Author: Ethic

I run this little MMO gaming blog but I hardly ever write on it anymore. I'm more of a bloglord or something. Thankfully I have several minions to keep things rolling along.
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Moonglade

[World of Warcraft] Tonight I teamed up with a random stranger who was playing a hunter and I was playing my level 9 druid. We did the Relics of the Wakening quest together and in the process I levelled to 10. It was fun working together. I was able to fight most of the time, and still had enough in reserve to pull off some amazing healing when the hunter needed it. In fact, at the end when I needed to run back to turn in a quest I managed to survive for a good long time with 6 or 7 creatures pounding on me. It is really nice to be able to heal.

Best part of hitting level 10 for me was the ability to travel to Moonglade which is a special Druid place (other classes *can* get to it I guess). It was worth the effort to get to 10 just to see it. Very nice and peaceful place, and I picked up several flight paths as well. I sense this place could become a travel shortcut in the future. As a night elf druid, I was hoping to see some tauren druids here, but the only ones I came across were the NPCs. Oh well, I have some more exploring to do there, it seem like a big place. Perhaps I will run into one later.

Up next is the quest to learn how to shapeshift into a bear. This druid might put a damper on my plans to play a dwarf priest on one of the roleplay servers. I’m having fun.

– Ethic

Run Away

[World of Warcraft] I logged into a roleplay server and started a Dwarf Priest. Spent a little time roleplaying (nobody else was). There are corpses of Gnomes and Dwarves all over the place, with interesting names. Names like “Blizzsucks”, “Nocontent”, “Deadgnome”, “Dontplaywow”, and “Laggyservers”.

I decided to move on to Ironforge. After 5 or 10 minutes of running, I enter the big city. Lock up, crash to desktop.

So, I figured I would go back to my main server. Queue of 189 and 15 minutes later, I’m in. I log into my level 8 Druid, because I’m bound and determined to see Moonglade even though it is probably not anything special. It’s a goal so I make it mine.

Running around Darnassus, some level 14 Warrior is challenging all the level 6 and 8 players to duals and then calling them “pansies” if they don’t accept. Finally a level 11 Hunter accepts and beats him. The 14 Warrior called the 11 Hunter a “pansy” for using her pet. After that, a level 10 Rogue fought him 3 times, finally beat him on the third time. Meanwhile, a level 50 Hunter is telling everyone that he could beat anyone here up in real life, or he could go get any of his other level 60 characters and take everyone on. A few people confront him with accusations of “no life loser” and such. He proclaims to make $50 an hour so he wins in real life.

I went out questing and finally got to level 9. I returned to one of my quest-giving NPCs in Darnassus. Only this time he has been slaughtered by a level 60 Undead Rogue who is just waiting for him to spawn again. With no high level Alliance players around, he is pretty much left alone. I manage to turn in my quest before he could kill the NPC again, but it was close.

What fun.

– Ethic

Nothing To Play

Like Zubon, I have cancelled EVE Online. I could echo a lot of what he wrote below, but instead just read what he wrote below. For me, there is more. I am feeling little to no desire to play any MMOG right now. I’m sure it will not last long, but for now here it is.

I even reactivated my World of Warcraft account to see if that would help. After logging in to a brand new RP server and having two Paladins run into an area I was fighting in and then yelling at me to “find my own mobs to kill, ass” that I decided to bow to them and log out. That was some stunning Paladin roleplay, boys.

So what now? I don’t know. What I liked most is actual roleplay and grouping with people I know. It seems hard to find either these days.

– Ethic

Flashback

Melee Ah, Dungeons & Dragons. Who amongst us does not look back fondly at the late nights spent gathered around a table with your good friends, eating pizza and trying to figure out which hallway to take in the latest dungeon you are exporing? I know I do. However, at least for me, there was something before D&D.

They came in zip lock bags and you could by them for a few dollars. My very first experience in this microgames world was a game called Melee.

The first character I ever created was named “Yagery”. I’ll never forget that sword slinging brute. I virtually destroyed my friend’s character in every fight and he was supposed to be the one teaching me.

If you aren’t familiar with “Melee”, it was a rather simple game that was focused on combat in an arena. The creator of Melee, eventually went on to create GURPS.

So, what was your first RPG game and what about it brings back the memories for you?

Now I’m off to order a copy of “Melee” and teach my son how to play it.

– Ethic

And now, it’s DOFUS time

[DOFUS] “A lot of persons have subscribed to the DOFUS open beta and the team thanks all of them. From now, you are able to discover the astonishing universe of DOFUS and, by this way, get ready for the final version of September. We still need more gamers, do not hesitate to advise your friends and family to register.”

In other words, open beta for an MMORPG called DOFUS has begun.

– Ethic

Ethic Was Here

Golden Gate

I spent a little time in San Francisco this weekend. We walked from Fisherman’s Wharf to Chinatown and then back. Up and down the hills. What a workout.

It was foggy and cool. Had lots of fun.

In Chinatown, there was a guy selling pheasants for $12.00 and these were live pheasants. He was yelling and screaming, trying to sell the last one. Very interesting. I tried something called a lychee, which was really tasty.

– Ethic

M&M MMO

Read this news over at IGN. Microsoft and Marvel are teaming up to make a Superhero-based MMO for the XBOX 360. I’m not sure why I am posting this, because I honestly don’t care either way. I won’t be buying an XBOX for this or any other reason.

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Microsoft’s Peter Moore stated that “online gaming is reaching a point of acceptance. We will use as many of the Marvel characters as we can.”

We are going to cram superheroes down your throat until you can’t breathe, and you’ll like it.

– Ethic

Guild Wars Update

[Guild Wars] Wednesday, July 13 Patch Notes

* Improved faction rewards in Arenas and the Tournament:

o Arena Victory: 10 in Team/Competition Arenas, 5 in Shiverpeak Arena, 2 in Ascalon Arena

o Arena Bonus for 5 Consecutive Victories: 10 in Team/Competition Arenas, 5 in Shiverpeak Arena, 2 in Ascalon Arena

o Arena Bonus for Flawless Victory: 2 in Team/Competition Arenas, 1 in Shiverpeak Arena, 0 in Ascalon Arena

o Tournament Victory: 20 in the first map, 40 in early missions, 60 in later missions, 80 in the Hall of Heroes

* Corrected faction reward for kills in low level arenas, so that it now matches what was announced in the June 29 update notes.

* Restored XP for PvP games. Players will now receive both Faction and XP for killing an opponent.

* Improved Henchmen movement AI so that they more closely follow the player and avoid getting stuck.

* Added Lina, a level 17 protection healer henchman, to all Crystal Desert outposts.

* Improved staff damage and armor on protection healer henchmen to better match their level.

* Improved minion formations and corrected a flaw that was occasionally preventing them from following or attacking.

* Added new artwork for the Warrior’s ascended Gladiator’s Armor and Ranger’s ascended Druid’s Armor.

* Fixed the following area-of-effect (AOE) spells so that they are no longer cancelled if the target dies while you are casting them: Chaos Storm, Deep Freeze, Desecrate Enchantments, Earthquake, Enfeebling Blood, Eruption, Feast of Corruption, Fireball, Ice Spikes, Maelstrom, Meteor, Meteor Storm, Panic, Phoenix, Plague Sending, Rodgort’s Invocation, Rust, Searing Heat, Shadow of Fear, Soothing Images, Suffering.

* Fixed Grenth’s Balance so that it does not decrease the target’s health by more than it increases your health.

* Fixed wards, spirits, and wells so that players who are resurrected within the area of effect receive that spell’s effect after resurrection.

* Fixed bug which prevented the final boss in the Thunderhead Keep mission from dropping loot.

* Updated boss monster spawns in Dunes of Despair, The Frost Gate, Deldrimor Bowl, and Traveler’s Vale.

* Updated or repaired flaws in the following quests: “Tower of Courage,” “A Gift of Griffons,” “Khobay the Betrayer,” and “Undead Horde.”

* Updated monster locations in North Kryta Province and Fissure of Woe.

* Updated Captain Greywind NPC to level 20 for continuity.

* Added party configuration requirement so that parties containing henchmen or unascended players are now prevented from entering the Fissure of Woe and the Underworld.

Interface changes:

* Added new trader interface.

* Expanded friends list so that you can have up to 50 on your friends list and up to 10 on your ignore list.

* Expanded maximum permitted length of guild announcement to 255 characters.

* Improved vendor windows so they remember their last size and position.

* Improved vendor windows so they show equipped items with a special symbol.

* Improved information displayed in “/age” command.

* Corrected the skill monitor and selection bar so that when they are inactive they no longer interfere with mouse interaction.

* Corrected quest markers on the compass so they update properly after completing a quest.

* Added tags to highlight fellow guild members in outposts.

* Improved several error and warning messages, especially related to guild battle formation.

* Updated icon for Flurry skill.

* Fixed minor update bugs in party formation window.

Miscellaneous:

* Updated Korean and European translations.

* Fixed miscellaneous rare crash bugs.

Not bad for free, eh?

– Ethic