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- WoW Archivist: One night of payback in 2006
- One Shots: A horse and his girl
- The Daily Grind: What do you think of ArcheAge's beta community?
- Make My MMO: July 27 - August 2, 2014
- Star Citizen's latest ship is ready for the races
- Darkfall introduces PLEX-like 'D.U.E.L.' subscription currency
| WoW Archivist: One night of payback in 2006 Posted: 03 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Events (In-Game), Game Mechanics, PvP, Roleplaying, Player-Generated Content, Subscription, WoW Archivist  An interesting aspect of the ongoing Ashran faction hub debate is the fear people express that their hubs will be raided by enemy players, since the new hubs are adjacent to a PvP zone. Blizzard pointed out that the hubs will be better defended by NPCs than the Shrines are now, and the Shrines currently see few serious attacks on live realms, despite their close proximity. On most realms today, little large-scale world PvP occurs, and even fewer faction raids. Faction raids were once a huge part of the game, even on PvE realms. You couldn't kill opposing players on PvE realms if they didn't want to be killed, but you could deny them their questgivers, flightmasters, and other crucial NPCs. And we did that, on both sides, throughout classic WoW. Easy targets like the Crossroads, Astranaar, Grom'gol, and Refuge Pointe were raided almost daily. If your faction was heavily outnumbered, like mine was on Khadgar-US back then, it could be infuriating. We had our small victories at times, as I covered in my first Archivist column. But many days, all we could do was stand by and watch as the Alliance occupied our towns for hours at a time and took away our ability to level effectively. On our first anniversary in 2006, my guild set out for some payback. Today I'd like to share that tale of classic world PvP from the era when faction raids were serious business. Continue reading WoW Archivist: One night of payback in 2006
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| One Shots: A horse and his girl Posted: 03 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, Culture, One Shots, Mabinogi, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Miscellaneous, ArcheAge, WildStar  "Here's a quick screen shot of my character Celosia and her faithful horsey companion Chapp taken during the first closed beta weekend," Balsbigbrother writes. "It's a really gorgeous-looking game, and I also really appreciate the fact that the female characters have sensible, functional-looking armour for the most part rather than the usual bikini armour nonsense." But what about bikini horse armor? For shame, that beast is practically nude! For more shocking and lurid photos, click on the button below and make sure your mom isn't standing over your shoulder. Continue reading One Shots: A horse and his girl
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| The Daily Grind: What do you think of ArcheAge's beta community? Posted: 03 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Culture, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, ArcheAge, Sandbox  So I'm going to ask Massively readers with ArcheAge beta experience. Do you feel like ArcheAge's community is bad? Why or why not? If it is bad, what do you think should be done about it, if anything?  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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| Make My MMO: July 27 - August 2, 2014 Posted: 02 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Crowdfunding, Make My MMO  We also heard from the creator of Project Gorgon, who describes his title as "Asheron's Call crossed with EverQuest with the emergent gameplay of NetHack." Finally, don't forget about Elite: Dangerous and its newly minted Beta 1! Click past the cut for our complete MMO crowdfunding roundup. Continue reading Make My MMO: July 27 - August 2, 2014
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| Star Citizen's latest ship is ready for the races Posted: 02 Aug 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Promotions, Sandbox, Star Citizen  Players who cough up $90 can put one of these sleek machines in their collection right now. The devs promise that the M50 is "hanger-ready," meaning that you can admire it in person via the hanger module. Taking it out for a spin? That may be a while yet. [Thanks to James for the tip!]
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| Darkfall introduces PLEX-like 'D.U.E.L.' subscription currency Posted: 02 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Darkfall, Business Models, Economy, MMO Industry, News Items, Sandbox  Several minor changes were included in the same update, also the addition of a shop item named D.U.E.L which, when purchased with selentine gold, will add 30 days of subscription time to your account if activated. The purpose of D.U.E.L is to give Darkfall players in-game options to renew their subscriptions.Redditor mmochallenge notes that the in-game D.U.E.L. items are currently selling for around 150,000 gold.
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Verizon's decision to throttle data for certain users grandfathered in to the company's older unlimited data plans has drawn the ire of the Federal Communications Commission. In an open letter, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler tells Verizon that he is "deeply troubled" by its recent announcement and finds it "disturbing" that the wireless carrier would try to take advantage of a loophole to bring in more money.
