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NCsoft announced to release the next massive update – patch 2.5 for CryEngine MMORPG Aion on US and EU live servers on May 25th. Called Empyrean Calling, this patch brings significant changes to the game that launched in 2009, including graphic update, new instances, new customization options, etc.You can take a glimpse at the new features from the new trailer, or check out the details here at the patch notes.

According to NCsoft, Aion 2.5 is an important update that pushes the game towards Aion 3.0. There’s a sneak peak to Aion 3.0 at the end of the video above, where you can see mounts and player housing.

Aion 2.5 will be available on PTS first on May 12th and you can download the 2.5 client for PTS now.

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As the leader of a small, casual guild in World of Warcraft, I have found it increasingly difficult to recruit following the introduction of the Dungeon Finder tool, however in past expansions we have always managed to somehow scrape our way through raids, calling on friends and PuGs to fill our numbers each week if necessary, and even experimenting with guild merges between ourselves and other guilds in similar situations. With the release of Cataclysm, however, things seem even more difficult, and seeing so many of the same advertisements scrolling through Trade Chat every day it begs the question: can small guilds even survive any more?

Guild leaders are currently left with a few options, which I will list here from the most commonly used to some more inventive, out of the box solutions.

1. Post your recruitment message in Trade Chat.
This is the most effective way to get your message out in front of lots of pairs of eyes with minimal time and effort spent. However, Read more…

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From RuneScape Community Management>

Today is St Patrick’s Day this Thursday,March 17th! A day to put on your best green outfit, grab a pint of Slayer’s Respite and get sloshed with your mates!

To help you celebrate this Celtic occasion RuneScape is throwing together a few St Patrick’s Day-themed events for you to enjoy. You can try your hand at our green leprechaun parade and take part in an epic cabbage bombing event that will blow your dragon boots off!

RuneScape is running not one, but TWO awesome St Patrick’s Day competitions! The first is for all you Facebook addicts out there and is called ‘I – Spy’. What could that mean you wonder? Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page on Thursday to find out. Read more…

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Development on the first post-Cataclysm content update for World of Warcraft is well underway! Blizzard has opened up the Public Test Realms to bring players a healthy dose of the dungeons, class changes, and other features we’ve been working on for patch 4.1.

The Gurubashi Tribe Persists
Originally a 20-player dungeon released in patch 1.7, Zul’Gurub will once again open its gates, featuring updated lore, all-new encounters, achievements, and improved loot! Zul’Gurub is now a level-85 five-player Heroic difficulty dungeon. To provide a new tier above the current Cataclysm dungeons, players can expect to find epic-quality item level 353 loot. The minimum average item level to enter this Heroic dungeon is 346.

This round of patch notes brings with it some major changes to healers, including:

Efflorescence has been redesigned. It creates a healing zone at the feet of a Swiftmend target, but this healing zone now restores health equal to 4/8/12% of the amount healed by Swiftmend to the three most injured targets within 8 yards, every 1 second for 7 seconds. This periodic effect now also benefits from spell haste, but the individual ticks cannot be critical effects.

Spirit Link Totem (new talent) reduces damage taken by all party and raid members within 10 yards by 10%. This lasts 6 seconds, and every second it is active, the health of all affected players is redistributed among them such that each player ends up with the same percentage of their maximum health. This counts as an Air totem and has a 3-minute cooldown.

The current healing priest 4-piece raid set bonus no longer requires a target to be under the effects of Weakened Soul for the priest to receive the Spirit bonus. Instead, the benefit will be granted each time the priest’s Penance spell heals a target.

The Return of Zul’Aman
Ever a player favorite, the level-70 ten-player dungeon of Zul’Aman is being reintroduced as a level-85 Heroic five-player dungeon. Zul’Aman will join Zul’Gurub in a new Dungeon Finder tier of Heroic dungeons, providing epic-quality item level 353 loot. The minimum average item level to enter this Heroic dungeon is also 346. While Zul’Aman will be more of a throwback to the original dungeon featuring many of the same encounters, players can expect to find some updated gameplay mechanics, as well as new environment textures and lighting. Read more…

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Making progress with a character takes a little longer in World of Warcraft, and a character that has reached the level cap represents a significant investment of time. WoW is a better choice if you want a game you’re really going to settle into for a while.

It’s a world everyone should be familiar with, and it looks so much better when it’s not being seen from high in the sky. In fact, it’s one of the best looking games ever. Rather than aiming for mechanical realism the characters and environments have been endowed with truly a unique sense of style.

The game’s eight races are split among two factions, with traditionally nice types on the side of The Alliance, and icky or brutish things on the side of The Horde. The players on each side are engaged in an ongoing conflict, which is made all the more interesting by an artificial language barrier that prevents them from talking with each other. Most of the time it makes for a whole lot of killing, but occasionally results in surreal situations like an orc traveling with a human party and communicating with gestures.

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In news that pretty much surprises precisely nobody, Blizzard has once again topped the previously-set PC game sales records with the release of their newest World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm. Aside from their hefty day-one sales of 3.3 million copies sold (and that doesn’t include Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Macau who had their release on the 9th) that we reported earlier, Cataclysm has now set a second record — this time for most PC game copies sold in the first month — with 4.7 million copies in all flying off shelves and into eager hands. Read more…

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Final Fantasy XIV closed beta keys were a coveted item for a while, as fans sent in beta applications in the hopes of seeing the game’s ups and downs firsthand.

Square Enix promised to grant that wish for everyone very soon with open beta, announcing that it would begin in early September. It looks like things are ready a bit earlier than anticipated, as the latest news from FFXIV has an open beta start date of August 31st. For those of you without access to the official beta forums, fansite FFXIVCore has everything summarized nicely.

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NCsoft unveiled a video tour of Inggison, a new zone introduced in Aion’s upcoming expansion, Assault on Balaurea. No longer confined to Atreia on the interior of the planet, players will venture forth to the lands on the outside. Filled with a variety of new plant and wildlife, Inggison is the Elyos foothold in Balaurea.

Even as they bask in direct sunlight (a treat not possible in the sundered lands of Asmodae and Elysea), Daevas in Aion will encounter new foes — such as the Balaur-worshippers of Undirborg — and fight old ones, as the Asmodians try to claim the Temple of Scales and Altar of Avarice Fortresses. Read more…

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Just released is the initial official list of patch 3.3.5 known issues… and it’s a big one. Some of the major highlights:

Performing the /eat emote while dancing as a male Blood elf can cause some very unnatural character movement.
Pit of Saron – Scourgelord Tyrannus can remount Rimefang during the encounter.
The last remaining player in a random instance group can miss out on Random Dungeon loot.
Players from different servers can’t trade dungeon items necessary to progress through the dungeon.
The Twilight Orbs periodically disappear during Phase 2 of the Halion encounter.
It is possible for a level 70 to receive the Wrathful Gladiator’s Tabard.
You cannot get the “Call To Arms” Achievement through the Looking for Battleground feature.
Mage Summon Water Elemental does not fully function as a permanent pet when glyphed with Glyph of Eternal Water.
It appears that this includes some unfixed bugs that were present in previous patches, such as Tyrannus remounting Rimefang. There is no indication as to when these bugs will get fixed.

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Looks like mini-pet collectors are going to be unable to get the Scorchling this year. Aredek posted in the official forums that the Scorched Stone is no longer on the Ice Chest’s drop table from Ahune.

AredekI’m afraid that the Scorchling does not appear to be available this year, folks. I cannot say for certain whether or not it will be made available in the future; however, we encourage you to share your thoughts on the Suggestions forum if you would like to see the Scorched Stone be obtainable in some other way.

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Want to get Gold Capped? Every week, Basil “Euripides” Berntsen takes a short break from building a raiding guild on Drenden (US-A) to write up a guide that will help you make gold. Check out the Call to Auction podcast, and feel free to email Basil any comments, questions or hate mail!

Selling glyphs can be very profitable. It requires a lot of addons to work, and the market reacts to competition differently than other markets. However, a lot of auctioneers got their start with it. I know I did!

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While we knew that the level cap was going to be raised soon in Final Fantasy XI, we hadn’t heard much in terms of official details from Square-Enix. The silence has been broken, and while the official announcement neither confirms nor denies that the world’s most insanely fit old man will be coming around for more limit breaking, it does offer a few interesting data points regarding the increase. This first round of increases will expand characters to level 80, complete with new equipment and newly relevant areas to suit those at the maximum level.

On the negative side, certain main job abilities are confirmed to be unavailable with the concurrent jump in subjob level. The White Mage “Afflatus” skills and a Ninja’s Yonin and Innin abilities will be locked away from use by main jobs. A Ranger’s Shadowbind and a Scholar’s Accession and Manifestation skills will also be usable, but in a weakened state. Other than these limitations, however, it’s full speed ahead for the expanded caps in Final Fantasy XI — and we can only hope that the silence on a new limit break might mean there isn’t one.

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Mark the date: June 21st. If you’re a Final Fantasy XI player, that’s your currently planned patch day, and it promises to be quite a patch day at that. After all, it’s the first time the level cap has been raised in almost forever, and the level raise brings with it more story, the uncapping of several Chains of Promathia areas, and more. It also brings with it the first of three add-on scenarios centering on Abyssea — and to help whet your appetite, the trailer for the first add-on has just been released by Square-Enix.

While there are no huge revelations regarding the storyline of the add-on, it would appear that there’s a good reason why the pictures we’ve received for the scenario have so closely resembled existing zones. Could it be that, much like the recently added Voidwalker Notorious Monsters, the first scenario will involve Abyssea coming to the adventurers rather than vice versa? We’ll find out in a little under two weeks, with everything due to come together at that point. Final Fantasy XI players can also take the opportunity now to pre-purchase the scenario, with the content automatically unlocking during the June version update.

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Of all the MMOs on the market today, few are as polarising as EVE Online. While the game has over 330,000 active subscriptions and I’ve absolutely loved it for over six years, I still find myself introducing new people to it with the words “It’s not for everyone.” It does seem to be the case that EVE just doesn’t mesh with some gamers. The user interface can look overwhelming, the combat can seem detached and the gameplay is often written off as boring.

Players coming from other MMOs are at risk of bringing some fundamental preconceptions about MMO design with them that don’t really apply to EVE. These basic misunderstandings in how the game works can be a source of frustration or confusion for people who genuinely want to get into EVE. I find myself answering the same barrage of questions each time I introduce someone to the game, ranging in complexity from “What’s the best race?” or “What’s the best ship?” to the inevitable “How can I catch up to older players?” or “What should I do now?”

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The Care and Feeding of Warriors takes this week to look at what your newly 80 fury warrior should be doing. Matthew Rossi hit 80 back before you could pick up iLevel 232 gear by running heroics. Heck, it didn’t even exist in game yet. Get off his lawn.

While the intro is mock grumpy, the basic message is accurate enough. It’s a good time to hit 80 with your aspiring fury warrior. The hit and expertise soft caps have never been easier to hit and with the dungeon finder; you can rapidly acquire solid gear that will allow you to begin raiding almost immediately, if that’s what you want to do. You can also PvP … Fury lacks in arenas but can solidly perform in battlegrounds. And PvP is both another source for solid gear and a reasonably fun pastime for a fury, with the playstyle meshing well with battlegrounds and Wintergrasp’s chaotic melee tumult.

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