Everyone has a fighting chance
You ever get so into ripping off a finger nail that minutes go by but you don’t notice? We all know no matter how careful we are its going to hurt tomorrow but we can’t stop! That is sort of how I feel when I click the browser icon after things happen. Because we all know in this era whenever a thing happens staunch opinions aren’t far behind. Lots of things both in and out of the CUniverse have been happening lately.
The Star Wars: The Old Republic forums are afire with the nerf to companion damage and healing outputs that arrived with yesterday’s patch. Bioware’s Eric Musco took to the forum to explain why alterations in companions’ base stats and damage/healing reductions were necessary, a post that has generated an astonishing fifty-one pages of angry posts from players.
Daybreak Game Company has announced that the twenty-second EverQuest expansion, The Broken Mirror, is expected to launch later today, Wednesday, November 18th. Players can look forward to four expansion zones, three reworked zones as well as a pair of "scalable" raids among other things.
Cabal Online will be undergoing a massive update today that will bring new ways to PvP with other players. Included in the "Art of War" update, players will find new areas and dungeons with "elite difficulty" as well as a new PvP battle arena to prove prowess in battle.
One of the challenges of working on an MMO as long lasting as the EverQuest franchise is decisions made today may still be having effects to the game 10 years down the line. And with a total of 53 game programmers who’ve worked on EQ2 so far, there have been many different cooks adding ingredients to the codebase that’s the heart of the game.
Nearly a year after the game’s announcement, the Crowfall team is one of the busiest in the MMO game space with regular updates and packed with community involvement. ArtCraft is excited to talk about all that’s happened over the intervening months since the Crowfall project began and we’re pleased to host this exclusive developer Q&A.
Trion Worlds has published the November state of the game letter with a large nod to the Devilian community for its well-heard request for PvP in non-Devilian form. According to the letter, Bluehole Ginno and Trion heard the community and they will be bringing this form of PvP into this weekend’s closed beta event.
Ian Ryan has sent out a new Twitter post to let the world know that he is headed to Bioware Austin as the new Lead Writer for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Ryan has worked on other notable projects including Thief, Game of Thrones Ascent and on the Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia.
Trion Worlds is ready to unleash PvP action into Trove with the arrival of the Battle Arena beta. Players can take on furious 5v5 capture the flag action by taking the special portal from the updated Hub.
Life is Feudal has officially exited Early Access and the core game now available on Steam. For a limited time, potential players can get their hands on the title for 40% off. Developers have plans to evolve the game over time by adding new features and systems as well as new content.