We have three of the top fantasy MMO's releasing expansion content during the fall period of this year.
LOTRO: Riders of Rohan
RIFT: Storm Legion
WoW: Mists of Pandaria
Also, not forgetting GW2, which is likely to be a late summer - early fall launch. This is going to be a massive period for MMO's, and i'm rather surprised that the 3 (soon to be 4) big fantasy MMO's are all launching their major updates at the same time.
Does anyone else find this strange? Maybe it's the companies attempting to out do eachother? Whatever happens, it will surely be a great time for the fantasy genre of MMO's.
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MMO releases this fall
Started by Artamir92, Jun 02 2012 02:27
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 03:55
Q3/Q4 is a pretty common time to launch expansions, though. Also remember that these games all have different playerbases to a large degree now. While there is some overlap, LOTRO fans will generally stick to LOTRO, Rift fans with Rift, and Kung-Fu Panda fans with WoW. GW2 will likely be out first, and at least a month before these expansions, so I'd take it out of the mix.
The Secret World is really the only game that might suffer from coming out in this group, thus why it is being pushed out in early July. It will have enough problems dealing with GW2 beta events, it would get its ass kicked by the competition of three expansions launching when TSW launches.
One thing though: Y'all forgot about Neverwinter, which is launching this fall as well. It may be a Cryptic game, but still a big MMO launch.
The Secret World is really the only game that might suffer from coming out in this group, thus why it is being pushed out in early July. It will have enough problems dealing with GW2 beta events, it would get its ass kicked by the competition of three expansions launching when TSW launches.
One thing though: Y'all forgot about Neverwinter, which is launching this fall as well. It may be a Cryptic game, but still a big MMO launch.
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 12:05
I actually got a beta invite for WoW MoP. Not that it'll get used.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 12:49
So did I and I've only played a 7 day free trial, didn't make it through a weekend.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 17:08
I didn't make it past day 1 of a 7 day trial, lol.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 17:52
I looked at Secret World, not my style.
I looked at Diablo III, meh
I looked at GW2, still hopeful
I played Rift, not enough to keep me from Lotro.
I look forward to seeing what Neverwinter will be like.
Never have and will never play WoW.
Sigh.
I looked at Diablo III, meh
I looked at GW2, still hopeful
I played Rift, not enough to keep me from Lotro.
I look forward to seeing what Neverwinter will be like.
Never have and will never play WoW.
Sigh.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 18:31
If you looked at Diablo 3, methinks you also ought to look at Torchlight 2. They seem the same kind of gameplay, but nobody ever look at Torchlight, I wonder why.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 21:41
ya torchlight was a blast looking forward to t2.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 08:50
If you're in to ARPG's, you should really check out Path of Exile.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 15:47
I keep getting invites to WoW beta, but why are there question marks in the notice? My first instinct is that it's some kind of phishing scam, but it looks quite authentic.
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft? Mists of Pandaria?
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 16:29
Spidey, on 04 June 2012 - 15:47, said:
I keep getting invites to WoW beta, but why are there question marks in the notice? My first instinct is that it's some kind of phishing scam, but it looks quite authentic.
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft? Mists of Pandaria?
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft? Mists of Pandaria?
It may be that the question marks may represent a non-standard character for their mass-mailing system, like ™ or ®. Still, be sure of the url path of every link in the e-mail before you do anything.
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"One last thing I'd like to mention is that there seem to be some former members of the community who have decided to add to the concerns and issues surrounding the transition by misrepresenting some facts. Primarily, banning is almost always a last resort. It usually takes a willful act (indeed a series of them) on the part of the party being removed from the community to get banned. Multiple warnings, infractions, and appeals are usually involved. Often times warnings are informal and sent via PM or a simple post asking those involved to change the subject, refrain from posting certain topics, etc." - Sapience, LOTRO Forum Topic Clarification Needed On Profanity Community Guideline
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"If someone who always supports a position is a shill , does that mean someone who refutes it constantly is a shill for the opposition?" - Sapience (@rickheaton), a shill
"Pssst, people who think they're being sooper sekret.... I see you! :)" - Sapience (@rickheaton), waxing paranoid
"Hate to ruin a perfectly good conspiracy theory, but I never worked on Hellgate. Sorry folks." - Sapience (@rickheaton), former associate of Ping0
"One last thing I'd like to mention is that there seem to be some former members of the community who have decided to add to the concerns and issues surrounding the transition by misrepresenting some facts. Primarily, banning is almost always a last resort. It usually takes a willful act (indeed a series of them) on the part of the party being removed from the community to get banned. Multiple warnings, infractions, and appeals are usually involved. Often times warnings are informal and sent via PM or a simple post asking those involved to change the subject, refrain from posting certain topics, etc." - Sapience, LOTRO Forum Topic Clarification Needed On Profanity Community Guideline
"I may never leave work. Tornados keep popping up between me and home." - Sapience (@rickheaton), with a poor understanding of justice
"... this *is* Sapience we're talking about, he's a big, mean....****Bzzzzzztttt****cli ck****Account Deleted...****" - Arbalister, Sapience's fanboy, in a moment of rare insight.
"It's not what you say, it's how you choose to say it." - Sapience, LOTRO CSM
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 16:53
Spidey, on 04 June 2012 - 15:47, said:
I keep getting invites to WoW beta, but why are there question marks in the notice? My first instinct is that it's some kind of phishing scam, but it looks quite authentic.
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft? Mists of Pandaria?
Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft? Mists of Pandaria?
Are you a WoW player, or did you apply to be in this beta? Otherwise I'd be paranoid.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 17:26
And in 8 months this thread will read "MMO releases this fail".
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 18:00
No worries, Dal, I wasn't ever planning on clicking on that link
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 20:05
Tanith, on 04 June 2012 - 16:53, said:
Are you a WoW player, or did you apply to be in this beta? Otherwise I'd be paranoid.
Played a weekend of a 7 day free trial, didn't apply.
Rift's xpac looks pretty damn good.
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