A quick Elemental mod – Ark’s Magical Millinery

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 to play a wizardly type in Elemental, but there isn’t too much in the way of suitable-looking equipment. Any sensible person is liberally covered in […]

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

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 immediately obvious to older players logging in is that SOGA models have become the default. SOGA models were an alternative set of character appearances that […]

Everquest 2 reveals EQ2 Extended

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 II”.

The very nature of an MMO is change. We listen, we adapt, and the game grows in features, content, and fun factor as the […]

EQ2 to go Free to Play?

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 is a sign that Everquest 2 is going Free to Play, in a similar fashion to DDO, with multiple tiers of membership. I can’t think […]

WoW: Osgard is on a goat.

Osgard is on a goat.

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 ridin’ on a goat (ridin on a goat) I’m on a goat (I’m on a goat) I’m on […]

Where in the Multiverse is Osgard Blatterzarn?

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 of old content being replaced with new content that possibly even more densely exudes a sense of loss and corruption.

It got me thinking that […]

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

Update: This post is obviously rather out of date now. I’ve written an up to date guide for European players who move to the US servers here.

European subscribers to DDO received this in our email today:

Today we announce the next steps for Dungeons & Dragons Online®: Stormreachâ„¢ (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 […]