
• Global Chat: December 25-31, 2011
• The Daily Grind: Want to make an inaccurate prediction?
• The Tattered Notebook: An insider's guide to the Beastlord
• The Mog Log: The 2012 forecast
• Captain's Log: Facing a content drought? Make up your own!
• Massively's Best of 2011 Awards

Nexon takes Mabinogi offline indefinitely due to 'malicious activity' Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, MMO industry, New titles, Free-to-play, Mabinogi, Sandbox If you were looking to play a little Mabinogi to kick off the new year, you might want to make alternate arrangements. Nexon has taken the free-to-play sandbox offline in order to deal with the recent spate of "malicious activity" going on in-game. Mabinogi went dark yesterday, and Nexon says that it does "not have a specific time for the service to re-open." This is the second time in the past three months that Nexon has disabled the game, as the company dealt with a rash of unauthorized RMT issues and botting as recently as October of 2011. As per usual when MMO security issues crop up, the company has not released any details, saying only that "we feel that we have no choice but to take the game down in order to prevent any further malicious action." [Thanks to David for the tip!] Nexon takes Mabinogi offline indefinitely due to 'malicious activity' originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Announcement

Global Chat: December 25-31, 2011 Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Global Chat, Miscellaneous We love hearing what you have to say at Massively, and we love it even more when we can share the best comments with all of our readers. Massively staffers will be contributing some of their favorite comments every week, so keep an eye out every Sunday for more Global Chat! Welcome to the first Global Chat of 2012! This week is all about some of your responses to our MMO predictions for 2012. You all chipped in plenty of great thoughts, so follow along after the break for the best of what our readers had to say last week! Continue reading Global Chat: December 25-31, 2011 Global Chat: December 25-31, 2011 originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Daily Grind: Want to make an inaccurate prediction? Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Humor, Miscellaneous Today is the first day of 2012, and that means there's a whole new year awaiting us, a year during which no doubt a lot of things will happen in the MMO space. But while we've already made our staff predictions, we're sure that our readers have their own... both the kind that seem likely and the sort that seem like they'll never happen, the sort of crazy pie-in-the-sky stuff that you usually file in the back of your head and forget about. Well, not today. Today, we want you to dust off those theories about the next year that have a 1% chance of happening at best. If you're wrong, hey, odds are low. But if you're right about your guess that World of Warcraft will go free-to-play or that Guild Wars 2 will announce a subscription fee of $30 per month, you said it here first, right? So go nuts with your crazy predictions in the comments! Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind! The Daily Grind: Want to make an inaccurate prediction? originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Image Source

The Tattered Notebook: An insider's guide to the Beastlord Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Classes, Game mechanics, Interviews, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook, Guides Beastlords have only been in game for a few weeks, but already quite a few EverQuest II fans have rolled one up to and taken it for a test drive. There are several new facets to the class that are refreshingly new to the usual EQII adventure classes, and it's little surprise that they've become arguably the most popular class around lately. I tracked down a good friend and guildie, Nauralea, who has already reached the level cap with her Beastlord and has also finished her class epic and done a little raiding. If you're curious about how the class works or whether it's still fun to play at the higher levels, read on for a great look at the nuts and bolts of the class and even some helpful tips for leveling up one of your own! Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: An insider's guide to the Beastlord The Tattered Notebook: An insider's guide to the Beastlord originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Mog Log: The 2012 forecast Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Final Fantasy XI, Expansions, MMO industry, Previews, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log As we enter the twilight of 2011, I can say with absolute certainty that my predictions for Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV were wrong, which is fine, since when I made them last year I seem to recall saying to myself that I was predicting more on the basis of "should happen" than "will likely happen." I was overly optimistic about several things, overly pessimistic about a couple of others, and going in a completely different direction from the design team on the rest -- which is fine by me, actually. That having been said, whether proving that I'm not afraid of failure or that I don't know when to quit, I'm coming back for another round of predictions for this coming year. But there's one major variable in the equation that's horrible to try and account for, and that's Final Fantasy XI. I can easily see the game going one of two ways, and while I think one's a bit more likely, there seem to be more divergent futures for it than for Final Fantasy XIV. Continue reading The Mog Log: The 2012 forecast The Mog Log: The 2012 forecast originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Captain's Log: Facing a content drought? Make up your own! Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Culture, Events, in-game, Opinion, Star Trek Online, Roleplaying, Captain's Log Those of you who haven't been in Star Trek Online in a while will be happy to know there was a new event system put into place after the advent of A Call to Arms. The event calendar appears the moment a player clicks on his Starfleet delta to hail Starfleet and contains a neatly reorganized mission menu as well as an hourly listing of special daily events in which players can participate. Missions range from the KDF Mirror Universe and the new Borg Invasion of Defera to the Multiphasic Event in which players who farm anomalies for crafting are granted extra rewards during the time period in question. The new event system is very helpful to those players who get satisfaction from a specific type of play as they are able to obtain extra rewards for undertaking that play during the scheduled times. Of course, events aren't the only way to spend your STO time during this content drought, and this New Year's Eve edition of the Captain's Log has a few other ideas for you... Continue reading Captain's Log: Facing a content drought? Make up your own! Captain's Log: Facing a content drought? Make up your own! originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Massively's Best of 2011 Awards Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST Filed under: MMO industry, Opinion, Massively Meta, Miscellaneous 2011 was an interesting year for MMOs. Some of the most anticipated games were launched, one of the strongest MMO communities was left in the cold, and a seemingly untouchable indie developer quickly realized that it needs to listen to its players more than anything else. As is often tradition this time of the year, we, the Massively staff, have compiled our top picks in nine different categories to celebrate what 2011 was for us. Every MMO on this list was either launched, re-launched (as free-to-play), or had some game-changing event affect it in 2011. Read along after the cut for our choices and feel free to let us know in the comments what you'd have picked for each category. Continue reading Massively's Best of 2011 Awards Massively's Best of 2011 Awards originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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