Ark's Ark » Free Realms http://www.arksark.org/blog Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming, Current Affairs, and Random Stuff! Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Free Realms: Pirates!!!http://www.arksark.org/blog/2829/free-realms-pirates/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/2829/free-realms-pirates/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:57:11 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=2829 This screenshot was just posted up on Twitter. What does it mean?

The Free Realms Pirate Treasure Hunting minigame!

It means that Pirates are coming to Free Realms! No longer will those pesky Ninja get to rule the roost, for their nemesis is upon them. I think I just found a new favourite career.

There had been rumours that the scurvy swabs might be incoming, ever since a sharp-eyed dataminer found piratical content in some of the gamefiles. Now [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/2829/free-realms-pirates/feed/ 0 Mount Envyhttp://www.arksark.org/blog/2752/mount-envy/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/2752/mount-envy/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:55:44 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=2752 Bitey the Armoured Highland Stalker mount from EQ2's Sentinel's Fate

This is Bitey, Maltheas’ new Armoured Highland Stalker mount that came with the Sentinel’s Fate collector’s edition that I won. It’s very nice, with a 65% speed boost, and a realistic feline run animation that is so bouncy that if I use it for too long I get motion sickness. For looking cool, though, it’s top of the heap of EQ2 mounts at the moment.

EQ2 has a fair [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/2752/mount-envy/feed/ 0 Seaside Summer Splash! – Free Realms Update for the 2nd of Julyhttp://www.arksark.org/blog/1263/seaside-summer-splash-free-realms-update-for-the-2nd-of-july/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1263/seaside-summer-splash-free-realms-update-for-the-2nd-of-july/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:46:05 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1263 Looks like these Free Realms Summer themed quests are only going to be available for a while, so catch ‘em while you can!

Quests, Collections & New Content:

Sizzlebottom has drawn quite a crowd near the inn at Seaside. To celebrate his booming business, this Robgoblin has decided to kick-off a special holiday called Seaside Summer Splash! Join in the fun and find these celebrants and take on their challenges:

* Tarisa Teaspoon is trying to host a cooking competition…

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1263/seaside-summer-splash-free-realms-update-for-the-2nd-of-july/feed/ 1 Free Realms news from Fan Fairehttp://www.arksark.org/blog/1243/free-realms-news-from-fan-faire/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1243/free-realms-news-from-fan-faire/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:57:54 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1243 Some very cool info from Pex about what is coming up soon. I’m particularly looking forward to the driving jobs. They’re one of the most fun things to do in Free Realms, but are woefully underused due to not giving much in the way of rewards. When I can find other players to race against, it’ll “kick drive shaft”, as Jazz would say.

It’s late, so I’ll just bullet-point what was said tonight in the approximate order of when things [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1243/free-realms-news-from-fan-faire/feed/ 1 Free Realms June 22nd Update notes.http://www.arksark.org/blog/1227/free-realms-june-22nd-update-notes/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1227/free-realms-june-22nd-update-notes/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:24:15 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1227 I don’t see me joining a guild in Free Realms, but it is still the feature that marks yesterdays patch as one to notice.

Mysterious incidents are happening across the land. Help out any of these people, and jump in the middle of the adventure:

* A Royal Courier is in trouble in Greenwood Forest * Impress Sal Monella at Blackspore, and see where the next adventure takes you * Henry Farnum has trouble with the local hooligans * [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1227/free-realms-june-22nd-update-notes/feed/ 0 Guild system incoming for Free Realmshttp://www.arksark.org/blog/1218/guild-system-incoming-for-free-realms/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1218/guild-system-incoming-for-free-realms/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:13 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1218 Fresh news from the depths of the Free Realms twitter feed. The first iteration of guilds will be arriving “very very soon”. Not much information at the moment, beyond a 32 character limit for guild names. It’s a pretty big deal though, as it is a basic MMO feature that Free Realms has been sorely missing.

In the picture below, we can see a guild tab has been added to the chat window, and there is a guild panel on [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1218/guild-system-incoming-for-free-realms/feed/ 0 Free Realms June 4th / 5th Update notes.http://www.arksark.org/blog/1179/free-realms-june-4th-5th-update-notes/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1179/free-realms-june-4th-5th-update-notes/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:34:45 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1179 Only got highlights info so far. I’ll update when and if full patch notes appear.

With patches coming on a weekly basis at the moment, I’ve been very satisfied with the amount of goodness in them. Of course, we are in the early phase of a game wherein the new content is mostly stuff that ideally would have been in at release, but wasn’t quite finished in time. Thus it is hard to judge accurately what the future flow of [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1179/free-realms-june-4th-5th-update-notes/feed/ 0 Cybersex in Free Realms. Or “Brad and Kimiko make a Porno.”http://www.arksark.org/blog/1159/cybersex-in-free-realms/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1159/cybersex-in-free-realms/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 19:59:23 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1159 Free Realms is targeted at children. That being the case it needs to be extremely robust in dealing with anti-social behaviour.

In the most recent patch, the radius within which you can hear other people talking was greatly increased. Where previously, chat only extended perhaps the equivalent of 100 meters, now you can hear people half the world away. It is unclear at this time whether or not it was intended, but there have so far been no admissions that [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1159/cybersex-in-free-realms/feed/ 4 Free Realms May 19th/20th/21st Update notes.http://www.arksark.org/blog/1125/free-realms-may-19th-20th-21st-update-notes/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1125/free-realms-may-19th-20th-21st-update-notes/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 15:57:11 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1125 Ooh, new content!!! It seems to be mostly member-only (which I am anyway), but I guess that’s OK for now.

Our latest update has a ton of new stuff. Here are the highlights:

* There are new members only combat, non-combat and collection quests added across the world (see below for details).

* Bristlewood now has its own warpstone

* Added in several new in-world minigames to Seaside

* Pets will stay happy, clean and fed for longer and [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1125/free-realms-may-19th-20th-21st-update-notes/feed/ 0 Free Realms May 12th Update notes.http://www.arksark.org/blog/1109/free-realms-may-12th-update-notes/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1109/free-realms-may-12th-update-notes/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 16:18:48 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1109 They didn’t give us full patch notes this time, but we did get a list of highlights:

* Members will now have an increased chance of encountering rich mining nodes

* Member potions and spheres are once again being distributed in-game

* The Marketplace now has a Members Only category

* There are several new items in the Marketplace

* The Briarwood warpstone is once again active

* A pet adoption center has been setup in Blackspore

* Base Ninja [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/1109/free-realms-may-12th-update-notes/feed/ 0 Free Realms! + Free Realms May 6th Update notes.http://www.arksark.org/blog/1100/freerealms-may-6th-update-notes/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/1100/freerealms-may-6th-update-notes/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 16:13:41 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=1100 Yes indeed! In the absence of any other MMO I much feel like playing at the moment (though there are quite a few incoming) I have jumped aboard the FreeRealms bandwagon. As I already had an SOE Station Access account, I get FreeRealms membership included on that which allows me to access some extra content over the free version, so I figured I might as well give it a try.

It’s rather fun! While I am not sure there is [...]

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