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[Guild Wars] Picked up two copies of Guild Wars Nightfall the other day. My wife and I are migrating over from World of Warcraft. It’ll be nice to play something totally new for both of us. I’m not sure what our character names will be but I’ll post a comment below when I do. The [BLOG] guild is mostly empty now, but if anyone is looking to join up with us and understands that they might never see us online, let me know. Otherwise, if we can find an established, mature yet casual guild we might be interested in joining it.
I’m really starting to like the way Guild Wars structures it’s gameplay costs to players. It seems to be pretty friendly to casual time-restricted players like me. Even factoring in the costs of all three boxes, I’ve still paid less that I paid for WoW in about the same amount of time. I also feel no pressure to log in, because I’m not paying for each month. I like it.
– Ethic
[Ryzom] Once upon a time, I was in the Beta 2 of Ryzom. I tested and played. I really did not like the game much and put it out of my memory. When the announcement was made about the Ryzom Ring, I became interested again but was skeptical. Now that it is out, and after reading a lot about the game from Kwip, I decided to download the free trial and check it out for myself.
This post is mostly just an introduction and first impressions. I plan to post more down the road as I get more playtime in. But for now, let’s get started. The demo download took about an hour to grab off their website and get installed. There was also a small patch, about a minute’s worth. Registration was easy, no credit card required. All and all quite painless. The graphics displayed during the install showed scenes of space as well as fantasy. Hard to even know for sure what the game is going to be like from those shots.
Continue reading Ryzom Revisited
[World of Warcraft] I was listening to one of the many WoW podcasts the other day and they mentioned putting different instances on “farm status”. I was pretty sure I knew what they were talking about, but I looked it up in the wikipedia. Here is what they have there:
Farming(instance)/on farm status:A statement used to refer to an instance that is frequently completed with ease and in little time such as “We are farming Molten Core†or “We have Blackwing Lair on farm statusâ€.
Seriously, the gamers that are willing to continue playing games that don’t have enough content for them are basically making sure MMORPGs remain as crappy as they are. They could be so much more, but as long as a good majority of people seem to enjoy doing the same damn instance over and over again – we will be stuck here in the crappy MMORPG present. Why? Why is that fun? I don’t get it. I don’t mean to flame these people (my brother is one of them), but come on.
– Ethic
[EVE Online] The Band of Brothers (BoB) alliance (the 6th largest in EVE with 1531 members) has declared war on the Ascendant Frontier (ASCN) alliance (the largest in EVE with 3829 members). My corporation, Ars Caelestis, is part of ASCN. While this is part of what playing EVE is all about, I really wonder how the server cluster will hold up in battles with the potential to become huge.
Continue reading BoB Declares War On ASCN
I came across an old post today on Terra Nova. Part of it hit the nail on the head as to why I prefer EVE over WoW. Let me share that part with you.
WoW (and too it symbolizes so much in the genre) is a place that reeks of fun and playfulness on the surface, but once ensnared, players are led into a deception that spells W*O*R*K. Eve-Online on the other hand is Icelandic with Calvinist overtones – yet in this confining straightjacket there is opportunity to find one’s own way towards a demeanor of play. One represents a fall into an abyss, the other, a rise from one to redemption…
Most all MMOs out there that I have played go for the fun and easy right off the bat. Levels ding several times a night. New skills and new armor in a flurry of action. Fast forward a few months and it’s days to get a level and you are still wearing that same ugly cloak you found 2 weeks ago. EVE on the other hand starts out kind of rough and ugly. Confusing at times and seeming as if there is nothing to do. Fast forward a few months and you can go from a hardcore ice miner to a covert-ops pilot sneaking behind the enemy forces in the time it takes to dock and switch ships.
Yes, I am an EVE fanboy and I hope more MMORPGs can find a way to make a game keep getting more fun as you play it, like EVE does.
– Ethic
[EVE Online] The first Titan has been built and it was Ascendant Frontier that made it happen. It’s a pretty big deal, and an even bigger ship. Way to go ASCN! Ars Caelestis is proud to be a part of ASCN.
Updated:
Official news report.
ASCN leader CYVOK posted on the official EVE forums: “Maybe our second titan finished at 13:02 today, maybe it didn’t.” Hmm…
– Ethic
[World of Warcraft] Been kind of feeling burnt out of gaming lately. I’ve been working two jobs racking up 65 hours a week on a regular basis and when I get free time all I want to do is sleep. Having said that, my wife recently mentioned that she wanted to play World of Warcraft some more.
My account has been inactive for a while, but I thought about it. If I bought a second account, we could play together. I ran the option by her and she thought it sounded like something fun for us to do together. I found a copy of WoW on sale at the local game store and it’s sitting here on top of my copy of Half-Life2 Episode 1 and a book “Small Stakes Hold ’em”. HL2e1 is something I actually finished playing recently, but the book has yet to be cracked open (poker is one of my other hobbies). I’m just waiting for the word from her to fire up both computers down here in the nerdcenter of the house. I imagine I’ll have some things to write and perhaps I’ll even have her write a post or two.
We shall see.
– Ethic
Since the official word is out, I figured I’d get a little discussion going. Our own Nicodemus and Spot are starting a project together (that has nothing to do with us here at KTR). The project is an MMORPG called “Immortal Destiny”. Also, Nicodemus recently released a book titled “MMO Evolution”. I purchased the first copy (so I was told) and am currently devouring the contents. Just to be clear, I had no prior knowledge about either of these events, I read the press release just like many others.
So the claim is to be “the first truly evolutionary massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) designed to empower players and provide extraordinary experiences and entertainment.” One can only hope. But what is “evolutionary”? Let’s dig in a little further.
Continue reading “Immortal Destiny” and “MMO Evolution”
Me most favorite of ’em all.
Ramming speed!
– Ethic
[Pirates!] I’ve set sail t’ find me riches. Don’ know when I’ll b’ back, matey. Hoist one fer me whilst I b’gone.
– Ethic