WOW…as if it could get any worse

What the? A movie tag for the biggest online game ever?
Yep it has been in the rumour mills for years and it has finally been confirmed.
World of Warcraft has been confirmed for a 2011 release as a movie.
And Sam Raimi will direct it. I think that this is the only good part.
I once was a WoW addict and as most know a MMO addict but to this day I can not see the fascination to play WoW still. It is monotonous, it is elitist, it has no questing flavour and it is all about must have the best gear. Now they make a movie!
Well Sam Raimi makes some damn fine flicks such as Evil Dead Army of Darkness and Spiderman 2 to name a couple but WoW? Come on.
And as if any hardcore WoWer would log off to see the movie. Damn, I just imagined Cheap arse Tuesday night at a cinema when the servers are down for maintenance….*cringe*

Online gaming is bad…MMO’kay

I have been MMO clean since August last year. I have been WoW clean for even longer.
It has been great. I save money, I speak with friends IRL, I spend more time with my wife (ok so most of its good) and then this happens.
My mate, Madman sends me links from E3 of upcoming MMOs……..I hate him now.

Jumpgate Evolution
AION The Tower of Eternity

And then Frog shows me this just to top things off…
M.A.G.

MMO….Meh

So I think its been 2 weeks since the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King was released. And I was one of the millions of lost souls who had preordered the collector’s edition but guess what.

I’m not buying it, not playing and most of all, not missing it.

So what happened to my addiction to Warhammer Online?

Well its been 3 weeks with no MMO play on that either.

As for Conan, installed but never played.

What the hell is wrong with me? I hear all of you ask.

Good question.

Well simply, with my currently living arrangements and new house just around the corner, I just sorted forgot about playing. The weird part…I am not missing it all.

Yes, the people who know me best will be either

a: cursing and screaming the the Invasion of the Body Snatchers has begun

or

b: Disowning me

What can I say? I still play games but offline. I still drink but without the online drunk speech.

There is a highlight to this mysterious wonder; I have convinced (I say convinced, the wife says let’s discuss) the wife that I am sacrificing MMO play so we can put that towards Foxtel instead. Well it is only 3 months till the AFL is back…and the cricket is on now!

So to all that are looking for me online….forget it, I’m not there. Call me instead.

Another MMO controls my life…and I am loving it.

That’s right, my addiction to MMOs has a new player on the block.
Warhammer Online

Now I played the table top version of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 for many years. In fact, I have mates still trying to get me to play again. So when Games Workshop annouced their online version, I was instantly hit with drool.
And guess what. It didn’t let me down.
What makes it work?
Every class is different!
That’s right, it means if I choose a Black Orc, the main tank/melee for the greenskins, his skills and talents are completely different to chaos’ Chosen or Marauder. This means no more duplicates of characters with just different faces!
Quests make sense
Each quest follows a story and each quest relates to the next quest. No more mindless, must kill this just for..we just because i was told to.
Not gear dependant
Hooray! It is not about “I must have this to be better than everyone else”. Yes of course there is gear that helps but it is more how you play your character and which talent tree you go down.
Public Quests
My favourite part of the game. Through each chapter, there are areas called Public Quests. What happens here is a three part quest starts every 5-10min where anyone and everyone can join in. No need for a party, can enter at any stage whether its part 1 or part 3. And once complete the loot is decided on contribution and luck of the dice. the higher you rank, the better the loot. If you get nothing, just wait 2 mins for the event to start again! Best idea ever!
Realm Vs Realm
Warhammer’s pvp part of the game. There are a couple of options of how you can RvR. You can join RvR Scenarios (battlegrounds) which has 3 different battlegrounds to choose from. Best part is you can join the queue just by clicking an icon on your hud therefor you can keep questing while you wait. No more hanging out at the local BG hut. And then there is the live RvR. Each terriotory has a section that is dedicated to RvR so all you have to do is wander down there and start fighting. And the cool thing about RvR, no matter if you are lvl 1 or lvl 40, you contribution and results affect the whole Chaos v Good results for your server.

If you are a MMO addict like myself, I strongly suggest you give Warhammer Online a go.

And if you jump on board, look me up.
Chaos: Tapestry and Order: Drakkhart

Mortal Online…..New MMO preview

No its not Mortal Kombat online, calm down.

What it is though, is a new MMORPG broght to you by Star Vault. Who?
No idea but their teaser looks fine.

They say it will be an open world where you will be able to do anything and it is all up to you….hmmm ok. That could mean you could be so lost as what you should be doing or it could mean it will be an evolving world.
Its in First Person! In my opinion, bad move. Most people who play RPGs specifically MMORPGs want to see their shiny armour, or the new sword of 1000 Truths that they have just picked up after slaying the almighty Goblin King.
You will be able to build player houses! This is a huge plus! When your guild has enough cash, you can buy a guild Keep! Awesome. This was definitely one of the reasons I loved Ultima Online so much.
But the turn around is how crowded will the land become with houses everywhere blocking everything?
Skills – evolve and take practice. Again this sounds like UO and also Star Wars Galaxies which I like because you can better personalize your character. It also means you can be just a blacksmith or just a warrior. Very cool.
Combat – real time combat. So it is to test how you control your character not just how well you can click, point, hit F1 and so on. Real skill will come into play BUT this will mean for new players joining it will be a huge learning curve vs the mooks that live and breathe MMO and the only reason the log off is because the server is down (get lives people)
Graphically, looks absolutely stunning and I can see I will need to purchase a new PC with the lot to play.

Have a look at the Website and Trailer

It is early but I am intrigue to see how it goes. Guess I’ll just have to keep an eye on this one.