I don’t want to talk about Kraysys. But… five times! Five times I killed him last night. Add that to the dozen times or so I’ve killed him before, all but one of those times specifically to try for a chance at my Life school hat. No luck. My alt on the other account, Allison, won it once, not that it does her any good. We can share stuff between characters on one account, why not between all the accounts on the family plan? ...
Like or hate the price of a Spellborn subscription rising and falling with the price of Acclaim Coins, it can work to your advantage. March 27th - 29th, Acclaim is having another Bonus Coin Weekend. For the price of a Silver Membership (if you don’t have one) and $70 for the coins, you can purchase enough coins for nine months of Spellborn for $80 (or $70 if you already have a membership). This makes the effective monthly rate to play the premium side of the game cheaper than any subscription MMO of which I’m aware. ...
Hinted at by Quinn Hexthief a couple weeks back, KingsIsle has finally introduced their player housing. And it looks FANTASTIC! I can’t WAIT to start building a wizard tower of my own! It will have seven – no, TEN – floors, and anybody who wants to visit me will have to battle two to four monsters at once, and they will ALL BE YOUR SCHOOL OF MAGIC! Bwahahaha! (Thanks to gamemom for the heads up!)
It was a sad day when the trolls discovered lawyers. I suppose that living in Freeport, they were bound to stumble upon some, sooner or later. The Dark Brotherhood, after all, is largely comprised of lawyers. I guess I really should have expected that letter from the Big Bend Basher’s League threatening a lawsuit I wouldn’t soon forget (or survive) if I didn’t start featuring more trolls and ogres in my model shots. The vellum was made from stretched and scraped gnome skin, so I knew they were serious. I knew that gnome skin. That burn, that scar – that was Tsuki, last week’s fashion model. ...
Last night was one of those kinds of nights where you’re trying to pass a kidney stone, drinking gallons and gallons of water, and you know, it would be a really nice time to KILL. SOMETHING. Trying some of those City of Heroes Architect player-created mission arcs on the test server sounded just about right, so Kasul and I headed there to see what trouble we could cause. My level 21 ninja/ice mastermind had finally been copied, so we weren’t going to have to do missions at level 1. Kanad made a new character, and I chose him as my lackey so we could both take somewhat higher level missions. ...
Link has been fixed. SORRY! Ars Technica has a more detailed look at Gatheryn than I’ve seen anywhere else (including at Gatheryn’s site!). Gatheryn is a Steampunk based game, set in an alternate history where the Information Age and the Industrial Revolution collided – cyberpunk set in the Victorian/Edwardian era. Gatheryn’s gameplay should be familiar to players of Puzzle Pirates, Neopets and other casual MMOs of that ilk. There is no combat, no kill ten rats and no dying. You complete your missions, quests, crafting and so on solely through minigames, which are said to be Steampunk versions of the top 50 web games. ...
The Chronicles of Spellborn is a game you can solo, start to end, never having to group. But while it’s possible, it’s not a really good idea. Some things you can only do in groups – like the Wanted posters. Those give quests to kill a named mob and give a HUGE amount of experience when you kill them. But if you go it alone at the level you get the quest, you won’t last long. ...
One of the really great things about the open beta is that it is the FIRST time, my time on the EU servers included, where there were enough people running around that it felt like an MMO. You could go from Hawksmouth City to the docks without happening upon even one Young Bear last night, I kid you not. I’m surprised there were any older bears, seeing as how we completely slaughtered the next generation. ...
Just finished listening in on the Spellborn dev chat/‘webinar’. Lots of interesting discussion, some of which is after the break. While the devs were talking, I was programming. I went through everything on the Acclaim website, trying to figure out what combination of memberships, terms of subscription, and quantities of coin bought would combine to form the cheapest monthly cost? They will be, at some point, adding a set price of $15/month (for now, possibly rising to $18/month when they end the introductory price), but I thought we could get it cheaper. ...
Announced today, and thanks to Tierrunner for catching this, the Acclaim hosted Chronicles of Spellborn is now in open beta. Also announced is their pricing plan, which is managed via Acclaim Coins, their RMT currency, to tie it in with other Acclaim games. The game is available for free download, and lets you go to the first two zones and reach level 7 before being asked to pay. I’d urge prospective players to use the free download and level a char or two to 7 before deciding whether or not to subscribe to the game. ...