MMO Updates

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• One Shots: A light in the dark
• The Daily Grind: Which MMO races do you detest?
• Black Gold Online features 300 square kilometers to explore, dynamic events, and more
• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - gathering
• Tattered Notebook: It's the little things that count in EQII updates

One Shots: A light in the dark Posted: 12 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, EverQuest, Star Trek Online, One Shots, TERA, Miscellaneous, Neverwinter Reader Andrew is quite impressed with the look of Neverwinter, saying that it is visually "amazing!" Without descending into hyperbole, I have to agree. It's a good-looking title with plenty of interesting details if you take the time to stop and smell the corpses. Corpses? Well, Andrew is standing in the middle of a whole bunch of dead folks here with his spectral flashlight (AA batteries not included). I wouldn't touch that treasure chest if I were you, Andrew. I'm guessing it might be a mimic. Oh no! As we stumble through the dark, what other visions might we encounter in this week's One Shots? Continue reading One Shots: A light in the dark One Shots: A light in the dark originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Daily Grind: Which MMO races do you detest? Posted: 12 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Races, Humor, Miscellaneous My loathing of Elves is not only well-documented here on Massively, but stretches back to my childhood. I've just never liked them, period. Maybe it's because they're the preppie cool kids in my mind's John Hughes movie, or maybe it's their incredible haughty arrogance and froofy love of flowerwear. In any case, I don't like them, I don't play them, and I feel perfectly fine wishing all manner of humiliating harm upon them. After all, they're pretend and that makes it OK, right? So in the tongue-in-cheek spirit of imaginary racism, which pretend species makes your skin crawl in MMOs? Can you not abide by Dwarves no matter what? Do Gnomes irk you? Will your eyes roll out of your head if you see another humanoid cat race invade your gaming space? Let's get our hate on this morning! Whee! 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: Which MMO races do you detest? originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 12 May 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Black Gold Online features 300 square kilometers to explore, dynamic events, and more Posted: 11 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, PvE, Steampunk Snail Games may be best known for Age of Wushu, but that may change later this year as the company's Black Gold Online makes it way west. The steampunk fantasy title recently received a website update and a feature listing in its native China, and MMO Culture has translated the details. Those details include 300 square kilometers of explorable landmass, two factions, six races, and 18 classes. The game will also feature dynamic events of some sort, as well as faction wars and cross-server PvP. Action combat is on the menu, too, as are a variety of mounts including "mecha suits," anti-air tanks, flying dragons, and more. We've embedded a six-minute gameplay trailer from late last year just past the break. Continue reading Black Gold Online features 300 square kilometers to explore, dynamic events, and more Black Gold Online features 300 square kilometers to explore, dynamic events, and more originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 11 May 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: MMO Culture

The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - gathering Posted: 11 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log We all like to stop and smell the roses. And then we like to pluck those roses, bring them home, and melt them into component enzymes that will allow us access to a temporary attack power buff. Final Fantasy XIV is beautiful, sure, but you need that attack power bonus. If it isn't obvious, this week's stop on my whirlwind beta tour is the fine art of grabbing items from the landscape and turning them into crafting fodder. Final Fantasy XIV had quite an interesting gathering system at launch, but it also had some pretty serious problems, and so the relaunch had to completely revamp the system while retaining the soul of the original version. No pressure. Not a whole lot changed in terms of gathering between my time in San Francisco and my time in the beta, but I did have a great deal more time to try out the gathering system. So let's take a walk on the self-sufficient side. Continue reading The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - gathering The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 - gathering originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Tattered Notebook: It's the little things that count in EQII updates Posted: 11 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, MMO Industry, Patches, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Tattered Notebook It's like they know me! You'd think with all the bag functionalities that SOE has introduced to EverQuest II this year that the devs have watched my livestreams and taken pity on me and my storage predicament. And it didn't stop with just one new addition; even after one set of sorting capabilities was released, another set came along. With all these new organizational tools, there is a chance even I might actually find something in my oft-overstuffed bags. (Clean bags, however, is another matter entirely and not likely to be resolved!) Now bag sorting in and of itself really doesn't sound like a big deal, the kind complete with flashing lights and a ticker-tape parade. It's not. In fact, it's pretty much a little thing... well, except for micro-managers and packrats, of course. So why in heavens would I be spending time talking about piddly updates in EQII when such an expansive one recently released? Because getting the little things (and getting them with regularity) is big. The subject of minor updates warrants just as much attention as a named one like Scars of the Awakened, both for what the updates are and for what they portend. And those updates bode well for everyone. Continue reading Tattered Notebook: It's the little things that count in EQII updates Tattered Notebook: It's the little things that count in EQII updates originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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