Промоакции для игроков не только в шутерах — воспользуйся промокодом Vavada от наших партнеров и получи бонусы, которые подарят азарт и атмосферу, сравнимую с игровыми победами.
.Just to spite Julian? I have played several, although I am on hiatus from them to see how pointless they feel after a little time away. That pointlessness will probably rate “high,” but then that happens with MMOs, too.
I will put them after the break, to avoid enraging you. Zubon has found a brown cow full of heroin! Join him now! Continue reading Zubon Reviews Random Facebook Games
Why it’s City of Heroes, of course, Issue 16.
Super-sidekicking: “Each player in the group’s level is set to the level of the owner of the active team task. If no team task is selected, everyone in the group’s level will be set to the level of the team leader.” You earn xp while exemplared, so everyone can always team with everyone.
They used to let you change your game difficulty with a simple 1 to 5 slider. That is now two sliders and two toggles. Max difficulty lets you solo against level [your level +4] enemies spawned for a group of eight. Minimum difficulty lets you solo against level [your level -1] enemies, with bosses changed to lieutenants and archvillains changed to elite bosses.
Want to change your look? Change your powers’ colors or animations, individually or collectively, including new weapons for the weapon-wielders and animations for the “I hit things” powers. Preview all those animations and enjoy the newly tabbed costume creator. If that is not enough variety, you can set these separately for each of your costumes. Are we still limited to 5 costumes per character and 36 characters per server? I might eventually run out of things to decorate. Oh, and every class got at least one new power set, although only one is completely new, the rest being proliferated from other classes.
Masterminds got Thermal Radiation at the same time that they got power customization. Want to bet on how many ninjas covered in black fire are currently rampaging across the Rogue Isles? I do not see any new missions or task forces, but the graphics overhaul probably took two-thirds of forever. There are developer diaries.
After getting my feet warn out on the first day, I decided to look into getting a better mode of transportation.
The first mode was easy. I had a preorder key for an ATV. Typed it in and a key appears in my inventory. Use the key and an ATV appears before me. Click on that and away I go. Level 2, right out of the tutorial and I have a mount. Excellent. I checked the cost of gas and… ouch. I found the garage/stable just outside of town and parked it for later. Special note: mounts have extra storage!
I decided I better get a horse since feed looks cheaper than gas by a long shot. I found the horse seller in town and decided to save up to buy an untrained horse since it was affordable. Time to go scavenging for scrap metals, woods and other items to sell. I also needed to gather some leather to make a bridle to train my horse when I buy it.
It is very important that you speak well, especially online, where text is your voice. Whenever possible, you should type in full sentences with correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Be polite, being sure to spell out “please.” Avoid profanity. Be seen to express courtesy and give others the benefit of the doubt. Avoid not just “drama,” but dramatics of any sort that might distress others or give them the impression that you are an immoderate person.
That way, when you call someone a stupid douchebag, it will mean something.
: Zubon
I was completely sold on the idea of Rohan being Lotro’s next expansion. The main evidence of this proposed expansion was the registration of the URL “RidersofRohan.com”. Registered way back by Tokien Enterprises on April of 2006 and set to re-direct any visits to lotro.com. It was as good as a confirmation of the next expansion.
Two years later, in the summer of 2008, Tolkien Enterprises registered the following URLs: “siegeofGondor.com”, “treasonofIsengard.com”, “corsairsofUmbar.com” and “firesofMordor.com”.
Little things make a big difference in your enjoyment. You would not list “cup holders” on your make-or-break features for a car, but you will notice fairly often if they are missing or sub-optimal. If they are really good, you might never notice.
In World of Warcraft, when you mouse-over a monster, the box mentions if you have a quest to kill it. This is very nice if you forget what you are doing with two dozen quests active or are not sure whether you need Prowlers, Young Prowlers, Mature Prowlers, or some or any combination of the three. In World of Warcraft, you carry quest items in your bags. This is not very nice with two dozen quests active or if you need different parts from Prowlers, Young Prowlers, and Mature Prowlers.
In World of Warcraft, you can talk to NPCs from horseback. Mounts are treated as skills, not inventory items. (The Lord of the Rings Onlineâ„¢ will be getting both of these in Siege of Mirkwoodâ„¢.) You are not dismounted by puddles or nipping wolves.
World of Warcraft has a currency tab. I have read that there are too many currencies with all the various points, badges, and whatnot you can get. Now imagine that problem when the currencies are treated as barter (inventory) options. Would you like to see the variety of tokens in my vaults for The Lord of the Rings Onlineâ„¢?
World of Warcraft treats inventory space as yet another kind of achievement. You buy bags, and bags can be of various sizes. You buy vault slots, then you need to buy the bags for them. Non-tiny bags cost more than you can afford on your own. Unless someone sends you some nice late-game bags, you will spend most of the leveling game with most your inventory full of quest items and basic supplies. The Lord of the Rings Onlineâ„¢ starts everyone with 75 inventory slots, but the only way to increase your space is to buy more vault slots (bag included in the price) or housing. World of Warcraft has no housing. World of Warcraft also has no default button for “open all bags” that I have stumbled upon.
Putting NPCs on platforms, podiums, and stages makes them much easier to click in crowds.
: Zubon
Thanks to the fine folks at ArenaNet, I had a chance to ask Linsey Murdock and Isaiah “Izzy” Cartwright some questions on the Guild Wars series. Linsey is the current lead designer for the Guild Wars 1 Live Team, and Izzy is hard at work on Guild Wars 2. The interview gives some good insight for what both may have in store for the future. Continue reading Guild Wars Interview
Hi, how are you?
I don’t really give a damn about Mafia Wars, or Farmville or any other silly little Facebook games. Crappy personality tests and “what kind of serial rapist are you?” crummy little quizzes are bad enough.
Please stop polluting my screen. Thank you.
–J.
I received an email from SOE. It seems they are doing very well! In fact, they say, “Due to the overwhelming success of the recent Free Character Transfer Service, …we will close the following 12 Star Wars Galaxies servers:”
I can’t say people didn’t see it coming. Yivvits and Mr Bubble pondered what else could come of a free-character-transfer service which only allowed people to transfer from empty servers to high population servers.
As empty as the low-population servers are, there are those that will be sad to see them go. A lot of the player-created content in SWG is in the player cities. The characters can always still transfer off, but the real estate goes down with the server.
I have been getting back in to Lord of the Rings Online in anticipation for the Siege of Mirkwood expansion. The level cap raise and obvious gear power creep does not really affect me because I am having fun now. For the most part, though, I am trying to amass some play money for when level 65 legendary items start dropping. The best way to do it for a Captain-Historian… potions. I cannot believe how much the highest tier potions are selling for. It’s nearly free money, but I still need the materials. That’s where the crafting instances come in. Continue reading My Own Shard
