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Molten Core Legacy Edition - Level 100It's the big 1-0, World of Warcraft's 10th anniversary! As a special thank you for all the players who have continued to live and create and save Azeroth, Blizzard has updated an old raid for the level 100 players, and made into an LFR experience with players able to earn a mount (a corehound), some pets, and an illusion for weapons. The raid that's been updated? None other than Molten Core, a 40-man raid. And yes, it does go as well as you think it might. I'm constantly shocked and amazed at the capability of raiders, and Molten Core definitely tests people's ability to read and follow directions. I had two groups descend into madness and leavers because a few players proved themselves incapable of following written direction multiple times, over the same topic, even after seeing what happens when they do not follow the directions. First attempt.One of the very first bosses players encounter is the giant corehound, Magmadar. Before you reach Magmadar, however, you need to kill all of his little corehound buddies. These corehounds are unique to Azeroth, as they are the only corehounds that will reignite and resurrect if another corehound is alive and in a relatively large proximity. As a result, players need to pull the groups one at a time, and ensure that all the corehound bodies disappear before pulling another group of corehounds (there are 5 groups before players reach Magmadar). What did our group do? The first two groups went great! Killed them without any problems, but Shazzrah patrolling up and down probably helped to ensure that players didn't pull too much. After he died, however, that's when things went bad. Immediately after pulling and killing the third group, someone pulled the fourth group. This caused the third group to start reigniting, one-by-one. "Oh, just AoE! If everyone AoE's, then we'll be fine!" No. No. This is not how it works. There are plenty of classes that are not capable of sustained AoE, and on top of that, no one can control what spells crit and which ones don't, especially when AoEing over 10 different monsters. This group pulled, and wiped, due to the same mechanic, three times before players started leaving. They took so long with this pull that the trash respawned, and players were unable to rejoin the main party when they released instead of waiting to be resurrected. So, that group ended. Second attempt.I joined another group that seemed to have a knowledgeable raid leader, and it went well for awhile until he had to leave. Then, it got better! It was amazing, the mechanics were clearly spelled out and people followed the directions given. My faith was starting to be restored! When suggestions were given, they were thought about, and then either followed or not, but were given reasons as to why they were not used. It was marvelous. We took down most of the bosses on our first attempts, and sailed through the raid, killing Ragnaros. Everyone got their 640 epic helm, and potentially got a pet or illusion enchantment. Raid complete!In the mail, from the sometimes overzealous postmaster came the wonderful Corehound ground mount. Hurray!
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"Reborn" may not quite be the correct word choice...I wonder how many people remember the catastrophe that the initial launch of Final Fantasy XIV was. It coincided with the launch of the World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion pack, and man, was I ever glad I chose to play WoW instead of switching over to Final Fantasy XIV.
The lure was there, absolutely, especially since I had always wanted to play FFXI Online but didn't have a capable computer or internet for my PS2. By the time it launched on the Xbox 360, the servers had dwindled and the initial thrill and novelty of the experience was gone; plus, I was already playing games like the World of Warcraft, Aion, Tera, which contained newer concepts and a wider fan-base at that moment in time. I later heard from my friends and coworkers that they could not pass level 20 in FFXIV; not due to any lack of skill or effort on their part, but because the quests simply ran out! Hard to believe in a game where the level cap was to be 60! Free time was given to paying customers, and some more quests were added. My friends could now progress to level 25, hooray! Yet here they languished yet again, forced to indiscriminately slaughter monsters in a vain attempt to gain new skills and abilities. Needless to say, Square had to create some major changes to the game. FFXIV: A Realm Reborn takes place five years after the initial "campaign", yet the launch for this game is fraught with nearly as many issues. There is no queue system to enter into a server, many North American servers are unavailable to create new characters on, and those who do have characters find themselves getting errors that boot them from the game and are then unable to log back in. There are even rumours spreading of players logging their characters in during the morning in order to play at night, as there is currently no removal of idle characters from the realms. I was finally able to create a character at around 12 a.m. on August 29 on the same realm as my friends (I previously made version of her and others on first a Japan Realm which had some lag, and later an EU Realm when they opened the, but it remains to be seen whether I'll be able to log in when I return home after work tonight. My Falafell awaits! Meet KS Proxy, my second PSO 2 character!She is a RACaseal at the point of this photo, though I quickly updated her to become a HUCaseal, as I find I enjoy hunters just so much more. I may try her out as a RACaseal again, but I am uncertain as to whether that is something I would truly wish to do. She is quite lovely though.
I feel guilty for neglecting my other titles...I'm not quite sure what to do about this. I've purchased a few games lately that I was very excited to play at the moment that I purchased them, titles such as: Pandora's Tower, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Defiance, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. The only trouble is, I've barely played any of them! All I have been playing lately is the new ARAM mode on the League of Legends Public Beta Environment and I've been trying to be more active on the League of Legends forums as well. ... however, the new ARAM on the LoL PBE is fantastically epic.I'm most likely going to FRAPS a game or two soon, just for fun and to show my friends the updates on the PBE. I would be playing more PSO 2, except that it currently is not compatible with FRAPS; that, and I have to do my quest for my second class (Hunter going into the option to be a Fighter) and it seems like a lot more effort than I am currently willing to put into it. So, the League of Legends PBE has attracted all of my attention lately. Not only does it have the new champion, Lissandra, and the updated models for Trundle and Sejuani, but the ARAM matchmaking is a very satisfying experience, and can have games of varying time frames, though usually they are relatively short which means more games in a shorter period of time. The average game that I have played lately has been 20-30 minutes, as the PBE has unlocked all champions for all players, with a 20% IP boost enabled as well. It's still in Beta for a reason.This has caused some interesting glitches for me, however. The most noticeable one was my getting Morgana four games in a row; this was an unusually odd occurrence, for though my PBE account has quite a few champions unlocked (at least 30) I have yet to received a champion so many times in such a short period when I have my regular champions available. Now that all champions have been made available to me, I receive only a small selection of this availability with regularity. The strangest part is that every player on the PBE has all of the champions marked as playable/available, so it isn't as though Morgana is the only champion that I do not share in common with the other 9 players in the game. The one positive thing that has come of this, however, is that I have once and for all (until a new skin comes out) decided which Morgana skin is my favorite; Sinful Succulence Morgana. Note: The extra champions are currently disabled on the PBE. Links:
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The show is finally here!The second Defiance episode is airing today, at this moment. It is truly an amazing show, I'm writing this during commercials. The second episode isn't disappointing, it really quite excellent. I had to take a break from the game due to my exam week unfortunately coinciding with the launch week for the game, but there is no such complication this week, aside from my social life getting in the way (how did I happen to get one this week, of all weeks?). If you haven't had a chance to check out either the game or the show yet, you absolutely should. The pilot was an hour and a half when it aired on Showcase, and was absolutely phenomenal. It's currently available to stream from the Defiance website Links:
Defiance photo: http://bandbent.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/defiance_syfy_germany_1920x1080.jpg Getting kicked off the servers makes me a sad panda.I've had a lot of people complaining about the lag and connection issues in Defiance, especially on the Xbox 360; to them, I counsel patience. Even the best developers create new content that has some glitches in it, and this game in particular is a relatively new concept in the world of consoles.
I'm personally giving the game about a month or so to work out the connection issues, and we'll see how I feel about it from there. Although to be honest, since there aren't any subscription fees, I'll probably keep playing and just change games every time it disconnects me. Tonight's a perfect example of that; I got disconnected from the servers while working on a Hellbug event, so I went to go play League of Legends and won both of my games. All in all, a solid night, as I gained two levels in Defiance prior to getting disconnected. Defiance on the Xbox 360Started up Defiance on my Xbox 360 a few days ago, and I must say, despite the lag and being unable to connect 30% of the time, I am really enjoying my time in the game. The story is a lot of fun, and you get such a plethora of weapons that you may think you're back in Borderlands 2. I also really enjoy the third-person standard view, as I tend to shoot from the hip regardless of what game I play, and this allows for a bit more freedom when it comes to recoil. I'm currently wielding a modded pistol and an automatic shotgun~ You get to customize your character, who doesn't really speak aside from the few emotes the game gives you, which is totally fine by me. Got the same treatment from Master Chief back in the day, and the other characters more than make up for your silence. The multiplayer is probably one of my favorite parts, though I am pretty awful at the team deathmatches. King of the Hill, though, I'm pretty damn decent. I think it probably has to do with there being less opportunities for consistent camping, as the map is much larger and much more obstructed than those in the deathmatches. The Arkfalls are one of the largest multiplayer experiences I've ever had, as anyone who is currently logged into the game is able to join in the event. Space Debris crashes into the planet, which naturally attracts some of the less desirable elements on the planet, namely the Hellbugs. Your job, as an Arkhunter, is to break open the space debris to try and retrieve the technology located inside. You do so by allowing the smaller Hellbugs to attack the debris, opening up weak points while defending against the larger swarming ones. Eventually, you may end up fighting a gigantic monster, which you can only defeat when the fully grown Hellbug emerges from hiding within. Overall, a ton of fun, though the lag I experience during my last Arkfall was absolutely insane! I could barely move, never mind actually switch out my weapons to something with some ammo. ArkfallsHowever, the Arkfall prior to that, I had next to no lag with the same amount of people present; I suppose it just all depends on timing and luck. As such, here's my score from the event, woo! While the game is currently very laggy and glitchy when it comes to logging in and staying logged in, it is definitely a game worth checking out. One part that I'm very excited for (looking into the future) is how the players will wind up impacting the TV show, Defiance, launching April 15. I'm willing to ride out the bugs, because honestly, I haven't had this much fun in a shooter since Perfect Dark 64 (and yes, I do also play Halo; the combat here just suits me much better). Links:
Defiance: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Defiance2.jpg Hellbug Picture 1: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9669721/defiance.0_cinema_640.0.jpg Hellbug Picture 2: http://i2.cdnds.net/12/49/618x347/gaming-defiance-6.jpg Finally uploaded my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video!Hooray, I finally got around to uploading my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video! This one is basically just me running around to show all the different types of encounters you could have in a similar event-style emergency quest, plus the music is pretty awesome. I'm going to upload another video that shows the same quest on a harder difficulty, as the boss fights and crazyness that ensued on Hard was ridiculous, but epic. That one will most likely not feature a running audio commentary, since I want to post at least one video of each where you (and I) can enjoy the hilarious music that is playing in the background.
I do explain a little of what the Emergency Quest for this style of quest entails, as I know I was fairly confused in the beginning of playing PSO 2 (I do not use the English patch, way too paranoid for that!). Absolutely love this game to pieces! Remember, if you're interested in playing PSO 2, create your character on Ship 2, and join the English community on floors 10 and 20. You can also get pretty good with google translate, and join the Japanese players as well; that's what I've been working on lately. More hours!A most interesting thing has occurred to me in the past few weeks. I have had measured increases in my popularity in the work place in both of my jobs, though one has been more noticeable than the other. By popularity, I am referring to a sizable increase in hours based on my performance on the job during the past few weeks. Currently, I am working 5 days a week with an hourly average of 30 hours per week
I am currently a student, working on a diploma after having received my BSc. from Brock University, but I have managed to procure two jobs at this point in time. The interesting thing being that whenever a person is sick or simply unable to make it into work at either position, I appear to be the only person that they are able to call and feel confident regarding the work left behind. It's actually a quite empowering feeling. Prior to this current job as an administrative assistant, I have worked only retail positions; while they have taught me countless skills relating to customer service, I haven't counted any of them as actual careers or "adult" jobs. I do still very much enjoy staying up excruciatingly late at night, as it is the only time of day where my time is my own, which has caused some interesting situations on the job front; a good example would be today, where I finally finished up and went to sleep around 5:30 a.m., only to be woken up at 8:30 a.m. to come into work, where I would then be working until 5 p.m. However, my day would not end there; I am also scheduled at my other job from 6-9 p.m. All in all, nearly a 13 hour work day. Most likely, I'll still stay up till about 2 a.m., as I haven't had a chance to play a video game over the long Easter weekend due to familial obligations. I'll also finish putting my PSO 2 White Day video together, it's pretty much just me running around and completing the event. I may upload two versions, one with commentary and one without, as I know not everyone enjoys hearing someone ramble on for an extended length of time. The White Day event is super awesome! So excited for the new content coming out now!I managed to FRAPS the whole White Day event, but I'm too sleepy to actually put it up now, so I shall do so later :3 Definitely worth doing, though! I did manage to get my Blue Rappy fan XD
I'm hoping to get a more complete version of the event though, just for my own benefit, so hopefully I can pick that up tomorrow after work! Sleepy time! I've also finished recording a new song (I think this one's already much better than my last, I learned how to work the program a bit better now!) and I'll be working on footage for it, since I'm so awful at slide shows. |
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