From EVE Online CCP,
With this release of patch 1.6, EVE team are introducing the new CarbonUI framework into EVE. You shouldn’t see much difference – with this round of changes we have fixed the underlying code, not the user interface itself.
This step was made possible by the UI corification that happened last year. This project was a big engineering undertaking that you can read more about below, to pave the way for taking the EVE UI into the future.
Why CarbonUI?
The UI in EVE is somewhat dated by now, and so was the underlying code that handled the rendering. Read more…
Kocherberg EVE Online, MMOPRG News
From Senior RuneScape Content Developer,
Runescape players will be able to choose their side in this traditional battle – spring or winter – by chopping down the rival season’s evil trees. All players will be able to chop down the wintry holly trees in order to help springtime emerge, while members will have the added option of felling hawthorn trees, to hold on to the bitter cold of winter. All of this tree chopping will be closely monitored by the Season Tree, the look of which will change between the seasons based on how many holly and hawthorn trees get chopped down.
Everyone who pitches in will earn this event’s cosmetic holiday reward; however, members will get the added option of giving theirs a useful function, by charging it with the ability to locate and teleport to RuneScape’s other evil trees. This works much like communing with a spirit tree, but can be done from anywhere. About a month after the Easter event Read more…
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We all love to dress up in something new. Show off your grace, power, and style with a new Lineage II-inspired armor skin!Yesterday,NCsoft has announced a cash shop promotion (April 18, 2011 – April 25, 2011)designed to capitalize on the 7th anniversary of Lineage II and intermingle the two titles even further. Players are now able to purchase skins inspired by Lineage II’s dynasty armor for use on their Aion avatars.
The dynasty skins also mark the first set of armor appearance items that aren’t restricted by a player’s armor proficiency (i.e., if you want to put the dynasty plate set on your cloth-wearing Sorceror, you can). The skins are available via NCsoft’s microtransaction store and will only be available for a limited time according to the official website.
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Aion Online has officially announced paid character transfers.
Paid transfers will go live on April 27th and will cost players $24.99 to transfer their character to another server. More details about character transfers will be announced as the start date approaches.
Kocherberg Aion, MMOPRG News
Since the rifts first appeared, the undead have plagued Telara, a nightmare of reanimated flesh. Lately, however, the threat has grown even more terrible, as Death Rifts surge open all across the world, pouring forth walking corpses like never before. This calamity will shake Telara to its core and tax the limits of Ascended endurance, yet it is only the first of many to follow… assuming the defenders can throw back Telara’s foes.
Soon the Endless Court will launch an unprecedented mass invasion. The most terrifying servants of Regulos will lead these hordes into battle: liches, ettins, gravemakers. Alsbeth herself will march through every region of the world, raising dread champions to sow the discord for which she is named. Old enemies will rise and fight for oblivion alongside flesh-crafted colossi from the Plane of Death, until the offensive presses on toward Stillmoor.
Every last Ascended must battle Alsbeth’s forces. While veteran heroes will bear the worst of the conflict, even novice Guardians and Defiant can do their part, confront dire foes, and reap rich rewards as the war unfolds over the course of a week. Read more…
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When your Aion account needs to be reactivated, you should be able to log into Aion from the game client. Your main account status page will not reflect your reactivation status. If you feel you qualify for reactivation and and cannot enter Aion through the game client, please contact their Customer Service and they can assist you.
Welcome back to Aion! The latest Reactivation Celebration kicked off this morning and runs through March 31 at 8 a.m. PDT. Former players have a full week to see what’s changed in Atreia over the last six months.
Players can participate in the “For War and Glory” Abyss Points Event, which reduces the amount of AP lost from PvP encounters in the Abyss and Silentera Canyon and increases the amount of AP gained from slaying monsters in the Abyss and Silentera Canyon. Read more…
Kocherberg Aion, MMOPRG News
Trion Worlds announced 3 titles in the April of 2010: Rift, End of Nations, and an untitled action MMO. Rift, as the top priority of Trion Worlds, has officially launched weeks ago and MMORTS End of Nations has revealed quite a lot of details. What about the third title?
This week Syfy announced that the actual title of the Trion Worlds game will be Defiance and that the game is scheduled to launch sometime in 2011.
The plan is still to launch a prime time TV series that will link to the game in some way. However specific gameplay details, beyond the fact that it will be a third person action shooter game, have still not been announced.But in the words of the developers, players will explore a living, persistent world with ultra-high quality visuals. The game will provide a more intense gaming experience than standard MMORPGs.
Kocherberg MMOPRG News, RIFT
Last year,Titan Books announced the beginning of a new series of novels set in the lands of free-to-play fantasy MMO RuneScape.
The first novel, Betrayal of Falador, told a vivid tale from RuneScape’s backstory using key characters from the game’s lore and in-game quests.The book was well-received by both RuneScape veterans and new players just looking for a good read. Our own RuneScape novice Rubi Bayer had a blast reading the novel and being absorbed in the backstory of this popular browser MMO.
RuneScape Fans of will be pleased to hear that its sequel, Return to Canafis, is due for release this month. Read more…
Kocherberg RuneScape
All the world of people doubtlessly heard of the massive earthquake that hit Japan on 11,March. Our thoughts and good wishes go to any and all of our readers, and their friends and families, directly affected by the disaster. But it hits people in many ways, and it’s even reaching into the MMO sphere, with both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV shutting down completely for at least a week of server.
While the servers for both games had been kept running briefly after the disaster, the massive power failures across Japan resulted in widespread shortages. The service is expected to be down for at least a week from today, and players will receive no bills for the month due to the interruption. Sony Online Entertainment has no games based out of the island nation, but it has also suspended billing for all players in the region and has pointed players to disaster relief centers. We can only hope that other companies follow suit where possible, as a tragedy of this scale demands a response.
Kocherberg Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV
From the Aion Community Team >>
Starting Wednesday, March 16, 2011 after maintenance, two events begin: a rifting event and an Abyss Point event.
Behind Enemy Lines – Rifting Event
This rifting event continues until March 23, 2011 and will end at maintenance. During this rifting event, we’ll remove the defensive buffs in Heiron and Beluslan. The defensive buffs will remain in place in Eltnen and Morheim.
For War and Glory – AP Event Read more…
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Speaking with industry site Gamasutra, Blizzard COO Paul Sams said that the MMOG–which he did not reference by its code name–is already playable. The new massively multiplayer online game was code-named “Titan” as had been indicated by a purportedly leaked Blizzard release schedule. That schedule had the game arriving in the fourth quarter of 2013–over two years away.
“We’re playing it already. It is a total ball to play,” he said. “We think that the reach of that product is greater than anything that we’ve done before. We’re very excited about that. I believe that it’s the type of game that will have a very long life, much like World of Warcraft has.”
Sams went on to say that Blizzard hopes the new MMOG–rumored to have a first-person perspective–will eventually outgrow World of Warcraft, which he still believes has many more years in it. “The thing that we hope will happen is that it will not stop World of Warcraft, but we believe will eclipse it,” he said, before adding, “So, hopefully in 10, 15 and 20 years, Titan will still be growing strong and will have set a new mark in the industry for that type of product.” Read more…
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The look and feel of the camp has been designed to give it a temporary appearance, much like a travelling circus. We achieved this by using canvas tents and structures built mainly from the wood found in the area.
As we wanted to make the new camp as accessible as possible for players, and to make it as obvious as we could when the player is inside the camp, we used the old path layout as a base and created three large entrances, plus a few smaller entrances as shortcuts into the camp, all of which is encompassed by a rope fence.
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Kocherberg RuneScape
The month of March will see several game tweaks, and first up is the Elemental Workshop IV quest and the Artisan’s Workshop (which will bring an update to the game’s smithing skill). Bonus XP is coming as well, with an entire weekend devoted to leveling up twice as fast (or half as long, however you’d like to look at it). Either way, mark your calendars for March 11th through March 13th.
Jagex will be updating the Ring of Wealth, trolls and Trollheim visuals, and adding a new Clockwork Syringe quest that features “home insurance claims, a hazing interrogation, long drops, vengeful seagulls, Barrel Busters, and a boatload of zombio-mechanical madness,” according to a Jagex press release. Head to the official RuneScape website for further details. Read more…
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Blizzard just posted an official blog entry regarding PTR Patch 4.1. You can read the full post and patch notes, which are subject to change throughout the testing process, after the jump.World of Warcraft Patch 4.1 is coming to the Public Test Realm, and it’s bringing all sorts of new content to the game. Most notably, Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman are both being reintroduced as 5-player Cataclysm Heroics!
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Know Your Enemy – Just as some mobs of the same level give different experience, mobs will also drop different loot. Humanoid creatures will drop coin in addition to loot and while the difference isn’t staggering in reward, the extra coin does make it worthwhile to choose your targets wisely if you happen to be out grinding for XP or kinah.
Also keep in mind that named mobs and Abyss mobs will drop better loot. I don’t advocate farming named mobs during peak hours of gaming, but if it’s a quiet day, hopping back to lower levels (a tier lower than what you currently play in works well if your solo farming) and hitting all the good named mobs is a easy way to pick up a little extra cash. Read more…
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