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The Mog Log: Back in the high life again The good news is that both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV should be back online as of Friday. (I'm writing this on Thursday, so watch some last-minute wrench get tossed into the works.) The bad news is... well, really, that's all the news over the past couple of weeks. While the team has been working, it seems like improving a video game hasn't been at the top of anyone's priority list in the wake of the earthquake and subsequent devastation. If I hadn't made this clear enough last week, that's pretty much the only reasonable response to what's been happening. It's astonishing that anyone has even been going on and working on the games, much less actively keeping players up to date about the status of the servers. There's the distinct chance that you weren't able to log in as soon as the servers went live again yesterday, and even if you did, it was mostly a matter of checking back in and lounging for a few moments. So let's take a look at some of the ways to re-acquaint yourself with the games. Get back to basics One of the best elements of both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV is flexibility. You don't need to create a new character to enjoy the starting game again, nor do you have to make another one each time you want to try a new class. So take advantage of that fact and start playing something you've never tried before, from level 1 on up. Maybe you unlocked an advanced job an eternity ago and just never bothered leveling it. Maybe you can craft a fine weapon or crafting tool for a discipline you hadn't bothered exploring. Or maybe you have none of the above and would be stuck just like any other level 1 schlub, without any special toys to set you apart. The thing is, that's where the magic started for you. Seriously, would you have kept playing if there weren't something magical about hunting rarabs in Ronfaure? Usually there are endgame pressures and a leveling curve and so forth to keep you focused on the more important issues rather than just playing around in starter regions. But if there's one thing the shutdown has forced everyone to do, it's take a break from the pressure of HNMs and Abyssea and so forth. (Or from the higher-end faction leves in FFXIV, although that's not as regimented a progression system at the moment.) You won't be under any pressure this time around, and you'll be free to just enjoy the game again on your own terms. U will be like to read these:     tibia gold
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Volume II solofication

One word: heck yes! Well, it is one word when I say it, kind of a "heckyessss!" In any case, I do know I haven't been alone in clamoring for a revamp to Volume II like the one the team gave Volume I, and it is great to see Turbine come through on this. The epic storyline's always been one of the key features of the game, so it was disappointing to get stuck on fellowship-level chapters because you could not discover a group. Nobody likes reading a lovely book and being told that he cannot go past chapter 5 unless he finds three other people reading the same book at the same place.

Volume III, Book 3

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So now soloers ought to be able to go all the way through the epic storyline, from the prologue all the way up through wherever they are in Volume III. And, of work, they can do it whether they are subscribers or free players.

And for those of us who have made it to the current stopping point of the epic storyline, this update keeps the lovely times rolling with Book 3. Continuing the story of the slowest road trip south ever, Book 3 keeps the Rangers in Enedwaith as they inquire in to a library or somesuch. Also, there may be echoes. OF THE DEAD.

But seriously, new books in the epic storyline are always the first things players demand with any new update, so bully for Turbine for including it. The tales get better and better as they go along, and I cannot wait to see what Isengard brings.

Monster Play updates

I have never been in to the PvMP side of the game, but I do know that those who are always feel that Turbine gives short shrift to PvMP, and they definitely crave more, more, MORE! With Echoes of the Dead, Turbine's implementing a two- pronged approach to getting more people in to LotRO's PvP. It is providing additional incentives for Freeps to join in the battle and is also helping new Creep players by buffing up their characters and explaining the systems a bit better through an improved tutorial.

This all is not to tug at my interest and pull me over to the Ettenmoors, but I must get past my own self-interest to recognize that there's plenty of players who dwell here exclusively and have been dying for improvements. So enjoy your Middle-earth pillow fight, PvMPers!

Legendary Item changes

All in all, I heartily applaud this. LIs ought to be a blessing, not a curse, and it looks as though this update is a sure step in the right direction.

As chilled as the Legendary Item system is -- and I firmly think it is an excellent addition to the game -- it did need an attentive hand to fix a few parts that have been cruelly broken since Mines of Moria's launch. Happily, with Echoes of the Dead, players will have much more control over shaping their LIs by being able to pull off and replace legacies in order to make the item you wanted in lieu of rolling the grind dice and hoping against the odds.

 

 

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Crafting perfection

Of coursework, Update 9 is over a public service announcement about medical science gone awry. It is also introducing a feature that DDO's lacked for years now: crafting. While high-level players have been able to assemble armor before this point, a true crafting process is coming to the game with this patch.

Each player will be able to level up three separate crafting branches -- elemental, divine & arcane -- in order to disassemble semi- useless gear & forge the weapons & armor ideal for his character. Players will use a deconstruction tool located in House K's new crafting hall to pull one effect off of an item so that it can be applied to a different item. As Fernando Paiz explained it, you have the choice of saving an item's level (such as +5), its prefix ("Vorpil"), the base item itself (bastard sword), or its suffix ("of Maiming").

The higher the item's level relative to your crafting skill, the greater your chance to fail in either deconstructing or constructing it (& the greater the XP you'll get as a reward, ).

Status & perfection

Paiz said that the crafting process coming with Update 9 is the first iteration of the feature; another significant revision will come later on, perhaps with Update 11, he said.

Sorcerers will be able to become Savants in one of the elemental schools of magic, such as chilled, acid or wind. An Elemental Savant gains a free cast ability from that school (which means you can cast it as lots of times as you need for no spell points) & increases the effective level for every spell in that school by three. The caveat to this, however, is that any spells from the opposing school (such as fire & water) will suffer a three-level debuff to all of those spells, rendering them far weaker than normal.

Sorcerers & Favored Souls have a reason to rejoice with Update 9, as both classes will finally get status enhancements & in doing so will join the remainder of the classes in the game. Status enhancements are class specializations that come at levels 6, 12, & 18, in case you meet the requirements, & they can significantly change & expand your character's abilities.

Over in the Favored Soul camp, the class ought to become even more desirable as a team player with the Divine Avenger enhancement. Kind of following in the footsteps of a Paladin, the Divine Avenger offers an array of buffs & debuffs that can be applied & transferred between party members & mobs. In this, the Favored Souls will show their colors as an excellent support class.

Paiz was also excited to mention a number of the smaller but no less nifty features. For starters, both the Sunder & Trip skills now have matchless animations that weave in to the combat flow perfectly. The update also includes a handful of additional cosmetic armors for the store, including three new designs.

Finally, Paiz was happy to burble on about special challenge instances that introduce a different type of repeatable dungeon with minigame-like events. One of the first ones will send players scurrying to collect a whole bunch of items using mouthy Kobolds as tools.

 

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The fun part of playing an MMO for lots of of us is the ability to meet lots of different people and make new friends in all walks of life. Of coursework, you need to make definite the people you are speaking to are actually controlled by other players! With that said, NPCs can be handy for adding detail to picturesque screenshots such as today's RIFT screenshot from Rob, who writes in: "I've played multiple characters since the first closed beta of RIFT. This is a screenshot of my Dwarf Mage hanging out at Mercury college. I thought I'd plop down next to these students. They don't appear impressed by me."

Siege in an all-new way with the Heroes of Gaia: Ascension expansion

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However, HoG is not completed expanding. As Snail Games USA Director of Operations Mark Hill explains in a resent press release, "This is only the first of two major expansions they have planned for Heroes of Gaia. They have an  dedicated group of players on HoG, and they are proud to offer them these new and thrilling ways to experience the game."

Snail Games has officially announced the fourth expansion for its strategy game Heroes of Gaia. Ascension allows players to rise to four new levels of fame, access new cooperative instances, hire temporary mercenaries for castle sieges, and adopt two new command styles for castle development.

Let's get actual: Who has not desired to own a castle? Now you are able to, and with the new Ascension expansion, the developers have redesigned the tutorial and an adjusted novice gift pack, which will permit a new player to gain the skills and equipment they needs to compete with more veteran players. Check out all the latest on this and future expansions for Heroes of Gaia on the official net site... and have fun storming the castle

 

 

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