MMO Updates |
- The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's 2.3 primer
- RuneScape naming system opens up to more frequent changes
- WildStar rewarding loyal players with Strain Facesnuggler
- City of Titans shows off engine progress for July 4th
- The Daily Grind: Are there any long-term MMO goals that you plan to complete in 2014?
- MMO Week in Review: Play it again, Guild Wars 2
- EVE Evolved: Making ISK from the Crius release
- Skyforge abandons leveling in favor of a prestige system
- Aura Kingdom lands on Steam
| The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's 2.3 primer Posted: 07 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Endgame, News Items, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log, Dungeons, Subscription  Unfortunately, the fact that it's landing tomorrow as of the time you're reading this means I have not yet actually played this patch. But I can still put a guide of some preliminaries together so that you can at least know what you're doing even if you haven't necessarily examined the patch notes with a fine-toothed comb just yet. So let's dive into it. When the patch goes live tomorrow, pick your destination, and go to it. Continue reading The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's 2.3 primer
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| RuneScape naming system opens up to more frequent changes Posted: 07 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, RuneScape, Free-to-Play  Through the use of a bond, characters can now change their names as many times as they'd like without waiting a month as was required previously. Character names will also expire for inactive accounts that haven't logged in for two years or more as well as those accounts that have never become a member and haven't logged in for six months. These expired names are up for grabs, but their original owners will be notified via email before losing the name. If you haven't played in a while, simply log in within the next seven days to keep your name.
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| WildStar rewarding loyal players with Strain Facesnuggler Posted: 07 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, News Items, Promotions, WildStar, Subscription 
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| City of Titans shows off engine progress for July 4th Posted: 07 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Super-hero, Trailers, Video, Previews, News Items  Previous videos of the game have relied heavily upon off-the-shelf assets and resources that other people had made, but this video is a look at a landscape moving from "designed by others" to "designed just for this game." Obviously there's a long way to go, but if you're looking forward to seeing what the team at Missing Worlds Media can do in the future, this is a good place to start. [Thanks to Byron for the tip!] Continue reading City of Titans shows off engine progress for July 4th
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| The Daily Grind: Are there any long-term MMO goals that you plan to complete in 2014? Posted: 07 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Classes, MMO Industry, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, though, and I think that even without another double XP event, I'll finally be finished before the end of the year. What about you, Massively readers? Are there any long-term MMO goals you plan to complete in 2014?  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!
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| MMO Week in Review: Play it again, Guild Wars 2 Posted: 06 Jul 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  This week, ArenaNet launched the second season of Guild Wars 2's living story, introducing the first part of a new zone, Dry Top, to the almost-two-year-old MMO. Don't worry if you miss an installment, however; the new living journal will allow you to replay past storylines, nullifying complaints about temporary content. Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories. Continue reading MMO Week in Review: Play it again, Guild Wars 2
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| EVE Evolved: Making ISK from the Crius release Posted: 06 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Culture, Economy, Expansions, Game Mechanics, Patches, Previews, PvP, PvE, EVE Evolved, Dev Diaries, Sandbox, Crafting, Player-Generated Content, Subscription  There's always money to be made from major gameplay changes, and accurately predicting how an expansion will impact on the market can put you on the head of a short-lived but very lucrative gold rush. Though EVE's updates now come in the form of ten smaller releases per year, the upcoming Crius release scheduled for July 22nd has practically a whole expansion's worth of changes to industry and research. That gives you just over two weeks to prepare for the change, train any skills you might need, and figure out how to cash in on EVE's industrial revolution. In this edition of EVE Evolved, I run down some tips for how to prepare for the upcoming industry revamp in Crius and make some ISK. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Making ISK from the Crius release
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| Skyforge abandons leveling in favor of a prestige system Posted: 06 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Free-to-Play, Community Q&A, Skyforge  A few of the questions centered around how Skyforge has eschewed a traditional leveling format in favor of a "prestige" system. Prestige is like gearscore, a sum total of the stats from a player's equipment. As a player gains more prestige, more content, gear, and followers are unlocked. "Instances are tied to the amount of prestige your character has," the team explained. "The better your character[s are] developed, the higher their prestige is and the more adventures they can go on." Other questions concerned whether there will be a test server (there will be) or a global chat channel (there won't be). The team did indicate that there would be a multi-platform chat system on launch, however: "Our programmers wrote a special chat service that will allow players in the game to chat to friends that are reading messages from other devices. This means that you can chat with other players regardless of whether they are in the game or not." [Thanks to Dengar for the tip!]
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, Free-to-Play  Aeria Games CEO Pascal Zuta hopes that this will give the anime MMO a good boost: "Having a game launch on Steam is a sign of trust in the quality of the game and the service we provide. We are very excited to now be able to offer Aura Kingdom to a wider audience through the Steam platform." [Source: Aeria Games press release]
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