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LOTRO: Frodo and the Lifetime Subscription.

Arkenor — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:27 +0000

Reposted in honour of the Lord of the Rings Online Free-to-play servers going live! Regarding today’s (back when I originally posted this) news about Lord of the Rings Online going Free to play. LOTRO: Frodo and the Lifetime Subscription. is a post from: Ark's Ark Related posts:Lord of the Rings Online: Expansion Speculation Lord of [...]

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A brief timeline of Elemental: War of Magic

Arkenor — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:19:58 +0000

Mostly without comment, here is a collection of posts that, for me, tell the tale of Elemental so far: June the 25th – Brad Wardell This year marks the 16th year we’ve been doing these open betas and every single one has forums (or Usenet back in the 90s) proclaiming that there’s “no way” the [...]

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A quick Elemental mod – Ark’s Magical Millinery

Arkenor — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:32:32 +0000

Just popping up for air! I’ll do a proper blog post about my recent experiences soon! Til then, here’s a little mod I just put together for Elemental: War of Magic. It’s so ridiculously simple a mod, I’m almost embarrassed to post it, but someone else might find it useful. Ark’s Magical Millinery I want [...]

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EQ2X: In which we go shopping in the Everquest 2 Extended Marketplace

Arkenor — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:22:14 +0000

I’ve covered Everquest 2 Extended a little bit already in my previous post, in which I looked at the different sorts of EX2X subscriber level. Today I’ve got an account up and running, and I’m going to take a look through the EQ2X Marketplace to see the differences from Live. One change that will be [...]

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Follow Me on Twitter!

Arkenor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:50:12 +0000

Or don’t. That’s cool too. The chances of you missing anything vital to your well-being is slim, unless your well-being depends on what I have for lunch or what I think of the latest MMO outrage! I do usually tweet if I’ve posted anything substantial here though. Update: Changed the date on this to get [...]

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Everquest 2 reveals EQ2 Extended

Arkenor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:35:42 +0000

The big reveal has taken place. You’ve probably already read the details, but just in case, here’s Smokejumper’s announcement: Hi there, Norrathians, As they say, the one thing that’s always true about the world is that it changes. That’s true of the world in general, the game industry, and it’s always been true with “EverQuest [...]

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EQ2 to go Free to Play?

Arkenor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:24 +0000

GU 57 went up on to Test earlier, and there are some interesting reports coming out of it. EQ2Wire reports that anyone trying to use the Auction House receives a curious error message: You must upgrade to at least a Gold membership in order to purchase items from the broker. The assumption is that this [...]

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WoW: Osgard is on a goat.

Arkenor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:37:57 +0000

Och Aye! Get yon axes ready it’s about to go down (yeah, shawty) Everybody in the place hit the blasted deck (yeah, shawty) Who ye calling shorty? Pass the alekeg, let’s go. I’m on a goat (I’m on a goat) I’m on a goat (I’m on a goat) Everybody look at me cause I be [...]

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Where in the Multiverse is Osgard Blatterzarn?

Arkenor — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:35:26 +0000

Just a little update regarding what I’m up to at the moment, as I’ve been a bit wretched at posting recently. Quite a number of my MMO-blogging twitter pals have been talking about World of Warcraft’s upcoming Cataclysm expansion in recent weeks. The old world zones are going to suffer great upheaval, with a lot [...]

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DDO Europe to be merged with DDO “Global” : A Shocking Burst of News!

Arkenor — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:36:37 +0000

European subscribers to DDO received this in our email today: Today we announce the next steps for Dungeons & Dragons Online®: Stormreach™ (DDO) for Europe. After operating the European service for over four years, our operating licence has now expired and it is with much sadness we announce our intention to transfer the European game [...]

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DDO: In which Cannith is full, and refuses entry to even one wafer-thin wizard.

Arkenor — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:23:32 +0000

My DDO server, Cannith, today seems to have become something of a victim of its own success, with players being greeted with the following: According to the forum, even VIP subscribers, who have priority over premium folks like myself, can’t get in. It’s possible that the error message is itself erroneous, and the servers are [...]

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DDO: Gerard Dryden’s Mace

Arkenor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:16:49 +0000

The end rewards for the Catacombs quest-line got a revamp in Module 5, with many of the end-reward weapons getting an improvement. Blade of Inquisition: Gained Lesser Undead Bane. Dagger of Inquisition: Gained Lesser Undead Bane. Eternal Rest: Gained Lesser Undead Bane. Guidance: Gained Holy. Morningstar of the Heretic: Gained Bodyfeeder. Pillar of Light: Gained [...]

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