EQ2 News! Expansion Release Date, New Martplace Items

MMORPG.com has announced the release date for the Age of Discovery Everquest2 expansion. December 6th. This will also be the release of the Freeport Revamp as well as the implementation of Free to Play on all servers. You can pre-order the expansion now.

There was also a few new marketplace items added this week.

Another kilt set...

The Clan McNaff Set (800 Station cash)

Earth Runed Bow and Shield (together for 300 Station cash)

and finally a CACTUS!!!

Succulent Plushie (100 Station cash)

WoW 4.3 Goes Live 11/29

Today is the day. 4.3 Goes live. This means the end of Season 10 arena, new Darkmoon Fair, Transmogrification, raid finder and lots more.

Full Patch Notes

WoW 4.3 Companion Pets, Mounts, Armor and MORE on MMO-Champion

 MMO-Champion.com has thrown up previews of tons of stuff being added in 4.3 including some things found in the game files that come from locations unknown. Want a peek at what new stuff you might be able to get your hands on? Here's some links.

4.3 Companion Pets
4.3 Mounts
4.3 Valor Point Rewards
4.3 Season 11 Armor Sets

Also remember 4.3 adds the Raid Finder, Transmogrification, and Void Storage.

Speculation is that 4.3 will go live on Nov. 29th or Dec 6th. If you want to get into that debate hop over to WoW Insider.

Kristin's Adventures in MMOLand Episode 3

Star Wars The Old Republic. Heard of it? If you haven't you've been living under a rock. For the past year it's been the game everyone was waiting for. A few months back Bioware announced a release date of December 20th. Beta has been going on for a while and I wasn't planning on participating because I wasn't planning on getting the game. I'm more of a fantasy fan than a Sci-Fi fan.

A friend of mine, who has done betas for the game, suggested that "it can't hurt to get into the open beta". So I applied a couple weeks ago and got in for this weekend. My friend has loved every class/race combo that she's tried so I logged in this morning for my first go at SWTOR.

I have to say I'm pleased. It's a very clean game. I turned all the graphics to max and put it on the highest resolution possible and have been running it with absolutely no lag and rather high FPS (averaging 50-55). It's very informative when it comes to starting out. There's lots of tutorial windows to read how to do things. I have run across a couple things that haven't been explained well in my opinion like the Social Points system. I do plan to look up things like these elsewhere to answer my questions. The graphics aren't very impressive. For me they're somewhere between WoW and EQ2 which are both old games and in my opinion something releasing 7 years later should have beautiful graphics (like Aion and Rift for example).

When I had watched combat videos several months ago I was less than impressed with the combat animations and spell effects but playing the game the effects are much better than the impression I got in the videos.

I have not played very far into the game and have stuck with only one class, a Sith Inquisitor. I'm going to play around with some more classes and perhaps I'll grow to like the game enough that I'll end up playing it at release. We'll see. If you're participating in the beta have fun!

EQ2 New Marketplace Items, Shadowed Deathcharger and Heartblood Armor Crate

EQ2 has added a couple new items to the Station Marketplace this past week. A new mount, the Shadowed Deathcharger and a new appearance armor set, Heartblood. Check out the EQ2 site for all the details. 

The Shadowed Deathcharger (1950 Station Cash)

Heartblood Armor Crate (1100 Station Cash)

Happy Turkey Day!

I hope everyone has a great weekend especially if you're carving up a bird. This Thanksgiving will be my first since giving up veganism. I'm looking forward to all the food I missed eating last year. What am I thankful for? My family, my pets, video games, computers, Twitter, and chocolate. Have a great one, stay warm, stay stuffed and be safe!

<3 Kristin

Aion only $4.99 Nov. 23rd-28th

Now is the time to get your copy of my favorite game and come play with me. Aion is having a holiday sale and is selling the game for just $4.99. Grab your copy NOW!