“Finally, something other than dragons to fight!” enthused Occasional Hero. “I love mounts. And I love leaping and jumping mounts,” wrote Aywren Sojourner. “BUT. We all know what else a mount system introduces — cash shop opportunities!”
GamingSF ran down the features, saying that he’s on the fence as to whether or not to come back: “The best way to know that, I suspect, is to play some of the game in the time between now and the 22nd of September.”
Not everyone is on board with the expansion. “The announcement did not in any way overcome my healthy skepticism of the ‘horizontal progression’ philosophy of the game,” chimed in Endgame Viable. And In An Age seems like he’d wants to play, but admits that the business model puts him in a “mental bind” regarding both expansions.
Virtual Bastion: I’m still not sold on Destiny 2
“Mild surprises aside, I don’t think every change was for the best. What’s more, I found that many of my chief questions still remained unanswered once all was said and done. So did the beta do its job? Well, yes and no.”
“I was excited to hear about the Days of Summer event in EverQuest II. Then I saw you needed a subscription, and you have to do it on a level 100, no big deal there I guess. I didn’t want to sub for this as I would do the quest and just log out. I’m trying to stick with only ONE sub currently, so I guess I am going to pass on this one because I really can’t be bothered to sub. It is a really cool event though. ”
Inventory Full: I’m looking at the big sky in Guild Wars
“I was struck by how much, visually, GW2 has taken directly from the older game. The wooden scaffolding along the Cliffs of Dohjok, for example, is almost exactly like the scaffolding used in the reconstruction of Lion’s Arch after the Scarlet War. This does make me feel the attempt to run through Nightfall before Path of Fire arrives is worthwhile.”
Xam Xam Says: SWTOR server plans discussion
“Roleplayers and solo players are among those who are the most opposed to server merges. Therefore I think they should be left alone. Roleplay servers should also become the recommended servers for solo players as RP servers typically have lower populations than PvE Servers. For the US region, it would make sense to merge Begeren Colony and Ebon Hawk together that way there is only one US Roleplay Server and one EU Roleplay server. Obviously, the French and German Roleplay servers would get merged into the Progenitor.”
Endgame Variable: LOTRO: Mordor expansion thoughts
“None of my screenshots do justice to all the activity going on around you. Archers firing, people getting shot by arrows right in front of you, cavalry riding into battle, big ogres knocking people high up in the air, fires burning, Nazgul flying around, bombastic music blaring in the background: I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
Blessing of Kings: FFXIV’s unfortunate dungeon meta
“Basically, many players expect the tank to pull “wall-to-wall”. Basically run through all the mobs from the start to a gate, where they are all then AoE’d down. Â It’s the most efficient method of clearing a dungeon, but it also requires the players in the group to be geared and on point. Essentially it’s the most fragile method.”
Every day there are tons of terrific, insightful, and unusual articles posted across the MMO gaming blogosphere — and every day, Justin reads as many as he can. Global Chat is a sampling of noteworthy essays, rants, and guides from the past few weeks of MMO discourse.
