Wednesday, December 17, 2014

MMORPG.com Daily Digest - December 17 2014

MMORPG Daily Digest - December 17 2014


MMORPG
DAILY
DIGEST
December 17, 2014
Just about anything you could do with Rogue since Naxxramas, you'd be better served doing with the game's other classes. And now with Goblins vs. Gnomes, things appear to have gotten worse.
Read more here
While the folks at Sony Online Entertainment had to delay the launch of their biggest update to Landmark since they released Alpha until later this week, they still went ahead and invited press to a private livestream to give a preview of all the new goodies coming in the update, which was originally slated to either take only four hours to load and get the servers open again, or it could take up to 48 hours.
Read more here
In anticipation for Camelot Unchained's new class announcement we chatted with City State's Mark Jacobs to get all the insight on the Drengr, a Viking Warrior with brutal attacks and defenses alike. Read on to find out all about the new class and what it brings to the table.
Read more here
In our recent article on building our Quest system, we intentionally left out a big, complicated chunk: pacing. We did this for two reasons. First, it's really big, messy subject, and second, because we wanted to save it for the folks over here on MMORPG.com, so that you know you are forever precious in our hearts.
Read more here
It's been a few months since Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor launched and shocked everyone with how good its action-RPG open world gameplay could be. In the space since, Warner Brothers and Monolith have put out a slew of minor DLC runes, free upgrades, and other doodads. But this week marked the launch of the first $10 story-driven DLC campaign: Lord of the Hunt. We've had a chance to play with Torvin's new beasties, and this is what we think.
Read more here
The Elder Scrolls Online has had one major problem that has been a major focus ever since Patch 5.0, unimaginable Looking for Group (LFG) queue times. When update 5 was released, with it came scaling dungeons and daily dungeon pledges. These two new features had players wanting to do dungeons more often and of course that meant more players putting themselves into the LFG queue, only to be faced with endless queue times.
Read more here
The Skyforge team has taken to its Facebook page to give away over 500 beta keys for the forthcoming title. Keys will be given away, some via a critter naming contest for some of the game's benign characters.
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According to Eurogamer, From Software is already working on Lords of the Fallen 2, though the work has scarcely begun. Executive producer Tomasz Gop posted on the LotF Polish Facebook page where it was translated and later confirmed by Eurogamer.
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Cliffhanger Productions has announced that a significant patch has been applied to Shadowrun Online. Of notable interest is the increase in party size, a World Map, quest hubs and cooperative game play. Much more has been added to Shadowrun Online including overhauled skills, new skill trees, new missions and more.
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KOG Games has announced a new Elsword job path for Ara. Called "Little Specter", the job allows the Dark Fox access to Ara, giving her three new skills that, if combined with the right synergy, unleash the Exorcism Arts.
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Wargaming North America and Gamers Outreach are planning a special charity live stream on Friday, December 19th that will directly benefit Children's Hospital Oakland. The event will run from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Pacific (12:00 - 6:00 pm Eastern) on Friday and will feature all of Wargaming's titles as well as prizes and give aways.
Read more here
The Camelot Unchained site has been updated with a new developer blog that lays out the details about the latest announced class, the Viking Drengr. The blog also reveals the Path System, a way for players to make character archetypes in their own way yet with an ease of understanding and simplicity.
Read more here
Trove players have a winter wonderland to play in with the arrival of Snowfest. Players will find mystery boxes filled with seasonal loot and be able to complete high-level Shadow Arenas. The special event has started and will end on January 5th.
Read more here
Funcom is ready to hand out a free month of game time for The Secret World. The codes are, as they say, in the mail and should be used by January 15th to take advantage of the full thirty days. All that is terrific until learning about....killer clowns.
Read more here
Hi-Rez Studios is ready to reveal the first information about the newest god to join SMITE. Awilix, Goddess of the Moon is a first-class assassin who travels with her jaguar, Suku. In addition to revealing Awilix, Hi-Rez announced that the first-ever XBox One game play action will be showin in January during the SMITE World Championships.
Read more here
It's been a few months since Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor launched and shocked everyone with how good its action-RPG open world gameplay could be. In the space since, Warner Brothers and Monolith have put out a slew of minor DLC runes, free upgrades, and other doodads. But this week marked the launch of the first $10 story-driven DLC campaign: Lord of the Hunt. We've had a chance to play with Torvin's new beasties, and this is what we think.
Read more here
While the folks at Sony Online Entertainment had to delay the launch of their biggest update to Landmark since they released Alpha until later this week, they still went ahead and invited press to a private livestream to give a preview of all the new goodies coming in the update, which was originally slated to either take only four hours to load and get the servers open again, or it could take up to 48 hours.
Read more here
Just about anything you could do with Rogue since Naxxramas, you'd be better served doing with the game's other classes. And now with Goblins vs. Gnomes, things appear to have gotten worse.
Read more here
Square Enix has announced that the Collector's Edition for Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is now available and has revealed the contents for interested players. The CE will feature music and game discs, a large art book, a 200-page manga, Ace's Cards and a Golden SteelBook. Both the Playstation 4 and XBox One versions are available for $99.99.
Read more here
In our recent article on building our Quest system, we intentionally left out a big, complicated chunk: pacing. We did this for two reasons. First, it's really big, messy subject, and second, because we wanted to save it for the folks over here on MMORPG.com, so that you know you are forever precious in our hearts.
Read more here
The Elder Scrolls Online has had one major problem that has been a major focus ever since Patch 5.0, unimaginable Looking for Group (LFG) queue times. When update 5 was released, with it came scaling dungeons and daily dungeon pledges. These two new features had players wanting to do dungeons more often and of course that meant more players putting themselves into the LFG queue, only to be faced with endless queue times.
Read more here
In anticipation for Camelot Unchained's new class announcement we chatted with City State's Mark Jacobs to get all the insight on the Drengr, a Viking Warrior with brutal attacks and defenses alike. Read on to find out all about the new class and what it brings to the table.
Read more here
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