Hiatus

Hey Folks.. Sorry I haven't been updating as of late. I'm getting hitched (yeah, in real life..) so I'll be gone for a few weeks. I'm excited about Warhammer's big update but I haven't had much time to play any games at all. Kill some Order for me while I'm gone!

FFXI has a big update coming as well. I forgot that my Credit Card changed, so my account got canceled on accident. I'll reactive as soon as I get back!

^o^/ I bid thee Adieu!

Ding, level 30

//Warhammer Patch 1.2

Some exciting things are happening in the world of Warhammer. New patch, bug fixes, a new scenario, two new jobs and most important (to me) New mounts! As you can see in my screenshot, I choose the Green Cold One. I want the epic guild mount but unfortunately my Guild was left on Red Eye Mountain. Server transfers occurred yet again and I found myself on Iron Rock with the name of "Snakeeeyez" since someone on Order has a "Snakeeyes" already.

At first the patch was crashing my game whenever I was in either a Scenario or in ORVR. I got really annoyed one night and gave up in logging in since I was just gonna crash out again. So far in the new patch, I noticed that keeps are a lot more difficult to take now. We had nearly a full Warband and we wiped twice. It didn't help that the Warband was disorganized too. I don't know if pulling to the pad has been nerfed yet since we're having trouble even getting up the ramp.

The twisting tower scenario seems like it's fresh and innovated. However, dying when there are no Rezzers around kinda sucks cuz it takes awhile to get back to the main area. I still don't know what the objective is, I am too busy killing order and healing team-mates to even worry about it x.x; Seems a bit chaotic at times...

City Sieges and Live Quests

//Warhammer - Night of Murder is not yet over!

Don't Fret! For those folks who haven't had much time to play last week, Mythic is extending the live quest time until 2/20 (Friday) for all the slackers who didn't get to finish the quest. Lately, it's been difficult to get any RVR done since it seems like there wasn't many Destro Warbands around but I'm slowly but surely getting the Live quest done. Also, Red Eye Mountain has had it's first City siege on the Order city of Altdorf over the weekend. I traveled all the way to Reikland to attempt to join in but it kept saying it was either full or I think I am too low level. :( It was rather difficult to get there because I kept getting one-shotted by Order NPC's, so maybe it wasn't such a good idea.. x.x;.

//Final Fantasy XI - Moblin Maze Mongers & FOV



I have been loging on FFXI more often these days since a few friends came back and are now playing and need assistance. There have been some recent updates that have been enticing for me to stay online, such as Fields of Valor and Moblin Maze Mongers. Fields of Valor is the biggest savior when it comes to EXP grinding. Now, you not only can get cheap buffs, but you can get bonus EXP from completing 'training' missions, and it will only take about 15 min or so to complete. Moblin Maze Mongers is another way to get EXP and loot. You can customize your own scenarios by adjusting the level of difficulty and amount of monsters in the maze.



I've been also Notorious Monster hunting. With a help from friends, I was able to get my Ninja a Chakram finally and while I was hunting that NM, I ran into Rampaging Ram, which is the place holder for Steelfleece. Unfortunately, He didn't pop after I killed Rampaging Ram though..

Out of the pan and into the fire

Caption This!


//Warhammer Musings: I've been longing in late and there seems to be a surprising decline in Destro numbers compared to Order. There hasn't been much ORVR activity either, so I've been stuck on rank 28 for some time now. I also wonder how the Russian Launch is doing. I mean, do they get their own servers or what? I would love to play with international people since I do in LOTRO. Hopefully the night of murder event will bring in more people for ORVR. I'm pretty excited about it and the upcoming content expansions.



Tier 4 RVR? - I peeked into the zone really quick and saw that the entire zone is nearly all RVR. That's pretty neat. I'm a few levels away from experiencing it but from what I hear, T1-T3 are the best RVR. We shall see. I need to complete my Devastator set before I got T4 though. I'm not sure how since the rest of the equip is not dropping for me :(.

Night of Murder, here I come!!!

A call to arms!

//Warhammer - Expansion Announcement

Around noon it was announced that there will be free content expansions along with 2 new DPS classes in these coming months. Dwarf Slayer and Greenskin Choppa will be introduced in March. There will be Monthly live events along with a new scenario and RVR area called the Land of the Dead. Pretty exciting news! Check the Herald for details.

If you are in the New York area next week, be sure to check out the Mythic booth at the Comic Con New York. Apparently you can win prizes too. I am dying to go but alas, I live on the West coast...


//Pirates of the Caribbean Online

News hit us at DOS (Disney Online studios) of some layoffs in both the ABC studios sector, Disney Interactive and Internet divisions. I was able to dodge the bullet for now but I have a feeling that Pirates Online isn't meeting expectations. I'm a bit surprised that the game isn't bringing a slew of people, cuz heck..it's free. Some good news is that the New Port Royal redesign is bringing people back to the test server. I'll be on the test server as Jade Seawalker. You can come up to me and chat, friend me and go on quests if you like. I don't advertise anywhere else that I am Disney staff or anything because I am trying to enjoy the game from a guest's point of view. Just trying to keep it low-key. Anyhoo, hope to see you in game sometime. I'm usually on during work hours/lunch time.

Read Kotaku's Article

Pure Pwnage

//Warhammer - Ambush!

I logged on WAR last night at 11PM for 30 min and there was still some ORVR activity despite it being late at night. I joined a half-full Warband of players in Avelorn and was debriefed on the situation. Apparently a large Warband of the Order players were going around and taking the BO's + Keeps in Avelorn/Saphery and the small WB on the Destro side was the only defense. The leader tells us that they will most likely take the Wood Choppa's camp next so we quickly gather behind the log pile to ambush them. I jumped into the water to hide. Sure enough, Order shows up and tries to take the BO and all the sudden we pop out of the woodwork and attack. It was pure..pwnage and annihilation! Not one Order survived the attack. This goes to show that zerging doesn't always win. Large numbers does not always mean victory. When I logged, I felt very satisfied :).

//The Lord of the Rings Online



I finally archived Rank 6 in Monster play due to the help of a fellow guildie by the name of Logitech. He logged on his Freep character and let me kill him a few times so I can get the last missing points to get the rank up. Thanks Logitech, You rock!

Warhammer - LULZ!! dorf ROFLcopters

I yoinked this image from the web cuz it's hard for me to take a pic of a Dwarf on their mounts without dying in the process.

As you can guess from the picture, the discussion today is about Warhammer mounts, specifically the Dwarven Mount. All other races have interesting, powerful and menacing mounts such as the raptor-like Cold Ones for the Dark Elves, midnight black steeds for the chaos and the mangy wolf for the goblins. What do the Dwarves get? They get a comical looking contraption called a Gyro harness which the players have lovingly dubbed the ROFLcopter.

I mean..it is kinda cool in a way, since no other MMO's have this but still, I think it breaks the lore a bit. The Gyro harness still seems not as cool as it could be since it only hovers and does not technically fly. Other people suggested that the Dwarves be given a less comical mount such as a ram, pony or *lol* a beer tank. I have to agree on this since whenever I see a Dwarf on their mount, I think it's quite hilarious. There's a entertaining thread on the Gyro harness here:
http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188747

The mounts in the game are not that spectacular, aside from riding around on the dinosaur which I think is why I rolled a Dark Elf. I wish there were more ways to customize our mounts though. It's annoying that everyone has the same colored dinosaur as I do. It's like buying a car not being able to customize it.

I hope this year that we'll be able to get this feature in the game. Mythic - Pretty please, with a cherry on top?